Meet the world’s animals.

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• Kinabalu Squirrel Callosciurus baluensis

  

  This squirrel lives in the mountains of northern Borneo. It is active by day in trees, and its coat varies, often appearing reddish brown.

• Brown-breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus

  This East African barbet occurs in coastal and riverine woodland and savanna. It has a red cap and throat, a brown upper breast, and white lower parts.

• Brown Hyena Parahyaena brunnea

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

• Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis

  The Bengal Florican lives in grasslands and has strongly different adult male and female plumage.

• Manchurian Pika Ochotona (Pika) mantchurica

  This pika is found in northeastern China. Recent research models suitable habitat in nearby areas, but predicted areas are not the same as confirmed occupied sites.

• Sanderling Calidris alba

  A small shorebird that runs along the water’s edge, probing wet sand for tiny prey with a short black bill and black legs.

• Somali Bushbaby Galago gallarum

  This small nocturnal primate has a pale face, dark eye rings, black ears and tail, and a light buff back.

• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis

  The Yellow-throated Sandgrouse is marked by the male's yellow throat and eyebrow, framed by a dark neck band. In southern Africa, studies describe pairs nesting on the ground and using farmland.

• Juan Fernández Fur Seal Arctocephalus philippii

  The Juan Fernández fur seal lives on islands off Chile. It eats squid and fish and uses steep, rocky shores for resting and breeding.

• Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata

  The Madagascar Hoopoe searches for small prey on the ground in dry woodland and other open habitats on the island.

• Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris

  This dolphin has no beak and a rounded, bulging forehead. It uses coastal, muddy, brackish river mouths and deltas; river populations are also recorded.

• Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax

  The Cyprus Warbler is endemic to Cyprus. The male has dark plumage and pale facial markings, and part of the population migrates away from the island in autumn.

• Red Silky Anteater Cyclopes rufus

  This red silky anteater is one of the distinct silky anteater species recognized in modern taxonomic work. The specialist account confirms records in Brazil's western Amazon and says the southern range limit is unknown.

• Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis

  The Grey-crowned Babbler has a broad grey brow and rufous marks on the breast and wings. It forages in small groups, turning over leaves and stones with its bill.

• Red-collared Brown Lemur Eulemur collaris

  This lemur is notable for reddish-brown fur around its neck and orange-red eyes. Its tail is longer than its body and helps it balance as it moves through trees.

• Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata

  The Maroon-backed Accentor ranges from the eastern Himalayas to southern China. It has a dark gray head and chestnut wings and keeps to dense cover.

• Black Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysopygus

  The black lion tamarin is a small monkey of forests in São Paulo state, Brazil. Its mostly black coat has golden fur on the rump and at the base of the tail.

• White-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis malouinus

  This ground-dwelling bird has a white belly and fine barring above. It uses rocky slopes and wetlands above treeline and may descend in winter.

• 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.

• Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus

  It hides in dense coastal vegetation and sometimes runs across open clearings. Its loud song can reveal where it is.

• Nepalese Whiskered Myotis Myotis (Myotis) muricola

  This small bat is known from several parts of South and Southeast Asia. Genetic and morphological studies report substantial differences among regional populations and raise the possibility of a species complex.

• Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus

  The Chinese Grey Shrike is widespread in Northeast Asia and moves to southern China for the winter. Its large white wing slash differs from the wing pattern of the separate Giant Shrike.

• Wood's Slit-faced Bat Nycteris woodi

  Wood's slit-faced bat is a small bat of southern African woodland savannas. Its fur ranges from gray to reddish brown, and it roosts by day in places such as hollow trees and caves.

• Whitehead Mohoua albicilla

  This New Zealand endemic is naturally found on the North Island. It forages in the forest canopy while calling with its group. Some island and sanctuary populations were established by human translocation.