List of animals new to science
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For details of mammal species discovered in the 21st Century see new mammal species.

Mammals

• Arunachal Macaque (India), an Old World monkey
• Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Australia), a short-faced dolphin
• Balaenoptera omurai (Japan?), a new species of baleen whale
• Bernhardi Monkey (Brazil), a New World monkey
• Dingiso (New Guinea), a tree kangaroo
• Giant Muntjac (Vietnam), a relative of deer
• Highland Mangabey (Tanzania), an Old World monkey
• Laotian Rock Rat (Laos), a rodent related to porcupines
• Leaf Deer (Mynammar), a relative of deer
• Leaf Muntjac (Vietnam), a relative of deer
• Manticore Marmoset (Brazil), a small New World monkey
• Microcebus lehilahytsara (Madagascar), a mouse lemur
• Mirza zaza (Madagascar), a new lemur
• Panay Cloudrunner (Philippines), a squirrel-like rodent
• Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset (Brazil), a New World monkey
• Saola (Vietnam), a jungle antelope
• Sumatran Striped Rabbit (Sumatra, Laos, Vietnam)
• Truong Son Muntjac (Vietnam), a relative of deer

Birds

Bird species new to science

• Calayan Rail (Philippines), a jungle ground-dwelling bird
• Jocotoco Antpitta (Ecuador), a songbird
• Sangha Forest Robin (Central African Republic), a songbird
• Wangi Wangi White-Eye (Sulawesi)

Reptiles

• Mary River Turtle (Australia)
• Sphaerodactylus ariasae (Caribbean)

Fish

• Axelrod (New Guinea), a coral reef fish

Invertebrates

• Causey's Cave Millipede (United States)
• Granrojo (East Pacific Rim), a red jellyfish
• Symbion pandora, a new phylum of animal from 1995
• Youngsteadts' Cave Millipede (United States)

Fossil Species

• Buitreraptor, a new dinosaur species (Argentina)
• Striegeli, a fossil amphibian (United States)
• Vetustovermis planus, a new Cambrian animal (China)