Meet the world’s animals.

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• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

  

  Ruddy Turnstones flip stones and seaweed along shorelines to find insects and small crustaceans underneath.

• North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater

  

  The North Island Saddleback is glossy black with a chestnut saddle and rump, a pale line at the saddle’s front, and red wattles at the bill base. It feeds on insects, fruit, and nectar in New Zealand forests.

• Gray-shanked Douc Pygathrix cinerea

  

  The gray-shanked douc lives in forests of Vietnam's Central Highlands. It has a gray coat, white cheek fur, and an orange collar marking, and feeds on young leaves in trees.

• Least Weasel Mustela nivalis

  

  The least weasel is a small, slender mustelid with a short tail. The Missouri account describes it as probably present in the state’s northern counties.

• Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus

  

  The Water Thick-knee is a large shorebird that is active at night along rivers and lakes. Its mottled gray-brown plumage helps it blend into grass and waterside cover.

• Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica

  

  A freshwater dolphin of river systems in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It has very poor sight and uses echoes from ultrasonic sounds to locate fish and other prey.

• Great tit Parus major

  A small bird with green and yellow body plumage and a glossy black head. In Britain it is familiar in gardens as well as woodland.

• Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus

  It hides in dense coastal vegetation and sometimes runs across open clearings. Its loud song can reveal where it is.

• Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia

  The golden lion tamarin is a small monkey recognized by its golden mane framing the face. It searches for fruit and insects in the humid forests of southeastern Brazil.

• Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus

  A whale of the deep North Atlantic, recognized by its rounded forehead and projecting, bottle-shaped beak.

• Grey-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala

  The Grey-headed Babbler lives in forests from southern Thailand through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo. It has a dark grey head with white lines and a chestnut body.

• Palawan Bearded Pig Sus ahoenobarbus

  Adult Palawan bearded pigs have a pale mane and a long beard that crosses the snout. The species occurs in the Palawan Faunal Region of the Philippines.

• Eurasian goshawk Astur gentilis

  A broad-winged hawk that flies swiftly between trees. In Britain it lives in woodland and is often hard to see.

• Western Nicator Nicator chloris

  The Western Nicator has golden spots on its wings and moves through dense forest cover. This account focuses on records from Upper Guinea rather than presenting a complete range for the species.

• Western long-beaked echidna Zaglossus bruijni

  The western long-beaked echidna is an egg-laying mammal with a long, downward-curving snout. It occurs on New Guinea.

• European Mole Talpa europaea

  This stocky mole digs tunnels underground and searches for earthworms and other food in the soil.

• Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus

  The Rufous Treecreeper ranges through eucalypt forest and shrubland from southwestern Australia to the Eyre Peninsula. It climbs trunks with large feet; a southern jarrah forest study found it foraging and nesting in large eucalypts.

• African Savanna Hare Lepus victoriae

  This hare ranges from northwestern Africa across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Coat color and habitat vary among populations, including those in mountains.

• Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus

  A pointed-winged falcon with a long tail, well known for hovering. In Britain it uses grassland, farmland and open spaces in towns.

• Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata

  A small bird of the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. It searches for ground-dwelling invertebrates in dense growth in humid montane evergreen and elfin forests.

• Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons

  A wombat that digs underground burrows in dry southern Australia.

• Greater one-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis

  The greater one-horned rhinoceros lives along rivers in northern India and southern Nepal.

• Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian White-eye is marked by a white eye-ring and occurs in small groups in wooded highlands.

• Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens

  The species has been recorded in forests in northeastern Australia. A 2025 study examined fur from one young male collected on the Atherton Tablelands, and a camera survey reported in 2026 recorded the species in reference forest and restored corridors.