Meet the world’s animals.

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• Beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas

  

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

• Pink Fairy Armadillo Chlamyphorus truncatus

  

  The lesser fairy armadillo is a small armadillo that lives in underground burrows. Its back is covered by pale pinkish-ochre armor, and it inhabits dry sandy areas of central Argentina.

• Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus

  

  The Blue-rumped Parrot lives in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Males and females differ in head and back colors.

• Common Redshank Tringa totanus

  

  A shorebird with bright red legs that searches for small animals in coastal mud in the UK.

• Malagasy Civet Fossa fossana

  

  The Malagasy civet is a small carnivore with rows of spots along its back. At night it searches for small animals on the ground and in low trees.

• Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor

  

  It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of Amazonian forest. Males are blackish with a pink band on the lower throat; females are cinnamon with an extended gray cap.

• Brown rat Rattus norvegicus

  A rat widely found around human settlements, using sewers, warehouses, fields and other places with water and food.

• Long-tailed chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera

  A chinchilla of dry rocky habitats in Chile, with dense soft fur and large ears. Rock crevices provide shelter.

• Moluccan Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles crinifrons

  The Moluccan Owlet-nightjar is a nocturnal bird of forest in the northern Moluccas.

• Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius

  A woodland bird with a conspicuous white rump in flight. In Britain it is found widely except in northern Scotland.

• Mexican Funnel-eared Bat Natalus mexicanus

  This small bat ranges from northern Mexico to Panama. It mainly inhabits tropical deciduous and semideciduous forests, roosts in caves, and eats insects.

• Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

  A shrike with a bold black face band and reddish-brown back that watches for prey from a perch.

• Reindeer Rangifer tarandus

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

• Maranhão Red-handed Howler Alouatta ululata

  The Maranhão red-handed howler lives in open, dry vegetation in northeastern Brazil. Museum specimens have been described as showing sex-related coat differences, but the original study called for further research to confirm them.

• Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides

  This Andean bird feeds on nectar. Its hooked bill is used to pierce flowers and reach the nectar, as described in the regional guide.

• Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris

  A sturdy heron relative that moves quietly through reeds while searching for fish and other prey.

• Bennett's Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma bennettii

  A rodent from rocky scrubland in Chile. Its diet and activity time vary with season and locality in the records.

• Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii

  Abdim's Stork occurs in eastern and southern Africa. It eats insects, and some populations move south after breeding.

• Wild boar Sus scrofa

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

• 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.

• Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa

  The Red-breasted Swallow is a sub-Saharan African swallow with rufous underparts and long tail streamers. Females and juveniles differ in their streamers or plumage, and seasonal movements vary by region.

• 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.

• Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons

  A wombat that digs underground burrows in dry southern Australia.

• Palawan Frogmouth Batrachostomus chaseni

  This frogmouth inhabits lowland forest on Palawan. Males are gray-brown and finely speckled; females are more rufous and less patterned.