Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus

  

  A rare seal found in the Mediterranean and along northwest Africa; it feeds on fish, octopus and other prey.

• Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger

  The Black Guineafowl is a ground-dwelling bird of forests in western and central Africa. It has black plumage and a bare red head, and occurs in small groups.

• Greater bilby Macrotis lagotis

  A nocturnal forager of dry country with long ears and a pointed snout.

• Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

  A small bird with a blue crown and yellow underside, found from woodland to parks and gardens.

• Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii

  A roller of Sulawesi forests and woodlands, it is noted for its purple wings and catches invertebrates on the ground.

• Pygmy hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis

  The pygmy hippopotamus is a small forest hippo from West Africa that usually lives alone.

• Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus

  A mottled gray whale of the North Pacific, with a low hump in place of a dorsal fin.

• Wilson's Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes respublica

  Wilson's Bird-of-paradise is a bird whose adult male has vivid colors and curved central tail feathers. It lives in hill forest on Waigeo and Batanta in Indonesia.

• Bahia Porcupine Coendou insidiosus

  The Bahia porcupine has sharp quills and a long tail that can grasp branches. It is active in trees at night and eats fruits, bark, and other plant matter.

• Little egret Egretta garzetta

  A white heron that catches fish in shallow watersides. A black bill and legs with yellow feet are identifying features.

• Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis

  The Black-faced Ibis walks through wetlands and grassland to forage and occurs in Argentina and Chile.

• Common tree shrew Tupaia glis

  This small mammal has a long, tapering muzzle and a bushy tail. During the day it searches for fruit and insects on the ground and among low shrubs.

• Long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis

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

• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria

  The Solitary Snipe occurs in mountain wetlands and along streams in valleys. It searches damp ground for small invertebrates.

• Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus

  An egg-laying mammal that forages in Australian rivers.

• Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

  A wader with mottled plumage that blends into woodland and feeds in nearby fields at night.

• Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

  The Blue Duck is endemic to New Zealand. It lives along clear rivers with forested banks and occurs on both the North and South Islands.

• Southern Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax arboreus

  The southern tree hyrax is a tree-dwelling mammal with soft grey-brown fur, found in forests across eastern and southern Africa.

• Cougar Puma concolor

  A large cat of the Americas, with a slender body, a long tail and a tawny to greyish-brown adult coat.

• Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

  Red-winged Blackbirds differ greatly in plumage between the sexes. They nest in wetlands during breeding; the North American account describes a diet of mainly insects in summer and seeds in fall and winter.

• 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.

• Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata

  A duck with a broad, shovel-shaped bill. The large bill gathers tiny food items from the water.

• Black-billed Brush-turkey Talegalla fuscirostris

  The Black-billed Brushturkey lives in lowland forests of New Guinea. Its black bill helps distinguish it from the very similar Red-billed Brushturkey.

• Greater Bulldog Bat Noctilio (Noctilio) leporinus

  The greater bulldog bat can forage for fish near the water surface. In a Panama account, it responded to surface ripples and dipped its feet into the water.