Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus

  

  A black-and-white bird that wades through shallow water on long legs.

• American Pika Ochotona (Pika) princeps

  The American pika is a small mammal of the mountains of western North America. It does not hibernate and gathers plants for winter food.

• Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

  In European wetlands, this large waterbird stands out for its purplish-blue body and red frontal shield. It handles reeds with its bill and feet.

• Niemitz's Tarsier Tarsius niemitzi

  This tarsier occurs on the Togean Islands off Central Sulawesi. It was described as a distinct species in 2019, and a characteristic duet call made by a male and female is reported.

• White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis

  A bird of the middle and lower forest strata in Central America. Males have pale facial speckles and conspicuous white tufts along the cheeks.

• Desmarest's Hutia Capromys pilorides

  This hutia lives in Cuba and nearby islands. Its back is often darker than its underside, and coat colors vary.

• Violaceous Quail-Dove Geotrygon violacea

  This quail-dove often uses trees, but it also visits the ground to eat fallen fruit. The Cotinga paper reports records from humid lowland forest in Peru.

• Hawaiian Hoary Bat Aeorestes semotus

  This bat is naturally found only in the Hawaiian Islands, on the main islands except Niihau.

• Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa

  The Northern Jacana lives in wetlands from Mexico to Panama and on some Caribbean islands. Its long legs and toes help it walk over floating plants.

• Lesser Bamboo Rat Cannomys badius

  The Lesser Bamboo Rat is a rodent of bamboo forests, thickets, and hilly ground. It leaves its burrow in the evening to feed on plants and has short, powerful legs with digging claws.

• Chaetornis striata

  This grassland bird often remains hidden in cover. A Kerala sighting describes a fulvous-brown back with bold streaks, while a study in Nepal recorded it in riverine grasslands.

• Pygmy Spotted Skunk Spilogale pygmaea

  A small skunk from Mexico’s Pacific coast, with white stripes on a black coat that break into spots toward the rear.

• Grey-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans

  The Grey-winged Trumpeter is a forest bird of South America that appears larger when it arches its wings.

• Flamarion's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys flamarioni

  Flamarion's Tuco-tuco is a rodent with sandy fur and long, stiff hairs on its digging fingers. It lives alone in burrows in coastal dunes of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.

• Bornean Leafbird Chloropsis kinabaluensis

  This leafbird inhabits mountain forests of Borneo. A 2003 taxonomic review treated Chloropsis kinabaluensis as a distinct species after it had long been included as a subspecies of C. cochinchinensis.

• Southwestern Texas Pocket Gopher Megascapheus baileyi

  Megascapheus baileyi is a small pocket gopher. A 2025 taxonomic review includes 21 subspecies; the nominate subspecies is known only from its type locality at Sierra Blanca, Texas. Other subspecies occur in New Mexico and Mexico.

• Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus

  The Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel is a North Pacific seabird. Its bluish-grey body and forked tail are distinctive, and it feeds close to the sea surface.

• African crested porcupine Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata

  A rodent with defensive quills and a crest over the head and neck.

• Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps

  The Fire-capped Tit is a small bird whose breeding male has a conspicuous red forehead and throat. Females and the different subspecies are less uniform in color.

• Southern Birch Mouse Sicista subtilis

  The Southern Birch Mouse is a small rodent recorded in dry steppe and small river valleys during a study in the South Urals.

• Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas

  The Arafura Fantail occurs along the northern coast of Australia and in southern New Guinea. It uses rainforest and mangroves.

• Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus

  A raccoon of southern Central and South America, living in forests and grasslands near water. It is active from dusk through the night and into the early morning.

• White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei

  The amount of white on its head varies, and its red bill and feet stand out. By day it searches tree trunks and branches for invertebrates.

• Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii

  A small molossid bat that is widespread in South America. It catches insects while flying in open areas.