Meet the world’s animals.

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• Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat Chilonatalus micropus

  

  The Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat is a small bat with pale yellow-brown fur. It is recorded on Caribbean islands and Colombian islands, where it roosts in humid caves.

• Layard's beaked whale Mesoplodon layardii

  

  This beaked whale is recorded in cold-temperate seas of the Southern Hemisphere. It has a spindle-shaped body and slender beak, with a bluish-black to dark-purple body and white patches, according to a university species account.

• Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus

  

  A cheetah is a slender, long-legged cat. It catches prey with fast sprints over short distances.

• East African Mole Rat Tachyoryctes splendens

  

  The East African root rat occurs in patches of fertile soil in the northeastern African highlands. It excavates extensive underground burrows and makes nests from plant material and fecal matter.

• Geoffroy's Tamarin Oedipomidas geoffroyi

  

  This small monkey occurs from Colombia's Pacific coast into Panama. It uses primary and secondary forest, including secondary growth with large trees, and can be found near cultivated areas.

• Stoat Mustela erminea

  

  A slender mustelid with a black tail tip. In summer its upperparts are brown and its underside is pale.

• Amsterdam Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis

  The Amsterdam fur seal breeds on islands north of Antarctica and moves between rocky coasts and the surrounding sea.

• Sloth bear Melursus ursinus

  A South Asian bear with a shaggy coat, a sparsely furred muzzle and a pale chest marking.

• Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis

  The sei whale is a baleen whale found widely in subtropical, temperate and subpolar seas around the world.

• Isabel's Saki Pithecia isabela

  A saki recorded in the Peruvian Amazon, including the Pacaya-Samiria area.

• Amazon manatee Trichechus inunguis

  A manatee restricted to the fresh waters of the Amazon River system, with thick dark-gray skin and a pale belly patch.

• Killer whale Orcinus orca

  A member of the dolphin family with a black back, white belly and white patches near the eyes.

• Pardine Genet Genetta pardina

  The Pardine Genet is a nocturnal genet of western African moist forests and riparian woodland. It is recorded as an omnivore that eats small mammals, insects, and fruit.

• Peters's Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) oculatus

  This squirrel lives in Mexican forests. Its white ears and underside stand out against its mostly gray coat, with a black stripe running from the back toward the tail. It is most active around sunrise and before sunset.

• White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

  A deer found across much of North America. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and grayish brown in winter.

• New Guinea Quoll Dasyurus albopunctatus

  The New Guinea quoll is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial from New Guinea's forests. It can climb, and one field account reports a body mass of about 500–1,000 g.

• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus

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

• Domestic sheep Ovis aries

  A domestic sheep spread around the world by people. It tends to move together with other sheep.

• Xingu Silky Anteater Cyclopes xinguensis

  The Xingu Silky Anteater is known from dense Amazonian forests in Brazil. Its coat is predominantly gray, with a yellow patch near the base of the tail and a pale yellow underside. Brazil’s species assessment says its species-specific diet and natural history are not known.

• Argentine Plains Viscacha Lagostomus maximus

  This large rodent is marked by a striking black-and-white face. It builds extensive communal burrow systems in grasslands and dry scrub.

• Dhole Cuon alpinus

  A wild canid of forests in South and Southeast Asia. Adults have a reddish coat and a dark bushy tail.

• Baird's Tapir Tapirella bairdii

  A large mammal ranging from Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia and Ecuador; it browses on leaves and fruit in forest understory.

• Llama Lama glama

  A domestic camelid long used to carry loads in the Andes. It has a long neck and legs but no hump.

• Domestic cat Felis catus

  A domesticated cat with many coat colors, patterns and hair lengths.