Meet the world’s animals.

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• Peleng Tarsier Tarsius pelengensis

  

  The Peleng tarsier is a primate found on Peleng Island, Indonesia. Field work from 2016 to 2018 recorded individuals traveling alone or in groups and using several trees as sleeping sites.

• California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica

  

  This small gray bird often moves its long, narrow black tail. It lives in scrubby dry habitats from southern California to Baja California, Mexico.

• Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus schreibersii

  

  Recent DNA studies split the former broad complex. Miniopterus schreibersii is now treated as a species of Europe, North Africa, and part of the Near East; former sub-Saharan African, East Asian, and Australian populations are separate species.

• Uluguru Bushshrike Malaconotus alius

  

  This bushshrike lives in forest in Tanzania's Uluguru Mountains. Its green and yellow body contrasts with a black head.

• Northern Bettong Bettongia tropica

  

  The northern bettong is a nocturnal marsupial of northeastern Queensland forests. It feeds heavily on underground fungi in the wet season and also uses grass tubers in drier periods.

• Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis

  

  This bird searches for insects on the ground and in low vegetation. This entry describes the lashmari subspecies on Kangaroo Island.

• Pampas cat Leopardus pajeros

  The Pampas cat is a felid found in South America. Reports describe regional differences in coat color and activity times.

• Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

  A winter visitor to Japan that gathers in flocks to eat berries.

• Peyrieras's Woolly Lemur Avahi peyrierasi

  Peyrieras’s woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur of southeastern Madagascar’s forests. Its back is gray-brown, its underside is white, and its tail is reddish brown. It is arboreal and feeds mainly on leaves.

• New Zealand Rockwren Xenicus gilviventris

  The New Zealand Rockwren is a small ground-feeding bird of the South Island mountains, living above the bush line throughout its life.

• Dusky Bushbaby Galago matschiei

  Matschie's galago is a nocturnal primate of montane forests east of Lake Albert in central Africa. It is arboreal.

• Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis

  The Crested Bellbird is a mainland Australian bird whose male stands out for its raised black crest and black breast. It searches for small prey and seeds on the ground and in low shrubs.

• Greater White-toothed Shrew Crocidura russula

  The Greater White-toothed Shrew occurs throughout mainland Portugal. Its back changes from gray in winter to reddish brown in summer. It uses open places, shrub-rich woodland edges, gardens and farmland, and is mostly nocturnal but also active by day.

• Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides

  Savi's Warbler is a plain brown bird of reedbeds with a loud, insect-like buzzing song. In the UK it breeds at a small number of wetland sites.

• Thomson's gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii

  An African grassland gazelle with a bold dark stripe along each side.

• Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea

  Males are grey with long white eyebrow and moustache-like stripes, chestnut ear patches, and white underparts. They launch from high perches to catch flying insects.

• Heart-nosed Bat Cardioderma cor

  The heart-nosed bat has a heart-shaped nose leaf and large eyes. It leaves its roost around dusk and catches insects from a low perch.

• Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus

  This tinamou has reddish-brown plumage. In the eastern Andes of Peru it uses the undergrowth of humid montane forest and is reported to eat mainly seeds.

• Arabian Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma cystops

  This long-tailed bat has also been recorded in southwestern Algeria. About half of its tail lies within the narrow membrane between the hind legs. A survey there found groups in rocky cavities and a cave.

• Blue-grey Robin Peneothello cyanus

  A blue-grey robin of New Guinea's mountains, it searches for insects low in forest and secondary growth.

• Chestnut African Climbing Mouse Dendromus mystacalis

  The chestnut African climbing mouse lives in savannas south of the Sahara and climbs tall grasses with its tail.

• Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus

  The Ancient Murrelet is a North Pacific seabird. Its breeding range extends from the Sea of Japan to the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, where it nests in burrows on islands.

• Gray-legged Night Monkey Aotus griseimembra

  This nocturnal monkey has large eyes and gray-brown fur. In the wild it lives in rainforest from northern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela and eats fruit, nectar, and insects.

• Tylas Vanga Tylas eduardi

  This vanga is endemic to Madagascar. The widely distributed eastern form has a black hood; a western form with a black crown and white chin and throat has also been reported. Western records are sparse, and the forms' geographic status and possible seasonal movement remain unresolved.