Meet the world’s animals.
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- Broad-crested Corella Cacatua ducorpsii
Photo: Sebastian Weingarten · CC BY-SA 4.0 The Broad-crested Corella is a white cockatoo found from forests to areas near people.
- Giant White-tailed Uromys Uromys (Uromys) caudimaculatus
The Giant White-tailed Uromys is a large rat with a gray-brown back, pale underside, and long tail with a white tip. It is active at night, climbs well, and eats fruit, nuts, insects, and other foods.
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
The Chestnut Munia has chestnut and glossy black plumage with a large pale bill. It feeds on seeds from grass heads in flocks and is native to grasslands, rice fields, and wetlands in southeastern Asia.
- Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana
The Mexican long-tongued bat uses a tongue about one-third of its body length to feed from flowers. It visits night-blooming cactus and agave.
- Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
The black-footed albatross ranges across the North Pacific and takes squid and fish near the sea surface.
- Gleaning Deermouse Peromyscus spicilegus
The gleaning deermouse has a relatively robust build and a back ranging from bright tawny to reddish ochre. Jalisco records span varied environments from sea level to 2,200 m.
- Black-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis albertisi
Male black-billed sicklebills court by displaying the purple sheen and ornamental feathers on the head. They live in New Guinea's mountain forests and eat mainly insects.
- Black Duiker Cephalophus niger
This small antelope is recorded from the Upper Guinea forest zone east to the Lower Niger area of western Nigeria. It has a dark body and legs, a grayish head and neck, and a reddish-brown crown tuft.
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
The Straw-necked Ibis is a large ibis widely distributed in Australia. It moves in search of suitable habitat and forages in shallow water and on the ground.
- Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata
The bonnet macaque is a monkey native to southern India. The hair on its head spreads like a bonnet.
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
A yellow-legged shorebird that often wades in deeper water than many other sandpipers.
- Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii
The red bat is a medium-sized bat with reddish or grayish fur. In Argentina it roosts among foliage and catches insects while flying.
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
The White-cheeked Pintail is a duck with conspicuous white cheeks and orange at the base of its bill. It uses coastal lagoons and mangroves.
- Gray-collared Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) cinereicollis
This chipmunk occurs in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. It mainly uses conifer forests and mature woodlands and gathers and stores seeds.
- Long-tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca
This meadowlark inhabits open country in southern South America. The male's red breast is conspicuous, and the species nests on the ground.
- Blick's Arvicanthis Arvicanthis blicki
Blick’s grass rat is a rodent specialized for Ethiopia’s high-elevation grasslands. Its skull has a downward-twisted snout region and enlarged eye sockets, and records span 2,750–4,050 m.
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
This sandgrouse lives in dry grassland and scrub in East Africa. Males have black markings across the face and throat, while females are plainer. It feeds on plant seeds on the ground.
- Davis's Tent-making Bat Uroderma davisi
A 2026 study recorded one male at Tolapa in Nicaragua's León Department. The individual had clear facial stripes and was captured in an area the study classed among its lowland dry and arid-forest sites.
- Clapperton's Francolin Pternistis clappertoni
This francolin lives in sub-Saharan Africa, using grassland and dry scrub among other open habitats. It may be seen in groups and eats seeds, berries, insects, and molluscs.
- El Carrizo Deer Mouse Peromyscus ochraventer
This mouse has cinnamon-brown underparts. It burrows beneath large limestone blocks; the 1951 original description then knew it only from El Carrizo, Tamaulipas.
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
This woodpecker lives in lowland forests of West Africa. Its account gives a length of about 24 cm, but the plumage description available here is for males only.
- Himalayan Goral Naemorhedus goral
A member of the bovid family native to the Himalayas. It uses forested and scrub-covered slopes and has gray-to-brown fur with short horns that curve backward.
- Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus
The Galapagos Penguin is a small penguin found only on the Galapagos Islands. It lives and breeds there year-round in the tropics.
- Silvered Langur Trachypithecus cristatus
The silvered langur feeds on leaves and fruit in trees; its orange young gradually develop the silver coat of adults.