Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa

  

  The Northern Jacana lives in wetlands from Mexico to Panama and on some Caribbean islands. Its long legs and toes help it walk over floating plants.

• Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata

  The Central American agouti is a slender rodent with a short tail. A field study in Panama recorded it carrying fruit and seeds and burying them in scattered caches.

• Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush Garrulax rufifrons

  This Javan laughingthrush has a rufous forehead and chin. It eats fruit and insects, and may forage in noisy small groups or mixed-species flocks.

• Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus

  A baboon of southern Africa's grasslands, savannas and wooded highlands.

• Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus

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

• Emilio's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys emilianus

  Emilio's tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent known from dune areas in Neuquén, Argentina. Its pale fawn back contrasts with whitish sides and belly.

• Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea

  The Violet-backed Hyliota searches leaf undersides for small prey. A Rwanda survey recorded it in canopy foliage below 2,000 m.

• North Atlantic beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens

  This beaked whale lives in cold North Atlantic waters. Its reported diet is mainly squid and small fish, although its natural history remains poorly known.

• Amami Thrush Zoothera major

  A large thrush found on Amami-Oshima, with records also from nearby Kakeroma Island. It searches for animal prey and fruit in mature evergreen forest around humid valleys.

• Mountain Coati Nasua olivacea

  A coati of Andean forests, with an elongated snout and a bushy, ringed tail.

• Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga

  An East African waxbill of grassland and scrub. The male has a grey head and red rump; it feeds on grass seeds and insects.

• Common Four-eyed Opossum Philander canus

  Philander canus has short, uniformly gray back fur and pale underparts. A 2018 revision reports that in eastern Bolivia’s Cerrado landscapes it is apparently restricted to tall evergreen gallery forest.

• Japanese quail Coturnix japonica

  A stocky, short-tailed bird that breeds in grassland.

• Highlands Punaré Thrichomys inermis

  This spiny rat is recorded from Bahia north to Tocantins in Brazil. In the semiarid Caatinga, it uses rock crevices as shelter and nesting places.

• Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus

  The Black-headed Oriole occurs in Africa. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black head and bright yellow plumage; the species account describes the bird as diurnal and omnivorous in open woodland and forest.

• Collared Pika Ochotona (Pika) collaris

  The collared pika has a collar-like pattern from the nape to the shoulders. It uses rocky slopes and nearby meadows, gathering plants for winter.

• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

  A brown bird with a black head and a yellow bare patch behind the eye. In Singapore, it is an introduced resident of urban areas.

• Five-toed Dwarf Jerboa Cardiocranius paradoxus

  The five-toed dwarf jerboa is a small jerboa with 5 toes on its hind feet. It moves through dry rocky areas at night and eats plant seeds.

• Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus

  An integrative taxonomic study separated P. albogriseus from P. salvini, which had been included in the broader Black-and-white Becard. This entry concerns P. albogriseus, found on the eastern Andean slope and in montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama.

• Long-clawed Ground Squirrel Spermophilopsis leptodactylus

  The long-clawed ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asian drylands. It is active by day and uses its long claws to dig.

• Black-backed Wood Quail Odontophorus melanonotus

  The Black-backed Wood Quail has a dark brown back and a rufous throat and breast. It forages on the forest floor in montane forests spanning northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia.

• Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata

  Seba's short-tailed bat is a small leaf-nosed bat with a short tail. It becomes active after sunset and roosts in groups in caves and tree hollows.

• Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii

  Males show a strong contrast between a red cap and breast and a black face. They drop from a perch to search the ground for insects and other prey.

• Golden Palm Civet Paradoxurus zeylonensis

  The golden palm civet is an arboreal civet native to Sri Lanka. Its coat occurs in golden-brown and dark-brown forms.