Meet the world’s animals.

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• Common Redshank Tringa totanus

  

  A shorebird with bright red legs that searches for small animals in coastal mud in the UK.

• Indian Gray Hornbill Ocyceros birostris

  

  The Indian Gray Hornbill is a grayish-brown hornbill with a casque above the bill. The male's casque is larger than the female's.

• Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus

  

  An egg-laying mammal that forages in Australian rivers.

• Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis

  

  A black rhinoceros grasps vegetation with a narrow, pointed upper lip. Its upper lip is narrower than a white rhino’s.

• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea

  

  The Apostlebird has a gray body and long black tail and occurs in eastern Australia. It forages for seeds and insects on the ground, often in groups.

• Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus elegantulus

  

  The southern needle-clawed bushbaby is a small primate that moves through rainforest canopies at night and feeds mainly on tree gums.

• Eurasian teal Anas crecca

  A small duck seen on Japanese waters in winter. Breeding males have a chestnut head with a dark green band around the eye.

• Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax

  This 16–18 cm fantail uses lowland forest undergrowth and wet grasslands. It is active by day and eats invertebrates.

• Bangka Slow Loris Nycticebus bancanus

  A slow loris known from Bangka Island, Indonesia. The adult female described by Lyon has an ochre-buff coat and a dark back stripe that fades around the lower back.

• Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra

  A dark, round-headed small whale that forms large groups in tropical seas.

• Eastern Crested Berrypecker Paramythia montium

  The Eastern Crested Berrypecker lives in moist montane forest in the eastern New Guinea highlands. It has a black crest and face, a blue-gray tail, and yellowish areas on the lower belly.

• Cape Gray Mongoose Galerella pulverulenta

  This slender mongoose lives in southern Africa. It uses bushes and rocky areas and may dig for prey in the soil.

• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

  The Common Snipe has a long, straight bill and mottled brown plumage. In the United Kingdom it is most numerous in northern uplands, and birds from northern Europe also arrive in winter.

• Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae

  The Pantanal Snipe has fine streaks on its head and back, with a pale center to its belly. It stays inconspicuous in marshes and muddy places.

• Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus

  A South American canid with a reddish coat, very long slender legs and large ears.

• Mountain Hare Lepus timidus

  This hare ranges across much of Europe and northern Asia, with coat changes that vary by region and climate.

• Azure Dollarbird Eurystomus azureus

  The Azure Dollarbird has dark purple-blue plumage and pale azure wing patches. It lives in forests of Indonesia's northern Moluccas.

• Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus

  A daytime termite hunter with pale bands across its back.

• Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus

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

• Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri

  The male Straw-tailed Whydah grows a very long tail in breeding plumage and shows bold black-and-pale markings. It feeds on seeds on the ground in dry savanna.

• Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa

  The mountain beaver is a rodent distinct from true beavers. It digs burrows in moist forest soils and eats plants.

• Domestic horse Equus caballus

  A domestic horse with long legs and a mane. Size and build vary among breeds developed by people.

• Wattled Brush-turkey Aepypodius arfakianus

  The Wattled Brush-turkey is a large megapode of New Guinea’s mountain forests. Its reddish-brown body bears a red comb and wattle, and it incubates eggs using heat from a mound of leaves and twigs.

• Schneider's Marmoset Mico schneideri

  This marmoset is found in northern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The account places it in terra firme forest and the Amazonia–Cerrado transition between the Juruena and Teles Pires rivers.