Meet the world’s animals.

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• South American coati Nasua nasua

  

  A coati of South American forests, with an elongated flexible snout and a long ringed tail.

• Dark-winged Trumpeter Psophia viridis

  

  A large bird that walks on long legs along the forest floor, it lives in vocal groups and has regionally variable wing color.

• Philippine warty pig Sus philippensis

  

  The Philippine warty pig has one subspecies associated with the Greater Luzon Faunal Region and another with the Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Their head hair differs, while many details of the species' diet and behavior remain unknown.

• Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus

  

  The Chestnut Thrush moves quietly through forests around the Himalaya and descends to lower elevations in winter.

• Greater Mouse-deer Tragulus napu

  

  A small forest-dwelling animal with slender legs and reddish-brown fur, it is active at night and feeds on fallen fruit and young leaves.

• Peg-billed Finch Acanthidops bairdi

  

  This finch lives in volcanic highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its long upturned bill is distinctive, and it feeds on insects, seeds, and fruit in mountain forest and bamboo.

• Alpaca Vicugna pacos

  A domestic camelid raised for its fiber in the Andean highlands. It lives in herds and has many coat colors.

• White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei

  The amount of white on its head varies, and its red bill and feet stand out. By day it searches tree trunks and branches for invertebrates.

• Moleques do Sul Guinea Pig Cavia intermedia

  The Moleques do Sul guinea pig is known only from a small island off Brazil. It uses a narrow area with grasses and has been reported to breed throughout the year.

• Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus

  This woodswallow ranges from India through Indochina to coastal China and often perches in open areas.

• Brown Howler Monkey Alouatta guariba

  The brown howler is a large, tree-dwelling monkey with a grasping tail. It feeds on leaves, flowers and fruit, and makes loud calls like low grunts or barks.

• Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris

  Breeding males are black, with red shoulders and a long tail. Outside the breeding season, males and females are browner, and the birds feed on grass seeds and other foods.

• East African Mole Rat Tachyoryctes splendens

  The East African root rat occurs in patches of fertile soil in the northeastern African highlands. It excavates extensive underground burrows and makes nests from plant material and fecal matter.

• Black-headed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer

  The Black-headed Shrike-Babbler lives in Himalayan forests. Males have a black head and chestnut breast, while females are mainly olive green.

• Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou spinosus

  This nocturnal porcupine moves among tree branches. Its fluffy fur can partly hide the spines, and it wraps its tail around branches as it moves.

• Taliabu Masked Owl Tyto nigrobrunnea

  The Taliabu Masked Owl is a rare owl known from Taliabu Island. Its plumage is described, but its feeding and breeding habits remain unknown.

• Giant Ground Pangolin Smutsia gigantea

  The giant pangolin is the largest pangolin in Africa. It is nocturnal, terrestrial and associated with moist areas near water.

• White-faced Robin Tregellasia leucops

  The White-faced Robin was studied in tropical rainforest at Iron Range on Cape York, northern Australia. In the banding study, most recaptures were close to the release site, and some marked birds were encountered again as late as 18 years later.

• Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii

  The western quoll is a carnivorous marsupial of forests and woodlands in south-west Western Australia. It has white spots and is active at night.

• Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus

  A penguin with a narrow black line running beneath the chin like a strap. It breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and islands in the South Atlantic.

• Giant Armadillo Priodontes maximus

  It is the largest living armadillo and digs burrows with its powerful front claws.

• Chestnut-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus ruficeps

  The Chestnut-crowned Babbler is marked by a chestnut crown and gray facial pattern. It searches for food in small flocks on the ground in dry, open woodland.

• 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.

• Black Bushbird Neoctantes niger

  This small antbird lives in Amazonian forest understory. Near Peru’s Manu National Park, a male was recorded attending a nest hung low in dense vegetation.