Meet the world’s animals.

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• American bison Bos bison

  

  An American bison is a cattle relative with a prominent shoulder hump. It mainly eats grasses and lives in herds.

• White-lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari

  The white-lipped peccary looks like a pig but belongs to a different family. It searches for food in groups.

• Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus

  The Spot-breasted Lapwing lives in damp grassland and marshes in the Ethiopian highlands. Black spots on the breast and yellow wattles are notable features.

• Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata

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

• American Shrew Mole Neurotrichus gibbsii

  The American shrew mole has tiny eyes and a flat, elongated nose. It digs shallow tunnels beneath leaf litter and sometimes climbs low bushes above ground.

• Cachar Bulbul Iole cacharensis

  A bulbul of northeastern India and southeastern Bangladesh. Its plumage is similar to a close relative, while its call offers an identification clue.

• Bobcat Lynx rufus

  A short-tailed wild cat of North America, with dark spots and stripes on a brownish coat.

• Indomalayan Bamboo Rat Rhizomys sumatrensis

  This is a large, stocky bamboo rat that makes burrows. In Malaysia it emerges in the early evening to feed on fallen fruit and other plant matter.

• Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis

  This rail is recorded from southern Colombia through Ecuador and coastal Peru. It hides in dense grass and reeds and is found alone or in well-separated pairs.

• Eurasian elk Alces alces

  A Eurasian elk is a deer with long legs and a large muzzle. It uses forests and waterside habitats in places such as northern Europe.

• Alvarez's Mastiff Bat Molossus alvarezi

  This bat has brown dorsal fur, paler underparts and rounded ears. It is recorded in forests and dry scrub and catches mostly moths in flight.

• Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis

  Endemic to Puerto Rico, this bird occurs from lowlands to higher elevations. It is found in forests and plantations and may visit gardens where fruit grows.

• Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus

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

• Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis

  The southern right whale migrates through Southern Hemisphere waters. Its large, callosity-covered head and stocky body without a dorsal fin are distinctive.

• Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti

  This ground-dwelling bird has a rufous head and a pale, scalloped breast. It occurs in coastal scrub and heath from South Australia to Victoria.

• 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.

• Jungle cat Felis chaus

  A wild cat with tall, tufted ears that also lives in grasslands and wetlands.

• Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris

  The Eurasian Treecreeper climbs tree trunks to find small animals in the bark. Its brown, white, and golden plumage blends into the tree.

• Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus

  A dolphin of warm and temperate seas worldwide that feeds mainly on squid.

• Beecroft's Anomalure Anomalurus beecrofti

  Beecroft's anomalure moves between trees on a gliding membrane that extends between its limbs and tail. It rests in leafy nests by day and is active around dusk and at night.

• Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus

  An endemic bird of Taiwan's highlands. Nestlings of both sexes are brown; males may turn wine-red the following year, so brown plumage alone does not identify sex.

• Eurasian golden jackal Canis aureus

  The Eurasian golden jackal is a medium-sized canid found across a broad part of Eurasia.

• Balabac Chevrotain Tragulus nigricans

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

• Dohrn's Warbler Sylvia dohrni

  This small bird is endemic to Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. It uses forest and cocoa plantations; a 2000 survey reported a yellow wash below in many individuals.