Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bornean Slow Loris Nycticebus borneanus

  

  Nycticebus borneanus is a slow loris of central and southern Borneo, in Indonesian Kalimantan. EAZA material records an observation in dipterocarp forest in a protected forest area and describes its dark facial markings.

• Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus

  This small southern African coastal cormorant forages for benthic prey in inshore kelp beds.

• Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus

  This small rat-kangaroo has a long, narrow muzzle and gray to chestnut fur on its back. It lives where forest-floor cover is dense.

• Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax

  This 16–18 cm fantail uses lowland forest undergrowth and wet grasslands. It is active by day and eats invertebrates.

• Hooded seal Cystophora cristata

  A seal of the cold North Atlantic and Arctic waters, the mature male can inflate a pouch on its nose.

• Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida

  The Campbell Albatross feeds on fish, squid, and crustaceans in southern New Zealand waters. It breeds only on Campbell Island and a nearby islet.

• Crowned lemur Eulemur coronatus

  A lemur of northern Madagascar, recognized by its orange crown-like forehead marking. It is active mainly by day and lives in groups that travel through trees.

• African Darter Anhinga rufa

  This diving waterbird catches fish. In South Africa, the subspecies present swims with only its long neck and head above the water.

• Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat Chilonatalus micropus

  The Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat is a small bat with pale yellow-brown fur. It is recorded on Caribbean islands and Colombian islands, where it roosts in humid caves.

• Olive-backed Tanager Mitrospingus oleagineus

  This tanager occurs in humid forests from Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil and searches foliage for small prey.

• Palawan Pangolin Manis culionensis

  The Palawan pangolin has pale yellowish-white scales across its back. A Palawan study found greater use of primary forest among the habitats assessed and reported foraging searches at termite and ant mounds.

• Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula

  The Tody Motmot is a small motmot found from Central America to northwestern Colombia. It lives in wet forest and often moves its tail from side to side.

• Thongaree's False-vampire Eudiscoderma thongareeae

  This rare bat is known from Bala Forest in southern Thailand. The original description was based on three specimens, and little is known about its natural history.

• White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris

  A small antbird of humid lowland forests from Central America into South America, feeding among low branches.

• Pileated Gibbon Hylobates pileatus

  The pileated gibbon occurs in forests of Thailand, Cambodia and southwestern Laos. Adult males and females have markedly different coat colors.

• Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea

  Males range from dark gray to gray-olive. The species occurs around humid forest edges and understory, and may move in search of seeding bamboo, though it is not an obligate bamboo specialist.

• Atlantic Forest Rhipidomys Rhipidomys mastacalis

  This small rodent has a head-and-body length of 125–155 mm. It is arboreal and nocturnal, and has been recorded in Brazil's eastern Atlantic Forest.

• Chatham Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis

  The Chatham Island Oystercatcher is a black-and-white shorebird found only on the Chatham Islands. Pairs defend coastal territories throughout the year.

• Jameson's Red Rock Hare Pronolagus randensis

  A hare of rocky outcrops, with a white patch at the neck and a black tail tip. It rests among rocks by day and feeds on nearby grass at night.

• Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus

  A white seabird with a red bill; adults have conspicuously long tail streamers.

• Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza coquereli

  This nocturnal lemur has large eyes and a long rusty tail. It moves through trees to forage in western Madagascar’s dry forests.

• Cardinal Honeyeater Myzomela cardinalis

  A National Park of American Samoa guide records this bird on Tutuila, American Samoa, but not on the Manuʻa Islands. Adult males have red bodies with black wings and tails; females are grayish with a red rump. The guide describes it visiting flowers for nectar.

• Long-footed Tree Shrew Tupaia longipes

  The long-footed tree shrew is a small mammal of Borneo's forests. It moves quickly over leaf litter while searching for small prey.

• Brown-banded Puffbird Notharchus ordii

  It is black and white, with a dark brown-black band between the white throat and belly. It is patchily distributed in Amazonian lowlands and is described as generally rare in forest on poor soils such as sandy patches.