Its name might be a bit of a misnomer. Not confined to the Lone Star state, the Texas rat snake may be found–or rather heard–all the way in Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Don’t let this photo’s childish charm deceive you; the International Union for Conservation of Nature ranks the red fox as one of the world’s 100 worst invasive species.

While this panda feasts on bamboo, it is quite unlike its black and white brethren. More reminiscent of raccoons, skunks and weasels, this Himalayas/China resident is slightly larger than a domestic cat and indulges in eggs, small mammals and birds as opposed to solely bamboo. Though like the traditional panda, the red panda’s numbers are in decline: the International Union for Conservation of Nature recently defined the red panda population as “vulnerable” due largely to habitat loss.