Meet the world’s animals.

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• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

  

  A stork of Asian wetlands whose bill has a gap between the mandibles except near the tip.

• Sunda Stink Badger Mydaus javanensis

  

  The Sunda stink badger digs with its strong forefeet and long snout to find insects and worms. It rests underground by day and is active at night.

• Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra

  

  This jacamar has a long bill and metallic green-blue and bronze plumage. It waits on branches and catches flying insects.

• Northern Tigrina Leopardus tigrinus

  

  The northern tiger cat is a small, slender wild cat with rosette-like spots. It lives alone and is active mainly at night.

• Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus

  

  The Great Woodswallow is the largest woodswallow, marked by a dark grey head and white rump and belly.

• Indian Brown Mongoose Urva fusca

  

  The Indian brown mongoose is a dark-brown mongoose found in the Western Ghats and parts of Sri Lanka.

• Large-billed crow Corvus macrorhynchos

  A crow with a thick bill and a raised forehead. In Japan it occurs in forests, towns and other habitats.

• Malayan Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris malayana

  Tylonycteris malayana is a small bat associated with bamboo-rich forests. Its species account describes daytime roosting in bamboo cavities and feeding on insects at night.

• Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus

  This small owl lives in North American forests. It hunts small mammals at night and hides in dense conifers by day.

• Roman Mole Talpa romana

  The Roman mole digs underground tunnels with broad forefeet shaped for moving soil. It occurs in central and southern Italy and eats earthworms and insect larvae.

• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

  A small bird that breeds among Arctic rocks and forms flocks in open places in North America during winter. It searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Otter Civet Cynogale bennettii

  The Otter Civet is a Southeast Asian viverrid that lives near rivers and wetlands. It has long whiskers and webbed feet, and is nocturnal.

• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

  A bird with a black head and breast, red bill, and red skin in front of the eyes. It is often found in pairs or small groups in grasslands and marshes.

• Horsfield's Treeshrew Tupaia javanica

  This small mammal has a long muzzle and reddish tail, with an olive-brown back. A study of animals from Java reported fruit as a main food.

• Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis

  With a large head and yellow eyes, it sits upright and still on a branch by day, then flies out to catch insects at night.

• Fulvus Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros fulvus

  The fulvous leaf-nosed bat is a small bat found across much of southern Asia. It rests in caves, burrows, or other roosts by day and searches for insects at night.

• Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

  The Anhinga is a fish-eating waterbird. When swimming, it may show only its long neck and head above the surface.

• Forest Giant Pouched Rat Cricetomys emini

  Study animals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were slender and had short, soft gray fur. They used underground burrows and were active both by day and at night.

• Gray Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum

  This large thrasher is endemic to Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Its long tail and spotted breast stand out, and it forages mainly on the ground in cactus desert.

• Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus

  A dolphin of Indian and Pacific Ocean coastal waters. It feeds mainly on fish in shallow waters.

• Marsh Tit Poecile palustris

  The Marsh Tit is a small bird with a glossy black cap and dark bib. In the UK it can be confused with the similar Willow Tit.

• Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey Saimiri ustus

  A diurnal monkey from south of the Amazon River in Brazil that searches for fruit and insects in trees.

• Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata

  The Nepal Cupwing is known from records in central Nepal. A 2010 field note reports hearing at least four birds in northern India and later observing one individual.

• White-striped Free-tailed Bat Austronomus australis

  It has a brown back, a paler underside, and broad white stripes along its sides. This Australian bat is nocturnal and uses echolocation to find insects.