Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cape Pangolin Smutsia temminckii

  

  A ground-dwelling pangolin of savannas and open woodland.

• Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea

  

  This waterbird walks on floating plants with its long legs and exceptionally long toes. Its red forehead comb and black, white, and olive-brown pattern are also distinctive.

• Northern Common Cuscus Phalanger orientalis

  

  This nocturnal cuscus has a tail that grips branches. Males and females differ in coat and in how much of the tail is white; the species occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Dusky thrush Turdus eunomus

  

  In Japan it arrives in woodland in autumn and also uses fields, riverbanks and lawns in winter. It runs over the ground and repeatedly pauses.

• Desert Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus penicillatus

  

  The desert pocket mouse lives in arid areas of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is nocturnal and carries seeds in its cheek pouches for storage.

• South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki

  

  The South Polar Skua is a large seabird that breeds in Antarctica and makes a shallow nest on the ground among rocks or moss.

• Bemaraha Sportive Lemur Lepilemur randrianasoloi

  Lepilemur randrianasoloi lives in dry deciduous forest in west-central Madagascar. Its grey coat has rusty red on the shoulders, back, tail, and forelimbs; it is active at night in trees.

• Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus

  A mousebird with a red face and long tail. Flocks use trees in dry regions and feed on leaves and fruit.

• Namib Round-eared Sengi Macroscelides flavicaudatus

  This sengi lives in the arid Namib and Pro-Namib of Namibia.

• Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens

  The Purple Indigobird's breeding male is purplish, and the species lays its eggs in the nest of Jameson's Firefinch. It searches the ground for grass seeds.

• Pacific white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

  A dolphin that lives in groups in the temperate North Pacific.

• Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea

  A stork with a white body, long legs and a long bill. It breeds in parts of Southeast Asia and forages in groups in wetlands such as mangroves and tidal flats.

• Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

  A large rodent of South American watersides. It lives in groups, grazes on land and uses water to rest or escape danger.

• Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae

  This bird is recognized by its long, down-curved bill and yellow belly. It lives in forests on New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Dian's Tarsier Tarsius dentatus

  Dian's tarsier is a small primate of central Sulawesi's forests in Indonesia. Its very large eyes and long tail with a tuft of hair at the tip stand out.

• Timberline Wren Thryorchilus browni

  This wren inhabits the mountains from southern Costa Rica into Panama, using high-elevation bamboo thickets and forest edges.

• Shock-headed Capuchin Cebus cuscinus

  This capuchin has a conspicuous dark cap of hair. It lives in forest groups and ranges farther to find food when fruit is scarce.

• Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca

  The male is black with a white marking, while the female has pale patches on the head. It breeds in northern Europe and uses coastal waters in winter.

• Bush dog Speothos venaticus

  A wild canid found from Panama into South America. Short legs and a short tail give it a low, stocky outline.

• Choco Tapaculo Scytalopus chocoensis

  This tapaculo was described from wet Pacific-slope forest in Ecuador. The paper describes a male type specimen and notes that earlier reports had assigned the species' vocalizations to other tapaculos.

• Amsterdam Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis

  The Amsterdam fur seal breeds on islands north of Antarctica and moves between rocky coasts and the surrounding sea.

• Maranon Crescentchest Melanopareia maranonica

  This range-restricted crescentchest is documented in the middle Marañón River basin of northwestern Peru.

• Spotted seal Phoca largha

  A spotted seal of the North Pacific and southern Arctic. It lives around seasonal sea ice.

• Cryptic Antthrush Chamaeza meruloides

  This antthrush walks on the floor of montane forest in southeastern Brazil. Its reddish tail has a black band near the tip and pale tips. It may climb over fallen logs and roots.