Meet the world’s animals.

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• Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus

  

  An antelope with long ears and contrasting pale and dark facial markings.

• Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis

  

  This large nocturnal bird has a broad bill and a long tail. It rests by day near forest edges, and its gray-brown plumage and barring blend with its surroundings.

• Southern African hedgehog Atelerix frontalis

  

  The southern African hedgehog has a white band across its forehead and a range of separated populations in southern Africa.

• Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus

  

  The Blue Noddy is a small tern with bluish-gray plumage. It breeds on Pacific islands and forages in waters near land.

• Coppery Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirops cupreus

  

  The coppery ring-tailed possum lives in forests and scrub of interior New Guinea. It climbs and is active at night, feeding on leaves and other plant parts.

• Dusky-tailed Canastero Pseudasthenes humicola

  

  A canastero found in Chile. The nominate subspecies has a brown back and pale eyebrow; a central Chile study recorded nesting in thorny scrub and cactus areas.

• Merriam's Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys merriami

  Merriam's pocket gopher is patchily distributed in the southern Valley of Mexico and nearby highlands.

• Great Skua Stercorarius skua

  The Great Skua is a stout, dark seabird with white flashes on its wings. It sometimes steals food from other birds.

• Audubon's Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii

  Audubon's cottontail is a rabbit with a fluffy white tail. It hides among brush in dry regions.

• Taita Thrush Turdus helleri

  A thrush of the Taita Hills cloud forests, it is notable for its bright red bill and is recorded feeding on the forest floor.

• Nubra Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica

  The Nubra pika lives at high elevations in the Himalayas. It has a gray back, a pale underside, and uses rocky alpine scrub.

• Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys

  A small vireo found from Central America into northwestern South America. In Colombia, it is recorded in forest from 1,000 to 2,800 m, feeding in middle and upper vegetation layers, alone or in mixed flocks.

• Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

  The golden-rumped elephant shrew searches the ground for small prey with its long snout and lives along Kenya’s coast.

• Philippine Falconet Microhierax erythrogenys

  The Philippine Falconet is a small raptor of the Philippine forests. It perches on exposed branches in foothill forest, where it can watch its surroundings.

• Common Yellow-toothed Cavy Galea musteloides

  The common yellow-toothed cavy, or cui, is a guinea pig-like rodent from South America. Its coat varies from light to dark brown, and its white underside has a sharp boundary along the flanks. It is most active at dawn and dusk and lives in mixed-sex groups.

• Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis

  A large hornbill of forested hills. Males have a rufous head and neck; females are black and differ in the colors of bare facial skin.

• Greater Egyptian jerboa Jaculus orientalis

  This North African jerboa bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night and spends the day in burrows dug in sand or clay.

• Brown Creeper Certhia americana

  The Brown Creeper is a small forest bird whose bark-like plumage helps it blend in as it searches along tree trunks.

• Short-eared Rock Wallaby Petrogale brachyotis

  The short-eared rock wallaby has short ears and a bushy tail. It lives near rocky hills and gorges in northern Australia.

• Hawaii Amakihi Chlorodrepanis virens

  This small Hawaiian honeycreeper is common on Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai and rare on Lanai. Males are bright yellow, females yellowish green, and birds move among leaves in search of nectar, insects, and fruit.

• Schneider's Marmoset Mico schneideri

  This marmoset is found in northern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The account places it in terra firme forest and the Amazonia–Cerrado transition between the Juruena and Teles Pires rivers.

• Sulawesi Babbler Pellorneum celebense

  This babbler lives in forest and surrounding habitats on Sulawesi. Its plumage varies geographically, and it forages close to the ground with a running movement.

• Northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus

  A North Pacific fur seal that spends much of its time in the open ocean. It comes ashore on island beaches to breed and rest.

• Pallas' Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi

  Pallas' Reed Bunting is a small bunting that breeds in northern Asia. In Hong Kong it is rarely recorded as an autumn passage migrant.