Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hector's dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori

  

  A small coastal dolphin found around New Zealand, with a rounded dorsal fin.

• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

  

  A small bird with a broad cream stripe above the eye and dark streaks on its back. It is a summer visitor to Britain and winters in Africa south of the Sahara.

• Iberian Hare Lepus granatensis

  

  The Iberian hare has large eyes, long ears and powerful hind legs. It is native only to the Iberian Peninsula and prefers open, level ground.

• Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi

  

  This bushshrike inhabits montane forests from eastern Congo into the East African highlands. Its bright colors can be hard to see because it moves quietly through dense cover.

• Turkestan Red Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) rutila

  

  The Turkestan red pika is a pika of Central Asian mountains. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and gray in winter, and it stores grass among rocky slopes.

• Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis

  

  It has a black crown, a scaled brown back, and a grey, spotted underside. The amount of rufous on the chin varies among subspecies.

• Pearson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pearsonii

  This horseshoe bat ranges across parts of South and Southeast Asia. Its back is brown and underside paler.

• Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus

  The Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike lives in forests and at forest edges in Southeast Asia. Males are black and white, while females have browner upperparts.

• Japanese marten Martes melampus

  A mustelid of Japanese forests and other habitats, with yellowish-brown to dark-brown fur and a white to cream throat patch.

• Brazilian Laniisoma Laniisoma elegans

  This bird inhabits humid forests in southeastern Brazil and forages from the understory into the subcanopy.

• Pampas cat Leopardus pajeros

  The Pampas cat is a felid found in South America. Reports describe regional differences in coat color and activity times.

• Ornate Pitta Pitta concinna

  The Ornate Pitta occurs on Indonesia’s Lesser Sundas. It is more frequent at forest edges and in selectively logged forest, with striking blue-green and reddish-buff plumage.

• Indian mongoose Urva auropunctata

  A slender mongoose with short, rounded ears. It is active by day, usually alone, and eats insects, small animals, fruit, and other foods.

• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

  The Tree Pipit is a small, streaked brown bird. In the breeding season, a male rises high from a tree, sings, and then descends slowly in a display flight.

• Short-eared Dog Atelocynus microtis

  The short-eared dog is a wild canid of the Amazon lowlands, where fish is a common food.

• Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps

  A foliage-gleaner ranging from Central America to the western Andes, where it searches branches and leaves for small invertebrates.

• Mottle-faced Tamarin Tamarinus inustus

  This tamarin was recorded in flooded forest during fieldwork in Brazil’s Amanã Reserve. The survey reported 11 new localities.

• Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor

  The Grey Currawong is a large bird of southern Australia. It searches on the ground and among vegetation for animals and fruit.

• Keen's Mouse Peromyscus keeni

  Peromyscus keeni occurs along the coast from southeastern Alaska through western British Columbia to western Washington. It is recorded in forests and young growth; on small islands, beach logs and rocks provide shelter.

• Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus

  The Madagascar Sandgrouse feeds on seeds on dry open ground. Groups may fly to water, and males carry water to chicks in their soaked belly feathers.

• African Civet Civettictis civetta

  A member of the civet family found in central and southern Africa.

• Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus

  Wilson's Storm Petrel is a small seabird with long legs and a white rump patch. It breeds around Antarctica and travels widely over the oceans.

• Northern Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza zaza

  This large mouse lemur is active at night. It lives in northwestern Madagascar’s forests and has a dark tail and pale underside.

• Bagobo Babbler Leonardina woodi

  This flycatcher lives in forests on Mindanao. Its chestnut upperparts and long tail stand out, and it searches for invertebrates near the ground.