Meet the world’s animals.

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• Garganey Spatula querquedula

  

  A small duck whose male has a broad white stripe above the eye. It feeds at the water's surface and breeds in small numbers in the UK.

• Drill Mandrillus leucophaeus

  

  The drill is a close relative of the mandrill. It searches for food on the forest floor and can also climb trees to feed or sleep.

• Sapayoa Sapayoa aenigma

  

  A greenish bird of lowland forest from Panama to northwestern Ecuador. It has a broad, subtly hooked bill and lives in the forest understory.

• Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus

  

  A pig of savannas and open woodlands, the common warthog feeds on grasses and roots. Its range records include several subspecies.

• Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima

  

  The dwarf sperm whale is a small toothed whale found widely in temperate and tropical seas. It is distinct from the pygmy sperm whale.

• Karoo Lark Calendulauda albescens

  

  This lark inhabits dry shrublands in South Africa. It walks on the ground and searches around shrub bases for seeds, insects, and other food.

• 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.

• Brown-tailed Mongoose Salanoia concolor

  It has reddish-brown to dark olive fur and has been recorded in forests of eastern Madagascar. In limited observations, it ate small animals such as invertebrates and was active by day or around dusk.

• Chinese Grassbird Graminicola striatus

  This grassbird lives in tall grass. In Hong Kong, it hides in Miscanthus grassland and low bamboo, and shows a conspicuous black-and-white streaked nape patch on a warm brown body.

• North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis

  A stocky black whale without a dorsal fin, found mainly in North Atlantic coastal waters.

• Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat Vampyressa thyone

  This small bat has pale dorsal fur. Bolivian records include humid evergreen and young secondary forests, and the species specializes on wild figs.

• Blue-capped Ifrit Ifrita kowaldi

  This small bird inhabits mountain forests on New Guinea. Its blue crown stands out, and it searches moss and branches for insects and other small prey.

• Eurasian goshawk Astur gentilis

  A broad-winged hawk that flies swiftly between trees. In Britain it lives in woodland and is often hard to see.

• Giant Armadillo Priodontes maximus

  It is the largest living armadillo and digs burrows with its powerful front claws.

• Brown-throated Barbet Psilopogon corvinus

  The Brown-throated Barbet has a brown head and throat with green upperparts. It is usually solitary in Java's mountain forests, but may feed with other birds at fruiting trees.

• Beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas

  An Arctic whale that becomes white as it matures. It has a rounded forehead and no dorsal fin.

• Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus

  The Eastern Horseshoe Bat has a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf and roosts in caves and mines. The museum account notes that northern and southern populations may be different species.

• Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida

  The Campbell Albatross feeds on fish, squid, and crustaceans in southern New Zealand waters. It breeds only on Campbell Island and a nearby islet.

• Grey heron Ardea cinerea

  A large heron that waits in shallow water to catch fish and other prey. In flight it draws its long neck back toward the body.

• Allen's Olingo Bassaricyon alleni

  A member of the raccoon family found in forests east of the Andes. It is active in trees at night.

• Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis

  This small shrike-babbler has a white eye-ring and a black border behind its yellow ear-coverts. It searches for insects in the canopy.

• Ringed seal Pusa hispida

  A small seal of the seasonally ice-covered seas around the Arctic. It keeps breathing holes open in the ice.

• North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatus

  A rodent with quills among its fur that feeds on plants, including tree bark.

• Tschudi's Tapaculo Scytalopus acutirostris

  Tschudi's Tapaculo lives in the humid montane understory of the eastern Peruvian Andes. Adults are mostly blackish with rufous on the flanks and forage in bamboo patches.