Meet the world’s animals.

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• Domestic goat Capra hircus

  

  A goat raised by people for milk, fiber and meat. It prefers the company of other goats.

• Rufous-naped Whistler Aleadryas rufinucha

  This resident bird lives in New Guinea's mountain forests and secondary growth. It searches the ground and lower vegetation for insects, worms, and fruit.

• Ryukyu Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus fuscus

  The Ryukyu Long-fingered Bat has narrow, elongated wings. An Okinawa Prefecture account describes it roosting on the islands and feeding on insects at night.

• Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra

  A grassland antelope whose males become darker with age.

• Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus

  A mousebird with a red face and long tail. Flocks use trees in dry regions and feed on leaves and fruit.

• Giant Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ingens

  This rodent has large hind feet and cheek pouches, with a long tail that helps it balance. It lives in dry grassland burrows and gathers seeds.

• Chatham Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis

  The Chatham Island Oystercatcher is a black-and-white shorebird found only on the Chatham Islands. Pairs defend coastal territories throughout the year.

• Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus

  An Iberian lynx with a short black-tipped tail, tufted ears, and facial ruffs.

• Black Monarch Symposiachrus axillaris

  A long-tailed, mostly black flycatcher of New Guinea's lowland and mountain forests. Its diet is still poorly recorded.

• Mexican Funnel-eared Bat Natalus mexicanus

  This small bat ranges from northern Mexico to Panama. It mainly inhabits tropical deciduous and semideciduous forests, roosts in caves, and eats insects.

• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

  This bird lives along fast-flowing streams. Adults are dark brown with a white throat and chest.

• 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.

• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons

  The Golden-fronted Leafbird lives in forests and wooded areas of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, moving through foliage in the canopy.

• Chestnut-bellied Titi Plecturocebus caligatus

  The Chestnut-bellied Titi is a small Amazon lowland monkey with reddish chestnut fur across its chest and belly.

• Blue-capped Ifrit Ifrita kowaldi

  This small bird inhabits mountain forests on New Guinea. Its blue crown stands out, and it searches moss and branches for insects and other small prey.

• Southern Birch Mouse Sicista subtilis

  The Southern Birch Mouse is a small rodent recorded in dry steppe and small river valleys during a study in the South Urals.

• Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata

  The Madagascar Hoopoe searches for small prey on the ground in dry woodland and other open habitats on the island.

• Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis

  Its back is gray-brown, its belly yellow-orange, and a gliding membrane stretches between its limbs. In eastern Australian eucalypt forests, it feeds on nectar and sap and glides at night.

• Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

  The Peruvian Pelican is a large pelican of the Pacific coast along the Humboldt Current. It catches fish near the surface and also uses areas around fishing ports.

• Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus fumigatus

  Rüppell's horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater. Caves and rock crevices are reported as roosts.

• Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata

  The Black-throated Wattle-eye lives in African woodland and thickets near water and eats insects. Males and females differ in throat color.

• Broad-toed Feather-tailed Glider Acrobates frontalis

  This small marsupial occurs in eastern Australia. A 2023 paper describes long hairs projecting from both sides of the tail in living Acrobates, including A. frontalis, giving it a feather-like edge.

• Lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor

  A small flamingo with a long curved neck and slender pink legs, gathering on saline lakes and similar wetlands.

• Florida Bonneted Bat Eumops floridanus

  A large bat of southern Florida, it catches insects in flight and roosts in tree cavities and some building spaces.