Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes

  Male Somali Ostriches have blue-grey necks and legs, while females have dull pinkish necks and legs. They use dry habitats such as grassland and thorn scrub and may occur in small groups.

• Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides

  The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise is a distinct species from the narrow-ridged finless porpoise. It has a bumpy back ridge instead of a dorsal fin and feeds in shallow coastal waters.

• Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi

  Shelley’s Francolin lives in grassy woodland and rocky areas of eastern and southern Africa. Its white throat, reddish-brown breast markings, and black-and-white barred belly help identify it.

• Mexican Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Exulomarmosa) mexicana

  The Mexican mouse opossum is a small marsupial recorded from eastern Mexico through much of Central America to eastern Panama. A dark mask surrounds its large eyes.

• Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens

  The Bluish-fronted Jacamar has a metallic blue-green crown and rufous underparts. It lives in riverine forest, and its only known nest is a tunnel in a stream bank.

• Eastern gorilla Gorilla beringei

  A large ape with black fur that travels through forests in groups.

• Cryptic Antthrush Chamaeza meruloides

  This antthrush walks on the floor of montane forest in southeastern Brazil. Its reddish tail has a black band near the tip and pale tips. It may climb over fallen logs and roots.

• White Bald Uacari Cacajao calvus

  The white bald uacari is a monkey of the upper Amazon region of Brazil. Sparse hair on its head and face makes its red face and pale body fur distinctive.

• South American Painted Snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris

  A painted-snipe of southern South American wetlands, with a reddish-brown head, neck and upper breast and white-marked dark wings. It feeds along muddy water margins.

• Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens

  The species has been recorded in forests in northeastern Australia. A 2025 study examined fur from one young male collected on the Atherton Tablelands, and a camera survey reported in 2026 recorded the species in reference forest and restored corridors.

• Southern ground hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri

  A large black hornbill that walks over the ground searching for small animals.

• Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma hardwickii

  This long-tailed bat occurs from the Middle East into South Asia. It roosts in rock fissures, caves, and abandoned structures; a study in northern India found it using historical buildings and feeding on insects.

• Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris

  The Southern Red-billed Hornbill is a southern African form within a red-billed hornbill complex. Compared with the Damaraland form, the study population had yellow eyes and grey facial feathers and used moister savanna woodland.

• Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

  The Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest living rhino and survives in Indonesia’s tropical forests.

• Philippine Fairy-bluebird Irena cyanogastra

  A fruit-eating forest bird endemic to the Philippines, it searches for figs and other fruit high in the canopy. Both sexes have glossy blue-and-black plumage.

• 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.

• Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis

  In the Chinese subspecies C. c. kinneari, males have blue wings and a black throat, while females have a blue-green throat.

• Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata

  Seba's short-tailed bat is a small leaf-nosed bat with a short tail. It becomes active after sunset and roosts in groups in caves and tree hollows.

• Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina

  The Icterine Warbler is a migrant that searches leafy branches for insects. Its greenish-brown back and yellow underside are useful field marks.

• Panamanian Night Monkey Aotus zonalis

  This nocturnal monkey has a coat mixed with brown, cream, and black. It lives among the trees of forests in Panama and northwestern Colombia.

• Baird's Junco Junco bairdi

  This junco occurs in the mountains at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. A specimen comparison cited by the AOS describes its extensive cinnamon sides and lighter, duller back.

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog Paraechinus nudiventris

  The bare-bellied hedgehog is marked by short spines on its back and a white underside. A survey in southern India recorded it sheltering in shrubs by day and foraging from evening into night.

• Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala

  A small songbird endemic to New Zealand's South and Stewart Islands that now remains mainly in beech forest.