Meet the world’s animals.

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• Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

  

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

• Merriam's Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys merriami

  

  Merriam's pocket gopher is patchily distributed in the southern Valley of Mexico and nearby highlands.

• Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula

  

  This duck stays year-round in wetlands of North America. Its brown plumage includes a blue iridescent wing patch, and males have bright yellow bills.

• Hector's dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori

  

  A small coastal dolphin found around New Zealand, with a rounded dorsal fin.

• Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus

  

  The Superb Fairy-wren lives in southeastern Australia. Breeding males show vivid blue plumage, and the species is known for living in small groups.

• Schulz's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma schulzi

  

  Schulz's round-eared bat occurs on the Guiana Shield. It was recorded in high forest at Brownsberg Nature Park in Suriname.

• Barred Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles bennettii

  The Barred Owlet-nightjar inhabits moist forests on New Guinea and nearby islands. It has fine pale lines on its dark back and broad bars on its pale underside.

• Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa Salpingotus (Anguistodontus) crassicauda

  This small jerboa has a tail longer than its body and three-toed hind feet. It digs long burrows in sand dunes.

• Chestnut-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hyperythra

  The Chestnut-bellied Fantail is widespread in hill and lower montane forest on New Guinea. It is active by day, searching in forest and along edges and sallying out to catch airborne prey.

• Golden-bellied Capuchin Sapajus xanthosternos

  This diurnal capuchin lives mainly in trees in the Atlantic coastal forest of eastern Brazil.

• Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris

  A black-and-white bird of Australia’s coast, the Pied Oystercatcher has a long red bill and legs and feeds on shellfish on beaches and mudflats.

• North Andean Huemul Hippocamelus antisensis

  The North Andean huemul moves across steep Andean slopes on short, strong legs. The male’s branched antlers and dark Y-shaped facial mark are distinctive.

• Ruwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni

  This turaco occurs in montane forest along the Albertine Rift in East Africa. Its green and violet-blue body contrasts with red flight feathers, and it mainly eats fruit.

• Greater Red Musk Shrew Crocidura flavescens

  The greater red musk shrew is a large shrew of southern Africa, where it uses moist grassland and woodland. It has also been recorded in gardens and near settlements.

• Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla

  The Common Firecrest is a small bird with a pale eyebrow and a bright crown. In Spain, it searches for small invertebrates in cool, humid forests.

• Spix's Howler Alouatta discolor

  Spix's howler occurs south of the Amazon River in Brazil. In a studied small group, fruit made up much of the diet, and use of seasonally flooded forest changed with the season.

• Hook-billed Vanga Vanga curvirostris

  The Hook-billed Vanga is endemic to Madagascar. It has a hooked bill, and breeding pairs share care of the nest and young.

• Marsh Mongoose Atilax paludinosus

  The marsh mongoose has dark brown fur and favours wetlands beside rivers and lakes.

• Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea

  This brood-parasitic finch occurs in southeastern Africa. Males are known to mimic the song of their host, the African Firefinch.

• Mountain Tree Shrew Tupaia montana

  This treeshrew lives in the mountain forests of northern Borneo. It is an omnivore that uses the ground and climbs, and a mountain study reported body-weight variation with elevation.

• Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis

  The Spotted Dikkop is a ground-dwelling bird with long legs and yellow eyes. It hunts insects by running, stopping, and jabbing at prey with its bill.

• Hausa Genet Genetta thierryi

  The Hausa genet is a small viverrid found in West African savannas and moist woodlands. A reddish line along its back and alternating light and dark rings on its tail help identify its coat pattern.

• Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla

  The Chestnut-crested Cotinga occurs in the canopy of subtropical and temperate Andean forests. It has a red eye, orange throat and neck, streaked pale belly, and chestnut crest.

• Brazilian Long-nosed Bat Rhynchonycteris naso

  This small bat has an elongated muzzle and pale stripes on its back. It roosts in lines on tree trunks and roots near water, then flies out at night to eat insects.