Meet the world’s animals.

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• African Golden Cat Caracal aurata

  

  A medium-sized wild cat of the moist forests of equatorial Africa.

• Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri

  

  This entry uses the current combination *Phylloscopus whistleri* rather than the pool's older *Seicercus whistleri*. It occurs in mountain regions around the Himalayas and forages for insects in forest understory.

• South American coati Nasua nasua

  

  A coati of South American forests, with an elongated flexible snout and a long ringed tail.

• Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi

  

  The Black Butcherbird has deep bluish-black plumage and a large silver-grey bill. It occurs in rainforests, mangroves, and nearby open or settled areas.

• Ladak Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) ladacensis

  

  The Ladak Pika is a large pika living in groups in open high-elevation habitats of Ladakh. A study in Changthang observed it gathering plants and storing them in haypiles.

• Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus

  

  The Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird is a small barbet, marked by a yellow rump and white facial stripes.

• Domestic Pig Sus domesticus

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

• Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus

  A penguin with a narrow black line running beneath the chin like a strap. It breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and islands in the South Atlantic.

• Caquetá Titi Plecturocebus caquetensis

  This titi monkey occurs in lowland forests of southern Colombia. It feeds on fruits, seeds, and young leaves in remaining forest, with reddish fur around the face and throat like a beard.

• Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis

  This tanager occurs at edges of dry forest in the Yucatán region. Adult males have a rose-colored throat; females have yellow there instead.

• Indian Chevrotain Moschiola indica

  This small ungulate occurs on the Indian Peninsula. It has been recorded in moist forest and grassy places near water, and is reported to eat fruit and herbs. The available account says ecological information is sparse and often anecdotal.

• Varzea Schiffornis Schiffornis major

  This Schiffornis occurs in lowland Amazonia. Its plumage is cinnamon-rufous; a 2024 study reported that head-color variation was not geographically structured. In 2015, one bird was trapped in várzea forest in Bolivia.

• Northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus

  A North Pacific fur seal that spends much of its time in the open ocean. It comes ashore on island beaches to breed and rest.

• White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous

  This forest hawk is conspicuous for its dark body and white rump. Argentine records place it in humid and subtropical forests.

• Hawk's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur tymerlachsoni

  Hawk’s sportive lemur is confined to forest on Nosy Be. Gray fur frames its large eyes, and a dark stripe runs from its head down its back.

• Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor

  The Abyssinian Scimitarbill is marked by glossy dark plumage and a long, strongly downcurved orange bill. It lives in dry scrub and open woodland in eastern 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.

• Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus

  Its pointed crest and finely mottled plumage make this ground-dwelling bird distinctive. It lives in open grassland and woodland edges, feeding mainly on seeds.

• Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale

  A bat of wooded foothills and mountains. It emerges at twilight to hunt moths and other insects.

• Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus

  A small tit with a striking black-and-white crest. In Britain it lives in pinewoods of northern Scotland and joins flocks of other tits in winter.

• Red wolf Canis rufus

  Once widespread in the eastern United States, the red wolf now has a wild population in a limited area of northeastern North Carolina.

• Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius

  A small Australian heron that hides in reedbeds and rushes, waiting for prey in the water.

• Lesser capybara Hydrochoerus isthmius

  The lesser capybara is a species in the capybara genus, ranging from eastern Panama into northwestern South America. It has coarse, dark reddish-brown fur and uses waterside habitat.

• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

  A bunting that stays on farmland in Britain year-round; males have a bright yellow head.