Meet the world’s animals.
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- Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx
Photo: MathKnight · CC BY-SA 3.0 The Arabian oryx is a white antelope with dark markings on its face and legs.
- Tolai hare Lepus tolai
Photo: Djalick · CC BY-SA 4.0 The tolai hare is a small hare with long ears and legs; it feeds on grasses and shrubs.
- Calaby's Pademelon Thylogale calabyi
Photo: themaskedlapwing · CC0 Calaby’s Pademelon is a small pademelon recorded in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea. Yellow-tipped belly fur and a pale hip stripe help identify the individuals described in a field report.
- Silvery-brown Bare-face Tamarin Oedipomidas leucopus
Photo: Daniel van der Post · no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 A primate from northern Colombia. A 2025 study followed one group for a year in an isolated forest patch in Medellín.
- Atlantic Titi Callicebus personatus
Photo: Gustavo Lazarini Forreque · CC BY 2.0 This monkey lives in Brazil's Atlantic coastal forests. It has black fur on the forehead and beside the cheeks, while coat patterns vary among subspecies.
- Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii
Photo: 林正文 · CC BY 4.0 A nocturnal flying squirrel that glides between trees in mountain forests of northeastern India.
- Fat-tailed False Antechinus Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
The fat-tailed false antechinus is a small marsupial that stores fat in its short, thick-based tail. It lives among the rocky landscapes of central Australia and has a reddish back and pale underside.
- Heermann's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys heermanni
Heermann's kangaroo rat hops on long hind legs and carries seeds in cheek pouches to its burrow. It is active alone at night.
- Arcuate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus arcuatus
The Arcuate Horseshoe Bat has slightly reddish-brown to dark-brown upperparts and buff to gray-brown underparts. In the Philippines it occurs in varied forests, from lowland to montane habitats.
- Campbell's hamster Phodopus campbelli
A small hamster with a narrow dark stripe down its back that lives in dry steppes and deserts.
- Northern Luzon Phloeomys Phloeomys pallidus
The northern Luzon phloeomys is a large rodent found in northern Luzon. It often uses trees but also moves on the ground.
- Cuban Evening Bat Nycticeius cubanus
This Cuban bat is described with a short muzzle and thick brown fur. Records include roosts in buildings and wooden streetlight poles.
- American mink Neogale vison
A North American mustelid that makes use of waterside habitats.
- White-winged Flying Fox Desmalopex leucopterus
The white-winged flying fox is a large bat endemic to the Philippines, with pale markings on its wings.
- Ihering's Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) iheringi
Ihering’s Three-striped Opossum is a small opossum with three dark lines on its back. It carries leaf litter to line a nest in soft soil and eats insects and small animals.
- Milne-Edwards's Macaque Macaca thibetana
Milne-Edwards's macaque lives in mountainous areas of central-eastern China. It can carry food in its cheek pouches and eat later in a safer place.
- Black Muntjac Muntiacus crinifrons
A dark-coated muntjac with a reddish forehead tuft, it may raise its white-lined tail and give a deep bark when anxious or confronted.
- Common Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina aurita
The common sword-nosed bat ranges from southern Mexico through Central America into South America. It is found mainly in forests and eats insects.
- Southern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis
The Southern Short-tailed Shrew is marked by small eyes and a long, mobile snout. It uses moist woodland floor habitat and burrows or surface nests.
- Southern Reedbuck Redunca arundinum
An antelope of water-rich grasslands in central and southern Africa; only males have horns.
- Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris
The marsh rabbit is a wetland rabbit of the southeastern United States that eats grasses and other marsh plants.
- Rothschild's Rock Wallaby Petrogale rothschildi
Rothschild's rock wallaby occurs in Western Australia's Pilbara and Ashburton regions. It uses deep rocky crevices as refuge from daytime heat.
- Emilia's Marmoset Mico emiliae
Emilia's Marmoset is a small monkey marked by a blackish crown, white brow, grayish-brown back, and black tail. A survey in the southern Brazilian Amazon recorded it in regenerating areas with many lianas.
- Rio Mayo Titi Plecturocebus oenanthe
This titi monkey is endemic to the San Martín region of Peru. Pale fur around the face is a characteristic feature, though it is faint in some individuals.