Meet the world’s animals.
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- Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Photo: bogsuckers · CC BY 4.0 A dolphin with contrasting patches along its sides that form an hourglass-like pattern.
- White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis
The White-headed Vanga is endemic to Madagascar. The male has a white head and underside with green-glossed black upperparts, and searches for food on forest branches.
- African Manatee Trichechus senegalensis
This manatee lives from West African coasts into rivers and brackish waters. It mainly eats aquatic plants and mangrove vegetation.
- Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus
The blue wildebeest is a cattle relative living and grazing in herds in eastern and southern Africa.
- Spot-billed Toucanet Selenidera maculirostris
This toucanet is endemic to Atlantic Forest in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It usually lives alone or in pairs in humid forest and eats fruit, along with invertebrates and small vertebrates.
- African Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura afra
A 2014 first-country record found about 5,000 bats in a cave in lowland rainforest southeast of Edea, Cameroon. Two captured females had deep sepia-brown backs and paler undersides.
- Leopard Panthera pardus
A leopard is a cat with flower-shaped rosettes. It may carry prey into trees to keep other predators away.
- 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.
- Southern giraffe Giraffa giraffa
The southern giraffe occurs in southern Africa and includes the Angolan and South African subspecies.
- Gemsbok Oryx gazella
The gemsbok is an oryx with bold black markings on its face and body.
- Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
This parrotbill stands out for its oversized orange bill, gray head, and black brow and throat.
- Guianan Red Howler Alouatta macconnelli
Its back is bright orange to golden, and its tail is dark red. This howler monkey is centered in forests north of the Amazon, including the Guianas.
- Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus
A cheetah is a slender, long-legged cat. It catches prey with fast sprints over short distances.
- Lesser Melampitta Melampitta lugubris
The Lesser Melampitta lives in New Guinea's montane forests. This account separates an early description of an adult male from one survey record in eastern Papua New Guinea.
- Pel's Anomalure Anomalurus pelii
Pel's anomalure is a gliding squirrel with scaly structures on its tail. It occurs in high forest in West Africa.
- European bison Bos bonasus
The European bison is a large cattle relative living in wooded regions of central and eastern Europe.
- Pitta-like Ground Roller Atelornis pittoides
The Pitta-like Ground Roller lives in forests of eastern Madagascar and the central High Plateau. Its blue head and black eye mask stand out, while it searches the leaf litter for prey.
- Greater Mouse-deer Tragulus napu
A small forest-dwelling animal with slender legs and reddish-brown fur, it is active at night and feeds on fallen fruit and young leaves.
- 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.
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
The Bush Stone-curlew lives in forests and open woodlands on mainland Australia. It walks on long legs and is active at night while searching for food.
- Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus
A wild pig of western and central African forests, savannas and wetlands that becomes active after dusk.
- Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
A grassland antelope whose males become darker with age.
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
In India's Great Himalayan National Park, this fantail is found in mid-elevation forests. It has a yellow belly, olive upperparts, and a white eye-ring. It flicks its tail while moving through the understory and mid-canopy in pursuit of small insects.
- Western Brush Wallaby Notamacropus irma
This wallaby is marked by black paws, a brush-like tail, and a white stripe on the face. It is active around dawn and dusk and is found in heathland at Whiteman Park.
