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.