Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mountain zebra Equus zebra

  

  Hartmann's mountain zebras are adapted to dry, rocky country.

• Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata

  A flycatcher whose wing markings differ between males and females.

• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus

  A mammal of Southeast Asian forests that glides between trees using skin stretched between its limbs.

• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

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

• Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus

  The Bogota Rail lives in high-elevation wetlands of the eastern Colombian Andes, often among dense reeds and other wetland plants.

• Haitian solenodon Solenodon paradoxus

  The Haitian Solenodon is a nocturnal mammal that probes the forest floor with its long, mobile snout. It searches for insects and other small animals in Hispaniola’s forests.

• Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus

  A whale of the deep North Atlantic, recognized by its rounded forehead and projecting, bottle-shaped beak.

• Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster

  The Black-headed Gonolek has a black head and back and an orange-red throat, breast and belly. It lives in pairs or family groups, and a male's whistled call may be followed by a female's harsher call.

• Greater Guinea Pig Cavia magna

  The greater guinea pig is a wild relative of the domestic guinea pig. It has webbed toes and lives in wetlands, with long fur forming a crest on its neck.

• 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.

• Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus

  The Puerto Rican Tody lives only in Puerto Rico. Its green back, red throat, and yellowish-white underside stand out.

• Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx

  A seal of the pack ice around Antarctica. Usually solitary, it eats fish, penguins, krill and other prey.

• Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis

  A tree squirrel native to eastern North America. Gray coats are typical, though dark individuals also occur.

• Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata

  This puffbird has a large-looking head, a plump body, and a short tail. In Bolivia’s Río Paracti valley, one male was recorded in understory forest near a river.

• Gursky's Spectral Tarsier Tarsius spectrumgurskyae

  This small nocturnal primate occurs on the northern peninsula of Sulawesi. It has a long black tail pencil and lives in forests, mangroves, and forest gardens. It is active at night and feeds on live prey, mainly insects.

• Northern pintail Anas acuta

  A slender, long-necked duck. In breeding males the central tail feathers become especially long.

• Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura

  This bunting is marked by a black-and-white face and yellow breast. It is found in dry savanna and scrub, often in pairs.

• West Amazonian Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus pastasae

  This armadillo occurs in the western Amazon. A 2021 Colombian study describes large knee scales and movable armor bands as identification clues and obtained almost all records in forest along rivers.

• Spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus

  An Andean bear known for pale markings on the face.

• White-flanked Sunbird Aethopyga eximia

  This sunbird lives in the highlands of Java. Males and females differ in color, and both show white feathers on the flanks.

• Pygmy Three-toed Sloth Bradypus pygmaeus

  The pygmy three-toed sloth is a small sloth from an island off Panama. It lives in coastal red mangroves, and its long head and shoulder fur can look like a hood.

• Eurasian goshawk Astur gentilis

  A broad-winged hawk that flies swiftly between trees. In Britain it lives in woodland and is often hard to see.

• Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla

  The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta forages near the ground in Andean forest. Its chestnut-colored head and olive upperparts contrast with a white throat.

• Black-tailed Marmoset Mico melanurus

  The black-tailed marmoset is a small monkey with a conspicuously dark tail. It eats tree gum and fruit and lives in forests of west-central Brazil and eastern Bolivia.