Meet the world’s animals.

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• Broad-footed Mole Scapanus latimanus

  

  The broad-footed mole is a burrowing mole of the western United States and northern Mexico. Its coat ranges from dark brown to silvery gray.

• Yellow-faced Flameback Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus

  

  A woodpecker of the Philippines. BirdLife's amended 2017 account describes adults with a yellow head, neck and belly, red back and wings, a red crown in males, and an entirely yellow head in females.

• 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.

• Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor

  

  This slender warbler is marked in black and yellow. Despite its name, it favors scrubby second-growth forest and young pine stands rather than open prairie.

• Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons

  

  The yellow-winged bat has a blue-gray body and red-and-yellow wings. It uses open savanna and woodland near water, catching insects that pass its perch.

• Albert's Lyrebird Menura alberti

  

  Albert's Lyrebird is a long-tailed, chestnut-colored bird of a small area of wet forest in southeastern Australia. A displaying male spreads its tail forward and mixes other birds' calls into its loud calls.

• Argentine Plains Viscacha Lagostomus maximus

  This large rodent is marked by a striking black-and-white face. It builds extensive communal burrow systems in grasslands and dry scrub.

• Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer

  The Cape Sugarbird is a nectar-feeding bird of South Africa's fynbos. It visits protea flowers for nectar and insects and helps pollinate many proteas.

• 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.

• Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae

  With its long neck and yellow bill, it catches fish in water and may spread its wings to dry while perched.

• Plush-coated Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirops corinnae

  This ring-tailed possum lives in the trees of New Guinea's montane forests. It curls its tail into a ring and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Black-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus

  This quail walks along the forest floor in search of food. Its white throat and dark breast are distinctive, though its plumage pattern varies among individuals.

• Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella

  An ocean-foraging fur seal that breeds on South Georgia and other islands around Antarctica and in the subantarctic.

• Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis

  The Tawny Grassbird hides among grasses and shrubs. This entry presents behaviour recorded by a local field guide on Cebu in the Philippines.

• Australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni

  The Australian snubfin dolphin has a rounded head and no beak, and lives in shallow coastal waters of northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea.

• 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.

• Bunyoro rabbit Poelagus marjorita

  The Bunyoro rabbit is a member of the rabbit family found in central and eastern Africa, in grassland and shrubland.

• Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti

  The Dwarf Cassowary is a flightless bird of New Guinea. In a field study in Papua New Guinea’s mountains, fruit made up most of its diet throughout the year.

• Manchurian Pika Ochotona (Pika) mantchurica

  This pika is found in northeastern China. Recent research models suitable habitat in nearby areas, but predicted areas are not the same as confirmed occupied sites.

• Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis

  A small bird with a brown crest and orange nape. It uses hilly broadleaf forest and may move with other bird species.

• Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus nippon

  Rhinolophus nippon is a large horseshoe bat recorded in Japan. In a 2003 study, adult females in Yamaguchi Prefecture foraged in open forest areas and along woodland paths.

• Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila

  The Ascension Frigatebird is a seabird with long wings and a deeply forked tail.

• Przewalski’s horse Equus przewalskii

  Historically recorded in the Gobi of southwestern Mongolia and northwestern China, this horse has a stocky body, a large head and an erect mane. Tail-hair analysis of reintroduced horses in Great Gobi B indicated a mainly grass-based diet throughout the year.

• Western Parotia Parotia sefilata

  Males are black with a white forehead, an iridescent breast shield, and wire-like head plumes. They eat fruit and arthropods and perform courtship dances in mountain forest.