Meet the world’s animals.

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• Osprey Pandion haliaetus

  

  A fish-catching raptor with a white head crossed by a dark eye stripe. On Hachijojima it is seen near the coast in winter.

• Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata

  The Magpie Goose is a large waterbird with a black head and neck, a white belly, and a diet of aquatic plants in northern Australian wetlands.

• Mangrove Smooth-scaled Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris

  A gecko found on Hainan Island in China.

• Aardvark Orycteropus afer

  An African mammal that searches for ants and termites on the ground at night and uses burrows as shelter.

• Bennett’s tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus bennettianus

  A tree-dwelling kangaroo of northeastern Australia’s rainforests.

• European Tree Frog Hyla arborea

  In a survey in western Zealand Flanders, the maximum number of males calling in one night helped estimate the seasonal male population in pools.

• 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.

• Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus

  In breeding plumage it has a rusty-red neck and yellow-orange tufts behind the eyes; in winter it becomes gray and white.

• Common Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula

  This snake sometimes moves around alligator nests.

• Brown rat Rattus norvegicus

  A rat widely found around human settlements, using sewers, warehouses, fields and other places with water and food.

• Desert Gundi Ctenodactylus vali

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

• African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis

  In captive trials, tadpole growth and development changed in water treated with pesticides.

• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster

  A colorful bird with a chestnut head, yellow throat, and blue-green belly. It catches insects in flight.

• Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata

  The Nepal Cupwing is known from records in central Nepal. A 2010 field note reports hearing at least four birds in northern India and later observing one individual.

• St. Johann's Tree Snake Lycodryas maculatus

  A tree snake from Anjouan and Mayotte in the Comoros archipelago, mainly active at night.

• Nutria Myocastor coypus

  A large, rat-like animal from South America that lives by water. It was brought to Japan for fur and has established in several prefectures.

• Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus

  A daytime termite hunter with pale bands across its back.

• Cope's Toad Rhinella diptycha

  Some tadpoles found in Maranhão, Brazil had an arc-shaped upper and V-shaped lower hard mouthpart.

• Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

  A bird with a raised crest, an orange-beige body, and bold black-and-white wings.

• Rosy Thrush-Tanager Rhodinocichla rosea

  The Rosy Thrush-Tanager is a forest bird whose males have dark grey upperparts and rosy underparts. Female colors and facial markings vary among subspecies and regions.

• Common Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum

  This turtle sometimes shelters around alligator nests.

• Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra

  A dark, round-headed small whale that forms large groups in tropical seas.

• Peleng Tarsier Tarsius pelengensis

  The Peleng tarsier is a primate found on Peleng Island, Indonesia. Field work from 2016 to 2018 recorded individuals traveling alone or in groups and using several trees as sleeping sites.

• Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis

  The Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo is a large Jamaican cuckoo with a chestnut belly and long, white-spotted tail. It runs along branches while searching for food.