Meet the world’s animals.

Photos: 12,825 · Stories: 19,540

• Bushpig Potamochoerus larvatus

  

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

• Hose's Broadbill Calyptomena hosii

  Hose's Broadbill is a bird of mountain forests on Borneo. The male is bright green with a blue area on the belly.

• 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.

• White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina

  The New Zealand breeding population of the White-faced Storm Petrel is marked by a white face and a bounding, pattering way of feeding at the sea surface.

• Pampas Deer Ozotoceros bezoarticus

  A slender, long-legged deer of South American grasslands. In Argentina, current populations remain in limited areas.

• Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus

  This bushshrike has glossy blue-black upperparts and tail, with white spots on the rump. It eats insects and spiders as well as small vertebrates.

• Nelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys nelsoni

  Nelson's spiny pocket mouse is known from cool, wet montane slopes. A comparison with another species describes its longer skull, larger ears, and soft dorsal fur.

• Vietnamese Cutia Cutia legalleni

  This babbler ranges across southeastern Laos and Vietnam. Males have rufous-chestnut backs, females have olive-brown backs, and both have black bars below. It searches mossy forest branches and trunks for food.

• Narrow-ridged finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis

  A small porpoise without a dorsal fin, found along parts of the Japanese coast.

• Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus

  This small honeyeater is about 11 cm long. It is grayish olive, with a short tail and yellowish eye ring, in New Guinea forest and forest margins.

• Gray Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) domestica

  The gray short-tailed opossum is a small South American marsupial that lives on the ground or in low vegetation. Most have gray fur and a naked, rat-like tail.

• White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegatus

  This terrestrial forest bird is endemic to Madagascar and searches leaf litter for insects and other invertebrates. Adults have chestnut upperparts and black crescent-shaped marks along the sides of the breast. The guide says the sexes look similar, while plumage can vary with age or sex.

• Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes

  An ape of African forests and landscapes where forest and savanna meet. It climbs using long arms and fingers.

• North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli

  This nocturnal kiwi probes leaf litter and rotten wood with its long bill. It lives in forests and scrub on New Zealand’s North Island and eats small invertebrates.

• Vieira's Titi Plecturocebus vieirai

  Plecturocebus vieirai occurs in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará. Its original description reports a pale gray-brown coat and white facial markings, while the ICMBio species sheet describes humid forest and streamside sites with buriti palms.

• 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.

• Raffray's Bandicoot Peroryctes raffrayana

  A medium-sized bandicoot of New Guinea forests, with a long, narrow snout and a long tail.

• Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis

  The Straw-necked Ibis is a large ibis widely distributed in Australia. It moves in search of suitable habitat and forages in shallow water and on the ground.

• 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.

• Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus

  The Pavonine Quetzal lives in the upper canopy of Amazonian forest. Adult males have a bill with an orange-red base and yellow tip, while much of the species' ecology remains poorly known.

• Sowell's Short-tailed Bat Carollia sowelli

  This Central American fruit-eating bat has soft gray-brown fur and a small white stripe on its head. It eats fruits including those of Piper plants.

• White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis

  The White-eared Monarch occurs in eastern Australia. Adults have black upperparts, pale-gray underparts and white marks on the ear region, wings and tail. The NSW profile records it singly or in pairs in forest, at edges and in the canopy or subcanopy.

• Andean Night Monkey Aotus miconax

  The Andean night monkey is a nocturnal primate of cloud forests in northeastern Peru. Large brown eyes and three black facial stripes are features described for the genus Aotus. A study of one group in Peru found it using tree holes and vine tangles as sleeping sites.

• Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus

  A tiny bird of eucalyptus canopies, the Spotted Pardalote has a distinctive pattern of white spots. Adult males also show a red rump and yellow throat. It searches foliage for insects and sugary exudates.