Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis

  

  The Crested Bellbird is a mainland Australian bird whose male stands out for its raised black crest and black breast. It searches for small prey and seeds on the ground and in low shrubs.

• Hispaniolan Greater Funnel-eared Bat Natalus major

  

  This bat has yellowish or grayish fur and pointed-looking ear tips. It roosts in humid caves on Hispaniola and catches insects at night.

• Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

  

  An offshore dolphin with striking stripes running from the eyes along the sides of its body.

• Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus

  

  This flycatcher is widespread across sub-Saharan Africa. It has gray upperparts, a white eye-ring and white outer tail feathers, and feeds on insects in riverine forest, mature woodland and savanna.

• 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.

• Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus

  

  A falcon that catches birds in flight. In North America it is common around coasts and cliffs and may nest on tall buildings.

• Crab-plover Dromas ardeola

  This coastal bird has black-and-white plumage and a heavy bill, and feeds on crabs. A field study in India’s Gulf of Kachchh recorded wintering birds foraging at low tide.

• Altai Zokor Myospalax myospalax

  The Altai zokor is a rodent that digs tunnels and lives underground. It has tiny eyes and powerful forefeet for digging, and it feeds on plant roots and other plant parts.

• Long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis

  A long-tailed monkey that lives in forests and mangroves around Singapore and nearby parts of Southeast Asia.

• Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel

  The Lesser Frigatebird is a seabird with long narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It ranges over tropical oceans and is recorded as a vagrant in New Zealand.

• Eastern Sucker-footed Bat Myzopoda aurita

  The eastern sucker-footed bat lives in eastern Madagascar and clings to leaves using suction-like pads on its wrists and ankles.

• Eurasian bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

  A rounded bird with soft, whistle-like calls.

• Visayan Fantail Rhipidura albiventris

  The Visayan Fantail is a resident fantail of the central Philippines. It occurs in forest and semi-open habitats, and molecular taxonomic work treats it as a distinct species.

• Common marmoset Callithrix jacchus

  A small monkey with conspicuous white ear tufts that feeds on tree sap and raises young with help from family members.

• Fallow deer Dama dama

  The fallow deer is recognized by the male’s broad, palmate antlers. Coat forms include spotted, white and dark individuals.

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula

  A tiny, active North American bird that searches for insects among leaves and branches and flicks its wings often.

• Galapagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis

  The Galapagos fur seal is found only on the rocky shores of the Galapagos Islands.

• Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

  A migratory bird breeding in scrubby woodland. Birds breeding in Britain spend winter in West Africa.

• Tooth-billed Tanager Piranga lutea

  The Tooth-billed Tanager ranges from the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama through the Andes and the tepui region of Venezuela. In Bolivia, the lutea group is recorded at forest edges and shade-coffee farms in the Yungas and foothills.

• Haitian solenodon Solenodon paradoxus

  The Haitian Solenodon is a nocturnal mammal that probes the forest floor with its long, mobile snout. It searches for insects and other small animals in Hispaniola’s forests.

• Nutria Myocastor coypus

  A large, rat-like animal from South America that lives by water. It was brought to Japan for fur and has established in several prefectures.

• Mauritius Cuckooshrike Coracina typica

  This cuckooshrike lives in native forests in southwestern Mauritius. Males and females have markedly different plumage.

• Sun bear Helarctos malayanus

  A small bear of Southeast Asian tropical forests, with short black fur and round ears. Many have a pale chest marking.

• Common Raven Corvus corax

  A large black raven that lives widely across the Northern Hemisphere.