Meet the world’s animals.

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• Big-headed Mole Rat Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

  

  The big-headed mole rat is a large rodent of Ethiopia's high-altitude grasslands. It is active by day and digs underground burrows.

• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

  

  A small woodland bird with bright yellow underparts. It ranges from South to Southeast Asia and searches among leaves and branches for insects.

• Common Brown Brocket Mazama gouazoubira

  

  This deer uses sparsely vegetated grasslands, savannas, and forest edges in South America. Its coat ranges from gray-brown to brown; the rump and upper tail are typically orange, while the underside of the tail is white. It rests in dense cover by day and emerges into open areas to feed at night.

• Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps

  

  The Red-hooded Tanager contrasts a red head and breast with a yellow body in the Andes. Females have less red than males, and the birds forage in pairs or small groups.

• Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou vestitus

  

  A small porcupine recorded in Colombia's Eastern Cordillera. Observations describe it using its tail for support while moving.

• Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda

  

  This small warbler occurs on western Mediterranean islands. It moves through low scrub and catches insects and spiders.

• West Amazonian Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus pastasae

  This armadillo occurs in the western Amazon. A 2021 Colombian study describes large knee scales and movable armor bands as identification clues and obtained almost all records in forest along rivers.

• Goldcrest Regulus regulus

  A very small woodland bird with a yellow crown stripe.

• Sulawesi Warty Pig Sus celebensis

  The Sulawesi warty pig is a wild pig native to Sulawesi. Its dark coat is mixed with yellowish or white hairs, and it is an omnivore that eats roots, fruit, and other foods.

• Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys erythrocnemis

  Endemic to Taiwan, this scimitar babbler has olive-brown upperparts, rufous-brown face and flanks, and white throat and belly. Dark marks on the upper breast help distinguish it.

• Rock Ring-tailed Possum Petropseudes dahli

  This marsupial lives among rocky outcrops in northern Australia. It shelters in sandstone crevices by day and goes to nearby trees to feed at night.

• Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea

  The Paradise Jacamar has dark upperparts and underparts and elongated central tail feathers. In Bolivia's Amazonian forest, pairs perch high in the canopy and may associate with mixed-species flocks.

• Brown-throated Sloth Bradypus variegatus

  This sloth lives in forests from Central America to South America and spends much of its time in trees.

• Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae

  The Luzon Hornbill is a small hornbill of the northern Philippines. The male has a cream-colored head and underside with dark cheeks and throat; the female is mostly dark brown to black. It lives in tropical moist lowland forest and eats figs and other fruit.

• Geoffroy's Tamarin Oedipomidas geoffroyi

  This small monkey occurs from Colombia's Pacific coast into Panama. It uses primary and secondary forest, including secondary growth with large trees, and can be found near cultivated areas.

• Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris

  This small tody has a clear white streak behind the eye, a gray breast, and pale irises. It lives in Hispaniola's mountain forests and catches flying insects.

• Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii

  An ape of northern Sumatra that moves through trees using its long arms.

• Spotted Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa leucosticta

  The Spotted Jewel-babbler lives in montane forest on New Guinea. It walks on the forest floor in search of insects and other small animals.

• European Mink Mustela lutreola

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

• Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura

  This small warbler occurs in West Africa and forages for insects in dry savanna and scrub. The account places it in the canopy and bushes.

• Eastern Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax validus

  An arboreal hyrax of East Africa. A survey on the Kenyan coast recorded animals identified as Dendrohyrax validus using trees as well as caves and rocky places.

• Southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius

  A rainforest bird with a black body, blue neck and a hard crest on top of its head.

• Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque

  The mountain tapir lives in the Andes of northern South America and has a thick coat suited to its cold mountain home.

• Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris

  The Long-billed Corella is a white cockatoo with a long upper bill and red-orange chest markings. It often forages in large flocks on the ground in southeastern Australia.