Meet the world’s animals.
Photos: 12,673 · Stories: 19,540
- Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
Photo: Jon Nickles · Public domain A reindeer is a deer in which both sexes grow antlers. The Eurasian subspecies lives in cold regions with snow cover.
- Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis
This bird uses saline and alkaline lakes and coasts in Patagonia. It has a rounded head, red eyes and pink legs. Some move from inland breeding grounds to the coast in winter.
- Lesser Bulldog Bat Noctilio (Dirias) albiventris
A bat of waterside habitats. Males tend to be bright red and females dull brown, and it searches for insects near the water's surface at night.
- 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.
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide occurs in Asia, mainly along the Himalayan foothills. Its orange forehead and rump stand out, and it feeds on beeswax and insects.
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons
A wombat that digs underground burrows in dry southern Australia.
- American black bear Ursus americanus
A bear of North American forests. Many are black, while western populations also include brown and paler individuals.
- Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus
About 23 cm long, this bird has grey-brown upperparts, a white eyebrow and throat, and an ochre belly. It uses shrub steppe and searches the ground for insects and worms.
- Reticulated giraffe Giraffa reticulata
The reticulated giraffe has a network of white lines and occurs mainly in northern and northeastern Kenya.
- Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
A whale with long pectoral fins and distinctive markings on the underside of its tail.
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
The Collared Finchbill occurs in southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It eats seeds, fruit, and insects and is seen in flocks or pairs.
- Silky Mole-rat Heliophobius argenteocinereus
The silky mole-rat is a solitary rodent that digs underground burrows. In a Malawi study, its burrowing pattern changed as the soil hardened during the dry season.
- African wild ass Equus africanus
A wild ass of Northeast Africa. This entry treats it as a wild species, separate from the domestic donkey.
- Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis
The Blue-throated Motmot has a vivid blue throat and a short tail. It lives in mountain forest from southern Mexico into northern Central America.
- Lesser Mouse-deer Tragulus kanchil
It has no antlers; males have long canine teeth. This small ungulate lives alone or in pairs and eats leaves and fruit.
- False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
A dark, slender small whale that hunts fish and squid in warm seas.
- Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus
This West African finch has red plumage and a short, thick bill. Research has documented two bill-size forms.
- 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.
- Coyote Canis latrans
A canid of North and Central America, with a slender muzzle and large erect ears.
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
The Sungrebe is a small aquatic bird with a long, slender bill and yellow-and-black-banded lobed toes. It hides along quiet, heavily vegetated waterways and may dive when threatened.
- Long-nosed Echymipera Echymipera rufescens
This bandicoot has a long snout and a reddish rump. It occurs around New Guinea and on Australia's northeastern Cape York Peninsula.
- Least Weasel Mustela nivalis
The least weasel is a small, slender mustelid with a short tail. The Missouri account describes it as probably present in the state’s northern counties.
- Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus
This species is endemic to Puerto Rico's mountain forests. It often stays hidden in dense vegetation but forages in small mixed-species flocks.
- Isabel's Saki Pithecia isabela
A saki recorded in the Peruvian Amazon, including the Pacaya-Samiria area.
