Meet the world’s animals.

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• Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana

  

  This parakeet lives in Himalayan forests and cultivated areas with large trees. It is often seen in small flocks or family groups; adult males have a maroon wing patch.

• Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus

  A large sea lion of the cold North Pacific. It catches fish and other prey at sea and rests ashore.

• Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana

  Male Croaking Ground Doves have a bluish head and pinkish tones on the neck and breast. In Peru they feed on small seeds on the ground in open places, often in pairs or in flocks at feeding sites.

• Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei

  A stocky, short-beaked dolphin that lives in deep offshore waters.

• Princess Stephanie's Astrapia Astrapia stephaniae

  Stephanie’s Astrapia is a bird-of-paradise of Papua New Guinea’s mountain forests. The male stands out for iridescent blue-green and copper-red plumage and a long tail.

• Red-collared Brown Lemur Eulemur collaris

  This lemur is notable for reddish-brown fur around its neck and orange-red eyes. Its tail is longer than its body and helps it balance as it moves through trees.

• Rufous-headed Ground Roller Atelornis crossleyi

  The Rufous-headed Ground Roller searches for food on the damp forest floor of eastern Madagascar. Adults show a rufous head and underparts, a green back, and white streaks on the black throat.

• Golden-faced Saki Pithecia chrysocephala

  The male has golden to reddish-brown fur framing a black face. This saki spends the day in trees and eats fruit and seeds.

• Wattled Brush-turkey Aepypodius arfakianus

  The Wattled Brush-turkey is a large megapode of New Guinea’s mountain forests. Its reddish-brown body bears a red comb and wattle, and it incubates eggs using heat from a mound of leaves and twigs.

• Masoala Sportive Lemur Lepilemur scottorum

  Scott's sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur with reddish-brown fur and a black tail tip. The 2020 assessment knew it only from Masoala National Park in northeastern Madagascar.

• Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor

  The Varied Honeyeater lives in scrub, wetlands, and gardens in New Guinea and northeastern Australia. It eats nectar, insects, and fruit, and has striking black and yellow lines beside the eye.

• Cape Gerbil Gerbilliscus (Taterona) afra

  The Cape gerbil lives in sandy areas of southwestern South Africa. It digs burrows and eats grasses, roots, seeds, and bulbs.

• Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus

  The male has a gray back and tail with a black crown; the female is cinnamon to rufous. In Peru, the species is recorded in second growth and river islands along the Amazon and Ucayali.

• Japanese pipistrelle Pipistrellus abramus

  A small bat that roosts in buildings and flies over familiar places after sunset.

• Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis

  This large nocturnal bird has a broad bill and a long tail. It rests by day near forest edges, and its gray-brown plumage and barring blend with its surroundings.

• Kultarr Antechinomys laniger

  The kultarr is a nocturnal marsupial of Australia's arid and semi-arid regions. It bounds on long hind feet and feeds mainly on insects and spiders.

• Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata

  Mottled Petrels breed on islands in southern New Zealand and move to the North Pacific afterward. They feed close to the sea surface.

• Russian Desman Desmana moschata

  The Russian desman is a mole relative that lives by water. It has a flexible snout and fully webbed hind feet.

• Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous

  This cacique is presented here through the affinis subspecies of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. It has a black body and red rump, and colonies build hanging nests high in trees.

• Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica

  The Siberian weasel ranges across northern and eastern Eurasia and parts of South Asia. Its coat changes with the seasons, and it is most active at night or twilight.

• Cream-throated White-eye Zosterops atriceps

  The Cream-throated White-eye occurs in Indonesia's North Maluku islands. A 2010 survey recorded it on Obi, where the observers heard it often but saw it only occasionally.

• Striped Yellow-eared Bat Vampyriscus nymphaea

  This bat is recorded mainly from Colombia’s Pacific region. Its dorsal stripe may be faint, while four white facial lines and yellow ear margins are conspicuous.

• Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii

  A small sparrow, about 16 cm long, found in highlands and near human settlements. It feeds mainly on plant seeds on the ground and is sedentary.

• Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus lagonotus

  This tamarin occurs in the Ecuadorian Amazon and eastern Andean foothills. The university species account describes it in lower and middle forest layers, feeding on fruit and insects.