Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

  

  A white waterbird with long legs and a spoon-shaped bill.

• 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.

• Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus

  The Plains-wanderer is a small ground-dwelling bird of scattered grasslands in southeastern Australia. It forages by day for seeds and small ground-dwelling animals.

• Gray seal Halichoerus grypus

  A seal of North Atlantic coasts, with a long, prominent nose especially noticeable in adult males.

• Siau Island Tarsier Tarsius tumpara

  The Siau Island tarsier is a nocturnal primate from Siau Island, Indonesia. Its facial markings and a tuft at the end of its tail are described in the species account.

• Indo-Pacific Crocodile Crocodylus porosus

  Male saltwater crocodiles tracked in northern Australia moved at sea toward their original capture sites after release elsewhere.

• Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus

  A bird arriving in Japan in late spring, when males give the familiar cuckoo call.

• Common Midwife Toad Alytes obstetricans

  This frog carries eggs wrapped around the male’s hind legs.

• North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater

  The North Island Saddleback is glossy black with a chestnut saddle and rump, a pale line at the saddle’s front, and red wattles at the bill base. It feeds on insects, fruit, and nectar in New Zealand forests.

• American black bear Ursus americanus

  A bear of North American forests. Many are black, while western populations also include brown and paler individuals.

• Desert Gundi Ctenodactylus vali

  The desert gundi is a small herbivorous rodent found in a few rocky areas around the Sahara.

• Mangrove Smooth-scaled Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris

  A gecko found on Hainan Island in China.

• Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

  A small bird with a blue crown and yellow underside, found from woodland to parks and gardens.

• Rhinella mirandaribeiroi

  A toad found in the South American Cerrado, a landscape that includes open grasslands and savanna.

• Noisy Scrubbird Atrichornis clamosus

  The Noisy Scrub-bird has short wings and strong legs and moves along the ground and through low shrubs. It occurs on the mainland of southwestern Western Australia.

• Common Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus

  A semiaquatic rodent that lives in wetlands and along waterways in North America.

• Common Mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus

  The common mole-rat has a cylindrical body, small eyes, and a white spot on the head. It digs underground tunnels and lives in groups centered on a breeding pair.

• Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta

  A genome study reported about 2.13 billion base pairs in the loggerhead sea turtle assembly.

• White stork Ciconia ciconia

  Adults have white bodies, black wing feathers, long legs and a reddish bill. They use open wetlands in Europe and other parts of their range.

• Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus

  The Gray Silky-flycatcher is a crested, long-tailed bird. Males are blue-gray and females dusky gray; flocks gather at fruiting trees in its Mexican and Guatemalan range.

• Bare-nosed wombat Vombatus ursinus

  A wombat of southeastern Australia, Tasmania and nearby islands. It digs burrows to rest in and feeds on grasses.

• Walrus Odobenus rosmarus

  A northern marine mammal recognized by long tusks and sturdy whiskers around its muzzle.

• Campbell's alligator lizard Abronia campbelli

  An arboreal lizard from Guatemala. In a 2009 survey, animals were found in old oak trees covered with dense plant growth.

• Crested Tit-warbler Leptopoecile elegans

  This bird is about 10 cm long. By day in the Himalayas, it searches for small invertebrates among conifers, dwarf juniper scrub, and birches at high elevations.