Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris

  

  A whale found in many of the world’s oceans that searches for prey in deep water.

• Silky Mole-rat Heliophobius argenteocinereus

  

  The silky mole-rat is a solitary rodent that digs underground burrows. In a Malawi study, its burrowing pattern changed as the soil hardened during the dry season.

• Pohnpei Broadbill Myiagra pluto

  

  Myiagra pluto is confined to Pohnpei Island in Micronesia. It also occurs at forest edges and village gardens, catching insects from low perches.

• Sand Martin Riparia riparia

  

  A small martin with a grey-brown back, pale underside, and dark chest band. In Britain it arrives from Africa in spring to breed, digging nest burrows in sandy banks near water.

• Eastern red panda Ailurus styani

  

  The Eastern red panda occurs in southwestern China and northern Myanmar. Compared with the Himalayan red panda, its face is redder and its tail rings are more distinct.

• Sulawesi Ground Dove Gallicolumba tristigmata

  

  The Sulawesi Ground Dove is a forest pigeon of Sulawesi, marked by a yellow forehead and green hindneck. It searches for food on the forest floor.

• White rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum

  A white rhinoceros grazes with a broad mouth. Despite its name, its skin is gray.

• Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec Echinops telfairi

  The lesser hedgehog tenrec is a small mammal of dry areas in southern Madagascar. Its black-and-white spines stand out, and it searches for small animals at night.

• Wallacean Drongo Dicrurus densus

  This drongo occurs in the Lesser Sundas and southeastern Moluccas of Indonesia and in Timor-Leste. It has glossy blue-black plumage and a long, deeply forked tail.

• Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

  A familiar finch in Britain and Ireland. It searches the ground for seeds and insects, and shows white on its wings in flight.

• Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus pilosus

  A Peruvian armadillo with thick reddish hair over its shell, cheeks, and upper forelimbs.

• Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus

  The Black-tailed Treecreeper hops up tree trunks while searching bark for invertebrates. It occurs in northern Australia, and the throat and chest pattern differs between the sexes.

• Brown rat Rattus norvegicus

  A rat widely found around human settlements, using sewers, warehouses, fields and other places with water and food.

• Guanaco Lama guanicoe

  A wild camelid of open habitats across western and southern South America, from dry grasslands to cold southern regions.

• Dusky-backed Jacamar Brachygalba salmoni

  The male has greenish-black upperparts and chest that contrast with its cinnamon underside. The female has a buff-colored throat.

• Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

  In the UK, Common Buzzards circle on broad wings and search woods and open countryside for small prey.

• Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis

  A nocturnal lemur of Madagascan forests. Its long thin middle finger helps it locate insects inside wood.

• Versicolored Barbet Eubucco versicolor

  A barbet of montane forest on the eastern Andes. Its facial and chest colors vary between sexes and among subspecies.

• Mountain zebra Equus zebra

  Hartmann's mountain zebras are adapted to dry, rocky country.

• Alpine Musk Deer Moschus chrysogaster

  This deer relative lives in Himalayan mountain forests. Males have long upper canine teeth that can show below the mouth.

• Crested Satinbird Cnemophilus macgregorii

  The Crested Satinbird lives in high mountain forest. Male plumage varies by region, while females are mainly olive green.

• Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis

  A compact white heron with a short neck and legs, it feeds in grassland and pastures, catching insects and small animals disturbed by livestock or farm machinery.

• Thongaree's False-vampire Eudiscoderma thongareeae

  This rare bat is known from Bala Forest in southern Thailand. The original description was based on three specimens, and little is known about its natural history.

• Brown-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon gularis

  This kingfisher occurs in the Philippines. Its brown breast and blue wings stand out, and it takes small animals in open country and along forest edges.