Meet the world’s animals.

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• African Civet Civettictis civetta

  

  A member of the civet family found in central and southern Africa.

• Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata

  

  The Whiskered Treeswift is a forest-dwelling treeswift with long, whisker-like white feathers and a long tail. Males and females differ in ear-patch color.

• Black-fronted Titi Callicebus nigrifrons

  

  This small monkey has a black forehead and lives in forests of southeastern Brazil. In studied areas, it ate mainly fruit, along with leaves and flowers, and family groups of a pair and their young were reported.

• Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

  

  The Magnificent Frigatebird is a large seabird with long wings and a deeply forked tail. It soars over tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the Americas.

• Eastern Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius

  

  White stripes on the black body break into spots toward the rump. A 2015 survey in South Carolina recorded it at night in mixed and conifer-dominated forests.

• Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla

  

  The Short-toed Treecreeper is a small bird of mature European woodlands. It searches bark crevices for tiny invertebrates with its curved bill.

• Kayan River Slow Loris Nycticebus kayan

  This slow loris occurs in central and northern Borneo. The 2013 taxonomic study compared facial patterns and other traits when describing it as a distinct species. Species-specific information about its behavior and diet in the wild remains limited.

• Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis

  This bird lives in broadleaf and pine forests on Hispaniola. The male has a black head with white stripes and a yellow underside. The female is mainly grayish-olive with darker streaks below.

• Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis

  The Brazilian free-tailed bat has a tail tip that projects beyond the tail membrane. Groups that arrive in central Texas each spring are well documented.

• White-tailed Cotinga Xipholena lamellipennis

  This cotinga occurs in lower Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River. The male is purplish black, with white on most of the tail and wings. The species is poorly known and is reported as apparently nowhere common.

• White-fronted Brown Lemur Eulemur albifrons

  The male's white face makes the sexes easy to distinguish. This lemur lives in forests of northeastern Madagascar and mainly eats fruit, young leaves, and flowers.

• Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi

  Whitehead's Broadbill is a broadbill recorded in mountain forests on Borneo.

• Amur Hedgehog Erinaceus amurensis

  The Amur hedgehog has spines along its back and sides and lives around forests, fields and orchards in East Asia.

• Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus

  Males are chestnut and gray, while females are mostly brown. This sparrow uses dry acacia country and towns and forages in large flocks outside the breeding season.

• African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus

  The African brush-tailed porcupine is a nocturnal rodent of West and Central African forests. It uses burrows during the day.

• Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri

  A loud, long-tailed chachalaca of western Mexico. It occurs in tropical forest and forest edges, often in small groups, and forages on the ground and in trees for fruit.

• Shrew-faced Squirrel Rhinosciurus laticaudatus

  This squirrel is recognized by its long snout and pale sides. It searches the forest floor for insects and earthworms.

• Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea

  The Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike lives in forest from West Africa through the Congo Basin. Males are blue-black with a red shoulder patch; females are olive with barred white underparts.

• Tammar wallaby Notamacropus eugenii

  A grass-eating wallaby with large ears and a long tail.

• Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes

  A white egret that feeds on mudflats and in mangroves. It breeds in East Asia and moves south seasonally.

• Spectacled African Dormouse Graphiurus (Graphiurus) ocularis

  The spectacled African dormouse has a bushy tail and a striking black-and-white face mask. It lives among rocky areas in southwestern South Africa and uses crevices for shelter.

• Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus

  This small bird lives in dry scrub and other habitats in southern Africa. Its black-and-white forehead pattern and pale-yellow belly help identify it.

• Mongolian Pika Ochotona (Pika) pallasi

  The Mongolian Pika is a small pika whose coat is lighter in summer and darker in winter. It is active by day around its burrow and stores gathered grasses as food for winter.

• White-breasted Wood-Swallow Artamus leucoryn

  This bird has dark bluish-gray head, back, wings, and tail with white underparts. It ranges from northern and eastern Australia to New Guinea, Fiji, and the Philippines, and mainly catches insects in flight.