Meet the world’s animals.

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• Garganey Spatula querquedula

  

  A small duck whose male has a broad white stripe above the eye. It feeds at the water's surface and breeds in small numbers in the UK.

• Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata

  Despite its name, it is not a right whale; it is a baleen whale that filters small prey from the water.

• Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala

  The Bornean Bristlehead is a Borneo bird with a red head, a large bill, and bristle-like feathers around its head and cheeks. It moves through the forest in noisy groups.

• Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris

  A whale found in many of the world’s oceans that searches for prey in deep water.

• Altai Zokor Myospalax myospalax

  The Altai zokor is a rodent that digs tunnels and lives underground. It has tiny eyes and powerful forefeet for digging, and it feeds on plant roots and other plant parts.

• Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis

  The Grey-rumped Treeswift occurs in Southeast Asia and its islands. It uses perches and catches insects in flight.

• 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.

• Dugong Dugong dugon

  A mammal of warm coastal seas that feeds mainly on seagrass and uses shallow sheltered waters.

• Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis

  An Andean bird of humid forests that sallies from a perch to catch invertebrates.

• Domestic dog Canis familiaris

  A domestic dog bred for companionship and many kinds of work. Its appearance varies greatly among breeds.

• Rock hyrax Procavia capensis

  A mammal of rocky habitats in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It shelters in crevices and eats grasses and leaves.

• Yellow-throated Leafbird Chloropsis palawanensis

  A forest bird of the Palawan islands with a green body, yellow throat, and blue wing markings.

• Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis

  A compact white heron with a short neck and legs, it feeds in grassland and pastures, catching insects and small animals disturbed by livestock or farm machinery.

• Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah

  This weasel has dark brown fur on its back and tail and a yellowish belly. It lives in mountain forests and catches small animals such as rodents.

• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus

  A large hornbill that walks through dry open country in search of prey.

• North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis

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

• Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica

  A freshwater dolphin of river systems in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It has very poor sight and uses echoes from ultrasonic sounds to locate fish and other prey.

• Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator

  The Greater Honeyguide is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. It can lead people, honey badgers, or baboons to a hive, then eat wax and larvae after the hive is opened.

• 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.

• Bemaraha Woolly Lemur Avahi cleesei

  The Bemaraha woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur recorded in the Bemaraha region of west-central Madagascar. Its published description of appearance is based on one adult male observed in the study.

• White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis

  Rhipidura albogularis is listed from southern India and the northern Eastern Ghats. A 2021–2023 breeding study followed 15 nests in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

• Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus

  A forest bear of Asia with a pale crescent- or V-shaped chest marking on its dark body.

• Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat Isothrix bistriata

  The yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat is an arboreal rodent of western Amazon lowland forest. It nests in flooded forest and river floodplains.

• Spot-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax merulinus

  This laughingthrush uses forest understory and bamboo in parts of mainland Southeast Asia. It is dark brown, with black spots on a pale throat and breast and a white line behind the eye. It forages near the ground.