Meet the world’s animals.

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• Domestic goat Capra hircus

  

  A goat raised by people for milk, fiber and meat. It prefers the company of other goats.

• Pale-billed Antpitta Grallaria carrikeri

  This antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope of northern Peru. It uses the understory of high-elevation cloud forest, especially places with abundant bamboo.

• Indo-Pacific Crocodile Crocodylus porosus

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

• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

  Ruddy Turnstones flip stones and seaweed along shorelines to find insects and small crustaceans underneath.

• Spix's Disk-winged Bat Thyroptera tricolor

  Spix's disk-winged bat clings head-up inside leaves with tiny suction discs. Small groups roost in leaves and change resting sites each day.

• White-flanked Sunbird Aethopyga eximia

  This sunbird lives in the highlands of Java. Males and females differ in color, and both show white feathers on the flanks.

• Asian elephant Elephas maximus

  An Asian elephant lives in South and Southeast Asia. It uses its trunk to grasp food and pour water into its mouth.

• Carolina Anole Anolis carolinensis

  Males of this lizard can extend skin under the throat.

• Guanaco Lama guanicoe

  A wild camelid of open habitats across western and southern South America, from dry grasslands to cold southern regions.

• Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

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

• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

  The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch moves along trunks and branches in Asian forests.

• North American Racer Coluber constrictor

  This snake sometimes basks or shelters around alligator nests.

• White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

  A deer found across much of North America. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and grayish brown in winter.

• 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.

• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

  This drongo is recognized by its grey body and long, straight tail with no curled tips. It perches in forests and catches flying insects.

• Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus

  A bird arriving in Japan in late spring, when males give the familiar cuckoo call.

• St. Johann's Tree Snake Lycodryas maculatus

  A tree snake from Anjouan and Mayotte in the Comoros archipelago, mainly active at night.

• White-lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari

  The white-lipped peccary looks like a pig but belongs to a different family. It searches for food in groups.

• 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.

• Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi

  This forest-dwelling bird is endemic to Cuba; its species page says it is most often seen in the eastern half of the island. The crown and back are gray, with yellow on the face and breast.

• Common Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum

  This turtle sometimes shelters around alligator nests.

• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

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

• Eastern Bettong Bettongia gaimardi

  The eastern bettong is a small Tasmanian marsupial that carries nesting material with its long tail. It leaves its grass nest at night to forage on fungi, seeds and other foods.

• Western Crested Berrypecker Paramythia olivacea

  The PTFI Mimika guide uses the older combined name Paramythia (montium) olivacea. In its 2023 taxonomy, eBird separates Western and Eastern Crested Berrypeckers and places the western species in central New Guinea’s mountains. The guide’s plumage and habitat notes are local to Mimika.