Meet the world’s animals.

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• Himalayan red panda Ailurus fulgens

  

  An animal of Himalayan forests that feeds mainly on bamboo leaves. It has a reddish-brown back and a long, ringed tail.

• Black-and-cinnamon Fantail Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea

  

  This fantail is endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines. It has a black head with a white eyebrow and cinnamon-colored back and rump. It lives in montane forest, feeds mostly on insects, and sometimes joins mixed-species feeding flocks.

• Highland Streaked Tenrec Hemicentetes nigriceps

  

  The highland streaked tenrec is a small mammal with black-and-yellow spines along its back. It searches leaf litter for earthworms at night.

• Gray Partridge Perdix perdix

  

  A ground-dwelling bird native to Eurasia. Family groups walk through fields and grasslands, picking seeds from the ground. North American populations were introduced from Europe.

• Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta

  

  A genome study reported about 2.13 billion base pairs in the loggerhead sea turtle assembly.

• Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis

  

  This rail hides in dense vegetation around wet grassland and woodland edges in Madagascar. The male has a rufous head and breast and pale streaks on the dark back.

• European Mole Talpa europaea

  This stocky mole digs tunnels underground and searches for earthworms and other food in the soil.

• Blackish Grass Mouse Thaptomys nigrita

  The blackish grass mouse is a small rodent that uses tunnels beneath leaf litter. A survey in southern Brazil recorded it in deciduous forest with pitfall traps.

• Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

  A large seabird that glides over the sea and catches fish.

• Eurasian coot Fulica atra

  A swimming waterbird of lakes and ponds with a conspicuous white forehead.

• Laotian Rock Rat Laonastes aenigmamus

  The Laotian rock rat has long whiskers and a densely furred tail, and lives in limestone forests. In a study in central Vietnam, it hid in rock crevices by day and foraged on the forest floor at night.

• Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus

  This small honeyeater is about 11 cm long. It is grayish olive, with a short tail and yellowish eye ring, in New Guinea forest and forest margins.

• European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

  An animal of European grasslands, hedgerows and gardens. Spines cover its back, and it curls into a ball when threatened.

• Ebony Glider Petaurus gracilis

  The mahogany glider is a marsupial that glides through woodlands in northern Queensland. Its buff-to-apricot belly and dark stripe from the head toward the rump are distinctive.

• Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

  Adults have a bare red head and soar with raised wings in a teetering flight. They use their sense of smell to find carrion.

• Eurasian Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

  A small finch with a red face and yellow wing patches. It eats seeds and also visits gardens and parks in Britain.

• Novaes' Bald Uakari Cacajao novaesi

  This uakari is restricted to western Amazonas, Brazil. Its back is white to yellow, while the belly and limbs are reddish orange. It has been recorded in both seasonally flooded and non-flooded forest.

• Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus

  It moves through branches and brush like a mouse. It eats fruit, seeds, nectar, ants, and termites.

• Colombian Red Howler Alouatta seniculus

  The Colombian red howler lives in forests of northern and western South America. Its reddish coat and grasping tail stand out; it eats leaves and its group's calls carry far.

• Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata

  Despite its name, it is not a right whale; it is a baleen whale that filters small prey from the water.

• Rufous Gnateater Conopophaga lineata

  A small bird that searches for insects in the understory of eastern South American forest. A 2015 study used the older treatment that grouped three traditionally recognized subspecies within one species.

• Common Pochard Aythya ferina

  The breeding male is a diving duck with a striking reddish-brown head.

• Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai

  Omura's whale is a slender baleen whale. A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded asymmetric jaw coloration and loose groupings of mostly unassociated individuals.

• Lesser Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis murinus

  The Lesser Shrike-Tyrant is a tyrant flycatcher that catches insects on the ground. A species page from the National University of the Litoral describes it alone or in pairs, making short runs to catch insects and also perching at the tops of shrubs.