Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eurasian Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

  

  A small finch with a red face and yellow wing patches. It eats seeds and also visits gardens and parks in Britain.

• Northern Sportive Lemur Lepilemur septentrionalis

  The northern sportive lemur lives at the northern tip of Madagascar. It is active at night and rests in trees.

• Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura

  This small bird is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. Breeding males grow long tails, and the species lays eggs in other birds' nests.

• Amazon river dolphin Inia geoffrensis

  A long-beaked dolphin that lives in freshwater in the Amazon basin.

• Grant's Golden Mole Eremitalpa granti

  This small golden mole has no visible tail, and its eyes are covered by skin. It moves through dunes and searches for food at night.

• Olive-green Tanager Orthogonys chloricterus

  This tanager inhabits the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Its back, wings, and tail are uniformly olive, while its belly is dull yellow.

• 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.

• Pale Titi Plecturocebus pallescens

  This titi monkey occurs in parts of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil. Its pale coat and long tail are distinctive; it lives in trees and is active by day.

• White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus

  This small bird is marked by a white crown and a dark facial band. It breeds in Central Asia and moves south for winter.

• Guinea pig Cavia porcellus

  A domesticated rodent originating in South America and now kept worldwide. It has a compact body and stays close to companions.

• Grizzled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus inustus

  The grizzled tree kangaroo is a marsupial with powerful forelimbs and curved claws suited to climbing. In the wild it eats leaves, fruit, and soft bark, and most records come from primary forest.

• Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris

  The Tawny-faced Gnatwren lives in the lower levels of humid forest from Central America to northwestern South America. It forages near the ground and in leaf litter, and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

  A small waterbird of lakes, ponds and slow rivers. It dives for fish and other prey and raises young on nests that appear to float.

• Croslet Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus coelophyllus

  The croslet horseshoe bat occurs in Southeast Asia. A study in Malaysian rice-field landscapes examined its diet during the dry season.

• Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta

  This small warbler lives in dry wadis and scrubby desert plains in the Middle East. It walks on the ground while searching for food, often in pairs or small groups.

• Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus

  A mottled gray whale of the North Pacific, with a low hump in place of a dorsal fin.

• Ihering's Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) iheringi

  Ihering’s Three-striped Opossum is a small opossum with three dark lines on its back. It carries leaf litter to line a nest in soft soil and eats insects and small animals.

• Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

  A large heron with a typical blue-gray plumage and long legs. It waits for prey near water and strikes quickly with its neck.

• Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

  A small bird with a blue crown and yellow underside, found from woodland to parks and gardens.

• Franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei

  This small dolphin lives along the southwestern Atlantic coast from southeastern Brazil through Uruguay to Argentina. It uses shallow, turbid coastal water and estuaries, feeding on small fish, squid, and crustaceans.

• Plain-backed Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi

  This small sparrow-family bird lives in dry highlands of Tibet and the Himalayas. It searches for food on the ground.

• American black bear Ursus americanus

  A bear of North American forests. Many are black, while western populations also include brown and paler individuals.

• Azara’s agouti Dasyprocta azarae

  A daytime forest-floor rodent that eats fruit and seeds.

• Hamerkop Scopus umbretta

  The hamerkop is an African wetland bird whose flat crest makes its head look like a hammer. Pairs build a large, domed nest.