Meet the world’s animals.
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- Raccoon Procyon lotor
Photo: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 Native to North and Central America, it has a black mask around the eyes and rings along its tail.
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
The Yellow-billed Oxpecker occurs in savannas with large mammals. In the southern African accounts, hosts bearing ticks are described as essential to its presence.
- Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa
The mountain beaver is a rodent distinct from true beavers. It digs burrows in moist forest soils and eats plants.
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
A small pheasant-family bird that visits Britain's lowlands in summer, where open grassland and farmland occur. It is secretive and may be noticed by its call.
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
A sandgrouse of dry country, with plumage that blends into rocks and gravel. It may shelter in shade during the day.
- Indus river dolphin Platanista minor
The Indus river dolphin is a freshwater dolphin of the Indus River system. A 2021 study treated it as a species separate from the related Ganges river dolphin.
- Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
A whale found in many of the world’s oceans that searches for prey in deep water.
- African Hoopoe Upupa africana
The African Hoopoe uses open woodland, short grass, and places with exposed ground. A southern African species account describes it probing the ground with its long bill to find insects.
- Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus pilosus
A Peruvian armadillo with thick reddish hair over its shell, cheeks, and upper forelimbs.
- 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.
- Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus
A sharpbill of mid-elevation rainforest. Males have a bright vermilion crest, sing high in the canopy, and feed on fruit and animal prey.
- Linné’s two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus
A sloth that hangs from high branches in tropical forests, feeding and resting in the trees.
- European Mole Talpa europaea
This stocky mole digs tunnels underground and searches for earthworms and other food in the soil.
- Western Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus tertius
This long-tailed, ground-feeding bird lives in wet broadleaf forest on Hispaniola. It searches through leaf litter and stays among dense undergrowth, especially near streams.
- Common Echymipera Echymipera kalubu
This marsupial lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. It probes the ground with its long snout, is active at night, and eats fruits and small animals.
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
A crow with a gray body and black head, wings, and tail. It eats carrion and may gather with others at feeding sites.
- Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor
Black-faced Sheathbills are terrestrial birds that forage in seabird colonies and along island shores.
- Bennett's Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma bennettii
A rodent from rocky scrubland in Chile. Its diet and activity time vary with season and locality in the records.
- Domestic dog Canis familiaris
A domestic dog bred for companionship and many kinds of work. Its appearance varies greatly among breeds.
- Spotted Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
The Spotted Jewel-babbler lives in montane forest on New Guinea. It walks on the forest floor in search of insects and other small animals.
- Naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber
The naked mole-rat lives in underground tunnels in dry parts of eastern Africa.
- Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
A migratory bird breeding in scrubby woodland. Birds breeding in Britain spend winter in West Africa.
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
The Violet-backed Hyliota searches leaf undersides for small prey. A Rwanda survey recorded it in canopy foliage below 2,000 m.
- Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis
This small dolphin lives in shallow seas and estuaries. It has a triangular dorsal fin and gray coloring and feeds on fish, squid, and crustaceans.
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