Meet the world’s animals.

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• Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi

  

  The Flamecrest is endemic to Taiwan's mountains, where it searches conifer foliage for small insects.

• 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.

• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus

  This woodpecker is recorded in Yunnan and nearby areas. It has black-and-white barring; males have a red crown while females have a black crown.

• Ruddy Mongoose Urva smithii

  The ruddy mongoose is found in India and is marked by a dark, reddish coat and a black tail tip. It favors forests and is most active around dawn and dusk.

• Bahia Tapaculo Eleoscytalopus psychopompus

  The Bahia Tapaculo occurs in lowland Atlantic Forest along the coast of Bahia, Brazil. In the coastal birds examined in the study, the flanks are rufous and the thighs bluish.

• Lowland Streaked Tenrec Hemicentetes semispinosus

  The lowland streaked tenrec is a small mammal with striking yellow-and-black quills and stripes. It lives in eastern Madagascar’s lowland rainforests.

• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis

  The Rufous-faced Warbler is a small bird of forests from the eastern Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It quietly searches for insects in the middle and lower canopy.

• Robust Golden Mole Amblysomus robustus

  The robust golden mole digs through soil and eats insects and earthworms. Its eyes and ears are hidden by fur.

• Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris

  The Beach Stone-curlew is a large shorebird that walks beaches and estuaries with a heavy bill.

• African crested porcupine Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata

  A rodent with defensive quills and a crest over the head and neck.

• Crozet Shag Leucocarbo melanogenis

  The Crozet Shag occurs on the Crozet Islands, the Prince Edward Islands, and Marion Island. It forms small breeding colonies on coastal cliffs and pursues fish underwater.

• Common Echymipera Echymipera kalubu

  This marsupial lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. It probes the ground with its long snout, is active at night, and eats fruits and small animals.

• Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni

  Zeledon's Antbird inhabits humid forest from Nicaragua through Panama to western Colombia and western Ecuador. Males are black, females are brown, and the species forages low in the forest.

• Large-eared Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis

  The large-eared pika lives among rocky high mountains in Central Asia. Its large ears and thick fur stand out, and it is active during the day.

• Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus

  The Lesser Blue-eared Starling has glossy blue-green plumage and violet-blue areas on the flanks and belly. It searches in trees and on the ground for fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Binturong Arctictis binturong

  A civet relative of South and Southeast Asian forests, with long black fur and a long grasping tail.

• Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni

  Jackson’s Hornbill is a black-and-white hornbill of dry East African savannas. Males and females differ in the colour and size of their bills.

• Masoala Woolly Lemur Avahi mooreorum

  The Masoala woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur known from northeastern Madagascar. Its mottled back and reddish-brown tail are distinctive.

• Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula

  This duck stays year-round in wetlands of North America. Its brown plumage includes a blue iridescent wing patch, and males have bright yellow bills.

• Garnett's Greater Galago Otolemur garnettii

  Garnett's greater galago is a small nocturnal primate of East African forests. It has short ears and a thick, bushy tail longer than its body. It moves through the middle and upper canopy and eats fruit and insects.

• Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus

  This small babbler inhabits moist evergreen forest in the eastern Himalayas. It searches for insects in dense undergrowth in steep gullies and occurs from eastern Nepal through Bhutan to northeastern India.

• Little Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma trinitatum

  A 2020 revision treated C. gorgasi, formerly included in C. trinitatum, as a separate species. In the revised C. trinitatum sample, facial stripes appeared in all specimens and a median dorsal stripe in 111 of 113; a separate Peru study recorded the bat in a forest-agriculture landscape.

• White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum

  This large laughingthrush lives in Taiwan's central mountains, using scrub, bamboo and forest edges. Winter records occur at lower elevations.

• Thomas's Naked-backed Bat Pteronotus (Pteronotus) fulvus

  This bat is recorded from Mexico south to Honduras. It uses lowland tropical dry forest and roosts in hot caves.