Meet the world’s animals.

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• Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus

  

  A falcon that catches birds in flight. In North America it is common around coasts and cliffs and may nest on tall buildings.

• White-nosed coati Nasua narica

  A long-tailed coati that searches for insects with its snout close to the ground.

• Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea

  The Velvet Asity lives in Madagascar's forests, and breeding males look very different from females. Males raise the structures above their eyes during courtship.

• Domestic donkey Equus asinus

  A domestic donkey with large ears. It is a grazing animal that forms strong bonds with companions.

• Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa

  The mountain beaver is a rodent distinct from true beavers. It digs burrows in moist forest soils and eats plants.

• Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus

  An endemic bird of Taiwan's highlands. Nestlings of both sexes are brown; males may turn wine-red the following year, so brown plumage alone does not identify sex.

• Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

  A migratory bird breeding in scrubby woodland. Birds breeding in Britain spend winter in West Africa.

• African Golden Cat Caracal aurata

  A medium-sized wild cat of the moist forests of equatorial Africa.

• White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis

  The White-browed Treecreeper has a white eyebrow and barred belly. It is patchily distributed in southern mainland Australia and searches for insects in dry woodland and scrub.

• American beaver Castor canadensis

  An animal of North American rivers and lakes. It builds dams and lodges from branches and mud, changing its waterside habitat.

• Pronghorn Antilocapra americana

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

• Brown-chested Barbet Capito brunneipectus

  The Brown-chested Barbet occurs in the forests of Brazil's central Amazon. Regional accounts describe it feeding on fruit and invertebrates in moist forest canopy and nesting in tree cavities.

• Eurasian wigeon Mareca penelope

  A short-billed duck that feeds on plants both in water and on land. Breeding males have a chestnut head and pale forehead.

• Laotian Rock Rat Laonastes aenigmamus

  The Laotian rock rat has long whiskers and a densely furred tail, and lives in limestone forests. In a study in central Vietnam, it hid in rock crevices by day and foraged on the forest floor at night.

• Javan Sunbird Aethopyga mystacalis

  A sunbird of forests and secondary growth on Java. Males are red, while females are duller grey-olive; both feed on nectar and small arthropods.

• Chital Axis axis

  A deer often seen on the Indian peninsula, with white spots that remain all year.

• Banded linsang Prionodon linsang

  A slender animal with dark bands, found in Southeast Asian forests. It uses both trees and the ground and hunts alone.

• White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus

  The White-crowned Hornbill has a conspicuous white crest and long tail. Adult males have white necks and underparts, while females are black; both forage in tropical forest canopies.

• Barn swallow Hirundo rustica

  A bird with a long, deeply forked tail that catches insects in flight. It nests under building eaves and bridges as well as in other sheltered places.

• Sulawesi Warty Pig Sus celebensis

  The Sulawesi warty pig is a wild pig native to Sulawesi. Its dark coat is mixed with yellowish or white hairs, and it is an omnivore that eats roots, fruit, and other foods.

• White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus

  A South American wetland stilt. Adults often show a white crown and a white bar across the upper back. A Brazilian study documented nests made with salt-marsh vegetation, mud, and shells.

• Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis

  A black rhinoceros grasps vegetation with a narrow, pointed upper lip. Its upper lip is narrower than a white rhino’s.

• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus

  A mammal of Southeast Asian forests that glides between trees using skin stretched between its limbs.

• Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel

  The Lesser Frigatebird is a seabird with long narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It ranges over tropical oceans and is recorded as a vagrant in New Zealand.