Meet the world’s animals.

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• Striped polecat Ictonyx striatus

  

  A carnivore of Africa with striking white stripes on a black body. It is active alone at night and eats small animals and insects.

• Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus

  

  The grey-headed flying-fox is a large fruit bat of eastern Australia. It feeds on flowers and fruit and forms large roosts in trees.

• Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti

  

  The cacomistle is a nocturnal, arboreal mammal with a long ringed tail. It ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama.

• Black Crested Gibbon Nomascus concolor

  

  A gibbon of mountain forests in southwestern China and nearby areas. Adult males and females have very different coat colors.

• Moluccan Cuscus Phalanger ornatus

  

  The Moluccan cuscus is a marsupial from the Moluccan Islands. Its short, woolly coat can have white spots, and a field study also recorded the species on Obi Island.

• Tucumán Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tucumanus

  

  The Tucumán Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent recorded around the city of Tucumán. It has a reddish brown back, a pale underside, and white patches near the limbs.

• Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus

  This dolphin lives in the cool-temperate North Atlantic. It has a yellowish-tan flank streak and a white patch, and eats small fish, squid, and crustaceans. It tends to move north and inshore in summer and south and offshore in winter.

• Mesopotamian Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys citellus

  This mouse opossum is recorded in a habitat mosaic in northeastern Argentina. Its taxonomy has been debated.

• Booted Macaque Macaca ochreata

  The booted macaque lives on southeastern Sulawesi. Its gray limbs stand out against its darker coat. It is active by day and eats mainly fruit.

• Bawean Deer Axis kuhlii

  This deer is endemic to Bawean Island, Indonesia. A 2017 survey used camera traps and fecal records at several mountains in the island reserve and recorded it in mixed secondary and teak forest on Mount Bulu.

• Long-tailed Spiny-rat Proechimys longicaudatus

  A spiny rat from inland South America, including dry forests. Its reddish or yellowish back is mixed with dark-brown hairs, its belly is white, and its tail is sparsely haired.

• Greater Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx bilineata

  This bat is marked by two white lines on its back. It roosts by day under bridges, in caves, or in hollow trees, then hunts insects at night.

• Plains Spotted Skunk Spilogale interrupta

  In Texas, this small, striped skunk is mostly nocturnal and may stand on its forelegs to warn a threat.

• Tilda Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira tildae

  Tilda Yellow-shouldered Bat is a fruit-eating bat found from northern South America into Brazil and neighboring countries. Its coat varies, and it has ochre shoulder patches and dark fur around the eyes.

• Bushpig Potamochoerus larvatus

  A wild pig that forages in groups in forests and wetlands of eastern and southern Africa.

• Eastern Woolly Lemur Avahi laniger

  The eastern woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur of eastern Madagascar, marked by woolly back fur and a white stripe on the thighs.

• Crossley's Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus crossleyi

  Crossley's dwarf lemur is nocturnal and lives in humid forests of eastern and northern Madagascar. Its reddish-brown body contrasts with dark fur around the eyes and ears.

• White-bellied spider monkey Ateles belzebuth

  A spider monkey of the northeastern Amazon, with long limbs and a gripping tail.

• Kalimantan Treeshrew Tupaia salatana

  Tupaia salatana is recorded in southern Borneo. The IUCN account reports reliance on natural forest as well as records from natural remnants within plantations.

• Ribbon Seal Histriophoca fasciata

  A seal of the North Pacific and southern Arctic Ocean whose mature coat has pale bands around the neck, foreflippers and hips.

• Piebald Shrew Diplomesodon pulchellus

  A Central Asian desert shrew with a white back patch that prefers damp sand.

• Arabian Gazelle Gazella arabica

  A slender gazelle with a white underside, living in deserts and other dry open habitats.

• Southern African hedgehog Atelerix frontalis

  The southern African hedgehog has a white band across its forehead and a range of separated populations in southern Africa.

• Coppery Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirops cupreus

  The coppery ring-tailed possum lives in forests and scrub of interior New Guinea. It climbs and is active at night, feeding on leaves and other plant parts.