Meet the world’s animals.

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• Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus

  

  The Green Oriole has yellow-green plumage and reddish-brown eyes. It occurs across northern Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, and builds a cup-shaped nest high in the canopy.

• Pronghorn Antilocapra americana

  

  Pronghorns live in the grasslands and dry country of western North America.

• Least Weasel Mustela nivalis

  

  The least weasel is a small, slender mustelid with a short tail. The Missouri account describes it as probably present in the state’s northern counties.

• Black-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis margaritae

  

  The Black-headed Parrotbill is recorded in southern Annam, in southern Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. It has a black cap and pale cheek area, and small flocks move through scrub along forest edges from lower vegetation to the canopy.

• Mount Kilimanjaro Vlei Rat Otomys zinki

  

  This vlei rat is recorded on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Its dark coat has ochre bands and black hair tips.

• Hooded Crow Corvus cornix

  

  A crow with a gray body and black head, wings, and tail. It eats carrion and may gather with others at feeding sites.

• White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus

  This group-living bird inhabits dry woodland and scrub on mainland Australia. It searches the ground for insects and spiders and keeps in contact with its companions.

• Pen-tailed Tree Shrew Ptilocercus lowii

  The pen-tailed tree shrew is nocturnal and has a tuft of white fur at the end of its tail.

• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

  A whale with long pectoral fins and distinctive markings on the underside of its tail.

• Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus

  In the Otago region of New Zealand, it hunts along the coast and has pied and dark bronze colour morphs.

• Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis

  The eastern red bat has bright red fur and rests curled in its tail membrane among foliage, where it can resemble a dead leaf or pine cone. It feeds mainly on moths in summer and migrates in fall.

• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

  A large wader with long legs and a down-curved bill that uses coastal wetlands and grasslands at different times of year.

• Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer

  The Cape Sugarbird is a nectar-feeding bird of South Africa's fynbos. It visits protea flowers for nectar and insects and helps pollinate many proteas.

• Ruddy Mongoose Urva smithii

  The ruddy mongoose is found in India and is marked by a dark, reddish coat and a black tail tip. It favors forests and is most active around dawn and dusk.

• False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens

  A dark, slender small whale that hunts fish and squid in warm seas.

• Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus

  In the southwestern U.S. mountains, the male Olive Warbler is recognizable by its copper-colored head, gray back, and white wing bars. It searches high in trees for insects and gives a soft whistled call.

• Cowan's Shrew Tenrec Microgale cowani

  Cowan's shrew tenrec is a small tenrec from the humid forests of eastern Madagascar. It searches among leaf litter and fallen wood for small prey.

• Black kite Milvus migrans

  A familiar raptor in Japan, with long wings and a long tail that has a shallow notch at its tip.

• Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata

  The bare-faced curassow has a bare black area on its face and a curled crest. It forages on the ground for fruit and seeds.

• Broad-toed Feather-tailed Glider Acrobates frontalis

  This small marsupial occurs in eastern Australia. A 2023 paper describes long hairs projecting from both sides of the tail in living Acrobates, including A. frontalis, giving it a feather-like edge.

• Red deer Cervus elaphus

  Red deer are large deer native to Britain. In the New Forest, males call during the autumn rut.

• Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer

  This small mountain bird has an almost absent tail and rounded wings. Nest observations in Sikkim found globular nests made mainly of moss and rootlets.

• Bat-eared fox Otocyon megalotis

  A canid of African grasslands with enormous ears, a yellow-brown body, a dark face mask and black feet.

• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

  A heron with red eyes and a black-and-gray back, often active from evening onward.