Meet the world’s animals.

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• Indian Hedgehog Paraechinus micropus

  

  The Indian hedgehog lives in dry regions and needs some plant cover for shelter and nest material.

• Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula

  

  The Parakeet Auklet has a thick orange bill and white head plume and searches for food at sea in the North Pacific.

• Unadorned Rock Wallaby Petrogale inornata

  

  Its coat shifts between gray and brown with season and local rock or soil color. In observations of a low-density colony, individuals stayed close to rocky outcrops while foraging. The current recorded range is central coastal Queensland.

• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus

  

  A bird of open Australian country, recognized by its crest, long pointed tail and orange cheek patches.

• Peyrieras's Woolly Lemur Avahi peyrierasi

  

  Peyrieras’s woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur of southeastern Madagascar’s forests. Its back is gray-brown, its underside is white, and its tail is reddish brown. It is arboreal and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus

  

  The Sharp-tailed Grouse lives in North American grasslands and shrublands. In spring, males inflate their throat sacs and stamp their feet during courtship.

• Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii

  A meat-eating marsupial of Tasmania, with a stocky body, a broad head and mostly black fur.

• Blue-eared Lory Eos semilarvata

  This parrot occurs in the montane forests of Seram, Indonesia. Its dark-red body contrasts with purplish-blue cheeks and ear-coverts and black streaks on the wings. Flowers are part of its diet.

• Karoo Round-eared Sengi Macroscelides proboscideus

  A small sengi with a long nose and large eyes that lives on gravel plains in the Karoo region.

• Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

  A bird with a dark head, rufous-brown body, and long gray tail tipped in black. It moves through trees and eats a wide variety of foods.

• European Mink Mustela lutreola

  This slender mustelid lives near water and is marked by brown fur and white areas on both lips.

• Gray-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis

  This roughly 20 cm bird lives in humid Andean montane forest. Yellow-olive upperparts, a striped gray-and-black head, and a white throat are distinctive.

• Long-tailed Tuco-tuco Ctenomys fulvus

  This burrowing rodent lives in dry areas of northern Chile and adjoining Argentina. The Chilean assessment records different habitats for named subspecies, including desert and oasis settings.

• Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris

  This black bird with a blue gloss lives in woodland and scrub around the Yucatán Peninsula. At Sian Ka’an in Mexico it uses coastal vegetation with palms and shrubs and feeds on fruit and other foods.

• Black Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus rufoniger

  The black-spotted cuscus is an arboreal marsupial with black-and-red fur and different back patterns in males and females. It occurs in forests of northern New Guinea.

• Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis

  This vivid green bird feeds on fruit in the lower levels of dense forest. It is resident, though it may move with seasonal fruiting.

• Common Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) subterraneus

  The common pine vole is a small vole that often tunnels in deep soil and eats plant roots and tubers.

• Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus

  This woodpecker forages on rocky hills and mountains, digging for ants. Males and females differ in their face markings.

• Japanese Dormouse Glirulus japonicus

  The Japanese dormouse lives in forests on Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. A dark stripe down its back and a bushy, flattened tail help identify it.

• 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.

• Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus

  A seal of cold North Atlantic and Arctic waters. It gathers on pack ice during breeding and molting seasons.

• Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae

  It is widespread across southern Africa, with isolated populations in Ethiopia and Kenya. Its back and wings are olive green, and it mainly eats insects found on twigs.

• Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii

  A large toothed whale of cold, deep waters in the Southern Hemisphere. It can be difficult to distinguish from similar species, and aspects of its diet and natural history remain poorly known.

• Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus

  The Common Buttonquail is a small bird that runs beneath grass and scrub. Adult females are larger and more brightly colored than males.