Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black kite Milvus migrans

  

  A familiar raptor in Japan, with long wings and a long tail that has a shallow notch at its tip.

• Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew Phascolosorex doriae

  This marsupial occurs in western New Guinea. It has a dark line along the middle of its back and reddish fur on the underside.

• Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi

  This forest-dwelling bird is endemic to Cuba; its species page says it is most often seen in the eastern half of the island. The crown and back are gray, with yellow on the face and breast.

• Harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena

  A small porpoise of cool Northern Hemisphere waters. It uses bays and estuaries and mainly eats schooling fish.

• Checkered Elephant Shrew Rhynchocyon cirnei

  This large sengi has a checkered back and a long, mobile snout. It is active by day and searches on the ground for ants, termites and other invertebrates.

• Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis

  The Rock Pratincole is a small, dark bird with white rump and underwing markings. It breeds by fast, rocky rivers; the southern African population moves seasonally.

• Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

  A migratory bird breeding in scrubby woodland. Birds breeding in Britain spend winter in West Africa.

• Eastern Sucker-footed Bat Myzopoda aurita

  The eastern sucker-footed bat lives in eastern Madagascar and clings to leaves using suction-like pads on its wrists and ankles.

• Oilbird Steatornis caripensis

  This South American bird flies out at night to find fruit and rests in caves or rainforest canopies. It regurgitates fruit seeds and carries them through the forest.

• Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis

  A black rhinoceros grasps vegetation with a narrow, pointed upper lip. Its upper lip is narrower than a white rhino’s.

• Cape Long-eared Bat Nycteris thebaica

  This bat ranges across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Its large ears, divided noseleaf and T-shaped tail are distinctive, and it hunts insects and other small invertebrates.

• White-naped crane Antigone vipio

  A crane with a gray-and-white neck and pinkish legs.

• Ostrich Struthio camelus

  A flightless bird with a long neck and strong legs, living in African grasslands and other open habitats.

• Eastern Free-tailed Bat Ozimops ridei

  This eastern Australian free-tailed bat has chocolate-brown upperparts and paler underparts. It uses tree hollows and buildings as roosts.

• Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni

  The Snoring Rail is a difficult-to-see rail of Sulawesi's forests. It moves on the ground among dense undergrowth.

• European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

  An animal of European grasslands, hedgerows and gardens. Spines cover its back, and it curls into a ball when threatened.

• Coquerel's Sifaka Propithecus coquereli

  Coquerel’s Sifaka is a lemur with a mostly white coat and chestnut patches on its chest and limbs. It leaps between trees and eats mainly leaves.

• Pied Heron Egretta picata

  The Pied Heron is a wetland heron of northern Australia and nearby islands. It has black-and-white plumage and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fish and frogs.

• Gray Partridge Perdix perdix

  A ground-dwelling bird native to Eurasia. Family groups walk through fields and grasslands, picking seeds from the ground. North American populations were introduced from Europe.

• Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea

  The Lesser Dawn Bat has a long, narrow muzzle and large eyes. It feeds on nectar and pollen and roosts in large colonies in caves and other sheltered places.

• Dusky Megapode Megapodius freycinet

  The Dusky Megapode is a dark, ground-dwelling bird that builds a mound and buries its eggs in it. Body size varies greatly among islands, and details of its breeding biology and diet remain poorly known.

• West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus

  A large aquatic mammal that eats plants, with a rounded body and broad tail.

• Chinese Dormouse Chaetocauda sichuanensis

  The Chinese dormouse was described from subalpine forest in northern Sichuan. Its original description notes large eyes and a tail ending in a tuft of dense fur.

• Lesser Melampitta Melampitta lugubris

  The Lesser Melampitta lives in New Guinea's montane forests. This account separates an early description of an adult male from one survey record in eastern Papua New Guinea.