Meet the world’s animals.

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• Reindeer Rangifer tarandus

  

  A reindeer is a deer in which both sexes grow antlers. The Eurasian subspecies lives in cold regions with snow cover.

• Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella

  

  The Asian fairy-bluebird is a blue-and-black bird seen alone or in pairs in the tree canopy and middle storey.

• Collins' Squirrel Monkey Saimiri collinsi

  

  Collins' squirrel monkey occurs in the eastern Brazilian Amazon and is omnivorous. It often uses the middle and lower forest strata and sometimes descends to the ground to feed on insects.

• Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos

  

  A large eagle that soars on broad wings. In Britain it occurs in places such as the Scottish Highlands and islands.

• Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla

  

  The Short-toed Treecreeper is a small bird of mature European woodlands. It searches bark crevices for tiny invertebrates with its curved bill.

• Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca

  

  The Egyptian free-tailed bat ranges across Africa, except the Sahara, into southwest Asia, India, and Sri Lanka. It roosts in rocky places and buildings in warm, dry regions.

• Wild boar Sus scrofa

  A robust wild pig native to Europe and Asia. It uses habitats with water and dense vegetation for cover.

• Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides

  The Squacco Heron is a small heron whose head and back feathers lengthen in breeding plumage. It waits for prey in shallow water.

• Indus river dolphin Platanista minor

  The Indus river dolphin is a freshwater dolphin of the Indus River system. A 2021 study treated it as a species separate from the related Ganges river dolphin.

• Eurasian bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

  A rounded bird with soft, whistle-like calls.

• White-bellied Hummingbird Elliotomyia chionogaster

  Subspecies hypoleucus ranges from southeastern Peru through Bolivia, eastern and central Brazil, Paraguay, and northwestern Argentina. A 2022 paper documented the first photographic records in Misiones, Argentina.

• Broad-footed Mole Scapanus latimanus

  The broad-footed mole is a burrowing mole of the western United States and northern Mexico. Its coat ranges from dark brown to silvery gray.

• Eurasian beaver Castor fiber

  A large rodent that swims in rivers and lakes and feeds on waterside plants.

• Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius

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

• Eastern Forest Hedgehog Mesechinus orientalis

  This hedgehog was described from eastern China in 2023. Its short spines have bands of white, black, and pale color.

• 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.

• Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus

  The Least Seedsnipe is a small ground-dwelling bird of South American grasslands and steppes. It feeds on shoots, leaves, and seeds in pairs or small groups.

• Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus

  A daytime termite hunter with pale bands across its back.

• Stoat Mustela erminea

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

• Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus

  A common sparrow of dry grassland and woodland in southern Africa. It mainly eats seeds, but also takes insects, fruit and nectar.

• Beddome's Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus beddomei

  Beddome's woolly horseshoe bat is known from South Asia, and a 2010 paper added a specimen from Thailand. The Thai record is a single animal and may not represent the usual population there.

• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

  Ruddy Turnstones flip stones and seaweed along shorelines to find insects and small crustaceans underneath.

• Lompobattang Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus sarasinorum

  This leaf warbler occurs on the Lompobattang massif in southwestern Sulawesi. A pale crown stripe and a wingbar help describe it. The paper treats birds elsewhere on Sulawesi as the separate species P. nesophilus.

• Greater bilby Macrotis lagotis

  A nocturnal forager of dry country with long ears and a pointed snout.