Meet the world’s animals.
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- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
Photo: Tom Tarrant · CC BY-SA 3.0 The White-tailed Blue Flycatcher is an African flycatcher that may fan its long tail. It joins mixed-species feeding flocks in forests and miombo.
- Giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla
An ant- and termite-eating mammal with a long narrow snout and a large bushy tail.
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
This small flycatcher ranges from tropical Mexico through Central America and northern South America to central Bolivia. The account describes it as often still in the lower levels of humid forest.
- Hewitt's Red Rock Hare Pronolagus saundersiae
This hare occurs in mountainous parts of South Africa and Lesotho. Its coat is thick and dense, brown above and pale rufous below; the feet and tail are darker red, while the head is grey-brown with grey-white cheeks.
- Buff-browed Chachalaca Ortalis superciliaris
This chachalaca occurs in lowland northeastern Brazil south of the Amazon. A pale eyebrow and chestnut outer tail feathers help distinguish it.
- Javan Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus
The Javan rhinoceros lives in Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia. Its gray skin has deep folds.
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
This river bird differs by sex in size and facial pattern. It searches along the water's edge for fish and other small aquatic prey.
- Domestic Pig Sus domesticus
People keep domestic pigs as livestock. In the Kunekune breed, coat colors vary, and the pigs can graze on pasture.
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
The Somali Courser has dark lines behind its eyes that form a V when seen from behind. It lives in dry open country and often moves in small groups on foot.
- Rice's whale Balaenoptera ricei
Rice's whale is a baleen whale that lives year-round in the Gulf of America. It is dark gray above and pale below; it is thought to dive deep by day to feed on fish.
- Rufous Scrubbird Atrichornis rufescens
The Rufous Scrub-bird forages on the forest floor in damp forests of eastern Australia.
- Pale fox Vulpes pallida
An African fox with sandy upper fur and a bushy, black-tipped tail.
- Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii
A roller of Sulawesi forests and woodlands, it is noted for its purple wings and catches invertebrates on the ground.
- Lesser Mouse-deer Tragulus kanchil
It has no antlers; males have long canine teeth. This small ungulate lives alone or in pairs and eats leaves and fruit.
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
This plover-like bird lives in the high Andes. Its back is reddish brown, and the pale rufous underparts have fine, scalloped markings.
- Rufous Bettong Aepyprymnus rufescens
The rufous bettong is a marsupial with reddish-brown fur and a furred muzzle. It rests in a grass-built nest by day and looks for food at night.
- Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans
The Elegant Crescentchest is recorded in dry forest and scrub in extreme northwestern Peru. Males have black heads, creamy eyebrows and throats, chestnut breasts, and broad black crescent bands; females have a reduced band and rufous underparts.
- Andean Night Monkey Aotus miconax
The Andean night monkey is a nocturnal primate of cloud forests in northeastern Peru. Large brown eyes and three black facial stripes are features described for the genus Aotus. A study of one group in Peru found it using tree holes and vine tangles as sleeping sites.
- Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
The Flame Robin is a small bird whose male has a bright orange-red breast. It breeds in high country in spring and summer, then moves to lower, more open areas in the cooler season.
- Mountain Tree Shrew Tupaia montana
This treeshrew lives in the mountain forests of northern Borneo. It is an omnivore that uses the ground and climbs, and a mountain study reported body-weight variation with elevation.
- Hose's Broadbill Calyptomena hosii
Hose's Broadbill is a bird of mountain forests on Borneo. The male is bright green with a blue area on the belly.
- Gedemsa Tragelaphus buxtoni
The mountain nyala, also called Gedemsa, is a large bovid of the Ethiopian highlands. The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority lists the Bale Mountains and Arsi Mountains among its localities.
- Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus
This Taiwanese endemic bulbul occurs in eastern Taiwan and the Hengchun Peninsula. Its black head, pale cheeks, and orange or yellow mark at the bill base are distinctive.
- Shock-headed Capuchin Cebus cuscinus
This capuchin has a conspicuous dark cap of hair. It lives in forest groups and ranges farther to find food when fruit is scarce.