Spix's Macaw:
The Spix’s macaw is named after Johann Baptist von Spix, the German naturalist, who, in 1819, collected a specimen from the banks of Brazil’s Rio São Francisco in northeast Bahia. At this time, the Spix’s macaw was already rare.
Gray Mouse Lemur:
Behind the Gray mouse lemur’s retinas is a reflective layer called the ‘tapetum’, which reflects light, so this lemur is easy to spot at night with a torch.
Egyptian Mongoose:
The scientific name of the Egyptian mongoose came about because it was thought that they track down crocodile eggs. It is still not known whether or not this is true.
