Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eurasian bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

  

  A rounded bird with soft, whistle-like calls.

• Mauritius Bulbul Hypsipetes olivaceus

  

  This bulbul lives in forests on Mauritius. Its grayish body is topped by a loose, pointed dark crest. It eats insects, seeds and fruit, and its range is confined to the island.

• Chestnut African Climbing Mouse Dendromus mystacalis

  

  The chestnut African climbing mouse lives in savannas south of the Sahara and climbs tall grasses with its tail.

• Greater one-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis

  

  The greater one-horned rhinoceros lives along rivers in northern India and southern Nepal.

• Madagascan Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis

  

  This small ground bird resembles a quail, and females are more colorful than males. The male incubates the eggs and cares for the chicks.

• Antillean Ghost-faced Bat Mormoops blainvillei

  

  This nocturnal, insect-eating bat roosts in caves. Its face has conspicuous folds of skin, and the species occurs on Caribbean islands.

• Little egret Egretta garzetta

  A white heron that catches fish in shallow watersides. A black bill and legs with yellow feet are identifying features.

• Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta

  This small warbler lives in dry wadis and scrubby desert plains in the Middle East. It walks on the ground while searching for food, often in pairs or small groups.

• Common silky anteater Cyclopes didactylus

  A small anteater that lives in trees and feeds mainly on ants.

• Beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas

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

• Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

  Adults have a bare red head and soar with raised wings in a teetering flight. They use their sense of smell to find carrion.

• Swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor

  A dark-coated wallaby that shelters in dense forest undergrowth.

• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula

  A small crow with a pale grey nape and light eyes, seen year-round around towns and farmland in the UK.

• Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica

  The Mombasa Woodpecker lives in coastal forests of East Africa. It searches among trunks and leafy branches, feeding mainly on ants and their larvae.

• Southern Aardwolf Proteles cristata

  It can raise the long hairs along its back and feeds mainly on termites. It occurs in southern Africa, where records include karroid country, grassland and scrub, open savanna woodland, and inland gravel plains.

• Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

  An offshore dolphin with striking stripes running from the eyes along the sides of its body.

• Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala

  The Bornean Bristlehead is a Borneo bird with a red head, a large bill, and bristle-like feathers around its head and cheeks. It moves through the forest in noisy groups.

• Desert Gundi Ctenodactylus vali

  The desert gundi is a small herbivorous rodent found in a few rocky areas around the Sahara.

• Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

  A pigeon-sized hawk with a conspicuous pale eyebrow marking.

• Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus

  The Slate-throated Whitestart lives in mountain forests and is marked by white edges on the tail and a reddish crown patch. Crown and belly colors vary by region.

• Javan Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus

  The Javan rhinoceros lives in Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia. Its gray skin has deep folds.

• Cape Hare Lepus capensis

  The Arabian hare is recorded around AlUla in north-western Saudi Arabia. In this region, its grayish coat and black ear tips are noted.

• Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta

  This forest bird is endemic to New Zealand. Its naturally surviving population is on Little Barrier Island; managed populations have been translocated elsewhere.

• Davis's Tent-making Bat Uroderma davisi

  A 2026 study recorded one male at Tolapa in Nicaragua's León Department. The individual had clear facial stripes and was captured in an area the study classed among its lowland dry and arid-forest sites.