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In the cool, rain-soaked forests of southern Chile and Argentina lives a tiny marsupial with rounded ears, dark rings around its eyes and a long tail that helps it move through branches. It is called the monito del monte—roughly, “little...

What is your country's national animal? And do you know how it earned that title — through an act of parliament, a scientific vote, or simply generations of shared affection? Japan offers a particularly interesting case. The Green Pheasa...