Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red deer Cervus elaphus

  

  Red deer are large deer native to Britain. In the New Forest, males call during the autumn rut.

• Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata

  A long-tailed, crested hawk that searches the canopy for large insects; females have a browner crown than males.

• Sooty Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Chilonycteris) quadridens

  The Sooty Mustached Bat is a small bat of the Greater Antilles. It roosts in large groups in caves and feeds on insects.

• Chinese Mountain Cat Felis bieti

  A stocky wild cat of China's high grasslands and mountain scrub. Its coat changes with the season, and the tip of its short tail is black.

• Olive-backed Tanager Mitrospingus oleagineus

  This tanager occurs in humid forests from Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil and searches foliage for small prey.

• Rock Ring-tailed Possum Petropseudes dahli

  This marsupial lives among rocky outcrops in northern Australia. It shelters in sandstone crevices by day and goes to nearby trees to feed at night.

• Honey badger Mellivora capensis

  A robust mustelid found in parts of Africa and Asia.

• White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi

  The White-winged Flufftail breeds in seasonal high-altitude wetlands. White patches on both sexes' wings show clearly in flight.

• Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis

  The southern right whale migrates through Southern Hemisphere waters. Its large, callosity-covered head and stocky body without a dorsal fin are distinctive.

• Domestic water buffalo Bubalus bubalis

  A water buffalo kept for farm work, milk and other uses. It cools itself in water or mud during hot weather.

• Medium Ground Finch Geospiza fortis

  The Medium Ground Finch is endemic to the Galapagos and mainly eats seeds. On Santa Cruz, individuals vary in beak size.

• Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus myoxinus

  This tufted-tail rat is endemic to Madagascar. It is nocturnal and solitary, lives mainly in trees, and feeds chiefly on fruit.

• Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus

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

• Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata

  This ground-dwelling bird has been studied in the Cerrado of southeastern Brazil. Individuals vary, including in the size of a white patch on the back.

• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus

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

• Killer whale Orcinus orca

  A member of the dolphin family with a black back, white belly and white patches near the eyes.

• New Zealand Robin Petroica australis

  The South Island robin lives on New Zealand's South and Stewart Islands and often forages on the forest floor.

• Malayan Hollow-faced Bat Nycteris tragata

  A bat recorded in Southeast Asian forests. It has long ears and facial grooves, and roosts in small groups in caves or hollow trees.

• European Roe Capreolus capreolus

  In Britain, this small deer is found in woodlands and along their edges. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and greyer in winter, with a noticeable white rump.

• European Roller Coracias garrulus

  A bird that breeds in parts of central Europe and migrates to central and southern Africa. It has a blue head and chest and a chestnut back.

• Geoffroy's Trident Leaf-nosed Bat Asellia tridens

  This bat has a short muzzle and a noseleaf with three rear projections. It inhabits desert and semidesert from North Africa through the Middle East, often near oases and dry riverbeds, and catches insects in flight.

• Leopard Panthera pardus

  A leopard is a cat with flower-shaped rosettes. It may carry prey into trees to keep other predators away.

• 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.

• Greater Blind Mole Rat Spalax microphthalmus

  This subterranean rodent has small eyes covered by a skin membrane and digs with its front teeth. It makes underground passages and food stores, and eats plant parts from below the ground.