Meet the world’s animals.

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• Spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus

  

  An Andean bear known for pale markings on the face.

• Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer

  The male has a bright yellow breast and a broad, flattened bill. The species searches for insects in forest foliage.

• Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata

  A mole of eastern North American wetlands and watersides that searches for prey with its star-shaped nose.

• Northern pintail Anas acuta

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

• Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius

  The Egyptian Plover is marked by a black-and-white face and a blue-gray back and feeds along sandy, gravelly banks of large rivers.

• Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura gallarum

  This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.

• Domestic Bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus

  A domestic Bactrian camel has two humps. Kept in Central Asia, it is adapted to cold winters and hot summers.

• White-eared Catbird Ailuroedus buccoides

  White-eared Catbirds live in forests in northwestern New Guinea and nearby islands. Their green backs and white ear patches stand out, and they eat fruit and insects.

• Lowland paca Cuniculus paca

  A spotted forest rodent that feeds on fallen fruit.

• Little egret Egretta garzetta

  A white heron that catches fish in shallow watersides. A black bill and legs with yellow feet are identifying features.

• Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii

  This small bird walks through dry grassland. Males have rufous and black-and-white markings, and only males incubate the eggs.

• Balabac Chevrotain Tragulus nigricans

  This small mouse-deer lives on Philippine islands and is marked by dark fur and three white throat stripes.

• North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis

  A stocky black whale without a dorsal fin, found mainly in North Atlantic coastal waters.

• Pale-headed Jacamar Brachygalba goeringi

  The Pale-headed Jacamar inhabits open woodland in north-western South America. It watches for flying insects from a perch and darts out to catch them.

• Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus

  This nocturnal primate moves through trees in Java's forests. It mainly eats gum and insects and has a pale, striped nape.

• Redpoll Acanthis flammea

  A small finch with a red forehead patch and white wingbars; its appearance varies across the forms included in the current species.

• Jocotoco Antpitta Grallaria ridgelyi

  This ground-dwelling antpitta inhabits wet, mossy montane forest in southern Ecuador. It has a white cheek patch and black crown, and known records are from a limited mountain area.

• 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 red squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) vulgaris

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

• Loria's Satinbird Cnemophilus loriae

  Loria's Satinbird lives in the canopy of montane forest. Males are black while females are olive-toned, and a male's far-carrying whistle can be heard from a perch.

• Wood's Slit-faced Bat Nycteris woodi

  Wood's slit-faced bat is a small bat of southern African woodland savannas. Its fur ranges from gray to reddish brown, and it roosts by day in places such as hollow trees and caves.

• Black kite Milvus migrans

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

• Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum

  The Black-sided Flowerpecker is a small bird of Borneo's montane forests. Males have a red throat and dark blue-black back; females have a greener back.

• Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis

  A nocturnal lemur of Madagascan forests. Its long thin middle finger helps it locate insects inside wood.