Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Fat dormouse Glis glis

  

  A dormouse native to Central Europe, it has gray fur, large eyes and ears, and long whiskers.

• Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx

  

  A wild cat of Europe and Asia, with black ear tufts and a prominent ruff around its cheeks.

• Reticulated giraffe Giraffa reticulata

  

  The reticulated giraffe has a network of white lines and occurs mainly in northern and northeastern Kenya.

• Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis

  

  The squirrel glider is a marsupial of eastern Australian forests. It travels between trees using its gliding membrane and is active at night.

• Eurasian otter Lutra lutra

  

  An otter of waterways in Eurasia and northern Africa. It catches fish and other prey in water and rests in sheltered places on land.

• Javan Hollow-faced Bat Nycteris javanica

  A 1993 study of Southeast Asian specimens recognized this bat as a distinct Nycteris species. It concluded that the species occurs mainly on Java and nearby islands.

• Dusky Caenolestid Caenolestes fuliginosus

  The dusky caenolestid is a small marsupial of the cool, wet highlands of the Andes. It has an elongated face and glossy, silky fur.

• Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus

  A whale with a long, slender body and mottled blue-gray skin.

• Common Mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus

  The common mole-rat has a cylindrical body, small eyes, and a white spot on the head. It digs underground tunnels and lives in groups centered on a breeding pair.

• Cinereus Ringtail Possum Pseudochirulus cinereus

  This marsupial lives in tropical rainforest in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a ringtail possum adapted to life in trees.

• White-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris

  This dolphin lives in the cold North Atlantic and has a short, thick beak with white lips.

• Moholi Bushbaby Galago moholi

  The Moholi bushbaby is a nocturnal primate of southern African wooded savannas. It moves quickly through trees and gets much of its food from tree gum.

• Camas pocket gopher Megascapheus bulbivorus

  This pocket gopher lives underground in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Its coat ranges from dark brown to reddish brown, and some individuals have a white throat patch.

• Eurasian elk Alces alces

  A Eurasian elk is a deer with long legs and a large muzzle. It uses forests and waterside habitats in places such as northern Europe.

• Riverine Rabbit Bunolagus monticularis

  The riverine rabbit lives in separate areas of South Africa. It is active around dawn and dusk; some populations live along seasonal rivers.

• Large-eared Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis

  The large-eared pika lives among rocky high mountains in Central Asia. Its large ears and thick fur stand out, and it is active during the day.

• Plains zebra Equus quagga

  A plains zebra lives in eastern and southern African grasslands and woodlands. Family groups contain a stallion, mares and their young.

• North African Elephant Shrew Petrosaltator rozeti

  The North African elephant shrew occurs in the Maghreb north of the Sahara. It uses rocky, boulder-strewn habitats and is described as lacking facial markings that distinguish some related genera.

• Montane Guinea Pig Cavia tschudii

  The montane guinea pig is a cavy of the Andes and surrounding areas. Its back is gray-brown, and it uses burrows in grassland and damp rocky places.

• Wild Goat Capra aegagrus

  The wild goat lives on steep mountain slopes. In Georgia, breeding populations are limited to Tusheti and northern Khevsureti.

• Severtzov's Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) severtzovi

  Severtzov's jerboa is a jerboa of Central Asia. It runs bipedally, and a speed of about 40 km/h is reported for this species.

• Rufous Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus

  This small wallaby has soft, long fur with a reddish tinge. Its natural wild populations remain in dry scrub on islands off Western Australia.

• Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous

  A canid found from northern South America to northern Argentina, it eats foods ranging from fruit to small animals.