1 TIGER SPIDER Sri-Lankan tarantula measures about 8 inches across.
2 NORTH ATLANTIC KILLER WHALE This new, fourth species of killer whale has been spotted in the Indian Ocean.
3 CAMBODIAN TAILORBIRD are so rare they have already been recommended for addition to the Near-Threatened list.
4 CAROLINA HAMMERHEAD is distinguished from the scalloped hammerhead only by the number of vertebrae it has.
5 LYRE SPONGE is a candelabra-shaped, carnivorous animal that attaches itself to the ocean floor.
6 OREOPHRYNE from Papua New Guinea are the world's smallest vertebrates.
7 SPINY BOKI MEKOT RAT is a small rodent with coarse, brownish-grey fur and a white underbelly.
8 OLINGUITO There may be up to four subspecies of this mammal.
9 EPAULETTE Uses fins to wiggle-walk across the ocean floor like an underwater salamander.
10 LEGLESS LIZARD descendants of the four-legged lizards we all know, although they look more like snakes.
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