Meet the world’s animals.

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• Citrine Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa helianthea

  

  This small flycatcher is active by day; adults have olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts and rump.

• Madagascan Rousette Rousettus madagascariensis

  

  The Madagascan rousette is a small fruit bat found only on Madagascar. It is active at night and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus

  

  The Gray Silky-flycatcher is a crested, long-tailed bird. Males are blue-gray and females dusky gray; flocks gather at fruiting trees in its Mexican and Guatemalan range.

• Attwater's Pocket Gopher Geomys attwateri

  

  Attwater's pocket gopher is a burrowing rodent that excavates tunnels with its forefeet. At a Texas study site, it was recorded eating many kinds of plants and making winding underground passageways.

• Little Chachalaca Ortalis motmot

  

  A cracid of northern South America, recognized by reddish-brown plumage and a red throat wattle.

• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva

  

  The crab-eating mongoose has a white stripe from its cheeks to its chest. A camera survey in Nepal's Bardia National Park recorded it near rivers and photographed it during the day.

• Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta

  The Restless Flycatcher catches insects over open woodland and farmland. When hawking prey, it can appear to hover with its head pointing down.

• East African Mole Rat Tachyoryctes splendens

  The East African root rat occurs in patches of fertile soil in the northeastern African highlands. It excavates extensive underground burrows and makes nests from plant material and fecal matter.

• Blue-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis

  The Blue-throated Toucanet is a toucan of humid Central American forests. Its blue throat and large bill stand out, and it eats fruit and small invertebrates.

• Reeves's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi

  A small deer whose males have short antlers and long upper canine teeth.

• Yellow-throated Leafbird Chloropsis palawanensis

  A forest bird of the Palawan islands with a green body, yellow throat, and blue wing markings.

• North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatus

  A rodent with quills among its fur that feeds on plants, including tree bark.

• Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina

  This waterbird has a long, upturned black bill. It is seen in pairs or small groups at lakes and streams in the Andes at 3,000–4,000 m.

• Desert Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus

  The desert warthog lives in dry savannas and is a separate species from the common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus.

• Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis

  The Black-breasted Weaver lives in freshwater wetlands with grass and reedbeds. It is active on the ground by day and feeds mainly on seeds.

• Common Ringtail Pseudocheirus peregrinus

  The common ringtail is a nocturnal Australian marsupial with a grasping tail that helps it move along branches.

• Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer

  This small mountain bird has an almost absent tail and rounded wings. Nest observations in Sikkim found globular nests made mainly of moss and rootlets.

• Black-headed Marmoset Mico nigriceps

  This small marmoset lives in lowland forest and forest edges in the south-central Amazon. It eats gum, fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

  This plover ranges from Mexico through Central America to central Argentina and central Chile. Adults have a black breast band.

• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula

  The yellow-throated marten lives in forests of southern and eastern Asia and stands out for its dark head and golden throat.

• Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans

  This Madagascar-only asity is one of the species with a long, curved bill. Sunbird-asities mainly take nectar, and also eat fruit and insects.

• Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens

  The species has been recorded in forests in northeastern Australia. A 2025 study examined fur from one young male collected on the Atherton Tablelands, and a camera survey reported in 2026 recorded the species in reference forest and restored corridors.

• Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi

  This laughingthrush occurs around the Min Shan, from southern Gansu into northern Sichuan, China. BirdLife reports records at 2,000–3,500 m.

• Asian Long-tailed Porcupine Trichys fasciculata

  The Asian long-tailed porcupine is a small porcupine with short spines on its back. It is active at night in the moist forests of Southeast Asia, walking on the ground and climbing trees.