Gallery: One Man's Quest to Photograph 12,000 Species Before They Disappear
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A Mexican gray wolf (*Canis lupus baileyi*) at the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center.
Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark02Blue poison dart frogs (Dendrobates azureus) at Reptile Gardens.
Blue poison dart frogs (*Dendrobates azureus*) at Reptile Gardens.
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An endangered Indian rhinoceros female with calf (*Rhinoceros unicornis*) at the Fort Worth Zoo.
Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark04A Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.
A Florida panther (*Puma concolor coryi*) at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.
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An endangered, booming Attwater's Prairie Chicken (*Tympanuchus cupido attwateri*) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.
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Twin three-month-old red pandas (*Ailurus fulgens fulgens*) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
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De Brazza's monkey (*Cercopithecus neglectus*) at the Omaha Zoo.
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South Georgia king penguins (*Aptenodytes patagonicus*) at the Indianapolis Zoo.
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Royal Antelope (*Neotraus pygmaeus*) at the LA Zoo. This species weighs 9-10 pounds making it the smallest of all antelopes.
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Clouded leopard (*Neofelis nebulosa*) at the Houston Zoo.
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A bald eagle (*Haliaeetus leucocephalus*) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.
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Gladys, a six-week-old western lowland gorilla (*Gorilla gorilla gorilla*) at the Cincinnati Zoo.
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A West Usambara two-horned chameleon (*Kinyongia multituberculata*) at the Houston Zoo.
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Damaraland mole rats (*Cryptomys damarensis*) at the Houston Zoo. These burrowing rodents from sub-Saharan Africa are one of only two known eusocial mammals.
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