Meet the world’s animals.

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• Argentine Plains Viscacha Lagostomus maximus

  

  This large rodent is marked by a striking black-and-white face. It builds extensive communal burrow systems in grasslands and dry scrub.

• 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.

• 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.

• Hooded Berryeater Carpornis cucullata

  

  The Hooded Berryeater lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Males have a black hood extending onto the chest and upper back, above vivid yellow underparts. A southern study recorded fruit feeding throughout the year.

• Peruvian Spider Monkey Ateles chamek

  

  The Peruvian spider monkey uses its prehensile tail to move among tall trees in Amazonian forests. The Japanese name is listed by the Japan Monkey Centre.

• Lilac-tailed Parrotlet Touit batavicus

  

  This small parrot occurs in northern South America and Trinidad. Its yellow forehead and short lilac tail are distinctive, and it feeds on plant foods in forest canopies.

• Brown Hyena Parahyaena brunnea

  A hyena of southern Africa's dry regions that is mostly active at night.

• Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax

  The Little Bustard lives in dry grassland and pasture. During the breeding season, a male courts a female with stamping and leaps.

• Mexican Agouti Dasyprocta mexicana

  The Mexican agouti is a rodent of southern Mexican forests whose activity period varies by place.

• Papuan Sittella Daphoenositta papuensis

  The Papuan Sittella occurs on New Guinea, where species accounts record it in forest and semi-open habitats. It feeds on invertebrates.

• Eastern quoll Dasyurus viverrinus

  A spotted marsupial that searches for insects and other food at night.

• Loria's Satinbird Cnemophilus loriae

  Loria's Satinbird lives in the canopy of montane forest. Males are black while females are olive-toned, and a male's far-carrying whistle can be heard from a perch.

• Hector's dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori

  A small coastal dolphin found around New Zealand, with a rounded dorsal fin.

• Christmas Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi

  The Christmas Frigatebird is a large seabird that breeds on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. During the breeding season, the male inflates a red throat pouch.

• Dune Tuco-tuco Ctenomys australis

  The dune tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of coastal dunes in Argentina. Animals on the dunes have been reported to have light blond fur.

• Schwartz's Antthrush Chamaeza turdina

  Willis's paper treats the Colombian and Venezuelan population as Chamaeza turdina. Its appearance is described for that population, while a separate species account records ground-foraging for invertebrates in forest.

• Toque Macaque Macaca sinica

  A macaque endemic to Sri Lanka; the shape of its crown tuft varies by region.

• White-rimmed Brush Finch Atlapetes leucopis

  This bird lives in humid mountain forest in Colombia and Ecuador. Adults have a chestnut crown and a conspicuous white eye-ring extending behind the eye.

• Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel Callospermophilus saturatus

  This ground squirrel lives in the Cascade Mountains. It has a white-striped back and russet shoulders, and the current taxonomy places it in Callospermophilus.

• Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata

  The Great Blue Turaco is a large bird with blue feathers and a red-and-yellow bill. It moves deftly through rainforest canopy and occurs in Central and West Africa.

• Chacoan Mara Pediolagus salinicola

  A large rodent of the Chaco, it occurs in Paraguay, southern Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina, in dry scrub and woodland.

• Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis

  This vivid green bird feeds on fruit in the lower levels of dense forest. It is resident, though it may move with seasonal fruiting.

• Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata

  The Indian Pangolin has an elongated body covered with scales. It feeds on ants and termites, and the studbook describes it as mainly nocturnal and ground-dwelling.

• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus

  This large cuckoo occurs from East Asia into Southeast Asia. The sexes have different plumage; it eats fruit and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.