Meet the world’s animals.

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• American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus

  

  The American Dipper is a gray bird of fast-flowing streams. It dives underwater to find aquatic insects and other prey.

• Balkan Long-eared Bat Plecotus kolombatovici

  

  The Balkan long-eared bat has fur on its face and chin. It lives in rocky areas along the Mediterranean and catches moths while flying through confined spaces.

• Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta

  

  The Marsh Tchagra is a small bird of wetland grass and shrubs in sub-Saharan Africa. Males have a black cap and chestnut back.

• Common Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea

  

  This slender mongoose occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa and has been recorded from semidesert to woodland at elevations of 0–2,700 m.

• Jamaican Tody Todus todus

  

  The Jamaican Tody is a small island endemic with a green back, red throat, and concealed pink flank tufts. It catches insects below the canopy and excavates nesting burrows.

• Lowland Streaked Tenrec Hemicentetes semispinosus

  

  The lowland streaked tenrec is a small mammal with striking yellow-and-black quills and stripes. It lives in eastern Madagascar’s lowland rainforests.

• Drab Seedeater Sporophila simplex

  This small finch uses western Andean foothills and farmland in Peru. Males are gray and females brown; both sexes have two white wing bars and feed in shrubs at forest edges and fallow fields.

• Narrow-toed feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus

  A tiny gliding marsupial with a feather-like tail.

• Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis

  This antthrush lives on the forest floor. It is often seen with its tail cocked while turning leaves to search for food.

• Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus

  A North American fox that can climb trees.

• Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

  The Grasshopper Sparrow is a small bird that runs through tall grass while foraging. It can disappear among the grasses and sometimes sings an insect-like buzz from a stalk.

• Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou vestitus

  A small porcupine recorded in Colombia's Eastern Cordillera. Observations describe it using its tail for support while moving.

• Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus

  This bird has a black-and-white body and a long crest that curves forward. It occurs in Southeast Asian forests, often in pairs or small family groups.

• Southwestern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus concinnus

  The western pygmy possum is a small marsupial with a white belly and large eyes. It moves through trees at night and rests in a leaf-lined nest by day.

• Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii

  Swainson's Warbler has a stocky body and a heavy bill that it uses to turn leaf litter while searching for insects and spiders. It breeds in dense swamps and canebrakes of the southeastern United States.

• Lesser Bulldog Bat Noctilio (Dirias) albiventris

  A bat of waterside habitats. Males tend to be bright red and females dull brown, and it searches for insects near the water's surface at night.

• Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius

  This small flowerpecker inhabits lowland forest on Borneo. Males are strongly blue and yellow, while females are mainly gray and olive.

• Flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps

  A small water-associated cat with a narrow head and a flattened forehead.

• Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis

  This fiscal has gray and black plumage edged with white. It searches for invertebrates by day in dry scrub in eastern Africa.

• Milne-Edwards' Sportive Lemur Lepilemur edwardsi

  This nocturnal lemur lives in western Madagascar's dry deciduous forests. It leaps among trees and mainly eats leaves.

• Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus

  The clamorous reed warbler lives in reedbeds and waterside scrub, calling loudly as it searches for insects and other small prey.

• Australian False Vampire Bat Macroderma gigas

  The ghost bat is a large bat with a scattered range across northern Australia. It has large ears and roosts in caves and deep rock crevices.

• Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus

  The Chestnut-capped Puffbird is marked by a chestnut crown, a pale eyebrow, and a white stripe across its dark face. It waits quietly in waterside thickets before darting out for prey.

• Pale-throated three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus

  A sloth from northern South America that lives in trees and feeds mainly on leaves.