Meet the world’s animals.

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• Burmese Goral Naemorhedus evansi

  

  This goral has long ears and coarse gray to gray-brown fur. Both males and females have horns. In northern Thailand it occurs on steep rocky slopes, in cliff grassland, and in mountain forest.

• Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi

  

  This swift has long, narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It catches insects on the wing over highlands and builds a long, hanging tubular nest.

• Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys suillus

  

  The short-tailed gymnure occurs on Java. A recent taxonomic revision treats it as a Java species and reports seasonal changes in coat color.

• Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii

  

  A large loon with a black head, white back spots, and a pale yellow bill in breeding plumage. In Alaska it uses northern and western lakes in summer and nearshore waters in winter.

• Chinese Dormouse Chaetocauda sichuanensis

  

  The Chinese dormouse was described from subalpine forest in northern Sichuan. Its original description notes large eyes and a tail ending in a tuft of dense fur.

• Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa

  

  This honeyeater lives on Tasmania and nearby islands. Its orange-yellow wattles on the sides of the head stand out, and it often feeds on nectar from eucalypts and other plants.

• 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.

• Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii

  The Little Spotted Kiwi is flightless and nocturnal, probing leaf litter and rotten logs for food. DNA confirmed a wild population on the West Coast of the South Island in 2025.

• Grant's Bushbaby Paragalago granti

  Grant's bushbaby is a small nocturnal primate of southeastern African forests. It rests in tree holes by day and becomes active at night.

• Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris

  The male has a white throat, rich rufous underparts, and an iridescent green head and back. It waits on a forest perch and catches passing insects in flight.

• Attwater's Pocket Gopher Geomys attwateri

  Attwater's pocket gopher is a burrowing rodent that excavates tunnels with its forefeet. At a Texas study site, it was recorded eating many kinds of plants and making winding underground passageways.

• California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica

  This small gray bird often moves its long, narrow black tail. It lives in scrubby dry habitats from southern California to Baja California, Mexico.

• Burmese Hare Lepus peguensis

  This hare uses open woodland and grassy scrub, feeding on the ground from dusk into the night.

• Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus

  The Marbled Murrelet is a small seabird that catches small fish at sea and nests in mature forests. In California, Oregon, and Washington, it forages near shore and breeds in coastal forests.

• Sijin Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) sikimaria

  This small pika is recorded in the mountains of Sikkim. Its winter coat is brown, with mixed brown and grey underneath. Surveys in 2010–2014 sampled it in subalpine Rhododendron forest and farmland.

• African sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus

  A mainly white bird with a black head and neck and a long down-curved bill. The head and neck are bare in adults.

• Checkered Elephant Shrew Rhynchocyon cirnei

  This large sengi has a checkered back and a long, mobile snout. It is active by day and searches on the ground for ants, termites and other invertebrates.

• 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.

• Southern Mountain Cavy Microcavia australis

  This rodent has a compact body and a pale ring around each eye. It is active by day and feeds on leaves beneath thornbushes.

• Taiwan Fulvetta Fulvetta formosana

  This fulvetta is endemic to Taiwan's mountains. It moves in small flocks through understory and bamboo, feeding mainly on insects.

• Great Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) major

  This five-toed jerboa bounds on long hind legs. It digs burrows in open steppe and semi-desert and eats plants and insects.

• Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis

  This dark seabird lives around the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. It dives below the surface to find food.

• Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata

  The bridled nail-tail wallaby is marked by a white stripe that runs from the neck toward the forearms. It shelters by day and emerges to feed in open grassland before dusk.

• Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa

  The Wattled Curassow is a large bird of the upper Amazon forests. It feeds on hard nuts and seeds on the forest floor.