Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra

  

  A mountain animal with horns in both sexes and hooves suited to rocky ground.

• Atlantic Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus swainsoni

  The Atlantic Royal Flycatcher occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It usually keeps its crest flat, but the crest has different colors in males and females when raised.

• Greater Asian False-vampire Lyroderma lyra

  The greater Asian false-vampire is a large carnivorous bat distributed across South Asia. It has large ears and a prominent noseleaf, and catches insects and small vertebrates.

• White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

  A deer found across much of North America. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and grayish brown in winter.

• Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta

  This forest bird is endemic to New Zealand. Its naturally surviving population is on Little Barrier Island; managed populations have been translocated elsewhere.

• Desert Gundi Ctenodactylus vali

  The desert gundi is a small herbivorous rodent found in a few rocky areas around the Sahara.

• Caracal Caracal caracal

  A cat of Africa and parts of Asia, recognized by its reddish-brown to brown coat and long black ear tufts.

• Crow Honeyeater Gymnomyza aubryana

  This honeyeater has a black body, yellow-orange bare skin around the eye, and a long, curved, two-coloured bill. It feeds on nectar and insects in dense forests in southern New Caledonia.

• Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata

  Despite its name, it is not a right whale; it is a baleen whale that filters small prey from the water.

• Coyote Canis latrans

  A canid of North and Central America, with a slender muzzle and large erect ears.

• Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus

  The Banded Broadbill is about 21–23 cm long, and males and females differ in plumage. It eats invertebrates in lowland forest and secondary growth. Recording sites in Malaysia and Thailand show only part of its range.

• Insular Mole Mogera insularis

  This burrowing mole has soft gray-black fur, tiny eyes, and shovel-shaped forefeet in the Taiwanese subspecies. Species-level range records include Taiwan and Hainan Island.

• Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus

  A dolphin of warm and temperate seas worldwide that feeds mainly on squid.

• Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata

  A small diver with grey-brown plumage and a slightly upturned bill. The throat becomes red in summer breeding plumage.

• Greater Musky Fruit Bat Ptenochirus jagorii

  This fruit-eating bat is endemic to the Philippines. It feeds in forests and was frequently captured in a lowland forest survey on Mount Makiling, Luzon.

• Domestic cattle Bos taurus

  Cattle are raised as livestock across much of the world. They eat vegetation and bring swallowed food back to the mouth to chew again.

• Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius

  An African bird of prey that walks across grassland on long legs while hunting.

• Bare-nosed wombat Vombatus ursinus

  A wombat of southeastern Australia, Tasmania and nearby islands. It digs burrows to rest in and feeds on grasses.

• 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.

• Black-spotted Bare-eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata

  This antbird lives in Amazonian forest. It forages in the understory and sometimes follows columns of army ants.

• Crowned Shrew Sorex coronatus

  The crowned shrew is a medium-sized shrew with three areas of color on its back, sides, and underside. In northern Iberia, it searches for small invertebrates in forests and open places with moist soil.

• European wildcat Felis silvestris

  The European wildcat is a wild cat associated mainly with European forests. Rodents, especially voles, are common prey.

• Beautiful Hummingbird Calothorax pulcher

  A small hummingbird of dry interior scrub and brushy woodland in southwestern Mexico; cactus flowers are a frequent food source.

• Eastern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus nanus

  A small marsupial with large eyes, long whiskers, and a grasping tail. It feeds mainly on nectar and pollen and nests in tree hollows and other sheltered places.