Photos of animals

A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans	The Pinguicula casabitoana,complete with tiny prey,is the only carnivorous plant native to the Dominican Republic and is specifically endemic to this one particular ridge of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Crabs (unidentified) inside the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.	Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Agami heron (Agamia agami) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Lizard in the anolis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Starlings (unsure of species) at waterhole	Katydid in Yasuni National in the Ecuadorian Amazon
A seabird at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Ant carrying flower petal in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Plains zebras (Equus quagga)	Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.	Weevil in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Leaf cutter ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Gray-footed Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes)	A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans	Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Lizard in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A little blue heron at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Oropendola (species?) feeding on a mango in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Juvenile frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Plains zebras (Equus quagga)
Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).	Well-camoflauged frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Dead unidentified katydid in Sabah, Malaysia	Roosters kept for cock fighting in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.	White-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata)
A moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Camouflaged moth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Assassin bug in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Red brocket deer (Mazama americana) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Bat in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Green beetle at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Common Elands (Taurotragus oryx)	Fish for sale at the bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Researchers carry a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) in a cloth sack. This keeps the animal safe and calm before the radial collar fitting needed for their research.	Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
A young Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.	Detail of sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.
Frog in the Pristimantis genus at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) at night on the Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Masked crimson tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Orangutan bridge over the Kinabantagan River to connect fragmented populations in Sabah, Malaysia	Wild male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in a tree along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A cockroach near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A little blue heron at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.	Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans	Juvenile cobra (unidentified species) along the road entering Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah, Malaysia
Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Stray dog at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.	Small yellow-black spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia	Green sea turtle limb--killed by a jaguar
Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.	A girl and her puppy play in the fields in Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.
A young Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.	Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus) with Plains zebras (Equus quagga)	Spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) taking off at sunset in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico	Parrots (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Cattle egrets nesting in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.

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