Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis

  

  The Blue-throated Roller is a West and Central African roller that catches flying insects on the wing. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a reddish-brown back and a pale blue throat.

• Silky Mole-rat Heliophobius argenteocinereus

  

  The silky mole-rat is a solitary rodent that digs underground burrows. In a Malawi study, its burrowing pattern changed as the soil hardened during the dry season.

• Banggai Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes harterti

  

  KOMIU, a local forest-care foundation, presents Hypsipetes harterti as the Banggai Golden Bulbul. Its profile lists forest and mixed plantations as habitat and gives a photo locality on Bakalan Island.

• Greater Mouse-deer Tragulus napu

  

  A small forest-dwelling animal with slender legs and reddish-brown fur, it is active at night and feeds on fallen fruit and young leaves.

• Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus

  

  Despite its English common name, the Madagascar Bee-eater occurs across Africa and Asia. The nominate subspecies found on Madagascar and nearby islands is mainly olive green.

• Japanese Dormouse Glirulus japonicus

  The Japanese dormouse lives in forests on Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. A dark stripe down its back and a bushy, flattened tail help identify it.

• Mouse-colored Tapaculo Scytalopus speluncae

  This small tapaculo lives in dense understory of mountain forest in southeastern Brazil. Its dark gray plumage is paler below, with a lighter center to the throat and breast.

• Brown Capuchin Cebus brunneus

  It has a long, thick coat, a pale yellowish-grey face and a V-shaped crown patch. It lives in forests in northern Venezuela.

• Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus

  This drongo is endemic to Sri Lanka and lacks the long bare-shafted tail rackets of the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo. One study observed nesting pairs removing foliage around their host tree.

• Pallas' Free-tailed Bat Molossus molossus

  Pallas's free-tailed bat is a medium-sized bat recorded in several habitats in Argentina. It roosts in groups in tree hollows and buildings and eats insects.

• New Zealand little penguin Eudyptula minor

  A small penguin of New Zealand coasts, with a blue-toned back and white underparts.

• Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata

  A mole of eastern North American wetlands and watersides that searches for prey with its star-shaped nose.

• 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.

• Northern Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys peguensis

  This small gymnure ranges across hills and mountains of Indochina. Records include forest-floor cover and sites beneath fallen logs.

• Seychelles Kestrel Falco araeus

  This small falcon lives on islands in the Seychelles. It hunts insects and small vertebrates, including skinks and geckos.

• Cape Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus capensis

  Its fur is dark brown above and light gray underneath. It has a horseshoe-shaped nose leaf used in echolocation and large ears.

• Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis

  This bird lives in broadleaf and pine forests on Hispaniola. The male has a black head with white stripes and a yellow underside. The female is mainly grayish-olive with darker streaks below.

• Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys salvini

  Salvin's spiny pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches and searches for seeds of woody plants. In the dry forests of Área de Conservación Guanacaste, it has also been reported caching seeds.

• Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer

  The Cape Sugarbird is a nectar-feeding bird of South Africa's fynbos. It visits protea flowers for nectar and insects and helps pollinate many proteas.

• Six-banded armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus

  An armadillo of South American savannas that digs its own burrows with strong claws.

• Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus

  This nocturnal bird has a long tail and mottled plumage. It stays still on a branch by day and catches flying insects at night.

• Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose Galidictis fasciata

  The broad-striped Malagasy mongoose lives in forests of eastern Madagascar. It is mainly active on the ground at night.

• Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus

  Olive upperparts, a yellow rump, black tail, and white throat mark this flycatcher. Males have a hidden yellow crown patch. It searches for insects low in forest.