Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis

  This hummingbird lives on the western Andean slope of Colombia and Ecuador. Males have long violet-blue tails; females are smaller and lack the long tail.

• Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu

  A herd-living hoofed mammal of the Americas, recognized by the pale band around its neck.

• Common Pochard Aythya ferina

  The breeding male is a diving duck with a striking reddish-brown head.

• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin

  The Garden Warbler breeds in Europe and migrates south of the Sahara for winter. Its upperparts are brown and its underside is pale.

• African Palm Civet Nandinia binotata

  The African palm civet is a nocturnal forest-dwelling mammal of Africa. It eats fruit often, but also takes small animals, making it an omnivore.

• Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides

  It belongs to the dog family and has a dark mask around the eyes and a pale muzzle. It searches for a wide range of animal and plant foods in wooded cover near forests and water.

• Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens

  The Yellow-breasted Chat has an olive back, yellow breast, and white face markings. During the spring breeding season, males sing with a varied set of sounds.

• Feather-tailed Possum Distoechurus pennatus

  The feathertail possum lives in New Guinea's forests. It has a feather-like fringe on its tail but no membrane for gliding.

• Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

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

• Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus

  The Malabar Trogon inhabits forests in India and Sri Lanka. The male has a blue bill and reddish belly; the female has an olive-brown head and golden belly.

• Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat Mystacina tuberculata

  This short-tailed bat lives in New Zealand. The Department of Conservation describes it searching for food on the forest floor.

• Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus

  A dolphin of warm and temperate seas worldwide that feeds mainly on squid.

• Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin

  The Hoatzin has a long tail and crest; young birds have claws on their wings that help them grip branches.

• Greater Cane Rat Thryonomys swinderianus

  The greater cane rat is a stocky African rodent with a rounded nose and short ears. It lives near marshes and riverbanks, feeding mainly on grasses and cane.

• Gray Partridge Perdix perdix

  A ground-dwelling bird native to Eurasia. Family groups walk through fields and grasslands, picking seeds from the ground. North American populations were introduced from Europe.

• Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

  A North American bird with a black facial mask and yellow tail tip that gathers in flocks at fruiting trees.

• Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella

  An ocean-foraging fur seal that breeds on South Georgia and other islands around Antarctica and in the subantarctic.

• Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) vulgaris

  A bushy-tailed squirrel of forests in Europe and northern Asia.

• Chiming Wedgebill Psophodes occidentalis

  The Chiming Wedgebill inhabits arid Australia. It uses mulga woodland and low shrubland in Shark Bay, picking insects from the ground and small trees.

• Jolly's Mouse Lemur Microcebus jollyae

  Jolly's mouse lemur is a small nocturnal lemur recorded in southeastern Madagascar. Rainforest research has also studied its role in carrying seeds.

• Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

  A familiar finch in Britain and Ireland. It searches the ground for seeds and insects, and shows white on its wings in flight.

• Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus

  The Plain Leaf Warbler is a small warbler about 9–10 cm long. By day it searches among leaves for small invertebrates; Oman is one location where its calls have been recorded.

• Common Bear Cuscus Ailurops ursinus

  The common bear cuscus is an arboreal marsupial that moves slowly through trees with its grasping tail and forefeet and feeds mainly on leaves.