Meet the world’s animals.

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• Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

  

  An offshore dolphin with striking stripes running from the eyes along the sides of its body.

• White-necked Picathartes Picathartes gymnocephalus

  

  The White-necked Picathartes is a forest bird known for nesting at rocky sites. A Cornell Living Bird field account describes nest sites and ground foraging around Bonkro, Ghana.

• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus

  

  A mammal of Southeast Asian forests that glides between trees using skin stretched between its limbs.

• African buffalo Syncerus caffer

  

  A large wild bovine of sub-Saharan Africa, usually found near water. Body size, coat color, and horn shape vary among its subspecies.

• Lesser Rhea Rhea pennata

  

  The Lesser Rhea is a large, flightless bird of South American plains. Adult feather tips are white, and it uses its wings to steer while running.

• White-lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari

  

  The white-lipped peccary looks like a pig but belongs to a different family. It searches for food in groups.

• Eurasian elk Alces alces

  A Eurasian elk is a deer with long legs and a large muzzle. It uses forests and waterside habitats in places such as northern Europe.

• Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi

  Krüper's Nuthatch lives in conifer forests around Anatolia. Males have a blue-gray back and chestnut breast, and its food changes with the seasons.

• Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis

  A North American skunk with a black coat, white markings and a bushy tail.

• Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus

  A fox of cold Arctic regions, protected by thick fur that also covers its feet in winter.

• Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi

  A large stork of lowland freshwater swamp forest. Adults are black and white with a red bill; immature birds have brown where adults are black.

• Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa

  The mountain beaver is a rodent distinct from true beavers. It digs burrows in moist forest soils and eats plants.

• Cougar Puma concolor

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

• Pale-headed Jacamar Brachygalba goeringi

  The Pale-headed Jacamar inhabits open woodland in north-western South America. It watches for flying insects from a perch and darts out to catch them.

• Sunda leopard cat Prionailurus javanensis

  The Sunda leopard cat is a small wild cat of Southeast Asian islands. Its orange-yellow coat has dark spots, and it hunts mainly small mammals on the ground at night.

• Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra

  A dark, round-headed small whale that forms large groups in tropical seas.

• White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos

  The black bird has a white wing patch, red eyes and a slightly curved bill. It forms groups in eastern and southeastern Australia and forages on the ground.

• Narrow-toed feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus

  A tiny gliding marsupial with a feather-like tail.

• Wild Goat Capra aegagrus

  The wild goat lives on steep mountain slopes. In Georgia, breeding populations are limited to Tusheti and northern Khevsureti.

• Fiji Woodswallow Artamus mentalis

  The Fiji Woodswallow lives on islands in Fiji. An older paper recorded it as the subspecies A. leucorhynchus mentalis and described aerial insect hunting and cooperative care of young.

• Botswanan Mole-rat Fukomys damarensis

  The Damara mole-rat forms underground colonies. A breeding pair is at the center, while other members share tasks such as digging tunnels, gathering food, and caring for young.

• 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.

• Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus

  Glossy black plumage, a yellow bill, and red legs distinguish this mountain corvid. In Triglav National Park it lives above the treeline and descends to valley settlements in winter.

• Laotian Rock Rat Laonastes aenigmamus

  The Laotian rock rat has long whiskers and a densely furred tail, and lives in limestone forests. In a study in central Vietnam, it hid in rock crevices by day and foraged on the forest floor at night.