Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mountain zebra Equus zebra

  

  Hartmann's mountain zebras are adapted to dry, rocky country.

• Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus

  

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

• Common squirrel monkey Saimiri sciureus

  

  A small monkey that moves quickly between branches in tropical forests near rivers.

• Reindeer Rangifer tarandus

  

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

• Black Stork Ciconia nigra

  

  A large stork that uses forests and wetlands. Many populations migrate seasonally, while some, including those in southern Africa, remain in the same area.

• Japanese raccoon dog Nyctereutes viverrinus

  

  A member of the dog family living in and around Japanese forests.

• Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus

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

• Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus

  This small honeyeater is about 11 cm long. It is grayish olive, with a short tail and yellowish eye ring, in New Guinea forest and forest margins.

• Linné’s two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus

  A sloth that hangs from high branches in tropical forests, feeding and resting in the trees.

• African wolf Canis lupaster

  Animals recorded in Senegal had a sturdy build and broad head. Across its range, the African wolf occupies North Africa, the Sahel, and neighboring regions, and its varied diet includes small animals and fruit as well as larger herbivores.

• Stripe-throated Wren Cantorchilus leucopogon

  The Stripe-throated Wren has a striped throat and reddish-brown tail. The account distinguishes a darker Pacific form from a paler, greyer Caribbean form.

• 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.

• European polecat Mustela putorius

  A slender mustelid of freshwater margins and forest edges.

• Common Merganser Mergus merganser

  A streamlined diving duck with a long, narrow bill that eats fish. It breeds widely across the north and moves south for winter.

• Australian Sea Lion Neophoca cinerea

  The Australian sea lion has breeding colonies in southern and western Australia. It forages near the sea floor, and females return to their birth colony to breed.

• Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx

  A wild cat of Europe and Asia, with black ear tufts and a prominent ruff around its cheeks.

• Pale-bellied Tapaculo Scytalopus griseicollis

  A 2019 Bogotá bird guide describes an 11 cm bird with mostly gray plumage, a lighter throat and belly, soft rufous color at the rear, a black bill, and grayish legs. Most of its range is in Colombia, with a small part in Venezuela.

• Pale-throated three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus

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

• Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus

  A whale with a long, slender body and mottled blue-gray skin.

• Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans

  The Elegant Crescentchest is recorded in dry forest and scrub in extreme northwestern Peru. Males have black heads, creamy eyebrows and throats, chestnut breasts, and broad black crescent bands; females have a reduced band and rufous underparts.

• Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina

  A seal of the seas around Antarctica that dives deep to find food.

• Domestic goat Capra hircus

  A goat raised by people for milk, fiber and meat. It prefers the company of other goats.

• Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis

  This antthrush lives on the forest floor. It is often seen with its tail cocked while turning leaves to search for food.

• Southern Blossom Bat Syconycteris australis

  This small bat lives in forests of eastern and north-eastern Australia and feeds on flower nectar and pollen. It may land on blossoms or hover in front of them while feeding.