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.

• Grauer's Swamp Warbler Bradypterus graueri

  This warbler is recorded in highland swamps of the Albertine Rift. It is dark brown with white spots and gives a fast, trilling song. A survey report says detailed feeding and breeding information is limited.

• Bemaraha Woolly Lemur Avahi cleesei

  The Bemaraha woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur recorded in the Bemaraha region of west-central Madagascar. Its published description of appearance is based on one adult male observed in the study.

• 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.

• Hume's Treecreeper Certhia manipurensis

  Hume’s Treecreeper has a brown back with pale streaks and spots and an orange-brown rump. In Yunnan, the shanensis form occurs in forest and searches bark for small prey.

• Spix's Disk-winged Bat Thyroptera tricolor

  Spix's disk-winged bat clings head-up inside leaves with tiny suction discs. Small groups roost in leaves and change resting sites each day.

• Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius

  A dromedary is a one-humped domestic camel. People have long kept it for transport in dry regions of North Africa and the Middle East.

• Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala

  A small songbird endemic to New Zealand's South and Stewart Islands that now remains mainly in beech forest.

• Pygmy hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis

  The pygmy hippopotamus is a small forest hippo from West Africa that usually lives alone.

• Common Linnet Linaria cannabina

  The Common Linnet is a slim finch that eats small seeds. Breeding males show red foreheads and breasts, and the birds may gather in winter flocks.

• Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum

  The Vulturine Guineafowl is a large bird of eastern Africa's dry grasslands and scrub. It walks on the ground in groups and is striking for its blue head and long black plumes.

• Banded Langur Presbytis femoralis

  The banded langur is a monkey that lives in trees. In Singapore's population, the black coat contrasts with a white chest-and-belly band and pale fur around the eyes and inside the limbs.

• Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) vulgaris

  A bushy-tailed squirrel of forests in Europe and northern Asia.

• Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus

  This slim parrot has a long blue-black tail and a yellow shoulder patch. Males are mostly yellow, while females and young birds are greener. It occurs in two separated parts of southern Australia.

• Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis

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

• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

  A long-necked waterbird known for its showy breeding feathers.

• Banggai Fruit Dove Ptilinopus subgularis

  The Banggai Fruit Dove occurs in Indonesia's Banggai Islands.

• Pronghorn Antilocapra americana

  Pronghorns live in the grasslands and dry country of western North America.

• European Roe Capreolus capreolus

  In Britain, this small deer is found in woodlands and along their edges. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and greyer in winter, with a noticeable white rump.

• Pale-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis bruijnii

  A bird-of-paradise of lowland rainforest in northern New Guinea. Its long, pale curved bill is distinctive, and males and females differ in plumage.

• 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.

• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula

  A small crow with a pale grey nape and light eyes, seen year-round around towns and farmland in the UK.

• Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius

  An African bird of prey that walks across grassland on long legs while hunting.

• Four-toed hedgehog Atelerix albiventris

  A small, spiny-backed mammal of African grassland and woodland.