Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

  

  The Black-necked Stork has a glossy black head and neck, a white body and long legs. It waits to ambush prey in shallow water.

• Common Genet Genetta genetta

  

  The common genet is a small African mammal with dark spots and a banded tail; it is active at night.

• White-throated Jacamar Brachygalba albogularis

  

  A jacamar with a white throat and facial markings and a long, pale-yellow bill; it catches flying insects along riverside forest.

• Kalimantan Treeshrew Tupaia salatana

  

  Tupaia salatana is recorded in southern Borneo. The IUCN account reports reliance on natural forest as well as records from natural remnants within plantations.

• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea

  

  The Apostlebird has a gray body and long black tail and occurs in eastern Australia. It forages for seeds and insects on the ground, often in groups.

• Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros hypophyllus

  

  The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat is known from southern India. It has broad ears and small supplementary noseleaf structures, and a cave in dry scrubland is its only reported roost.

• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus

  This medium-sized bird's male has a black facial mask, and the species catches insects in flight. It wanders through dry regions and sometimes forms flocks.

• Bastard big-footed mouse Macrotarsomys bastardi

  The bastard big-footed mouse is a small rodent of southern and western Madagascar's dry habitats. It rests in a burrow by day and searches for plant foods at night.

• Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

  Clark's Nutcracker is a corvid of western North American mountains. It carries conifer seeds and caches them in the ground.

• Mexican Funnel-eared Bat Natalus mexicanus

  This small bat ranges from northern Mexico to Panama. It mainly inhabits tropical deciduous and semideciduous forests, roosts in caves, and eats insects.

• Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata

  The Black-and-white Owl is a nocturnal owl with bold black-and-white bars across its chest and neck.

• Commerson's dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii

  A boldly patterned dolphin of shallow seas around southern South America and elsewhere.

• Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii

  Its warm ochre face and neck and thick silver bill stand out. It occurs in montane forest in Costa Rica and western Panama, foraging from the midstory to the canopy, often in pairs.

• Bearded Capuchin Sapajus libidinosus

  The bearded capuchin is a capuchin monkey native to Brazil. Its coat is yellowish to beige, with dark limbs and a thick cap of hair.

• Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii

  The Thick-billed Longspur breeds in North American shortgrass prairie and moves to open land farther south for winter.

• Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta

  A carnivore of sub-Saharan Africa, with dark spots on a pale coat, rounded ears and a back that slopes down toward the rump.

• Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer

  The Cape Sugarbird is a nectar-feeding bird of South Africa's fynbos. It visits protea flowers for nectar and insects and helps pollinate many proteas.

• Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis

  The Big Free-tailed Bat roosts in rock crevices and eats large moths. It has vertical grooves on its upper lip.

• White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps

  The White-crowned Lapwing has a white forehead and crown, gray face, brown back, and white underside. It walks along riversides looking for insects and other small invertebrates.

• Grant's Bushbaby Paragalago granti

  Grant's bushbaby is a small nocturnal primate of southeastern African forests. It rests in tree holes by day and becomes active at night.

• Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis

  A nocturnal nightbird with large eyes and a very wide gape. It stays still on a branch by day and catches flying prey at night.

• Grant's Golden Mole Eremitalpa granti

  This small golden mole has no visible tail, and its eyes are covered by skin. It moves through dunes and searches for food at night.

• Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae

  This warbler occurs in western Cuba and on the Isle of Pines and nearby islands. Its gray body and yellow hood are distinctive, and it searches for food in lower and middle forest layers.

• Speke's Gazelle Gazella spekei

  Speke's gazelle is a small gazelle with a black stripe and pale band along its flank. On Somalia's semi-desert plateaus, it responds to danger by leaping high with an arched back.