Meet the world’s animals.

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• Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra

  

  A grassland antelope whose males become darker with age.

• Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii

  A mountain-stream bird that dives underwater for insects and small fish.

• Allied Rock Wallaby Petrogale assimilis

  The allied rock-wallaby lives on rocky terrain in northern Queensland, Australia. It forages at night and shelters under rocks during the day.

• Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata

  A duck with a broad, shovel-shaped bill. The large bill gathers tiny food items from the water.

• Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana

  A pale tern with a black band on the nape, it dives into the sea to catch fish and nests in groups on remote rocky islets.

• Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima

  The dwarf sperm whale is a small toothed whale found widely in temperate and tropical seas. It is distinct from the pygmy sperm whale.

• European Roe Capreolus capreolus

  In Britain, this small deer is found in woodlands and along their edges. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and greyer in winter, with a noticeable white rump.

• Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus

  This bird lives along forest edges and in open places. It eats insects, spiders, and berries, and has cinnamon-colored plumage with a lighter throat.

• Mountain Degu Octodontomys gliroides

  The Mountain Degu lives in dry areas around the Andes. This burrowing rodent uses small holes among rocks or cactus roots and feeds on vegetation.

• 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.

• Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus

  The Blue-naped Mousebird is marked by a blue nape and long tail and lives in dry parts of Africa.

• Sun bear Helarctos malayanus

  A small bear of Southeast Asian tropical forests, with short black fur and round ears. Many have a pale chest marking.

• Brown Hare Lepus europaeus

  A hare with long ears and powerful hind legs; a British species account records it around grassland and farmland.

• White-shouldered Antshrike Thamnophilus aethiops

  This antshrike forages in the upper understorey and mid-storey of Amazonian forest; plumage varies among subspecies and sexes.

• Sooty Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Chilonycteris) quadridens

  The Sooty Mustached Bat is a small bat of the Greater Antilles. It roosts in large groups in caves and feeds on insects.

• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

  A diving duck distinguished by a tuft at the back of its head and yellow eyes.

• Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli

  The Grey Penduline Tit has a black-and-white face and head, with dark gray-brown upper wings and tail. In northeastern Namibia it occurs in broadleaf woodland and sometimes gardens, where it eats insects and probes flowers for nectar.

• Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha

  A nocturnal civet of Asian forests and scrub.

• Brown bear Ursus arctos

  A bear of forests, mountains and other habitats in Eurasia and North America. It eats plants and animals, changing its diet with the seasons.

• Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius

  The Sulphur-rumped Myiobius lives in the lower and middle levels of humid forest. Males have a dark olive back and pale yellow rump; the yellow crown patch is often hidden.

• Lowland paca Cuniculus paca

  A spotted forest rodent that feeds on fallen fruit.

• Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata

  A whale with a pointed head and a curved dorsal fin set well back on its body.

• Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis

  The Eastern Nicator lives in lowland forest and woodland from eastern to southern Africa. The tip of its upper bill is hooked, and it builds a low nest in a branch.

• Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai

  Omura's whale is a slender baleen whale. A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded asymmetric jaw coloration and loose groupings of mostly unassociated individuals.