Meet the world’s animals.
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- Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata
Photo: Marilyne Busque-Dubois · CC BY 4.0 A mole of eastern North American wetlands and watersides that searches for prey with its star-shaped nose.
- Chestnut-throated Flycatcher Myiagra castaneigularis
The Chestnut-throated Flycatcher was described from Vanua Levu, Fiji. Its 1876 original account records forest observations, insect feeding, and differences in throat and back color between males and females.
- European Free-tailed Bat Tadarida teniotis
The European free-tailed bat occurs around the Mediterranean and in parts of southern Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. It catches flying insects over mountains and urban areas and roosts in rock crevices, caves, and bridges in both summer and winter.
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
The Tropical Royal Flycatcher catches flying insects in forest undergrowth and at woodland edges near streams. Its crest usually lies flat but opens into a fan, scarlet in males and yellow in females.
- Serval Leptailurus serval
An African cat with long legs, large ears and black spots and stripes on a tawny coat.
- American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
A flamingo of the Caribbean and nearby regions, with long legs and a curved bill.
- Atlantic Titi Callicebus personatus
This monkey lives in Brazil's Atlantic coastal forests. It has black fur on the forehead and beside the cheeks, while coat patterns vary among subspecies.
- Tepui Antpitta Myrmothera simplex
An antpitta of the tepui region. It is dark brown above and white on the throat and belly; the breast band and flanks vary from cinnamon to gray among subspecies.
- Schneider's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros speoris
A leaf-nosed bat found in India and Sri Lanka. A study in dry-zone Sri Lanka recorded bats foraging at dusk and dawn.
- Large Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys hypoleucos
The Large Scimitar Babbler has a long, heavy curved bill, dark brown face and back, pale throat and breast, and grey flanks. It forages low in vegetation.
- Humboldt's Woolly Monkey Lagothrix lagothricha
This large monkey lives in the canopy of humid forests, where it eats mainly fruit and travels in groups.
- Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi
Whitehead's Broadbill is a broadbill recorded in mountain forests on Borneo.
- Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia
The golden lion tamarin is a small monkey recognized by its golden mane framing the face. It searches for fruit and insects in the humid forests of southeastern Brazil.
- Black crowned crane Balearica pavonina
A crane with a golden crown of stiff feathers. Adults have a dark body and red and white cheek patches.
- European Garden Dormouse Eliomys quercinus
The European garden dormouse is marked by a dark mask and a black-and-white tail tip. In Spain, it occurs across the Iberian Peninsula, but its distribution is uneven.
- Blue-fronted Fig-parrot Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii
This small green parrot has blue in its wings, a black forecrown and cheeks, and orange markings that differ by sex. Small groups use forests and edges in western New Guinea.
- Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata
The fat-tailed dunnart is a small marsupial that stores fat in its tail. It searches for arthropods and small vertebrates at night.
- 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.
- East Javan Langur Trachypithecus auratus
The East Javan langur moves through trees with its long tail and mainly eats young leaves. Its coat occurs in black and reddish forms.
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
The Blue Ground Dove is a small pigeon whose male's blue-gray plumage contrasts with the female's reddish brown. By day it searches the ground for seeds and small insects, using forest edges and grasslands.
- Selous's Mongoose Paracynictis selousi
Selous’s mongoose lives in southern African savanna and woodland and is usually solitary and active at night.
- Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps
This tiny flycatcher, about 9.5 cm long, has a rufous crown, pale cheeks edged in black and a yellow underside. It searches for insects in the understorey of humid montane forest and tall second growth.
- Mendoza Tuco-tuco Ctenomys mendocinus
This burrowing rodent is recorded in west-central Argentina and the high Andes of Chile, in grasslands and dry scrub.
- Western Quail-thrush Cinclosoma marginatum
The Western Quail-thrush lives on stony hills and low acacia ridges in western Australia, walking on the ground to forage. Males and females differ in breast pattern.