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A female endangered otter civet (Cynogale bennettii) at Batu Secret Zoo and Eco Green Park in Batu, Indonesia.

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An endangered flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps) at Batu Secret Zoo and Eco Green Park in Batu, Indonesia.

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A bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) at Batu Secret Zoo and Eco Green Park in Batu, Indonesia.

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An olm (Proteus anguinus anguinus) at Zagreb Zoo in Zagreb, Croatia.
This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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A Kim Howell’s dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus kimhowelli) at Zagreb Zoo in Zagreb, Croatia.

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A female San Clemente loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi) named Butterball at Stone Station on San Clemente Island, California.

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A slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) from a depth of 450 feet in Lake Superior, photographed at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota.

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A slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) from a depth of 450 feet in Lake Superior, photographed at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota.

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An eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata) at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota.

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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.

This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.

This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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A Western willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata) at Aquarium of the Pacific in California.

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A female African goshawk (Accipiter tachiro) named Cece at Cotswold Falconry Centre, Moreton-in-Marsh, England.

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A rainbow snakehead (Channa bleheri) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.

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An owl-faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.
This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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An owl-faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.
This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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A male common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) from the wild near Thuringia, Germany. This individual was photographed at Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig, Germany. This species is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

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A critically endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.

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A male Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) at the Oakland Zoo.

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An ocellated uromastyx (Uromastyx ocellata) at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, California.

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A black-throated mango hummingbird (Anthracothorax nigricollis) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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A male red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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A male red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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A wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus lateralis) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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A federally endangered Sudan cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii) at Sheikh Butti bin Juma Al Maktoum Wildlife Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
This species is listed vulnerable by the IUCN.

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A glass anemone (Exaiptasia pallida) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

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A glass anemone (Exaiptasia pallida) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

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A white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis) at Wildlife Hospital of Israel & Ramat Gan Safari Park, in Ramat Gan, Israel.

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A white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis) at Wildlife Hospital of Israel & Ramat Gan Safari Park, in Ramat Gan, Israel.

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A Southern reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) at Sharjah Safari in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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An oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau) at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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A male (top) and female mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus) at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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A Borneo sucker loach (Gastromyzon ctenocephalus) at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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A Chinese porcupine loach (Beaufortia kweichowensis) at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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A pair of Arabian bustards (Ardeotis arabs) at the National Avian Research Center. The male is larger than the female.

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A female sharptail grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus campestris) from a private collection in Elk River, Minnesota.

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