Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

  

  A white waterbird with long legs and a spoon-shaped bill.

• Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima

  

  The dwarf sperm whale is a small toothed whale found widely in temperate and tropical seas. It is distinct from the pygmy sperm whale.

• Indo-Pacific Crocodile Crocodylus porosus

  

  Male saltwater crocodiles tracked in northern Australia moved at sea toward their original capture sites after release elsewhere.

• Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus

  

  An armadillo active around dusk and at night that searches leaf litter for insects. It also occurs in parts of the United States east and north of Texas.

• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti

  

  This long-tailed thrush is marked in black and white and lives along forest streams. It searches near the water for small invertebrates.

• Southern giraffe Giraffa giraffa

  

  The southern giraffe occurs in southern Africa and includes the Angolan and South African subspecies.

• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

  A plover with a long crest and glossy green plumage. It breeds in lowland Britain and is also widespread in lowlands and coastal wetlands in winter.

• Greensnake Opheodrys aestivus

  This snake sometimes moves around alligator nests.

• Grey-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum celebicum

  Males have a black head and upperparts with a purple sheen, a white throat, and a red patch on the lower throat and breast. Females are gray-brown. It feeds on fruit and small animals in the forest canopy.

• Brown bear Ursus arctos

  A bear of forests, mountains and other habitats in Eurasia and North America. It eats plants and animals, changing its diet with the seasons.

• Honey Possum Tarsipes rostratus

  The honey possum is a small marsupial that feeds only on nectar and pollen from native flowers. Its long tongue gathers pollen from inside flowers.

• Toko Narrow-disked Gecko Gekko gecko

  This large gecko is active at night. Its blue-gray body has red or orange spots.

• European starling Sturnus vulgaris

  A bird native to Europe and other Palearctic regions, introduced to North America. Outside breeding season it may form large flocks.

• Blue-capped Ifrit Ifrita kowaldi

  This small bird inhabits mountain forests on New Guinea. Its blue crown stands out, and it searches moss and branches for insects and other small prey.

• Allen's Olingo Bassaricyon alleni

  A member of the raccoon family found in forests east of the Andes. It is active in trees at night.

• African wild ass Equus africanus

  A wild ass of Northeast Africa. This entry treats it as a wild species, separate from the domestic donkey.

• Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus ventralis

  This lizard sometimes basks and shelters around alligator nests.

• Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus

  A Signy Island study from April 1961 to April 1962 described adults as white with pink skin below the eye. There, the birds fed on shore algae and limpets and also foraged near penguin colonies.

• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

  A long-necked waterbird known for its showy breeding feathers.

• Malayan Hollow-faced Bat Nycteris tragata

  A bat recorded in Southeast Asian forests. It has long ears and facial grooves, and roosts in small groups in caves or hollow trees.

• Carolina Anole Anolis carolinensis

  Males of this lizard can extend skin under the throat.

• Aardvark Orycteropus afer

  An African mammal that searches for ants and termites on the ground at night and uses burrows as shelter.

• Hooded Treepie Crypsirina cucullata

  A bird restricted to Myanmar's lowlands, with a long silver-gray tail and black head.

• Pel's Anomalure Anomalurus pelii

  Pel's anomalure is a gliding squirrel with scaly structures on its tail. It occurs in high forest in West Africa.