Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cape Grysbok Raphicerus melanotis

  

  The Cape grysbok is a small bovid from South Africa. It becomes active around dusk and eats grass and leaves from shrubs.

• Sandy Gallito Teledromas fuscus

  The Sandy Gallito lives in the Monte Desert of western Argentina. It walks on the ground and among low vegetation while searching for food.

• Philippine warty pig Sus philippensis

  The Philippine warty pig has one subspecies associated with the Greater Luzon Faunal Region and another with the Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Their head hair differs, while many details of the species' diet and behavior remain unknown.

• Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus

  This woodcreeper climbs tree trunks. The eBird account describes forest as its main setting, and a 2012 checklist records one individual in Ecuador.

• Black Dwarf Porcupine Coendou nycthemera

  The black dwarf porcupine has records from the Amazon region. Its dorsal quill pattern helps distinguish it from similar species, but its range is still poorly defined.

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica

  The Pacific Swallow has a metallic blue back and chestnut on the forehead and throat. In Singapore, it is recorded year-round from mangroves to urban areas.

• Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti

  The cacomistle is a nocturnal, arboreal mammal with a long ringed tail. It ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama.

• Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor

  Its sandy plumage, long legs, and black-and-white eye stripe are distinctive. It runs over dry, open ground while searching for small invertebrates.

• Blond Capuchin Sapajus flavius

  This capuchin lives in remaining Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. One group studied in a forest fragment in Paraíba ate fruit as well as sugarcane stalks and animal food.

• Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa

  A sunbird of West African coastal woodland, gardens and cultivated areas. It feeds on nectar and other foods; one field account describes the male crown as gray-buff.

• Pygmy Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus mayeri

  The pygmy ringtail lives in trees in the forests of New Guinea's central highlands. It is active at night and builds nests of leaves and moss in tree forks.

• Short-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda

  The Short-tailed Paradigalla is a bird-of-paradise from New Guinea's mountain forests. It has a stocky black body and bright yellow bare skin on the forehead and face.

• Pygmy Tree Shrew Tupaia minor

  The pygmy tree shrew is a small, squirrel-like animal with a long, pointed snout. It is active by day and spends much of its time in the forest canopy.

• Antarctic Shag Leucocarbo bransfieldensis

  This seabird breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland Islands, and Elephant Island. Its upperparts are glossy black and its throat and belly white; it feeds on fish and benthic animals near coasts and pack ice.

• Six-banded armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus

  An armadillo of South American savannas that digs its own burrows with strong claws.

• African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis

  This stork occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a fluffy white neck and black body. The bill is black with red on the tip and upper ridge. It walks through wetlands and pastures to find visible prey such as frogs and fish.

• Sulawesi Rousette Rousettus celebensis

  A fruit-eating bat recorded on Sulawesi. A 2021 phylogenetic study proposed placing the species formerly called Rousettus celebensis in Pilonycteris; a 2025 field study also used Pilonycteris celebensis.

• Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans

  The Laughing Falcon has a pale head with a black mask around the eyes. It feeds mainly on snakes, and pairs may exchange laughter-like calls at dawn and dusk.

• 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.

• Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti

  The Grey-headed Bushshrike lives in sub-Saharan Africa. In a southern African atlas it was recorded as a large, brightly coloured bird that often hides in foliage and gives far-carrying calls.

• Eastern Forest Hedgehog Mesechinus orientalis

  This hedgehog was described from eastern China in 2023. Its short spines have bands of white, black, and pale color.

• Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

  With striking red-and-black plumage and a large colorful bill, it lives in waterside forests of Southeast Asia.

• Hairy Big-eared Bat Micronycteris (Xenoctenes) hirsuta

  The Hairy Big-eared Bat occurs in Central and South America. At a study site in Ecuador, bats carried prey to their roosts and ate mainly katydids and soft-bodied beetles.

• Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa

  This blue tanager occurs from Colombia's Caribbean coast to northern Venezuela. It mainly eats fruit and is seen in pairs or small groups.