Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eurasian otter Lutra lutra

  

  An otter of waterways in Eurasia and northern Africa. It catches fish and other prey in water and rests in sheltered places on land.

• Red-bellied Titi Plecturocebus moloch

  The red-bellied titi stands out for its orange underside and white tail tip. It lives in southern Amazonia in central Brazil and favors dense understory in wet forests.

• Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber

  This barbet is endemic to southern China. It lives in evergreen broadleaf and mixed conifer-broadleaf forests in middle and lower mountains, and also occurs at forest edges and in more open woodland.

• Domestic horse Equus caballus

  A domestic horse with long legs and a mane. Size and build vary among breeds developed by people.

• Fulvus Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros fulvus

  The fulvous leaf-nosed bat is a small bat found across much of southern Asia. It rests in caves, burrows, or other roosts by day and searches for insects at night.

• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

  The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch moves along trunks and branches in Asian forests.

• Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis

  A wild North American sheep with particularly large horns in males.

• Common Echymipera Echymipera kalubu

  This marsupial lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. It probes the ground with its long snout, is active at night, and eats fruits and small animals.

• Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus

  The Black-tailed Treecreeper hops up tree trunks while searching bark for invertebrates. It occurs in northern Australia, and the throat and chest pattern differs between the sexes.

• 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.

• Northern muriqui Brachyteles hypoxanthus

  A large monkey that moves through the forest canopy using long limbs and a grasping tail. It is restricted to Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil.

• Forest Batis Batis mixta

  This small bird lives in forests from south-eastern Kenya into Tanzania. Males show blue-gray, black, and white markings; females are marked mainly with chestnut.

• Cougar Puma concolor

  A large cat of the Americas, with a slender body, a long tail and a tawny to greyish-brown adult coat.

• Gold-and-white Marmoset Mico chrysoleucos

  The gold-and-white marmoset is a small primate named for its golden-white coat and ear tufts. Groups have been recorded in flooded forests in southern Amazonia, Brazil.

• 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.

• Fallow deer Dama dama

  The fallow deer is recognized by the male’s broad, palmate antlers. Coat forms include spotted, white and dark individuals.

• Common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius

  A small dormouse with large eyes, small rounded ears, and a furry tail.

• Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus

  The Golden-winged Cacique has glossy black plumage with yellow patches on the rump and wings. It searches trees for fruit and insects.

• Common dolphin Delphinus delphis

  A dolphin with contrasting patches along its sides that form an hourglass-like pattern.

• Alpaca Vicugna pacos

  A domestic camelid raised for its fiber in the Andean highlands. It lives in herds and has many coat colors.

• Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus

  The Senegal Parrot lives along savanna edges in western and central Africa. Its gray head and green and yellow body colors stand out.

• Dhole Cuon alpinus

  A wild canid of forests in South and Southeast Asia. Adults have a reddish coat and a dark bushy tail.

• Fawn Antechinus Antechinus bellus

  The Fawn Antechinus is a small marsupial with pale fur, a white chin, and white feet. It is active mainly at dusk and dawn and shelters in tree hollows and fallen logs.

• Green Iora Aegithina viridissima

  The Green Iora is a small bird of forest canopies. The male is dark green with bold black-and-white wing stripes.