Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bawean Deer Axis kuhlii

  

  This deer is endemic to Bawean Island, Indonesia. A 2017 survey used camera traps and fecal records at several mountains in the island reserve and recorded it in mixed secondary and teak forest on Mount Bulu.

• Legge's Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens

  

  This small flowerpecker is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is common in wet lowland forest, moves through the treetops and descends to feed on nectar, fruit, berries, and seeds.

• Prehensile-tailed Hutia Mysateles prehensilis

  

  This large rodent lives in Cuba and is an accomplished climber. Its tail can curl around branches to help it grip.

• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

  

  The Grey-backed Shrike has a grey back, a black facial mask, and a chestnut tail. It breeds at high elevations, and winter movements differ between subspecies.

• Greater Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx bilineata

  

  This bat is marked by two white lines on its back. It roosts by day under bridges, in caves, or in hollow trees, then hunts insects at night.

• Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis

  

  The Basra Reed Warbler breeds in Iraqi wetlands and winters in eastern Africa. Its breeding sites include extensive reed beds in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys.

• Sunda Stink Badger Mydaus javanensis

  The Sunda stink badger digs with its strong forefeet and long snout to find insects and worms. It rests underground by day and is active at night.

• Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons

  The Black-fronted Nunbird stands out for its coral-red bill and nearly black, dark-gray plumage. It may gather in family groups at forest edges.

• Hairy Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma villosum

  The hairy big-eyed bat has tricolored dorsal fur and long guard hairs. A 2024 report documented the first Cozumel Island record in Mexico from one bat captured in semideciduous forest.

• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis

  The Yellow-throated Sandgrouse is marked by the male's yellow throat and eyebrow, framed by a dark neck band. In southern Africa, studies describe pairs nesting on the ground and using farmland.

• Bushpig Potamochoerus larvatus

  A wild pig that forages in groups in forests and wetlands of eastern and southern Africa.

• Clapperton's Francolin Pternistis clappertoni

  This francolin lives in sub-Saharan Africa, using grassland and dry scrub among other open habitats. It may be seen in groups and eats seeds, berries, insects, and molluscs.

• Eastern Woolly Lemur Avahi laniger

  The eastern woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur of eastern Madagascar, marked by woolly back fur and a white stripe on the thighs.

• Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus

  A small bird that weaves a pouch-shaped nest on branches near water. It ranges across Europe and Asia and forages among reeds and wetland plants.

• Crossley's Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus crossleyi

  Crossley's dwarf lemur is nocturnal and lives in humid forests of eastern and northern Madagascar. Its reddish-brown body contrasts with dark fur around the eyes and ears.

• Graceful Pitta Erythropitta venusta

  A pitta of Sumatra's forests. Adults have a dark head, blue-green eyebrow, and red belly, and search for food on the forest floor.

• White-bellied spider monkey Ateles belzebuth

  A spider monkey of the northeastern Amazon, with long limbs and a gripping tail.

• Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

  The White-browed Wagtail is marked by black-and-white plumage, a long tail, and a broad white eyebrow. It walks near water while wagging its tail and flies with an undulating path.

• Kalimantan Treeshrew Tupaia salatana

  Tupaia salatana is recorded in southern Borneo. The IUCN account reports reliance on natural forest as well as records from natural remnants within plantations.

• Nazca Booby Sula granti

  The Nazca Booby is an eastern Pacific seabird with a white body and black tail. It plunges into the sea to catch fish.

• Ribbon Seal Histriophoca fasciata

  A seal of the North Pacific and southern Arctic Ocean whose mature coat has pale bands around the neck, foreflippers and hips.

• Black-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma michleri

  This bird searches for food by hopping on the forest floor. The range and ecology here are limited to the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica.

• Piebald Shrew Diplomesodon pulchellus

  A Central Asian desert shrew with a white back patch that prefers damp sand.

• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

  An Arctic-breeding sea duck that spends winter along coasts and on large lakes, where it dives for aquatic animals.