Meet the world’s animals.

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• Barbary Lemniscomys Lemniscomys barbarus

  

  This small mouse has alternating light and dark stripes along its back. In the wild it is active by day and follows runways from grassy nests or burrows to feeding areas.

• New Zealand Storm Petrel Fregetta maoriana

  This seabird is recorded in northern New Zealand waters, with the outer Hauraki Gulf identified as a core area of activity during the New Zealand summer.

• Mediterranean Water Shrew Neomys anomalus

  The Mediterranean water shrew is a small shrew associated with water. Its dark back and white underside stand out, while its close relative can look almost identical.

• Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca

  This black-and-white bird breeds only on Cyprus and migrates to Africa for winter.

• L'Hoest's Monkey Allochrocebus lhoesti

  L'Hoest's monkey is recognizable by its dark coat and white beard. It spends more time on the ground than many monkeys.

• Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius

  The Australian Ringneck occurs in Australia. Its plumage varies by region, but much of the body is green with a yellow band on the hind-neck.

• Eastern quoll Dasyurus viverrinus

  A spotted marsupial that searches for insects and other food at night.

• Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

  A large albatross that ranges widely across the Southern Ocean and breeds on Antarctic and subantarctic islands. Young birds are mostly dark and gradually become whiter with age.

• Central American Red Brocket Mazama temama

  The Central American red brocket is a small deer of Central America. This study examines regional variation in its form and environment.

• Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina

  This small bird lives in dry acacia scrub and steppe in eastern Africa. The consulted range summary places it in Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.

• Lelwel Hartebeest Alcelaphus lelwel

  Alcelaphus lelwel has a reddish coat, pale rump and narrow upright V-shaped horns. Its HMW species account describes grass-only feeding in savanna mixed with woodland, with feeding peaks late in the day.

• Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians

  This small bush warbler breeds in East Asia and moves south seasonally. The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society account documents it as a winter visitor in Hong Kong.

• Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis

  This marsupial lives across much of Central and South America and has a long tail and claws for climbing.

• Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus

  The Two-barred Warbler is a small leaf warbler with two wing-bars and a noticeable supercilium. It forages actively in mid-levels of trees and moves between breeding and wintering areas.

• Red-backed Bearded Saki Chiropotes chiropotes

  The red-backed bearded saki has a black body, a reddish back, and a dense beard. It moves through the high forest canopy by day and eats hard fruits and seeds.

• Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea

  BirdLife South Africa's 2025 account describes a population restricted in South Africa to oNgoye Forest. It uses Cryptolybia olivacea and says the wider group's taxonomy remains unsettled. Local birds have bronzy-green upperparts and use the forest canopy.

• Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi

  Its back ranges from yellowish brown to gray, its underside is pale, and white lines surround the eyes. This is a diurnal squirrel that mainly uses trees.

• West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala

  The West Mexican Chachalaca inhabits forests and scrub on Mexico's Pacific slope and eats fruit, flowers, leaves, and seeds. The sexes look similar.

• Agile Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys agilis

  The agile kangaroo rat hops on long hind feet. It lives in dry scrub, digs burrows, and carries seeds in its cheek pouches.

• Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus

  It is active at night. On Bangka Island, parents take turns warming the chick and bring it insects.

• Brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata

  A wallaby with a brush-tipped tail that shelters among rocks.

• Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila schistaceigula

  This small bird occurs in Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. Males and females have different white markings around the eyes, and the species lives in moist lowland forest.

• Orange Nectar Bat Lonchophylla robusta

  The orange nectar bat is a medium-sized bat with an elongated muzzle and orange-brown back. It feeds on nectar and pollen in moist evergreen forests.

• Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

  The Asian Woolly-necked Stork is a large wetland bird with a neck covered in fluffy white feathers. The current name Ciconia episcopus refers to the Asian species, distinct from the African C. microscelis.