Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius

  

  A hippopotamus spends much of the day in water and grazes on land at night. It uses rivers, lakes and nearby grassland.

• Pen-tailed Tree Shrew Ptilocercus lowii

  

  The pen-tailed tree shrew is nocturnal and has a tuft of white fur at the end of its tail.

• Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons

  

  The Yellow-fronted Barbet is often seen high in forest trees. Its blue face and throat and yellow forehead stand out against a green body.

• Osprey Pandion haliaetus

  

  A fish-catching raptor with a white head crossed by a dark eye stripe. On Hachijojima it is seen near the coast in winter.

• Dassie Rat Petromus typicus

  

  The dassie rat is a rodent that shelters among rock crevices. It has long whiskers and a yellowish nose, and comes out in the morning and late afternoon to seek flowers, seeds, and fruit.

• Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta

  

  This forest bird is endemic to New Zealand. Its naturally surviving population is on Little Barrier Island; managed populations have been translocated elsewhere.

• False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens

  A dark, slender small whale that hunts fish and squid in warm seas.

• Guanaco Lama guanicoe

  A wild camelid of open habitats across western and southern South America, from dry grasslands to cold southern regions.

• White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus

  This group-living bird inhabits dry woodland and scrub on mainland Australia. It searches the ground for insects and spiders and keeps in contact with its companions.

• Common Crane Grus grus

  A large crane that breeds from Europe across northern Asia and winters in southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia and other regions.

• Brown White-lined Bat Saccopteryx leptura

  This small bat has two pale stripes along its back. It catches small flying insects, and small groups have been recorded roosting on tree trunks and similar places in lowland forests.

• Black-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus nigripectus

  The Black-breasted Boatbill is a small bird of New Guinea's mountains. It is active by day along forest edges and within forest, and is about 13–15 cm long.

• Long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis

  A long-tailed monkey that lives in forests and mangroves around Singapore and nearby parts of Southeast Asia.

• Eastern Sucker-footed Bat Myzopoda aurita

  The eastern sucker-footed bat lives in eastern Madagascar and clings to leaves using suction-like pads on its wrists and ankles.

• Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata

  The Magpie Goose is a large waterbird with a black head and neck, a white belly, and a diet of aquatic plants in northern Australian wetlands.

• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster

  A colorful bird with a chestnut head, yellow throat, and blue-green belly. It catches insects in flight.

• Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis

  A nocturnal lemur of Madagascan forests. Its long thin middle finger helps it locate insects inside wood.

• White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata

  Its gray body contrasts with a black crest and wings and white on the belly and underside of the long tail. In eastern African montane evergreen forest and nearby scrub or bamboo, it feeds on flies, ants, and other small invertebrates.

• Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis

  A tree squirrel native to eastern North America. Gray coats are typical, though dark individuals also occur.

• Red slender loris Loris tardigradus

  The red slender loris is a small primate endemic to Sri Lanka. A 2017 study places the species across the island's wet zone and montane areas.

• Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys caudatus

  In Costa Rica, the Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher occurs in montane woods and partly open areas. It pairs to breed and spends much of the rest of the year moving in dispersed flocks.

• Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus

  A pointed-winged falcon with a long tail, well known for hovering. In Britain it uses grassland, farmland and open spaces in towns.

• Southwestern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus concinnus

  The western pygmy possum is a small marsupial with a white belly and large eyes. It moves through trees at night and rests in a leaf-lined nest by day.

• Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus

  A Signy Island study from April 1961 to April 1962 described adults as white with pink skin below the eye. There, the birds fed on shore algae and limpets and also foraged near penguin colonies.