Meet the world’s animals.

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• Broad-crested Corella Cacatua ducorpsii

  

  The Broad-crested Corella is a white cockatoo found from forests to areas near people.

• Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga

  

  This seal is widespread in pack ice around Antarctica. It feeds mainly on krill; despite its name, crabs are not its principal food.

• Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur

  

  The Fairy Prion breeds on islands around New Zealand and forages in flocks near ocean fronts. It has blue-gray upperparts, white underparts, and a blue bill and feet.

• Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus wahlbergi

  

  Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat has a dog-like face and eats fruit. Males use white shoulder tufts in courtship, and groups rest by day in hollow trees or under large leaves.

• Rufous-headed Ground Roller Atelornis crossleyi

  

  The Rufous-headed Ground Roller searches for food on the damp forest floor of eastern Madagascar. Adults show a rufous head and underparts, a green back, and white streaks on the black throat.

• Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec Echinops telfairi

  

  The lesser hedgehog tenrec is a small mammal of dry areas in southern Madagascar. Its black-and-white spines stand out, and it searches for small animals at night.

• Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi

  The Flamecrest is endemic to Taiwan's mountains, where it searches conifer foliage for small insects.

• Natal Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis

  An insect-eating bat that roosts in caves. Seasonal movements between caves have been studied in populations in northeastern South Africa.

• Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi

  This penguin breeds on subantarctic islands around New Zealand and elsewhere in the Indian Ocean, then spends much of the non-breeding season at sea. It is treated as distinct from related rockhopper penguins.

• Wolverine Gulo gulo

  A mustelid of cold northern regions, with a robust body, a large head and small rounded ears.

• Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi

  A sugarbird with a long, curved bill and long tail. It feeds on protea nectar and insects and also pollinates flowers.

• Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris

  Blainville's beaked whale is a toothed whale of deep offshore waters in tropical to temperate regions. In mature males, tusk-like teeth project from the arched lower jaw.

• Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis

  The Yunnan Nuthatch is a small bird with a blue-grey back and a bold black eyestripe. In mature pine forest in southern China, it searches for insects among pine needles.

• Alpine Musk Deer Moschus chrysogaster

  This deer relative lives in Himalayan mountain forests. Males have long upper canine teeth that can show below the mouth.

• Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

  The Sungrebe is a small aquatic bird with a long, slender bill and yellow-and-black-banded lobed toes. It hides along quiet, heavily vegetated waterways and may dive when threatened.

• Brewer's mole Parascalops breweri

  The hairy-tailed mole has eyes hidden by fur and a furry tail. It lives in underground tunnels and searches for worms and insects.

• White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus

  The White-banded Mockingbird is marked by a white wing band and a cinnamon-colored rump. It walks through dry scrub and grassland in Argentina while searching for insects and other small prey.

• Philippine Colugo Cynocephalus volans

  A nocturnal tree-dweller of the southern Philippine islands that glides between trees.

• White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris

  A small bird of dark shola forest and gullies in India's Western Ghats. Its blue-gray upperparts contrast with a white belly, and it searches for insects near the ground.

• White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus

  The white-footed dunnart lives in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It nests beneath leaf litter or fallen logs and mainly eats invertebrates.

• Yellow-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum aureolimbatum

  This tiny flowerpecker occurs on Sulawesi and nearby islands. Its olive-green upperparts and diet of fruit and pollen are notable.

• Greater Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus major

  This nocturnal dwarf lemur lives in humid forests of eastern Madagascar. It hibernates in the dry season and mainly eats fruit while active.

• Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor

  Black-faced Sheathbills are terrestrial birds that forage in seabird colonies and along island shores.

• Humboldt's Night Monkey Aotus trivirgatus

  Humboldt's night monkey occurs in Venezuela and northern Brazil. It uses humid forests, including seasonally flooded forest, and eats fruits, nectar, and other foods.