Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bobcat Lynx rufus

  

  A short-tailed wild cat of North America, with dark spots and stripes on a brownish coat.

• Cuckoo Roller Leptosomus discolor

  It lives in woodland and forest in Madagascar and the Comoros. Males have iridescent green upperparts, while females are brown above.

• Indian Pygmy Bat Pipistrellus tenuis

  Pipistrellus tenuis occurs in South and Southeast Asia. It is recorded in forests, rural areas, and towns, and uses leafy tree cover and buildings as roosts.

• Domestic sheep Ovis aries

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

• Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera

  This bird searches for insects by working down trunks and branches, often moving among trees in flocks. Adults are grey above and white below, while their wing pattern varies across Australia.

• Buff-footed Antechinus Antechinus mysticus

  This small marsupial occurs along coastal Queensland in eastern Australia. In the southeast it occupies relatively dry, open, lowland forest; the only known mid-east population is recorded in rainforest.

• Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

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

• Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus

  A small bird of forest and second-growth edges, ranging from Costa Rica to western Ecuador. Regional forms in Panama differ in breast color and the barring beneath.

• Western Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus rupestris

  This sengi lives in arid parts of southern Africa. It is recorded around rocky ridges and outcrops, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, with a range extending into southwestern Angola and extreme southern Botswana.

• Jaguarundi Herpailurus yagouaroundi

  A slender cat with a long tail and coat colors ranging from gray to reddish tones.

• Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius

  The Egyptian Plover is marked by a black-and-white face and a blue-gray back and feeds along sandy, gravelly banks of large rivers.

• Alpine Musk Deer Moschus chrysogaster

  This deer relative lives in Himalayan mountain forests. Males have long upper canine teeth that can show below the mouth.

• Gemsbok Oryx gazella

  The gemsbok is an oryx with bold black markings on its face and body.

• Black-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma michleri

  This bird searches for food by hopping on the forest floor. The range and ecology here are limited to the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica.

• Hairy Long-eared Bat Nycteris hispida

  The hairy long-eared bat occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa. Its ears are longer than its head, and the long tail has a T-shaped tip.

• Cougar Puma concolor

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

• Timor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus presbytes

  The Timor Leaf Warbler is a small warbler recorded on Timor and Flores. It uses forest edges and montane woodland on Flores, and lowland scrub on Timor.

• Malabar Spiny Dormouse Platacanthomys lasiurus

  Its back has broad, flat, stiff spines mixed through the fur, and the tail is brush-tipped. It climbs in forests of southern India and is thought to be mainly active at night.

• American bison Bos bison

  An American bison is a cattle relative with a prominent shoulder hump. It mainly eats grasses and lives in herds.

• Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

  This barbet lives in open woodland, wooded grassland, and scrub in East Africa. It has a sturdy body, large head, and strong bill.

• Coruro Spalacopus cyanus

  The coruro is a rodent of Chilean grasslands that lives in groups in underground tunnel systems and feeds on plant bulbs.

• Jaguar Panthera onca

  A jaguar is a heavily built large cat of the Americas. It often lives near water and swims well.

• Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus

  This butcherbird occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands. It searches for insects, fruit, and other food in the canopy of lowland forest and dense secondary growth.

• Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis

  This black-and-white skunk is active at night in Washington and uses cover such as thickets and fallen wood.