| Date
|
Species
|
Classification
|
Distribution
|
| 2012-05-24
|
Pan troglodytes (Chimpanzee)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates
|
Africa (C)
|
| 2012-05-10
|
Puya raimondii (Queen of the Andes)
|
Plantae - angiosperms - monocots - Poales
|
South America
|
| 2012-04-26
|
Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera
|
North America
|
| 2012-04-12
|
Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Cetacea
|
Cosmopolitan
|
| 2012-03-29
|
Cordylus cataphractus (Armadillo Girdled Lizard)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Squamata
|
Africa (S)
|
| 2012-03-15
|
Fulica alai (Hawaiian Coot)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Gruiformes
|
Pacific O. (Hawaii)
|
| 2012-03-01
|
Oecophylla smaragdina (Asian Weaver Ant)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera
|
Asia (S) & Australia
|
| 2012-02-15
|
Drosera capensis (Cape Sundew)
|
Plantae - angiosperms - eudicots - Caryophyllales
|
Africa (S)
|
| 2012-02-02
|
Pongo abelii (Sumatran Orangutan)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates
|
Asia (Sumatra)
|
| 2012-01-20
|
Tuber melanosporum (Black Périgord Truffle)
|
Fungi - Ascomycota - Pezizomycetes - Pezizales
|
Europe
|
| 2012-01-06
|
Dasypeltis scabra (Common Egg-Eater)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Squamata
|
Africa
|
| 2011-12-22
|
Acrocephalus paludicola (Aquatic Warbler)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Passeriformes
|
Eurasia, Africa
|
| 2011-12-08
|
Viscum album (European mistletoe)
|
Plantae - angiosperms - eudicots - Santalales
|
Eurasia
|
| 2011-11-24
|
Punica granatum (Pomegranate)
|
Plantae - angiosperms - malvids - Myrtales
|
Asia (W)
|
| 2011-11-11
|
Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal man)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates
|
Eurasia
|
| 2011-10-27
|
Apis mellifera (Western honey bee)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera
|
Cosmopolitan
|
| 2011-10-15
|
Melanocetus johnsonii (Humpback Anglerfish; Johnson's Blackdevil)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Lophiiformes
|
Cosmopolitan
|
| 2011-09-29
|
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Japanese Murrelet)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Charadriiformes
|
Asia (E)
|
| 2011-09-16
|
Prunus dulcis (Almond tree)
|
Plantae - angiosperms - fabids - Rosales
|
Asia (S, W)
|
| 2011-09-02
|
Bombyx mori (Domestic silkworm moth)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera
|
Asia (E)
|
| 2011-08-18
|
Amazona barbadensis (Yellow-shouldered Amazon)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Psittaciformes
|
South America (N)
|
| 2011-08-05
|
Birgus latro (Coconut crab)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Malacostraca - Decapoda
|
Pacific & Indian O.
|
| 2011-07-21
|
Raphus cucullatus (Dodo)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Columbiformes
|
Indian O. (Mauritius†)
|
| 2011-07-08
|
Bagarius yarrelli (Giant Devil Catfish; Goonch Catfish)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Siluriformes
|
Asia (S)
|
| 2011-06-24
|
Scarabaeus sacer (Dung beetle; sacred beetle)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera
|
Mediterranean
|
| 2011-06-09
|
Tympanuchus cupido attwateri (Attwater's Prairie Chicken)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Galliformes
|
North America (TX, LA)
|
| 2011-05-27
|
Mammillaria fraileana (Pincushion cactus)
|
Plantae - angiosperms - eudicots - Caryophyllales
|
North America (SW)
|
| 2011-05-13
|
Canis simensis (Ethiopian wolf)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Carnivora
|
Africa (E)
|
| 2011-04-28
|
Melitaea athalia (Heath fritillary)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera
|
Eurasia (N)
|
| 2011-04-15
|
Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Procellariiformes
|
Atlantic (S)
|
| 2011-04-01
|
Saguinus oedipus (Cotton-top tamarin)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates
|
South America (N)
|
| 2011-03-18
|
Ovis ammon (Argali; Mountain sheep)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Artiodactyla
|
Asia (C)
|
| 2011-03-03
|
Crocodylus intermedius (Orinoco crocodile)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Crocodilia
|
South America (N)
|
| 2011-02-18
|
Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur leopard)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Carnivora
|
Asia (E)
|
| 2011-02-04
|
Histrio histrio (Sargassum anglerfish)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Lophiiformes
|
Cosmopolitan
|
| 2011-01-21
|
Chamaeleo melleri (Meller's chameleon)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Squamata
|
Africa
|
| 2011-01-07
|
Hapalemur griseus (Eastern lesser bamboo lemur)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Primates
|
Africa (Madag.)
|
| 2010-12-24
|
Enteroctopus dofleini (North Pacific giant octopus)
|
Animalia - Mollusca - Cephalopoda - Octopoda
|
Pacific
|
| 2010-12-09
|
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Desert warthog)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Artiodactyla
|
Africa (E)
|
| 2010-11-26
|
Goliathus regius (Royal Goliath beetle)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera
|
Africa (C)
|
| 2010-11-12
|
Amorphophallus titanum (Titan arum)
|
Plantae - angiosperms - monocots - Alismatales
|
Asia (Sumatra)
|
| 2010-10-30
|
Istiophorus platypterus (Indo-Pacific sailfish)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Perciformes
|
Pacific & Indian O.
|
| 2010-10-18
|
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Egyptian spine lizard)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Saurischia
|
Africa†
|
| 2010-10-03
|
Ornithoptera alexandrae (Queen Alexandra's Birdwing)
|
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera
|
Australasia
|
| 2010-09-17
|
Canis lupus dingo (Dingo)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Carnivora
|
Australasia
|
| 2010-08-22
|
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback turtle)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Reptilia - Testudines
|
Cosmopolitan
|
| 2010-08-04
|
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia)
|
Plantae - Pinophyta - Pinopsida - Pinales
|
North America (CA)
|
| 2010-06-27
|
Diomedea exulans (Wandering Albatross)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Aves - Procellariiformes
|
Antarctic
|
| 2010-03-08
|
Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic bluefin tuna)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Actinopterygii - Perciformes
|
Atlantic
|
| 2010-02-14
|
Ursus maritimus (Polar bear)
|
Animalia - Vertebrata - Mammalia - Carnivora
|
Holarctic
|
