Meet the world’s animals.

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• Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris

  

  Male Narrow-tailed Starlings are glossy blue-black, while females are grey with chestnut flight feathers. They feed mainly on fruit and flock in the canopy.

• Moleques do Sul Guinea Pig Cavia intermedia

  The Moleques do Sul guinea pig is known only from a small island off Brazil. It uses a narrow area with grasses and has been reported to breed throughout the year.

• Bay Owl Phodilus badius

  The Bay Owl is a nocturnal owl with a heart-shaped facial disc and chestnut plumage. It hunts small animals from a perch in forest.

• Brazilian Bristle-spined Porcupine Chaetomys subspinosus

  This porcupine climbs trees in Brazilian forests. Most of its body has bristly hair, with stiffer spines around the head and forelegs.

• Variable Pitohui Pitohui kirhocephalus

  The Variable Pitohui lives in forests of New Guinea and nearby islands. The color of its head and throat varies among subspecies, and it eats fruit and insects.

• Tibetan fox Vulpes ferrilata

  A fox of high grasslands and rocky slopes that eats pikas and other small animals.

• Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps

  The Olive-headed Weaver lives in montane miombo woodland in southern Tanzania and nearby regions. Males have a bright yellow crown and rusty breast.

• Amsterdam Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis

  The Amsterdam fur seal breeds on islands north of Antarctica and moves between rocky coasts and the surrounding sea.

• White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus

  The White-browed Woodswallow is an Australian bird with a striking white eyebrow. It moves in large flocks between seasonal ranges and catches insects in flight.

• 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.

• Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri

  This bee-eater has blue-purple plumage with a dark brown back and wings. It catches insects by flying out from a high perch in humid forest. The extent of blue on the head differs between eastern and western parts of its range.

• Waigeo Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus papuensis

  The Waigeo spotted cuscus is an arboreal cuscus from islands west of New Guinea. It lives in forest and eats fruit, leaves, and insects.

• Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri

  A small sandpiper whose breeding adults show rufous and golden markings.

• Yellow-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus

  A rock-dwelling wallaby of dry regions in Australia.

• Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater

  This oriole has a golden-yellow back and underparts set off by a black face and wings. It occurs in parts of Central America and northern South America, where it searches bark and epiphytes for food and also takes fruit and nectar.

• Olive baboon Papio anubis

  A baboon with an olive-grey coat that lives across African grasslands and forests.

• Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus

  A small heron with fine black waves across its body.

• Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca

  The Egyptian free-tailed bat ranges across Africa, except the Sahara, into southwest Asia, India, and Sri Lanka. It roosts in rocky places and buildings in warm, dry regions.

• Wattled Broadbill Sarcophanops steerii

  The Wattled Broadbill is a resident bird of Mindanao and nearby Philippine islands. Males have a purplish back, rusty tail, pink underparts, and a pale blue wattle around the eye; females have white underparts.

• Dark Four-eyed Opossum Philander melanurus

  This opossum occurs in western Ecuador and nearby parts of northwestern South America. An older, broader classification described coastal populations as dark-coated, and a camera-trap study in one part of Ecuador suggested an association with permanent water.

• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

  The Tawny Pipit walks through dry, open country and searches for food on the ground.

• Coquerel's Sifaka Propithecus coquereli

  Coquerel’s Sifaka is a lemur with a mostly white coat and chestnut patches on its chest and limbs. It leaps between trees and eats mainly leaves.

• Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri

  This albatross has a white body, dark grey wings, and a yellow ridge on its bill. It breeds on subantarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean and ranges widely at sea.

• Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis

  The rough-toothed dolphin lives widely in deep ocean waters from tropical to warmer temperate regions. Its long rostrum and large fins stand out, and it feeds on fish and squid.