Meet the world’s animals.

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• Merriam's Deermouse Peromyscus merriami

  

  Merriam's deermouse is a small mouse ranging from southern Arizona into northwestern Mexico. It is recorded in dry scrub, thorn forest, and grassland.

• Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera

  A medium-sized all-white egret of Australasia. It grows long breeding plumes on breast and shoulders and forages in shallow freshwater for fish, frogs and insects.

• Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus

  A hare of North America’s boreal forests, it changes coat color with the seasons. Its large hind feet help it stay atop the snow.

• Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami

  The Australian Brush-turkey is a large bird with dark plumage, a bare red head, and a yellow wattle. It rakes leaf litter for food, and males use mounds of vegetation to warm the eggs.

• Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus medius

  The fat-tailed dwarf lemur stores fat in its tail and uses those reserves during its season of torpor.

• Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus

  The Long-billed Plover has black bands on its head and breast. It searches for insects while running over river gravel or walking through shallows.

• Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti

  The Madras tree shrew is a small Indian mammal with a mottled back, pale belly, and pale shoulder stripe. It is reported to spend more time on the ground than in trees.

• African Grass Owl Tyto capensis

  The African Grass Owl is a nocturnal owl of wetlands and grasslands that roosts near the ground. It has a white heart-shaped facial disc and a brown back with white spots.

• Rock hyrax Procavia capensis

  A mammal of rocky habitats in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It shelters in crevices and eats grasses and leaves.

• Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus

  The Northern Red Bishop changes markedly in the male's breeding plumage. Flocks feed mainly on seeds in wet grasslands and marshes.

• Varied White-fronted Capuchin Cebus versicolor

  The varied white-fronted capuchin has conspicuous white fur on the head and bright red fur on the chest and belly. It is restricted to Colombia's middle Magdalena Valley. An induced observation with one wild group recorded food sharing of eggs.

• Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei

  This small flycatcher occurs in south-eastern Africa. It moves through the middle and upper canopy for insects, usually in pairs or small family groups.

• Haig's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys haigi

  Haig's tuco-tuco is a small burrowing rodent with soft gray-brown fur. It lives in burrows and gives short calls both day and night.

• African penguin Spheniscus demersus

  A penguin of the South African and Namibian coasts that breeds in large colonies.

• Fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus

  A waterside cat of South and Southeast Asia, with a stocky body, short tail and dark spots and lines on grey-brown fur.

• Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus

  The Mexican Cacique is a black-and-yellow bird of tropical lowlands in western Mexico. It gathers in the canopy around flowering or fruiting trees and also forages on the ground.

• Mindanao Flying Squirrel Petinomys mindanensis

  This flying squirrel occurs in the southern Philippines. It is nocturnal and moves among trees in wet tropical and subtropical forests.

• Comoro Blue Vanga Cyanolanius comorensis

  The Comoro Blue Vanga is a blue bird of woodland in the Comoros. It was formerly grouped with the Madagascar Blue Vanga but is now a separate species. Its current status on Grand Comoro is uncertain.

• Siberian Whiskered Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) sibiricus

  This is a small bat of Asian forests. A 2025 survey recorded it at 730 m and 1,810 m in Katon-Karagay National Park, Kazakhstan.

• Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni

  The Tropical Shearwater dives for small fish and squid and breeds in burrows on islands. In Seychelles it has breeding sites on several islands.

• Tail-less Tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus

  The tailless tenrec is an omnivorous mammal native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. It searches for food around water and undergrowth.

• Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli

  Schlegel’s Asity is a forest bird restricted to northwestern and western Madagascar. It eats more fruit in the rainy season and also takes nectar and insects toward the end of the dry season.

• Ringtail Bassariscus astutus

  A raccoon relative with a long ringed tail that climbs nimbly over rocks.

• Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo

  An oriole of the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia that forages in the canopy.