Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis

  

  A seabird of the northern Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. It glides over open water and gathers on coastal cliffs to breed.

• Owston’s Palm Civet Chrotogale owstoni

  

  Owston’s palm civet occurs in Vietnam, eastern Laos and a small part of southern China. It searches damp forest for small animals such as earthworms.

• Palawan Striped Babbler Zosterornis hypogrammicus

  

  The Palawan Striped-Babbler is a small bird of the mid-elevation mountains of Palawan in the Philippines.

• Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura gallarum

  

  This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.

• Thick-billed Siskin Spinus crassirostris

  

  The Thick-billed Siskin is a small high-Andean bird with a very broad-based bill. Males have black heads, while females have grey heads; both have yellow rumps.

• Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens

  

  The plains pocket mouse is a small rodent of the North American Great Plains. It carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches and stores food in its burrow.

• Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater

  A bird-of-paradise of New Guinea's lowlands and nearby islands. It feeds mainly on fruit, especially figs, and the sexes have similar plumage.

• Gray Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) domestica

  The gray short-tailed opossum is a small South American marsupial that lives on the ground or in low vegetation. Most have gray fur and a naked, rat-like tail.

• Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa

  This ground-dwelling tinamou occurs in South America. It walks through forest undergrowth and may use more open grassland and scrub.

• Mount Kilimanjaro Guereza Colobus caudatus

  This black-and-white colobus occurs around Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. The catalogue uses species rank, while a 2015 field paper referred to it as the subspecies C. guereza caudatus.

• Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus

  This plover breeds in grasslands and wetlands at the southern tip of South America. Some move north along the Pacific coast outside the breeding season, while others remain in the south throughout the year.

• Brandt's Hedgehog Paraechinus hypomelas

  Brandt's hedgehog lives in dry regions. One female found in Saudi Arabia in 2024 was described as having a dark face and large ears.

• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons

  The Golden-fronted Leafbird lives in forests and wooded areas of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, moving through foliage in the canopy.

• Antilopine wallaroo Osphranter antilopinus

  The antilopine wallaroo is a marsupial of northern Australian savanna woodlands. Adult males and females differ in coat color.

• Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus

  The Black Hornbill has a black body with white tips on the outer tail feathers. It forages in the upper and middle canopy of lowland forests.

• 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.

• Slaty Gnateater Conopophaga ardesiaca

  The Slaty Gnateater is a short-tailed bird of the eastern Andean slopes of Bolivia, living close to the forest floor.

• Long-tailed Planigale Planigale ingrami

  Ingram's planigale is a marsupial with a tiny body, flattened head, and long tail. It is active at night and uses cracks in the ground for shelter and foraging in the dry season.

• Cerulean-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla

  This manakin occurs on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. The male is black with a blue crown, back, and rump; the female is green with a yellowish belly. Both forage in the understory of montane forest.

• Short-snouted Sengi Elephantulus brachyrhynchus

  The short-snouted sengi has a long, narrow snout and a faint white eye ring. In southern Africa it uses grassland with trees or shrubs.

• Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis

  The Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow is a small sparrow, about 12–14 cm long.

• Fisher Pekania pennanti

  A mustelid carnivore of North American forests, with a tail about one third of its total length.

• Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus

  The Spotted Shag catches fish in coastal waters around New Zealand. Adults in breeding plumage have spots and a crest.

• Dune Tuco-tuco Ctenomys australis

  The dune tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of coastal dunes in Argentina. Animals on the dunes have been reported to have light blond fur.