Meet the world’s animals.

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• Aardvark Orycteropus afer

  

  An African mammal that searches for ants and termites on the ground at night and uses burrows as shelter.

• Sooty Bushtit Aegithalos fuliginosus

  A small bird of the mountains of central China, it has grey cheeks, a dark breast band and a white collar. It searches among foliage for insects and berries.

• Greater Hedgehog Tenrec Setifer setosus

  The greater hedgehog tenrec is a small mammal from Madagascar with short spines on its back. It is active at night and searches for invertebrates on the ground and in trees.

• Eurasian blackbird Turdus merula

  A thrush commonly seen in British gardens and parks. It searches ground litter for worms, insects and fruit.

• Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

  The Australian Pelican has a long bill with a large pouch beneath it. Fish are its main food, and groups sometimes herd fish into shallow water.

• Little Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus australis

  The little long-fingered bat is small and has seasonal variation in coat color. It hunts insects at night and roosts in groups in caves and other sheltered places.

• Greater one-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis

  The greater one-horned rhinoceros lives along rivers in northern India and southern Nepal.

• South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus

  Adult South Island Saddlebacks are black, with a chestnut saddle and orange-red wattles. Their original range is South Island and Stewart Island, while conservation translocations have established populations on other islands.

• Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa

  The mountain beaver is a rodent distinct from true beavers. It digs burrows in moist forest soils and eats plants.

• Gray Partridge Perdix perdix

  A ground-dwelling bird native to Eurasia. Family groups walk through fields and grasslands, picking seeds from the ground. North American populations were introduced from Europe.

• Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens

  This highland bird has gray-brown plumage, a white eyebrow and belly, and a soft orange wash on the chest. It often searches for food on the ground, and the male's song is another feature.

• Greater Bulldog Bat Noctilio (Noctilio) leporinus

  The greater bulldog bat can forage for fish near the water surface. In a Panama account, it responded to surface ripples and dipped its feet into the water.

• Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus

  A fox of cold Arctic regions, protected by thick fur that also covers its feet in winter.

• Olive-backed Tanager Mitrospingus oleagineus

  This tanager occurs in humid forests from Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil and searches foliage for small prey.

• Western Nesomys Nesomys lambertoni

  Lamberton’s forest rat is a rodent recorded in forest on the limestone formations of western Madagascar.

• Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

  Often hidden high in trees, this bird has an adult male with a bright yellow body and black wings.

• Hall's Babbler Pomatostomus halli

  This bird has conspicuous white eyebrow and breast markings and lives in flocks in dry Acacia scrub of central-eastern Australia.

• Merriam's Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys merriami

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

• Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra

  A dark, round-headed small whale that forms large groups in tropical seas.

• Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi

  This African bird walks through wet, open grassland and searches the ground for small animals.

• Short-snouted Sengi Elephantulus brachyrhynchus

  The short-snouted sengi has a long, narrow snout and a faint white eye ring. In southern Africa it uses grassland with trees or shrubs.

• European starling Sturnus vulgaris

  A bird native to Europe and other Palearctic regions, introduced to North America. Outside breeding season it may form large flocks.

• Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata

  The Great Blue Turaco is a large bird with blue feathers and a red-and-yellow bill. It moves deftly through rainforest canopy and occurs in Central and West Africa.

• Dugong Dugong dugon

  A mammal of warm coastal seas that feeds mainly on seagrass and uses shallow sheltered waters.