Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• 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.

• Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat Mystacina tuberculata

  

  This short-tailed bat lives in New Zealand. The Department of Conservation describes it searching for food on the forest floor.

• Mountain zebra Equus zebra

  

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

• Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri

  

  This pitta is endemic to Borneo. It has a black crown and richly coloured body plumage, and searches for invertebrates on the forest floor.

• Greater Bulldog Bat Noctilio (Noctilio) leporinus

  

  The greater bulldog bat can forage for fish near the water surface. In a Panama account, it responded to surface ripples and dipped its feet into the water.

• Honey badger Mellivora capensis

  A robust mustelid found in parts of Africa and Asia.

• Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani

  In Bolivia, this ground-dwelling bird is found along montane-forest edges and in tall scrub. It occurs alone or in pairs and skulks in dense vegetation near the ground.

• Banded linsang Prionodon linsang

  A slender animal with dark bands, found in Southeast Asian forests. It uses both trees and the ground and hunts alone.

• Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus

  A cheetah is a slender, long-legged cat. It catches prey with fast sprints over short distances.

• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus

  The Forest Wagtail is an olive-brown bird with a long tail. It breeds in northeast Asia and winters as far south as Singapore.

• Bennett's Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma bennettii

  A rodent from rocky scrubland in Chile. Its diet and activity time vary with season and locality in the records.

• African wild dog Lycaon pictus

  A wild canid of African grasslands and open woodland. Its patches of black, white and tan differ between individuals.

• Cordoba Cinclodes Cinclodes comechingonus

  This cinclodes is recorded in Córdoba Province, central Argentina. Its 1944 original description noted a ferruginous wing band and rusty tips on the outer tail feathers of the adult male type. The national parks database also lists rivers and streams among its habitat categories.

• Boodie Bettongia lesueur

  The boodie is a burrowing member of the kangaroo family that searches for plants and underground fungi.

• Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis

  The sei whale is a baleen whale found widely in subtropical, temperate and subpolar seas around the world.

• Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus

  The Grey Butcherbird lives in Australian woodlands and urban areas. Adults are black, grey, and white, with a hooked bill; captured prey may be hung up for later.

• Javan Hollow-faced Bat Nycteris javanica

  A 1993 study of Southeast Asian specimens recognized this bat as a distinct Nycteris species. It concluded that the species occurs mainly on Java and nearby islands.

• Chital Axis axis

  A deer often seen on the Indian peninsula, with white spots that remain all year.

• Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus

  The Crowned Sandgrouse lives in dry areas from the Sahara into western Asia. It visits water in flocks, and the adult male has a rufous crown and a black facial band.

• Mountain Pygmy Possum Burramys parvus

  The mountain pygmy possum is a small mammal adapted to Australia's alpine zone. It is known to store food and hibernate for long periods.

• Argali Ovis ammon

  A wild sheep of Asia’s highlands that moves with the seasons.

• Elliot's Storm Petrel Oceanites gracilis

  It is dark overall, with white on the rump and center of the belly and a small pale area under the wing. While feeding, it patters across the water with its wings held upright.

• Eastern Sucker-footed Bat Myzopoda aurita

  The eastern sucker-footed bat lives in eastern Madagascar and clings to leaves using suction-like pads on its wrists and ankles.