Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-and-rufous sengi Rhynchocyon petersi

  

  This small mammal probes leaf litter with its long snout and eats insects. Its reddish and black fur and white eye-rings are striking.

• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

  

  A wader with an upturned bill and orange legs. It breeds across northern Eurasia and moves to coastal areas of Africa and southern Asia outside the breeding season.

• Lowland Yellow-toothed Cavy Galea leucoblephara

  

  This cavy occurs in southern South America. Argentina's National Parks biodiversity profile describes its dark, black-speckled back and pale eye rings, as well as a diurnal, ground-dwelling, group-living life in shallow burrows.

• Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster

  

  This waterbird swims with its long neck above the surface and spears fish underwater with its bill. After leaving the water, it perches on rocks or other supports and spreads its wings to dry.

• Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius

  

  The meadow jumping mouse is a small rodent with long hind feet and a long tail. It favors moist grassland and wetland edges, eats seeds, fruit, and insects, and hibernates in winter.

• Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea

  

  The Golden-bellied Gerygone is a small bird with a gray-brown back and yellow underparts. It occurs in many tree-filled places, including cities, across parts of Southeast Asia.

• Pretty-faced Wallaby Notamacropus parryi

  The pretty-faced wallaby is marked by a white cheek stripe and a very long tail. It lives in groups in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia.

• Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus

  This woodswallow ranges from India through Indochina to coastal China and often perches in open areas.

• Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat Natalus macrourus

  This bat occurs south of the Amazon in South America, from dry Caatinga and Cerrado to humid forests. It is known to roost in caves, but species-specific diet information is limited.

• Philippine Leafbird Chloropsis flavipennis

  A bright green bird of lowland forest canopy and edges, the Philippine Leafbird is endemic to the Philippines. BirdLife reports recent confirmed records from Mindanao and Samar, while older records include two other islands.

• Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii

  A large toothed whale of cold, deep waters in the Southern Hemisphere. It can be difficult to distinguish from similar species, and aspects of its diet and natural history remain poorly known.

• Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis

  The Black Eagle is a large, dark eagle with broad wings that uses forested hills and mountains. A historical observation in Sri Lanka described it gliding slowly over wooded slopes and into ravines while searching for prey.

• Big-headed Mole Rat Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

  The big-headed mole rat is a large rodent of Ethiopia's high-altitude grasslands. It is active by day and digs underground burrows.

• Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri

  A gray, ground-dwelling bird with long legs and tail, it often runs while searching for food.

• Buffy-headed Marmoset Callithrix flaviceps

  The Buffy-headed Marmoset is a small monkey with white tufts flaring from the sides of its head. It lives in southeastern Brazil and feeds on tree gum and other foods.

• La Perouse's Megapode Megapodius laperouse

  La Perouse's Megapode is a megapode of the Mariana Islands that lives on the forest floor. Its grey head, red facial skin, and yellow legs are distinctive.

• Brown fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus

  A fur seal with separate subspecies in southern Africa and southern Australia. It lives at sea and comes ashore to breed.

• Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius

  It lives in rocky mountain grassland and searches the ground for insects and other small invertebrates. The male has bold facial and chest markings.

• White-browed Titi Monkey Plecturocebus discolor

  This white-browed titi is reported from southern Colombia through Ecuador to Peru. It has a white band across the forehead.

• Speckle-chested Piculet Picumnus steindachneri

  White spots mark this small woodpecker’s black breast, and black bars cross its white belly. It lives in the mountain forests of northwestern Peru and searches for food among shrubs and vines.

• Banded Palm Civet Hemigalus derbyanus

  The banded palm civet is a civet with dark bands across its back and stripes on its face. It is recorded in forests on Borneo and searches for food on the ground at night.

• Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii

  This small toucanet lives in Amazonian forest canopy and foothill forest. Males have a golden collar against green and black plumage, while females are chestnut on the head and underparts.

• Congo Rope Squirrel Funisciurus congicus

  This diurnal squirrel of central and southern Africa is marked by a broad pale stripe along each side.

• Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus

  The Yellow-billed Oxpecker occurs in savannas with large mammals. In the southern African accounts, hosts bearing ticks are described as essential to its presence.