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White rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum
Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0
A white rhinoceros grazes with a broad mouth. Despite its name, its skin is gray.
Cope's Toad Rhinella diptycha
Some tadpoles found in Maranhão, Brazil had an arc-shaped upper and V-shaped lower hard mouthpart.
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
The pocketed free-tailed bat has a pouch-like fold of skin near the hind legs. It roosts in caves, rock crevices, and buildings in dry country.
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
A bird with a raised crest, an orange-beige body, and bold black-and-white wings.
Green Figbird Sphecotheres viridis
The Green Figbird lives on Timor and the nearby islands of Rote and Semau. Its black head, red skin around the eyes, and yellow throat and belly stand out.
Cone-head Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus
The veiled chameleon is a large arboreal chameleon with grasping feet and a fully prehensile tail. In an indoor study of nine animals, it used its tail for support when crossing gaps.
European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
A rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and nearby regions. It digs complex burrows and lives in groups where conditions allow.
Cerro Enmedio moss salamander Nototriton lignicola
A small salamander known from mountains in Honduras. Its recorded range covers a limited part of that mountainous landscape.
Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus
A South American canid with a reddish coat, very long slender legs and large ears.
Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
A ground-dwelling bird native to Eurasia. Family groups walk through fields and grasslands, picking seeds from the ground. North American populations were introduced from Europe.
Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
The Connecticut Warbler has a gray hood and yellow belly and breeds mainly in southern Canada. It walks near the ground to find insects.
Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta
A genome study reported about 2.13 billion base pairs in the loggerhead sea turtle assembly.
American beaver Castor canadensis
An animal of North American rivers and lakes. It builds dams and lodges from branches and mud, changing its waterside habitat.
Rhinella mirandaribeiroi
A toad found in the South American Cerrado, a landscape that includes open grasslands and savanna.
Guanaco Lama guanicoe
A wild camelid of open habitats across western and southern South America, from dry grasslands to cold southern regions.
Common Crane Grus grus
A large crane that breeds from Europe across northern Asia and winters in southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia and other regions.
Golden-fronted Greenlet Hylophilus aurantiifrons
The Golden-fronted Greenlet occurs from Panama through northern South America to Trinidad and Tobago. It searches the undersides of leaves for insects and spiders. Detailed nest records in the account are from Trinidad only.
Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus ventralis
This lizard sometimes basks and shelters around alligator nests.
Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis
A tree squirrel native to eastern North America. Gray coats are typical, though dark individuals also occur.
Przewalski’s horse Equus przewalskii
Historically recorded in the Gobi of southwestern Mongolia and northwestern China, this horse has a stocky body, a large head and an erect mane. Tail-hair analysis of reintroduced horses in Great Gobi B indicated a mainly grass-based diet throughout the year.
Lava Heron Butorides sundevalli
Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, this small heron lives on rocky shores, in mangroves, and at salt lagoons. Plumage varies, and bill and leg colors change with season.
Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
A stocky black-and-white shorebird with an orange-red bill.
Yellow-bellied Slider Trachemys scripta
This turtle sometimes basks and moves around alligator nests.
Eastern Sucker-footed Bat Myzopoda aurita
The eastern sucker-footed bat lives in eastern Madagascar and clings to leaves using suction-like pads on its wrists and ankles.

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