Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Tigrina Leopardus tigrinus

  

  The northern tiger cat is a small, slender wild cat with rosette-like spots. It lives alone and is active mainly at night.

• Javan Ferret-badger Melogale orientalis

  

  The Javan ferret-badger is recorded in the hills and mountains of Java and Bali. It searches for food by digging through leaf litter at night.

• Golden-crowned Flying Fox Acerodon jubatus

  

  The golden-crowned flying fox is a large fruit-eating bat found only in the Philippines. A 2026 record documented it in forest in Apayao Province.

• Mendoza Tuco-tuco Ctenomys mendocinus

  

  This burrowing rodent is recorded in west-central Argentina and the high Andes of Chile, in grasslands and dry scrub.

• Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Sousa teuszii

  

  The Atlantic humpback dolphin lives in shallow coastal waters of western Africa. Its grey body has a distinct hump beneath the dorsal fin and a short, rounded beak.

• Agricola’s Opossum Cryptonanus agricolai

  

  This is a small opossum. Ventral fur is unbanded white in most examined specimens, and little is known about its field ecology.

• Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus

  A forest-dwelling monkey of the Malay Peninsula, known for pale eye markings and a leaf-based diet.

• Brow-antlered Deer Panolia eldii

  Its coat ranges from reddish brown to gray, and male antlers sweep in a long curve. It is associated with seasonally flooded indaing forest and monsoon forest; in the hot dry season it moves closer to waterholes.

• Colombian Speckled Tree-rat Pattonomys semivillosus

  The Colombian Speckled Tree-rat is recorded in northeastern Colombia. Its white muzzle contrasts with an almost black crown, and some back and hind-leg spines have white tips. In Colombian dry forest, it has been recorded using termite mounds as shelters.

• 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.

• Salvin's Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma salvini

  Salvin's big-eyed bat ranges from Central America into northwestern South America. It has pale stripes on the face and along the back.

• 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.

• Humboldt's Woolly Monkey Lagothrix lagothricha

  This large monkey lives in the canopy of humid forests, where it eats mainly fruit and travels in groups.

• Greater Red Musk Shrew Crocidura flavescens

  The greater red musk shrew is a large shrew of southern Africa, where it uses moist grassland and woodland. It has also been recorded in gardens and near settlements.

• Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia

  A wild sheep of the dry mountains of North Africa.

• Daurian Hedgehog Mesechinus dauuricus

  Daurian hedgehogs studied at Ikh Nart Nature Reserve in Mongolia often used rocky areas and sparse shrubland. In samples compared at the same reserve, they tended to have greater girth and weight than long-eared hedgehogs.

• Hispid Pocket Gopher Heterogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus

  The Hispid Pocket Gopher lives underground from southern Mexico into northern Central America. Its coat is coarse, and some individuals have a white band around the lower back.

• Arctic hare Lepus arcticus

  An Arctic hare whose seasonal coat changes vary by region.

• Blanford's Jerboa Jaculus blanfordi

  Cream-colored fur above, a white underside and a black-and-white tail tuft distinguish this jerboa. It forages at night and excavates burrows in sandy ground across arid parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby Petrogale sharmani

  Sharman’s Rock-wallaby is a medium-sized wallaby from a restricted area of northern Queensland. It shelters among rocks and emerges around dusk to feed.

• Andean Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus leucogenys

  This saddle-back tamarin occurs in forests east of the Andes in Peru. Records include primary and secondary forest, forest edge, and riparian forest.

• Hoffmanns's Titi Plecturocebus hoffmannsi

  Hoffmanns's titi is a monkey of the Brazilian Amazon. It has a gray back, yellowish-white underside, and black tail, and records show it eating fruit and seeds.

• Golden Palm Civet Paradoxurus zeylonensis

  The golden palm civet is an arboreal civet native to Sri Lanka. Its coat occurs in golden-brown and dark-brown forms.

• Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus

  This African squirrel has a slender body and round ears. It moves through trees by day and also comes to the ground to feed. Coat colors vary among regional subspecies.