Meet the world’s animals.

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• Madeira Firecrest Regulus madeirensis

  

  A small bird of Madeira's forests and uplands. Its crown is a key mark, and it searches among leaves for tiny insects.

• Ruddy Mongoose Urva smithii

  The ruddy mongoose is found in India and is marked by a dark, reddish coat and a black tail tip. It favors forests and is most active around dawn and dusk.

• Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica

  The Pacific Diver breeds on Arctic lakes and moves to Pacific coastal waters for winter; it is an accomplished diver.

• Bahia Porcupine Coendou insidiosus

  The Bahia porcupine has sharp quills and a long tail that can grasp branches. It is active in trees at night and eats fruits, bark, and other plant matter.

• Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi

  Ward’s Flycatcher is a Madagascan bird with white and midnight-blue plumage. A study records it in dry forest at the southern tip of Nosy Hara, where it was seen perched in trees.

• Northern Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza zaza

  This large mouse lemur is active at night. It lives in northwestern Madagascar’s forests and has a dark tail and pale underside.

• Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis

  The Blue-throated Macaw is a large parrot of Bolivia's Beni region, with a blue throat and golden-yellow underparts.

• Silky Sifaka Propithecus candidus

  A sifaka known for its long, silky white fur. It moves among trees by day in mountain forest in northeastern Madagascar.

• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

  The Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a ground-dwelling bird of open grasslands from India to East Asia. It eats both plant matter 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-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus

  This wetland bird has a black head and back and a red bill. It occurs from Sumatra to Sulawesi and uses reedbeds, swamps, lake edges, and damp pastures, feeding on vegetation and small animals.

• Somali Hedgehog Atelerix sclateri

  The Somali hedgehog is known from a small number of sites in northern Somalia. Dark spines on its back contrast with pale belly fur, while details of its life in the wild remain poorly documented.

• Inambari Gnatcatcher Polioptila attenboroughi

  This gnatcatcher is documented in the canopy of western Amazonian forest. Its original description reported specimens and recordings from a small number of sites in Amazonas, Brazil.

• Bornean White-bearded Gibbon Hylobates albibarbis

  This gibbon is active in trees by day and feeds mainly on fruit. Males have pale cheek fur, and the species occurs in southwestern Kalimantan.

• Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia

  The breeding male is striking for its long black tail and buff-orange body. After breeding, the birds join other seedeaters and reproduce by laying eggs in a host's nest.

• Giant Forest Hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

  The giant forest hog is a large pig that lives in African forests. It eats grasses and other plants, and uses its tusks to dig for roots.

• American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus

  The American Dipper is a gray bird of fast-flowing streams. It dives underwater to find aquatic insects and other prey.

• Greater Glider Petauroides volans

  This nocturnal marsupial lives in forests of eastern Australia. It glides between trees using a membrane between its limbs and eats eucalyptus leaves.

• Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus

  This sandgrouse has sandy plumage crossed by dark bands. It occurs in dry savanna and cultivated areas, alone in pairs or small groups.

• Southwestern Texas Pocket Gopher Megascapheus baileyi

  Megascapheus baileyi is a small pocket gopher. A 2025 taxonomic review includes 21 subspecies; the nominate subspecies is known only from its type locality at Sierra Blanca, Texas. Other subspecies occur in New Mexico and Mexico.

• Kozlov's Accentor Prunella koslowi

  This accentor lives in scrub on arid mountains and semi-deserts. The China account records it in Ningxia's Helan Mountains and Inner Mongolia; its sandy plumage is streaked with black.

• Great Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) major

  This five-toed jerboa bounds on long hind legs. It digs burrows in open steppe and semi-desert and eats plants and insects.

• Purple-crowned Fairywren Malurus coronatus

  In breeding plumage, the male of the western subspecies has a purple crown and blue tail. The subspecies lives in thick river-edge vegetation from the Victoria River catchment to the northern Kimberley.

• Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris relicta

  Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat was described from southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania, and was later recorded in Zimbabwe.