Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brown rat Rattus norvegicus

  

  A rat widely found around human settlements, using sewers, warehouses, fields and other places with water and food.

• Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

  The Sungrebe is a small aquatic bird with a long, slender bill and yellow-and-black-banded lobed toes. It hides along quiet, heavily vegetated waterways and may dive when threatened.

• Jameson's Red Rock Hare Pronolagus randensis

  A hare of rocky outcrops, with a white patch at the neck and a black tail tip. It rests among rocks by day and feeds on nearby grass at night.

• Common Crane Grus grus

  A large crane that breeds from Europe across northern Asia and winters in southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia and other regions.

• Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes

  Male Somali Ostriches have blue-grey necks and legs, while females have dull pinkish necks and legs. They use dry habitats such as grassland and thorn scrub and may occur in small groups.

• Hausa Genet Genetta thierryi

  The Hausa genet is a small viverrid found in West African savannas and moist woodlands. A reddish line along its back and alternating light and dark rings on its tail help identify its coat pattern.

• European Mole Talpa europaea

  This stocky mole digs tunnels underground and searches for earthworms and other food in the soil.

• Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii

  This bird is recorded in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Its dark face, pale eyes, and long, pointed bill stand out. The account describes lowland settings that include riverside forest, forest edges, secondary growth, and cacao plantations.

• Etendeka Round-eared Sengi Macroscelides micus

  This small sengi has been recorded near the Etendeka volcanic formation in northwestern Namibia. It has rust-colored fur and a hairless gland on the underside of the tail. It is nocturnal and uses the space beneath rocks as a daytime shelter.

• Eurasian goshawk Astur gentilis

  A broad-winged hawk that flies swiftly between trees. In Britain it lives in woodland and is often hard to see.

• Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

  A shallow-water bird that forages with a slender upcurved bill.

• Bumblebee Bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai

  Kitti’s hog-nosed bat is a tiny bat about the size of a large bumblebee. It roosts in limestone caves and flies out around dusk to catch insects.

• Narwhal Monodon monoceros

  A whale without a dorsal fin that lives in Arctic seas. Males commonly develop a long tusk from a tooth.

• Plum-headed Finch Neochmia modesta

  Both sexes have a plum-colored head spot, while only the male has a dark chin spot. The JCU page documents a local occurrence in Townsville.

• Azara’s agouti Dasyprocta azarae

  A daytime forest-floor rodent that eats fruit and seeds.

• Garganey Spatula querquedula

  A small duck whose male has a broad white stripe above the eye. It feeds at the water's surface and breeds in small numbers in the UK.

• Tepui Brush Finch Atlapetes personatus

  This brushfinch lives in wet tepui forest in the Guiana Highlands; the male has a cinnamon-rufous nape and yellow underparts and forages near the ground.

• Hoffmann's two-toed sloth Choloepus hoffmanni

  A sloth with a flat face and small nose; its small ears are hidden in long fur. It spends most of its life in trees and eats leaves and fruit.

• Least Weasel Mustela nivalis

  The least weasel is a small, slender mustelid with a short tail. The Missouri account describes it as probably present in the state’s northern counties.

• Oilbird Steatornis caripensis

  This South American bird flies out at night to find fruit and rests in caves or rainforest canopies. It regurgitates fruit seeds and carries them through the forest.

• Javan Chevrotain Tragulus javanicus

  This small ruminant is native to Java. It has no horns, and adult males have canines.

• Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo

  A large bird native to North America. Wild males have dark iridescent plumage; females are smaller and duller.

• Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens

  The Yellow-breasted Chat has an olive back, yellow breast, and white face markings. During the spring breeding season, males sing with a varied set of sounds.

• Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus

  A daytime termite hunter with pale bands across its back.