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Eight animals on our map so far. Choose one to see where it lives, a few facts, and who is helping. Or find them on the world map.

Sunda pangolin
Manis javanica
Critically Endangered
Pangolins are the only mammals covered in scales. They wander the world at night, nose to the ground, following the smells of the rainforest.
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African bush elephant
Loxodonta africana
Endangered
The biggest animal that lives on land. A herd is a family, led by a wise old female called the matriarch.
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Polar bear
Ursus maritimus
Vulnerable
The great white bear of the Arctic. It spends most of its life out on the sea ice, hunting seals.
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Red wolf
Canis rufus
Critically Endangered
America’s own wolf, a shy hunter of the forests and swamps of the Southeast that lives in close family packs.
Golden lion tamarin
Leontopithecus rosalia
Endangered
A small monkey with a golden mane, living high in the coastal rainforest of southeast Brazil.
Española giant tortoise
Chelonoidis hoodensis
Critically Endangered
A giant tortoise with a saddle-shaped shell, from one small, dry island in the Galápagos.
Amur leopard
Panthera pardus orientalis
Critically Endangered
A spotted cat of the snowy northern forests, with a thick, pale coat for the long winter.
Koala
Phascolarctos cinereus
Vulnerable
A tree dweller that eats almost nothing but eucalyptus leaves and sleeps most of the day.

Photos: Sunda pangolin: Ghislain Yung. African bush elephant: Rich Agar, via iNaturalist. Polar bear: Barry Stewart, via iNaturalist. Red wolf: Steve Hillebrand, USFWS. Golden lion tamarin: Henrique Bitencourt, via iNaturalist. Española giant tortoise: Clari (clara_obando), via iNaturalist. Amur leopard: Лариса Артемьева (tcager), via iNaturalist. Koala: Hayley P, via iNaturalist.