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THIS YEAR’S SPECIES
African Manatee Trichechus senegalensis
Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
Map Lichen Rhizocarpon geographicum
Amazonian Bolete Austroboletus amazonicus
Gulbirus Ngas Tarantula Tliltocatl schroederi
American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus
Moorean Viviparous Tree Snail Partula tohiveana
American Horseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus
Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque
Antarctic Beech Orange Cyttaria septentrionalis
Neelakurinji Strobilanthes kunthiana
Barbie Pagoda Podoserpula miranda
Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon Rhampholeon acuminatus
Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis
Nubian Flapshell Turtle Cyclanorbis elegans
Golf Ball Cactus Mammillaria herrerae
ʻŌhiʻa lehua Metrosideros polymorpha
Bolivian Ornate Tiger Beetle Pometon bolivianus
Omiltemi Cottontail Sylvilagus insonus
Bowmouth Guitarfish Rhina ancylostomus
Primula di Palinuro Primula palinuri
Bozibe Adansonia perrieri
Pygmy Raccoon Procyon pygmaeus
Cabo Verdean Dragon Tree Dracaena draco subsp. caboverdeana
Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing Ornithoptera alexandrae
Crowned Stinkhorn Phallus aureolatus
Raffles’ Banded Langur Presbytis femoralis
De Winton’s Golden Mole Cryptochloris wintoni
Rwanda Pygmy Waterlily Nymphaea thermarum
Devil’s Tapeworm Dasyurotaenia robusta
Scaly-Foot Snail Chrysomallon squamiferum
Elegant Sunburst Lichen Rusavskia elegans
Snowbank Slime Mold Lamproderma disseminatum
Giant Fijian Longhorn Beetle Xixuthrus heros
Spiky Yellow Woodlouse Pseudolaureola atlantica
Giant Quiver Tree Aloidendron pillansii
Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp Caridina dennerli
Giant Water Frog Telmatobius gigas
Sweet Home Alabama Crayfish Cambarus speleocoopi
Green Pitcher Plant Sarracenia oreophila
Tapir’s Bark Polypore Fomitiporia nubicola
Hairy-Nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana
Tasmanian Live-Bearing Seastar Parvulastra vivipara
Hoosier Cave Fish Amblyopsis hoosieri
Asterix Caddisfly Ecclisopteryx asterix
Napoleon Humphead Wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
Green Stomach Fungus Chlorogaster dipterocarpi
Indiana Sooty-Spored Freshwater Fungus Atromagnispora indianensis
Thorny Seahorse Hippocampus histrix
Jamaican Rock Iguana Cyclura collei
Vaquita Porpoise Phocoena sinus
Javan Green Magpie Cissa thalassina
West African Slender-Snouted Crocodile Mecistops cataphractus
Javan Rhino Rhinoceros sondaicus
White-Bellied Heron Ardea insignis
Kanaloa Kanaloa kahoolawensis
White-Rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
Konkan Dipcadi Dipcadi concanense
Yanbaru Kuina Feather Mite Metanalges agachi
Kyrgyzstan Wild Tulip Tulipa anadroma
Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis platurus subsp. xanthos
Lakamarefo Ravenea louvelii
Yellow-Breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola