Meet the world’s animals.

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• Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus

  

  A flamingo of high Andean lakes, it has a pale pink body and yellow legs and filters algae and other small food from the water.

• Plateau Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ornatus

  

  This kangaroo rat occurs in arid and semi-arid parts of Mexico. Its range forms a narrow belt from southeastern Durango toward southern Puebla and northern Oaxaca.

• Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata

  

  A small bird of the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. It searches for ground-dwelling invertebrates in dense growth in humid montane evergreen and elfin forests.

• Hooded Capuchin Sapajus cay

  

  The hooded capuchin has short, dark hair on its head that looks like a cap. It is active by day in small groups and eats fruits, insects, and other foods.

• Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis

  

  The Stork-billed Kingfisher is a large kingfisher with a huge red bill, blue upperparts, and orange-yellow underparts. It watches for prey from waterside perches.

• Kano's Mole Mogera kanoana

  

  Kano's mole occurs in Taiwan. A revision describes broadleaf forest as its main habitat and records tunnels along mountain trails as well as mounds and surface tunnels in gardens, fields and lawns.

• Short-legged Ground Roller Brachypteracias leptosomus

  The Short-legged Ground Roller lives in Madagascar's humid forests. By day, it searches for invertebrates on the leaf-littered forest floor.

• Indus river dolphin Platanista minor

  The Indus river dolphin is a freshwater dolphin of the Indus River system. A 2021 study treated it as a species separate from the related Ganges river dolphin.

• Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii

  Adult Australian Logrunners differ in throat color by sex. On the floor of moist eastern Australian forests, they use their stiff tails for support while scratching through leaf litter for food.

• Broad-eared Bat Nyctinomops laticaudatus

  The broad-eared bat has a brown back, a paler underside, and hairless, translucent wing membranes. It catches beetles in flight.

• Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata

  The Western Bowerbird is an inland Australian bird with reddish spots and a yellowish underside. Males build avenue-like bowers from sticks, decorate them with objects such as bones and shells, and display to attract females.

• Giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla

  An ant- and termite-eating mammal with a long narrow snout and a large bushy tail.

• Burnt-neck Eremomela Eremomela usticollis

  A small bird that gleans prey from leaves and branches in acacia woodland. It ranges across southern Africa and also occurs in dry riverbeds.

• Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis

  The southern right whale migrates through Southern Hemisphere waters. Its large, callosity-covered head and stocky body without a dorsal fin are distinctive.

• Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum

  This small hummingbird uses the canopy and subcanopy of Andean forests. Male and female plumage and tail shape differ.

• Forest Giant Pouched Rat Cricetomys emini

  Study animals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were slender and had short, soft gray fur. They used underground burrows and were active both by day and at night.

• Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena

  This large albatross breeds on islands in the South Atlantic. Adults are mostly white, and birds range widely across the South Atlantic outside the breeding period.

• Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus luctus

  Its long, woolly fur is dark gray-brown to black with pale tips. The Sunda Island populations treated as R. luctus in the 2019 account are recorded in tropical forest.

• Spot-necked Bulbul Pycnonotus tympanistrigus

  The Spot-necked Bulbul is a bulbul found in the foothills of western Sumatra. Species data describe it as a forest-dwelling, fruit-eating resident.

• Ring-tailed Mongoose Galidia elegans

  The ring-tailed mongoose is a carnivorous mammal from Madagascar, notable for the red and black rings on its tail. It is active by day, moving mainly on the ground but also climbing trees.

• Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis

  A nocturnal nightbird with large eyes and a very wide gape. It stays still on a branch by day and catches flying prey at night.

• Short-tailed Cane Mouse Zygodontomys brevicauda

  The short-tailed cane mouse lives in grass and waterside cover and is active on the ground at night.

• Limpkin Aramus guarauna

  A wetland bird with long legs and a curved bill. It searches freshwater marshes for aquatic snails and ranges from southern North America into South America.

• Mound-building Mouse Mus (Mus) spicilegus

  The mound-building mouse is a brown wild mouse that resembles the house mouse. In autumn, young mice build mounds of soil and vegetation and spend winter underground.