Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

  

  On lakes and coasts of western North America, it dives for fish; during courtship, pairs run together across the water.

• Mehely's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mehelyi

  Mehely's horseshoe bat has a patchy Mediterranean range, roosts in caves and feeds mostly on moths.

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula

  A tiny, active North American bird that searches for insects among leaves and branches and flicks its wings often.

• 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.

• Arctic Loon Gavia arctica

  A waterbird that breeds on large lakes in northern Europe and Asia. Its breeding plumage is boldly patterned, and outside the breeding season it also uses sheltered coastal waters.

• Striped Bush Squirrel Paraxerus flavovittis

  A squirrel found in southern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and northern Mozambique. It is active by day and nests in tree hollows.

• Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus

  This forest bird has a heavy bill and a dark band across the face. It searches quietly for food in the upper forest layers.

• Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat Chilonatalus micropus

  The Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat is a small bat with pale yellow-brown fur. It is recorded on Caribbean islands and Colombian islands, where it roosts in humid caves.

• Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria

  A medium-sized parrot native to Jamaica. Adults are mostly green, with a red throat and a yellow bill.

• Siau Island Tarsier Tarsius tumpara

  The Siau Island tarsier is a nocturnal primate from Siau Island, Indonesia. Its facial markings and a tuft at the end of its tail are described in the species account.

• Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti

  This ground-dwelling bird has a rufous head and a pale, scalloped breast. It occurs in coastal scrub and heath from South Australia to Victoria.

• Bawean Deer Axis kuhlii

  This deer is endemic to Bawean Island, Indonesia. A 2017 survey used camera traps and fecal records at several mountains in the island reserve and recorded it in mixed secondary and teak forest on Mount Bulu.

• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

  The Wallcreeper walks over rock faces to search crevices for insects. It lives in mountains during breeding and moves to lower areas in winter.

• Dall's Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli

  A porpoise found widely in coastal and offshore waters of the North Pacific, including around Japan. Its markings vary by region and life stage.

• Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius

  Females are larger and more colorful than males. In forest and woodland, birds scratch the leaf litter in a spinning motion to find seeds, insects, fruit, and leaves.

• Highland Streaked Tenrec Hemicentetes nigriceps

  The highland streaked tenrec is a small mammal with black-and-yellow spines along its back. It searches leaf litter for earthworms at night.

• Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca

  The Ruddy-breasted Crake is a rail that lives in waterside vegetation.

• Western Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis

  This hyrax has short ears and legs and thick fur ranging from gray-brown to black. It feeds at night on leaves, fruit, and other plant material and usually lives alone.

• Eastern Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus frugivorus

  A chocolate-brown back and bright yellow skin around the eye help identify this bird. In Hispaniola's mountain forests, it searches leaf litter for small animals and seeds.

• Korean Hare Lepus coreanus

  The Korean hare has brown or grey-brown fur on its back and paler fur underneath. It uses vegetated areas from plains to mountains and is reported to feed in open places in the late afternoon or evening.

• Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus

  This small bird uses humid tropical forest and its edges, especially vine tangles in the mid to upper levels.

• African Linsang Poiana richardsonii

  The African linsang is a small carnivore with a slender, spotted body and a long ringed tail. It is active at night in trees and eats insects, fruit and other foods.

• Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis

  The Sahel Paradise Whydah lives in African savanna and grassland. It feeds on seeds on the ground; breeding males grow a long tail, and the species lays eggs in Green-winged Pytilia nests.

• Gray-faced Sengi Rhynchocyon udzungwensis

  This large sengi is recorded in two forest blocks in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. Its face is grizzled gray, and it lives in moist evergreen montane forest. It makes ground nests lined with leaves.