Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra

  

  A mountain animal with horns in both sexes and hooves suited to rocky ground.

• Fire-footed Rope Squirrel Funisciurus pyrropus

  

  This squirrel lives in forests of western and central Africa. It has a reddish face and limbs and a bushy tail, and feeds by day on fruits, seeds, and other foods.

• Common Bush Tanager Chlorospingus flavopectus

  

  It is 11.5–13 cm long. In Bolivia's eastern Andes, it lives in pairs or small flocks, and Bolivian subspecies differ in crown, cheek, and eye color.

• European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus

  

  A rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and nearby regions. It digs complex burrows and lives in groups where conditions allow.

• Greater Cane Rat Thryonomys swinderianus

  

  The greater cane rat is a stocky African rodent with a rounded nose and short ears. It lives near marshes and riverbanks, feeding mainly on grasses and cane.

• Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii

  

  Hartlaub's Bustard is a ground-dwelling bird active by day in open eastern African grassland. It eats both plant and animal foods.

• Reindeer Rangifer tarandus

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

• 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.

• Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda

  The Mid-mountain Berrypecker lives in mountain forests of New Guinea. Males and females have different upperparts, and the bird feeds on small berries and spiders in the forest understorey.

• American black bear Ursus americanus

  A bear of North American forests. Many are black, while western populations also include brown and paler individuals.

• Western Brush Wallaby Notamacropus irma

  This wallaby is marked by black paws, a brush-like tail, and a white stripe on the face. It is active around dawn and dusk and is found in heathland at Whiteman Park.

• Yellow-breasted Pipit Anthus chloris

  The Yellow-breasted Pipit inhabits highland grasslands in southern Africa. Breeding adults are yellow below, with females slightly duller than males.

• Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides

  It belongs to the dog family and has a dark mask around the eyes and a pale muzzle. It searches for a wide range of animal and plant foods in wooded cover near forests and water.

• Lesser Bulldog Bat Noctilio (Dirias) albiventris

  A bat of waterside habitats. Males tend to be bright red and females dull brown, and it searches for insects near the water's surface at night.

• Black-chinned Mountain Tanager Anisognathus notabilis

  This tanager occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. A Colombian field study suggested that it depends on humid primary montane forest.

• Pine Marten Martes martes

  A forest-dwelling marten from Europe that climbs well.

• Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii

  A large toothed whale of cold, deep waters in the Southern Hemisphere. It can be difficult to distinguish from similar species, and aspects of its diet and natural history remain poorly known.

• 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.

• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

  A whale with long pectoral fins and distinctive markings on the underside of its tail.

• Eastern Sucker-footed Bat Myzopoda aurita

  The eastern sucker-footed bat lives in eastern Madagascar and clings to leaves using suction-like pads on its wrists and ankles.

• Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus

  A long-tailed brown bird of reedbeds. Males have a black facial marking that looks like a moustache.

• Jaguar Panthera onca

  A jaguar is a heavily built large cat of the Americas. It often lives near water and swims well.

• East African Spring Hare Pedetes surdaster

  The East African springhare's fur fluoresces orange to red under ultraviolet light. The examined specimens included animals from Kenya and Tanzania, but the ecological role of the glow remains unknown.

• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus

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