Meet the world’s animals.

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• Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin Sousa plumbea

  

  A dolphin of the western Indian Ocean coast, with a small dorsal fin set on a large hump and a gray body.

• Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus

  

  A small bird of dry, rocky places, with a cinnamon-colored body and a conspicuous white throat.

• Gray Mouse Opossum Tlacuatzin canescens

  

  This small opossum lives in Mexico. It is nocturnal and eats mainly insects, along with fruit and small animals.

• Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda

  

  This small warbler occurs on western Mediterranean islands. It moves through low scrub and catches insects and spiders.

• Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix (Hystrix) indica

  

  A porcupine from the Middle East to South and Central Asia, protected by long quills.

• Rufous-fronted Wood Quail Odontophorus erythrops

  

  The Rufous-fronted Wood Quail searches through leaf litter on the forest floor in the Andes.

• Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana

  A monkey of montane forests in central and western China; leaves are a major part of its diet, alongside seeds and fruit.

• Blue-grey Robin Peneothello cyanus

  A blue-grey robin of New Guinea's mountains, it searches for insects low in forest and secondary growth.

• White-lipped Deer Cervus albirostris

  The white-lipped deer lives in high country of the Tibetan Plateau. White markings around the muzzle and throat and broad hooves are distinctive.

• Pale-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis bruijnii

  A bird-of-paradise of lowland rainforest in northern New Guinea. Its long, pale curved bill is distinctive, and males and females differ in plumage.

• Giant Atlantic Tree-rat Phyllomys thomasi

  A spiny rat known only from São Sebastião Island off southeastern Brazil. Its back bears reddish-brown spines, and much of the island is Atlantic rainforest.

• White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus

  A South American wetland stilt. Adults often show a white crown and a white bar across the upper back. A Brazilian study documented nests made with salt-marsh vegetation, mud, and shells.

• Greater Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) kappleri

  The greater dog-like bat has light and dark brown color phases, with paler fur underneath. It uses wet forests and wetlands, eats insects, and roosts in groups in caves and tree hollows.

• Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida

  The Red-chested Swallow lives in tropical Africa and catches insects in flight. Compared with similar swallows, it has a narrower breast band and larger white panels in the tail.

• Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus chinga

  A South American skunk with a black coat, white back stripes and a broad nose.

• Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium palmarum

  This tiny owl is endemic to western Mexico. It occurs in pine and semi-deciduous forests and is also reported from coffee plantations.

• Mexican Agouti Dasyprocta mexicana

  The Mexican agouti is a rodent of southern Mexican forests whose activity period varies by place.

• Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis

  This bird searches trees along dry rivers for insects and small geckos. A Namibian subspecies has coppery and violet iridescence on its mantle feathers.

• Incan Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus incarum

  A broad-nosed bat occurring east of the Andes. Records from Brazil’s Cerrado and Pantanal were confirmed as P. incarum rather than P. helleri.

• Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus

  This small grebe lives in shallow ponds and wetlands and swims underwater in search of food.

• Domestic Pig Sus domesticus

  People keep domestic pigs as livestock. In the Kunekune breed, coat colors vary, and the pigs can graze on pasture.

• Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii

  A bird that runs through dry grassland and open woodland and feeds on insects on the ground. It occurs across much of sub-Saharan Africa.

• Red slender loris Loris tardigradus

  The red slender loris is a small primate endemic to Sri Lanka. A 2017 study places the species across the island's wet zone and montane areas.

• Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis

  Radde's Accentor is a small mountain bird with a white eyebrow and a dark-streaked back. It searches for insects and seeds on the ground.