Meet the world’s animals.

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• Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus

  

  The blue wildebeest is a cattle relative living and grazing in herds in eastern and southern Africa.

• Siberian Whiskered Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) sibiricus

  This is a small bat of Asian forests. A 2025 survey recorded it at 730 m and 1,810 m in Katon-Karagay National Park, Kazakhstan.

• Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca

  A goose native to Africa that occurs near freshwater and in grassland. It eats grasses and plants near water.

• Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus

  A whale with a long, slender body and mottled blue-gray skin.

• Musky Rat Kangaroo Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

  The musky rat kangaroo is a small marsupial of northeastern Australian rainforests. It eats mainly insects and searches by turning over debris while sitting on its haunches.

• Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula

  The Parakeet Auklet has a thick orange bill and white head plume and searches for food at sea in the North Pacific.

• Snow leopard Panthera uncia

  A snow leopard is a cat of Central Asian mountains. Thick fur and a long tail suit its life on rocky slopes.

• Greater Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang

  This slow loris is notable for its large forward-facing eyes. It moves through trees at night and eats floral nectar, sap, fruit, and small insects.

• Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

  The Barred Buttonquail is a small bird that eats grass seeds and small invertebrates. Females are described as more brightly colored than males, and the birds are often solitary or in small groups.

• Chital Axis axis

  A deer often seen on the Indian peninsula, with white spots that remain all year.

• Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus

  An egg-laying mammal that forages in Australian rivers.

• Ash-throated Gnateater Conopophaga peruviana

  The Ash-throated Gnateater feeds on small arthropods in humid lowland forest. The described male has brown upperparts and white tufts behind the eyes.

• Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas

  A small whale with long flippers, found in temperate and colder seas.

• Naked-rumped Tomb Bat Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris

  This insect-eating bat also lives in dry regions. It has a hairless area on the rear underside and catches insects while flying at night.

• Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

  A winter visitor to Japan that gathers in flocks to eat berries.

• Domestic dog Canis familiaris

  A domestic dog bred for companionship and many kinds of work. Its appearance varies greatly among breeds.

• Bennett's Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma bennettii

  A rodent from rocky scrubland in Chile. Its diet and activity time vary with season and locality in the records.

• Chatham Islands Gerygone Gerygone albofrontata

  This small forest bird is endemic to the Chatham Islands. It gleans small invertebrates from leaves and crevices in branches and trunks, and sometimes feeds on the ground.

• Domestic sheep Ovis aries

  A domestic sheep spread around the world by people. It tends to move together with other sheep.

• De Winton's Golden Mole Cryptochloris wintoni

  An underground golden mole from sandy ground on South Africa's west coast. It was confirmed alive in 2023 after decades without a record.

• Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus

  The Violaceous Jay has a black head and face contrasting with a pale nape. In Bolivia it is recorded in small flocks near rivers and forest edges.

• European wildcat Felis silvestris

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

• Malayan porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura

  The Malayan porcupine is a nocturnal rodent with long spines on its back. It occurs in forests of mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo.

• Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti

  The Dwarf Cassowary is a flightless bird of New Guinea. In a field study in Papua New Guinea’s mountains, fruit made up most of its diet throughout the year.