Belgian Blue
Belgian Blue cattle are a beef breed from, well, Belgium.
Albertus Seba
Albertus Seba was a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector. His early work on taxonomy and natural history influenced Linnaeus.
Albino Burmese Python
The albino Burmese python is one of the five largest snakes in the world.
Norwegian Lundehund
The Lundehund has a great range of motion in its joints, allowing it to fit into narrow passages. The head can be bent backward along the dog's own spine, and the forelegs can turn to the side at a 90-degree angle to its body, much like human arms. Its pricked, upright ears can be sealed nearly shut by folding them forward or backward. It has six toes, all fully formed, jointed and muscled. The Lundehund is adapted to climb narrow cliff paths in Norway where it natively would have hunted puffins.
Glyptodon
Glyptodon was a large, armored mammal of the family Glyptodontidae, related to armadillos, that lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. Flatter than a Volkswagen Beetle, but about the same general size and weight, Glyptodon is believed to have been an herbivore, grazing on grasses and other plants found near rivers and small bodies of water.
Hanno
In early 16th century Rome, at the height of the Italian Renaissance, when artists such as Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo thrived in the Holy City, the decadent court of Pope Leo X was a place where visitors could find pleasures and entertainment more exotic than anything they had previously imagined. Among the Pope's great joys was his menagerie of exotic animals, and the prize of his collection was an Indian elephant named Hanno, presented to him by the King of Portugal. This elephant - trained to kneel, dance, weep, and trumpet on command - led parades and entertained at public festivals and was commemorated in paintings, poetry, and sculpture. For Romans, Hanno became the preeminent symbol of the alluring Orient; for Pope Leo's detractors, the elephant became a symbol of Roman corruption.
Golden snub-nosed monkey
Golden snub-nosed monkey is an Old World monkey. Population estimates range from 8,000 to 15,000. It is endemic to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central and Southwest China.
Helicoprion
The helicoprion is an extinct, shark-like fish. The only fossils known are the teeth, which were arranged in a fantastic "tooth-whorl" strongly reminiscent of a circular saw.
Spotted handfish
The spotted handfish is unusual in that it has highly adapted pectoral fins, which appear like hands (hence the name) and allow it to walk on the sea floor.
Quagga
The Quagga was a unique variety of Plains Zebra, marked by having stripes only on the front of its body, with hair color transitioning toward a light brown or tan along its rear and underbelly, until becoming white along its legs. This picture represents the only Quagga ever to have been photographed alive, taken at the London Zoo in 1870.