Meet the world’s animals.

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• Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

  

  The Peruvian Pelican is a large pelican of the Pacific coast along the Humboldt Current. It catches fish near the surface and also uses areas around fishing ports.

• Cape Fox Vulpes chama

  A small fox of southern Africa and the smallest member of the dog family.

• Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala

  A large stork of wetlands on the Indian subcontinent. It has a white body with a pink tinge and searches shallow water for small fish.

• Mexican Funnel-eared Bat Natalus mexicanus

  This small bat ranges from northern Mexico to Panama. It mainly inhabits tropical deciduous and semideciduous forests, roosts in caves, and eats insects.

• Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

  A woodcreeper of humid lowland and mangrove forests that searches bark for small animals.

• Thomas's Bushbaby Galagoides thomasi

  Thomas's bushbaby is a small primate that forages in trees at night.

• Thekla Lark Galerida theklae

  A lark with a rounded crest and dark streaks on the chest. Its food changes with the season, and it searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena

  A hyena with a mane-like ridge along its back and dark stripes across its coat.

• Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus

  A small bird found only in Tasmania and closely tied to forests containing white gum (Eucalyptus viminalis).

• Chacoan Peccary Catagonus wagneri

  The Chacoan peccary looks pig-like and also eats cacti.

• Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta

  The Horned Screamer is a large bird of freshwater wetlands in northern South America. A long, slender hornlike projection rises from its head.

• Broad-toed Feather-tailed Glider Acrobates frontalis

  This small marsupial occurs in eastern Australia. A 2023 paper describes long hairs projecting from both sides of the tail in living Acrobates, including A. frontalis, giving it a feather-like edge.

• 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.

• South American Sea Lion Otaria byronia

  The South American sea lion lives along the continent's coasts. It feeds at sea and returns to shore to breed and rear its pups.

• White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos

  The black bird has a white wing patch, red eyes and a slightly curved bill. It forms groups in eastern and southeastern Australia and forages on the ground.

• Berthe's Mouse Lemur Microcebus berthae

  Berthe's mouse lemur is nocturnal and lives in dry deciduous forest in southwestern Madagascar. A dark back stripe and facial markings make it distinctive.

• Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae

  This small hummingbird occurs in the highlands of northern Peru and southern Ecuador.

• Short-eared Brushtail Possum Trichosurus caninus

  The short-eared brushtail possum is a nocturnal marsupial of moist forests in southeastern Australia. By day it shelters in tree hollows or fallen logs.

• Common Whitethroat Curruca communis

  A small bird that darts through low scrub and often flicks its long tail.

• Quokka Setonix brachyurus

  A small wallaby from southwestern Australia.

• Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi

  Whitehead's Trogon inhabits moist mountain forest on Borneo and has strongly different male and female plumage.

• Gray-cheeked Mangabey Lophocebus albigena

  The nominate subspecies of the gray-cheeked mangabey is recorded from Cameroon’s Atlantic coast to central Uganda. It mainly eats fruit, along with leaves, flowers, and animal matter.

• Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

  A winter visitor to Japan that gathers in flocks to eat berries.

• Andean Caenolestid Caenolestes condorensis

  A small marsupial known from the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador. Very few specimens have been captured and described.