Meet the world’s animals.

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• European Mink Mustela lutreola

  

  This slender mustelid lives near water and is marked by brown fur and white areas on both lips.

• Blue-capped Ifrit Ifrita kowaldi

  This small bird inhabits mountain forests on New Guinea. Its blue crown stands out, and it searches moss and branches for insects and other small prey.

• Lesula Cercopithecus lomamiensis

  This monkey lives in lowland forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and eats fruit and leaves.

• Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi

  A small honeyguide of forest and forest edge. Its olive wings stand out, and it calls from regular song posts.

• Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus

  Gervais' beaked whale is a member of the beaked-whale family that lives in deep Atlantic waters. It is rarely seen at sea and is usually alone or in small, closely associated groups.

• Pale-billed Parrotbill Suthora atrosuperciliaris

  This small parrotbill ranges from the eastern Himalayas into southern China. It forms small groups in bamboo and forest edges and eats seeds and insects.

• Llama Lama glama

  A domestic camelid long used to carry loads in the Andes. It has a long neck and legs but no hump.

• Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

  On lakes and coasts of western North America, it dives for fish; during courtship, pairs run together across the water.

• Robust Golden Mole Amblysomus robustus

  The robust golden mole digs through soil and eats insects and earthworms. Its eyes and ears are hidden by fur.

• White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera

  Males are red with a black face and wings marked by two white bars. Females are yellow-green and forage in trees, in pairs or mixed-species flocks.

• Eastern Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius

  White stripes on the black body break into spots toward the rump. A 2015 survey in South Carolina recorded it at night in mixed and conifer-dominated forests.

• Guianan Schiffornis Schiffornis olivacea

  This bird lives in humid forest from eastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil. It is olive brown and often perches low.

• Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah

  The scimitar-horned oryx is an antelope of arid lands, with a pale coat and long, backward-curving horns.

• Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum

  The Vulturine Guineafowl is a large bird of eastern Africa's dry grasslands and scrub. It walks on the ground in groups and is striking for its blue head and long black plumes.

• Pichi Zaedyus pichiy

  A small armadillo of dry southern South America that digs burrows and feeds mainly on insects.

• Plain-backed Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi

  This small sparrow-family bird lives in dry highlands of Tibet and the Himalayas. It searches for food on the ground.

• Kiang Equus kiang

  A wild ass that lives on the Tibetan Plateau.

• South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus

  Adult South Island Saddlebacks are black, with a chestnut saddle and orange-red wattles. Their original range is South Island and Stewart Island, while conservation translocations have established populations on other islands.

• East African Spring Hare Pedetes surdaster

  The East African springhare's fur fluoresces orange to red under ultraviolet light. The examined specimens included animals from Kenya and Tanzania, but the ecological role of the glow remains unknown.

• Rufous Scrubbird Atrichornis rufescens

  The Rufous Scrub-bird forages on the forest floor in damp forests of eastern Australia.

• 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.

• Black-and-yellow Phainoptila Phainoptila melanoxantha

  The Black-and-yellow Phainoptila eats fruit in mountain forests, and males and females differ markedly in plumage.

• Andohahela Sportive Lemur Lepilemur fleuretae

  A nocturnal lemur of southeastern Madagascar’s rainforests. It mainly eats leaves, and mature leaves make up more of its diet when young leaves are scarce.

• Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis

  This resident species is endemic to China. Around Mount Taishan it occurs from mountain areas to suburban tree cover and moves in flocks through shrubs and small trees.