Meet the world’s animals.

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• Common marmoset Callithrix jacchus

  

  A small monkey with conspicuous white ear tufts that feeds on tree sap and raises young with help from family members.

• Galapagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis

  

  The Galapagos fur seal is found only on the rocky shores of the Galapagos Islands.

• Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps

  

  A small toothed whale of temperate and tropical seas worldwide, with a darker back and paler underside.

• Haitian solenodon Solenodon paradoxus

  

  The Haitian Solenodon is a nocturnal mammal that probes the forest floor with its long, mobile snout. It searches for insects and other small animals in Hispaniola’s forests.

• Sun bear Helarctos malayanus

  

  A small bear of Southeast Asian tropical forests, with short black fur and round ears. Many have a pale chest marking.

• Honey badger Mellivora capensis

  

  A robust mustelid found in parts of Africa and Asia.

• Buffy Saki Pithecia albicans

  The buffy saki occurs in Amazonas State in northern Brazil. It eats many fruits and can obtain seeds from fruits with hard coverings.

• African Manatee Trichechus senegalensis

  This manatee lives from West African coasts into rivers and brackish waters. It mainly eats aquatic plants and mangrove vegetation.

• Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata

  A whale with a pointed head and a curved dorsal fin set well back on its body.

• Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

  A civet recognized by its dark facial markings and back stripes; it is recorded from forests to built-up areas in Singapore.

• Wyoming Ground Squirrel Urocitellus elegans

  The Wyoming ground squirrel lives in grasslands and shrublands of the western United States. Its brown-gray fur is dappled, and it hibernates underground from late summer into spring at a Colorado study site.

• Raccoon Procyon lotor

  Native to North and Central America, it has a black mask around the eyes and rings along its tail.

• Sandhill Dunnart Sminthopsis psammophila

  The sandhill dunnart is a marsupial of arid Australia. Its back is gray to buff, its underside is white, and its tail has stiff black hairs near the tip. It has been recorded in patches of vegetation on sand dunes and sandplains.

• Philippine Colugo Cynocephalus volans

  A nocturnal tree-dweller of the southern Philippine islands that glides between trees.

• Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

  An offshore dolphin with striking stripes running from the eyes along the sides of its body.

• Central American Silky Anteater Cyclopes dorsalis

  This small anteater ranges from Central America into northwestern South America. Its yellowish-brown body has more yellow on the tail and limbs, with a broad chest stripe. It is nocturnal and arboreal in mangroves and tropical rainforest.

• Wolffsohn's Mountain Viscacha Lagidium wolffsohni

  Wolffsohn's mountain viscacha lives among rocky slopes in southwestern Argentina. It shelters in crevices and feeds on plants during the day.

• Long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis

  A long-tailed monkey that lives in forests and mangroves around Singapore and nearby parts of Southeast Asia.

• 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.

• Vicuña Vicugna vicugna

  A slender wild camelid of high Andean grasslands. It has very fine, soft fleece.

• Fallow deer Dama dama

  The fallow deer is recognized by the male’s broad, palmate antlers. Coat forms include spotted, white and dark individuals.

• Javan Chevrotain Tragulus javanicus

  This small ruminant is native to Java. It has no horns, and adult males have canines.

• Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

  The Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest living rhino and survives in Indonesia’s tropical forests.

• Nutria Myocastor coypus

  A large, rat-like animal from South America that lives by water. It was brought to Japan for fur and has established in several prefectures.