Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eurasian wren Troglodytes troglodytes

  

  A tiny brown bird with a loud, extended song. In Japan it breeds in habitats such as woodland beside mountain streams.

• 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.

• Brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata

  A wallaby with a brush-tipped tail that shelters among rocks.

• Raccoon Procyon lotor

  Native to North and Central America, it has a black mask around the eyes and rings along its tail.

• North American Racer Coluber constrictor

  This snake sometimes basks or shelters around alligator nests.

• Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui

  The Little Tinamou is a small bird of the ground in humid tropical lowland forest. It is rarely seen and usually runs for cover rather than flying when disturbed.

• Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

  A long-necked swimmer that dives to catch fish.

• Red Acouchi Myoprocta acouchy

  The red acouchi is a diurnal rodent of forests from the Guianas to northern Brazil. Its reddish-orange flanks and legs and short, white-tipped tail are distinctive.

• Bridled House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus

  A gecko found on Mo’orea.

• Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

  A whale with a large head and narrow lower jaw that dives into deep water to find food.

• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

  The Grey-backed Shrike has a grey back, a black facial mask, and a chestnut tail. It breeds at high elevations, and winter movements differ between subspecies.

• Naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber

  The naked mole-rat lives in underground tunnels in dry parts of eastern Africa.

• Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

  A stocky black-and-white shorebird with an orange-red bill.

• Corn Snake Pantherophis guttatus

  This snake sometimes moves around alligator nests.

• Tit Berrypecker Oreocharis arfaki

  The Tit Berrypecker is a fruit-eating bird of New Guinea’s montane forest. Males show bright yellow and orange, while females are mainly olive and gray.

• Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus

  A pig of savannas and open woodlands, the common warthog feeds on grasses and roots. Its range records include several subspecies.

• Haviside's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

  This small dolphin lives off southwestern Africa. Its grey body has a dark cape and white markings, and it is observed in shallow coastal and shelf waters, usually in small groups.

• 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.

• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

  The Common Snipe has a long, straight bill and mottled brown plumage. In the United Kingdom it is most numerous in northern uplands, and birds from northern Europe also arrive in winter.

• Honey Possum Tarsipes rostratus

  The honey possum is a small marsupial that feeds only on nectar and pollen from native flowers. Its long tongue gathers pollen from inside flowers.

• Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala

  The Bornean Bristlehead is a Borneo bird with a red head, a large bill, and bristle-like feathers around its head and cheeks. It moves through the forest in noisy groups.

• White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

  A deer found across much of North America. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and grayish brown in winter.

• Malayan porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura

  The Malayan porcupine is a nocturnal rodent with long spines on its back. It occurs in forests of mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo.

• White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

  The White-breasted Kingfisher is a kingfisher with a red bill, blue back and tail, brown head and belly, and a white throat and breast. It eats fish and shrimp as well as crabs and lizards.