Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis

  

  This hyrax has short ears and legs and thick fur ranging from gray-brown to black. It feeds at night on leaves, fruit, and other plant material and usually lives alone.

• Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus

  The Ashy Minivet breeds in East Asia and winters in Southeast Asia and nearby regions. In Hong Kong, spring passage is recorded more often than autumn passage.

• Colombian White-faced Capuchin Cebus capucinus

  White fur on the face, throat, and chest is distinctive. Its tail supports the body in trees but is not used to grasp objects.

• Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla

  The Black-capped Vireo is a small bird that moves between breeding and wintering areas. Adult males have black caps, while females have olive-colored heads; both forage for insects and spiders among leaves.

• Andean Tuco-tuco Ctenomys opimus

  The Andean tuco-tuco occurs in dry highland areas of the Andes. It has long, soft, pale-yellow fur and uses underground burrows.

• European Roller Coracias garrulus

  A bird that breeds in parts of central Europe and migrates to central and southern Africa. It has a blue head and chest and a chestnut back.

• Pygmy Three-toed Sloth Bradypus pygmaeus

  The pygmy three-toed sloth is a small sloth from an island off Panama. It lives in coastal red mangroves, and its long head and shoulder fur can look like a hood.

• Visayan Bulbul Hypsipetes guimarasensis

  A bulbul of the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines. It uses dense forest and eats fruit.

• Wolffsohn's Mountain Viscacha Lagidium wolffsohni

  Wolffsohn's mountain viscacha lives among rocky slopes in southwestern Argentina. It shelters in crevices and feeds on plants during the day.

• Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata

  A small diver with grey-brown plumage and a slightly upturned bill. The throat becomes red in summer breeding plumage.

• African Golden Cat Caracal aurata

  A medium-sized wild cat of the moist forests of equatorial Africa.

• Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi

  This small bird lives in Madagascar. A species account lists montane forest as its habitat and describes it searching for small invertebrates on branches. A separate field account records the appearance of recently fledged young.

• Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta

  A carnivore of sub-Saharan Africa, with dark spots on a pale coat, rounded ears and a back that slopes down toward the rump.

• Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus

  This sandgrouse has sandy plumage crossed by dark bands. It occurs in dry savanna and cultivated areas, alone in pairs or small groups.

• Arctic Ground Squirrel Urocitellus parryii

  The Arctic ground squirrel lives in colonies in tundra and other northern habitats across Alaska, northern Canada and eastern Siberia, and overwinters underground.

• White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra

  Adult males have white-spotted black underparts and a red tail. It forages on the forest floor and beside water in lowland rainforest.

• Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii

  Nathusius's pipistrelle is a migratory bat. In the UK it catches flying insects near lakes and rivers.

• Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami

  A large ground-dwelling bird with black-and-white wing markings. In South Africa and Eswatini, males inflate the neck and display white plumes.

• Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec Echinops telfairi

  The lesser hedgehog tenrec is a small mammal of dry areas in southern Madagascar. Its black-and-white spines stand out, and it searches for small animals at night.

• Caatinga Cacholote Pseudoseisura cristata

  The Caatinga Cacholote lives in the dry northeast of Brazil. It is bright reddish brown, with a prominent crest and yellow iris. Pairs forage on the ground for insects and plant matter in Caatinga woodland and scrub.

• White-nosed coati Nasua narica

  A long-tailed coati that searches for insects with its snout close to the ground.

• Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius

  The Bornean Barbet is green, with a heavy bill and a blue bare patch around the face. It feeds on fruit in the canopy of hill and montane forests on Borneo.

• Mountain Degu Octodontomys gliroides

  The Mountain Degu lives in dry areas around the Andes. This burrowing rodent uses small holes among rocks or cactus roots and feeds on vegetation.

• Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata

  This ground-dwelling bird has been studied in the Cerrado of southeastern Brazil. Individuals vary, including in the size of a white patch on the back.