Programme spotlights

Per-species programme pages for priority taxa. Each combines aggregate population-level data (where, when, lunar pattern) with — where the species is reliably individually identifiable from camera images — a re-ID layer giving per-animal home ranges, movement and capture histories.

Aardvark

Orycteropus afer

Fossorial myrmecophage; nocturnal and ecologically pivotal (its abandoned burrows shelter dozens of other species). Aardvarks are not reliably identifiable from pelage alone, so the spotlight stays at population level.

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Apex predator. Individually identifiable from rosette pattern, making it the headline candidate for re-identification — see the Individuals tab below for synthesised home-range, movement and capture-history per animal.

Giant pangolin

Smutsia gigantea

One of the world's most-trafficked mammals. Highly cryptic and strongly nocturnal; even a handful of camera-trap records is scientifically notable. Reference programme: Chester Zoo / ZSL Pangolin work in Uganda.