Meet the world’s animals.

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• Niemitz's Tarsier Tarsius niemitzi

  

  This tarsier occurs on the Togean Islands off Central Sulawesi. It was described as a distinct species in 2019, and a characteristic duet call made by a male and female is reported.

• Lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor

  

  A small flamingo with a long curved neck and slender pink legs, gathering on saline lakes and similar wetlands.

• Brumback's Night Monkey Aotus brumbacki

  

  Brumback’s night monkey is a nocturnal primate described as endemic to Colombia’s Llanos. It sleeps in cavities in both living and dead trees.

• Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata

  

  The Whiskered Treeswift is a forest-dwelling treeswift with long, whisker-like white feathers and a long tail. Males and females differ in ear-patch color.

• Emin’s Tateril Taterillus emini

  

  This is a gerbil species with a long tail. In Ethiopia it has been recorded in dry lowland savanna.

• Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

  

  The Little Black Cormorant is slim and black, with a green sheen on its back. It dives to catch fish and other prey.

• Mexican Agouti Dasyprocta mexicana

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

• Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii

  The Rufous Motmot is a forest bird with a rufous head and chest and a blue-green belly. The shape of its tail tip differs between subspecies.

• Baturite Porcupine Coendou baturitensis

  This porcupine is recorded from Ceará in northeastern Brazil. Its back has white-and-brown spines. A nighttime thermal-drone survey recorded it in an Atlantic Forest fragment at Mulungu within the Caatinga.

• Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus

  With a black head and broad white cheek patch, this bird searches near the ground for insects in wet habitats of eastern Australia.

• Common Mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus

  The common mole-rat has a cylindrical body, small eyes, and a white spot on the head. It digs underground tunnels and lives in groups centered on a breeding pair.

• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus

  A wetland bird that walks on floating plants with long toes; its central tail feathers grow long in breeding plumage.

• Greater Hedgehog Tenrec Setifer setosus

  The greater hedgehog tenrec is a small mammal from Madagascar with short spines on its back. It is active at night and searches for invertebrates on the ground and in trees.

• Fulvous Shrike-Tanager Lanio fulvus

  A tanager of humid lowland forests in northern Amazonia. It acts as a sentinel near the center of mixed-species flocks and catches insects flushed by other birds.

• Alpaca Vicugna pacos

  A domestic camelid raised for its fiber in the Andean highlands. It lives in herds and has many coat colors.

• Morningbird Pachycephala tenebrosa

  This bird lives in the lowland moist forests of Palau. Males are olive-brown with a darker head and chest; females are duller brown. It uses the forest floor and understory.

• Lesser False Vampire Bat Megaderma spasma

  The lesser false vampire bat is a forest bat with a large noseleaf and large ears. It is nocturnal and eats insects and small animals, but does not drink blood.

• Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius

  The Pennant-winged Nightjar has a breeding male with long pennant-like feathers and catches insects in the air.

• Javan Porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica

  This porcupine lives on Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and nearby islands. Its back and sides look dark and speckled, while species-specific natural-history records remain limited.

• Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum

  The Vulturine Guineafowl is a large bird of eastern Africa's dry grasslands and scrub. It walks on the ground in groups and is striking for its blue head and long black plumes.

• Sinaloan Mastiff Bat Molossus sinaloae

  The Sinaloan mastiff bat has dark brown fur above and paler brown fur below. It hunts moths, beetles, and other insects in flight at night.

• Chestnut-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos castaneus

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in temperate forest in central and southern Chile. Its chestnut plumage and large feet are distinctive.

• Vaquita Phocoena sinus

  The vaquita is a small porpoise found only in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. Its rounded head and dark eye and lip patches help identify it.

• Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianquanensis

  The Sichuan Treecreeper is associated with old fir forest in the mountains of Sichuan. It has a long tail and very short bill, and forages on fir trunks.