Meet the world’s animals.

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• Himalayan Musk Deer Moschus leucogaster

  

  The Himalayan musk deer has no antlers; both males and females have elongated upper canines.

• Andean condor Vultur gryphus

  

  A large soaring bird that searches for carrion in the Andes and nearby open country.

• Southern Spotted Skunk Spilogale angustifrons

  

  The southern spotted skunk has white stripes and spots against a dark coat. It occurs from southern Mexico, outside the Yucatán Peninsula, south to Costa Rica.

• Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus

  

  A mousebird with a red face and long tail. Flocks use trees in dry regions and feed on leaves and fruit.

• Western Jumping Mouse Zapus princeps

  

  The western jumping mouse lives in western North America and hops on large hind feet. Its active season is short, and it hibernates through winter.

• Slaty Gnateater Conopophaga ardesiaca

  

  The Slaty Gnateater is a short-tailed bird of the eastern Andean slopes of Bolivia, living close to the forest floor.

• Hova rice tenrec Oryzorictes hova

  The Hova rice tenrec occurs in Madagascar. In the 1996 Marojejy survey, adults were collected in lowland forest and montane mossy forest.

• Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant Hemitriccus flammulatus

  A small South American tyrant flycatcher. In Peru, records come from floodplain forest in the southeast and a separate central area with different forest cover.

• Bolivian Akodont Akodon (Akodon) boliviensis

  This akodont ranges from southern Peru through central Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. Records include dry Puna and humid grasslands, with dense grass tussocks and small woodland patches.

• Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons

  The Yellow-fronted Barbet is often seen high in forest trees. Its blue face and throat and yellow forehead stand out against a green body.

• Sugar glider Petaurus breviceps

  A marsupial that glides between trees in eastern Australian forests.

• White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus

  This group-living bird inhabits dry woodland and scrub on mainland Australia. It searches the ground for insects and spiders and keeps in contact with its companions.

• Ornate Titi Plecturocebus ornatus

  The ornate titi is a small monkey of forests in eastern Colombia. Its reddish-orange chest and belly, white forehead stripe, and bushy tail stand out.

• Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer

  The male has a bright yellow breast and a broad, flattened bill. The species searches for insects in forest foliage.

• Rice's whale Balaenoptera ricei

  Rice's whale is a baleen whale that lives year-round in the Gulf of America. It is dark gray above and pale below; it is thought to dive deep by day to feed on fish.

• African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda

  This blue flycatcher occurs in wooded habitats of West and Central Africa. It perches among foliage and makes short flights to catch small arthropods.

• Llama Lama glama

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

• Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens

  This bird lives in dry habitats and woodlands of the southwestern United States and nearby areas. Males are glossy black and females gray; it perches high and eats berries and flying insects.

• Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura gallarum

  This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.

• Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor

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

• Southern Pygmy Loris Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus

  A small slow loris that is active in trees at night and eats tree sap, nectar, and insects. Its behavior in the wild is still not well understood.

• Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis

  The Eastern Nicator lives in lowland forest and woodland from eastern to southern Africa. The tip of its upper bill is hooked, and it builds a low nest in a branch.

• Eastern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus nanus

  A small marsupial with large eyes, long whiskers, and a grasping tail. It feeds mainly on nectar and pollen and nests in tree hollows and other sheltered places.

• Great Curassow Crax rubra

  A large forest bird that searches the ground for fruit, seeds, and other food. The glossy black male and chestnut female look very different.