Meet the world’s animals.

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• Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus

  

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

• Naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber

  

  The naked mole-rat lives in underground tunnels in dry parts of eastern Africa.

• Ayacucho Antpitta Grallaria ayacuchensis

  

  This antpitta is known from the eastern Andean slope of Ayacucho, Peru. A 2020 taxonomic paper described dark reddish-brown upperparts, a paler lower belly, and a male collected in a Chusquea thicket in secondary forest.

• American bison Bos bison

  

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

• African Palm Civet Nandinia binotata

  

  The African palm civet is a nocturnal forest-dwelling mammal of Africa. It eats fruit often, but also takes small animals, making it an omnivore.

• Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii

  

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in the tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland. Groups of about two to five defend year-round territories and search leaf litter for small animals.

• Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas

  A small whale with long flippers, found in temperate and colder seas.

• Sulawesi babirusa Babyrousa celebensis

  A pig from Sulawesi and nearby islands whose males have upper tusks that grow through the snout.

• Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus

  The Rufous Treecreeper ranges through eucalypt forest and shrubland from southwestern Australia to the Eyre Peninsula. It climbs trunks with large feet; a southern jarrah forest study found it foraging and nesting in large eucalypts.

• Red deer Cervus elaphus

  Red deer are large deer native to Britain. In the New Forest, males call during the autumn rut.

• Cinereus Ringtail Possum Pseudochirulus cinereus

  This marsupial lives in tropical rainforest in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a ringtail possum adapted to life in trees.

• Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana

  The Tawny-browed Owl hunts from trees at night in the Atlantic Forest region.

• Pine Marten Martes martes

  A forest-dwelling marten from Europe that climbs well.

• Pale-throated three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus

  A sloth from northern South America that lives in trees and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Pitta-like Ground Roller Atelornis pittoides

  The Pitta-like Ground Roller lives in forests of eastern Madagascar and the central High Plateau. Its blue head and black eye mask stand out, while it searches the leaf litter for prey.

• Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

  A whale with a streamlined body and a dorsal fin set well back. The lower jaw has different colors on each side.

• Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas

  The golden-headed lion tamarin is a small monkey with a black body and a conspicuous golden mane. It lives in small groups in forests of southeastern Brazil.

• Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta

  The Shy Albatross is a large seabird that glides over the ocean on long wings and breeds on islands off Tasmania.

• Eurasian golden jackal Canis aureus

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

• Giant Otter Shrew Potamogale velox

  The giant otter shrew is a semi-aquatic mammal of central African rivers and swamps. It swims by moving its laterally flattened tail and forages near water from dusk into the night.

• Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus

  The flightless Kagu lives in the humid forests of New Caledonia's Grande Terre. During the day it searches leaf litter and soil for small live prey.

• Snow leopard Panthera uncia

  A snow leopard is a cat of Central Asian mountains. Thick fur and a long tail suit its life on rocky slopes.

• Musky Rat Kangaroo Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

  The musky rat kangaroo is a small marsupial of northeastern Australian rainforests. It eats mainly insects and searches by turning over debris while sitting on its haunches.

• 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.