By Rajni Pandey | April 21, 2025
A spiny, egg-laying mammal with a long tongue, the echidna is one of the only monotremes left on Earth.
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This tiny, pale pink armadillo has a soft shell and lives underground in Argentina’s sandy plains.
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Known as the “flying lemur,” the colugo glides long distances with skin flaps between its limbs.
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With zebra-striped legs and a giraffe-like body, the okapi is a forest-dwelling relative of the giraffe.
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Hairless and nearly blind, this rodent lives in colonies underground and is highly resistant to pain and cancer.
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This antelope’s oversized, tubular nose helps filter dust and regulate temperature in Central Asian steppes.
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It has 22 pink tentacles on its nose that help it detect prey with incredible speed underwater and underground.
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A tiny primate with giant eyes and long fingers, it’s a nocturnal hunter that leaps between trees in Southeast Asia.
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This desert rodent has bat-like ears and kangaroo-like legs, helping it hear predators and hop quickly.
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A nocturnal digger with a pig-like snout, it feeds mostly on ants and termites across sub-Saharan Africa.
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