Meet the world’s animals.

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• Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides

  

  It belongs to the dog family and has a dark mask around the eyes and a pale muzzle. It searches for a wide range of animal and plant foods in wooded cover near forests and water.

• Screaming hairy armadillo Chaetophractus vellerosus

  A hairy armadillo of dry regions, with fur showing between the plates of its armor. In hot summer weather it stays in burrows and is active at night.

• Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis

  This bird searches for insects on the ground and in low vegetation. This entry describes the lashmari subspecies on Kangaroo Island.

• Honey badger Mellivora capensis

  A robust mustelid found in parts of Africa and Asia.

• Grevy’s zebra Equus grevyi

  A Grevy’s zebra has large ears and a long, narrow head. It lives in dry parts of Ethiopia and northern Kenya.

• Black-cheeked Warbler Basileuterus melanogenys

  A small greyish warbler with a black face, bold white eyebrow, and rufous crown.

• 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.

• South African springhare Pedetes capensis

  A nocturnal animal of southern Africa that makes long leaps and hides in burrows it digs itself.

• Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis

  This bird uses saline and alkaline lakes and coasts in Patagonia. It has a rounded head, red eyes and pink legs. Some move from inland breeding grounds to the coast in winter.

• Killer whale Orcinus orca

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

• Asian Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus fuliginosus

  The 2019 species account describes soft, velvety fur that is blackish brown to gray-brown above and slightly paler, dark gray-brown below. At Ohse-do Cave in Kyushu, Japan, emergence was synchronized with sunset and the appearance of prey. The range here covers the account’s Japanese records, excluding Hokkaido.

• Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus

  The Brown Treecreeper has a pale brown back and black-and-buff barring across the breast and belly. It lives in dry forests of eastern Australia and searches for insects on trunks and on the ground.

• Leopard Panthera pardus

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

• Antafia Sportive Lemur Lepilemur aeeclis

  Lepilemur aeeclis occurs in northwestern Madagascar. A forest survey in the Antrema protected area reported this mainly leaf-eating lemur more often in closed-canopy forest and less often in shrub, dune, and wooded agricultural sites.

• Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris

  The Great Stone-curlew has a large bill that curves upward. It lives on open ground near water, such as sandbars and tidal flats.

• 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.

• Pygmy hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis

  The pygmy hippopotamus is a small forest hippo from West Africa that usually lives alone.

• Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

  An Australian stilt that gathers at salt lakes filled by rain. In breeding plumage, a chestnut band stands out across the breast.

• African wild dog Lycaon pictus

  A wild canid of African grasslands and open woodland. Its patches of black, white and tan differ between individuals.

• Altai Zokor Myospalax myospalax

  The Altai zokor is a rodent that digs tunnels and lives underground. It has tiny eyes and powerful forefeet for digging, and it feeds on plant roots and other plant parts.

• Moluccan Starling Aplonis mysolensis

  This starling has black plumage with green-purple gloss and a long tail. It occurs on the Moluccas and western Papuan islands and often feeds on fruit in flocks.

• 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.

• Short-eared Bat Cyttarops alecto

  The short-eared bat has dark, fluffy fur. It lives in tropical lowland forest and catches insects on the wing at night.

• Red-throated Parrot-Finch Erythrura psittacea

  The Red-throated Parrotfinch is a small bird found only in New Caledonia. Its red face and tail contrast with its green body.