Meet the world’s animals.

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• Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis

  

  Jerdon's Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of southern India and Sri Lanka that catches insects in flight.

• Maxwell’s Duiker Philantomba maxwellii

  Maxwell’s duiker is a small antelope of West African forests and wooded patches in savannah. It stays close to cover and feeds on leaves and fruit.

• Madagascan Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis

  This small ground bird resembles a quail, and females are more colorful than males. The male incubates the eggs and cares for the chicks.

• Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii

  An ape of northern Sumatra that moves through trees using its long arms.

• Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani

  It lives in East African savannas and dry forests and eats both plant matter and small invertebrates.

• Robust Golden Mole Amblysomus robustus

  The robust golden mole digs through soil and eats insects and earthworms. Its eyes and ears are hidden by fur.

• Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus

  The Crowned Sandgrouse lives in dry areas from the Sahara into western Asia. It visits water in flocks, and the adult male has a rufous crown and a black facial band.

• Milne-Edwards' Potto Perodicticus edwardsi

  Milne-Edwards' potto is a nocturnal primate of West and Central African forests. It moves slowly along branches and eats fruits, gum, and other foods that vary by season.

• Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae

  This small bird lives in moist lowland forest in West and Central Africa. It is also recorded at forest edges and clearings, in gardens, and on plantations.

• Palawan Tree Shrew Tupaia palawanensis

  This treeshrew occurs around Palawan. Its ochre back has a dark central stripe, and its species-specific diet has not been studied.

• Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta

  This brood-parasitic whydah ranges from Upper and Lower Guinea through northeastern Zaire, now northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Payne (1991) links its distribution with the Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) and reports song phrases by a captive male that matched the host’s songs and calls.

• Lemur-like Ringtail Hemibelideus lemuroides

  The lemuroid ringtail possum is a marsupial of northeastern Queensland's rainforests. Its dark brown coat and pale rings around the eyes are easy to notice.

• Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

  A mountain-breeding pipit whose gray head and pale pink chest stand out in breeding plumage.

• Spix's Night Monkey Aotus vociferans

  Spix's night monkey is active at night. A feeding study in Peruvian river basins found fruit to be its main recorded food, with flowers and nectar also used.

• Siberian crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus

  Adults are mainly white with a red face. Black outer wing feathers become conspicuous in flight.

• Reeves's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi

  A small deer whose males have short antlers and long upper canine teeth.

• Grey-collared Oriole Oriolus forsteni

  The Grey-collared Oriole is endemic to Seram in Indonesia’s southern Moluccan Islands. It uses primary forest from lowlands to mountains, foraging from the canopy to the middle storey.

• Indian Brown Mongoose Urva fusca

  The Indian brown mongoose is a dark-brown mongoose found in the Western Ghats and parts of Sri Lanka.

• Sooty Falcon Falco concolor

  The Sooty Falcon has long, narrow wings. After breeding, it migrates across eastern Africa to Madagascar for the southern summer.

• Black-lipped Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) curzoniae

  This small pika lives in high grasslands and steppes of the Tibetan Plateau and has no obvious visible tail. Meadow populations are known to gather and store plants.

• Pilbara Grasswren Amytornis whitei

  This long-tailed bird lives in the Pilbara of Western Australia. It runs among large spinifex clumps in dry, open country.

• 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.

• Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens

  This widowbird inhabits grasslands and other open areas south of the Sahara. The breeding male is striking, with a black body, red collar, and elongated tail feathers.

• Western Tarsier Cephalopachus bancanus

  The western tarsier is a small primate that spends the night in trees. It has large eyes and leaps between branches to catch insects and other small animals.