Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-headed Berryeater Carpornis melanocephala

  

  The Black-headed Berryeater is a cotinga of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. A field report documented a male passing fruit to a female.

• Ursine Red Howler Alouatta arctoidea

  The ursine red howler has reddish-brown fur and a long, grasping tail. It spends its days in trees and feeds mainly on leaves, with fruits and flowers also in its diet.

• Ochre-bellied Boobook Ninox ochracea

  The Ochre-bellied Boobook lives around Sulawesi in Indonesia. It roosts in dense vegetation by day and hunts insects from the middle levels of trees.

• Botswanan Mole-rat Fukomys damarensis

  The Damara mole-rat forms underground colonies. A breeding pair is at the center, while other members share tasks such as digging tunnels, gathering food, and caring for young.

• Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga

  This triller occurs on Makira, in Vanuatu, and in New Caledonia. Males are dark brown-black with a white wing patch, while females are browner; it uses habitats from edges and scrub to forest.

• Intermediate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus affinis

  This horseshoe bat is recorded in southern China, including Xishuangbanna in Yunnan. The University of Bristol account describes caves as usual roosts and reports some individuals using tree hollows in tropical forest there.

• San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus

  The San Blas Jay lives along Mexico's southwestern Pacific coast and uses dry woodland and scrub. A study near Acapulco recorded year-round groups in the southern population.

• Peters's Fruit Bat Cynopterus luzoniensis

  Peters's fruit bat is a small fruit-eating bat. Its ears have pale edging along the front, and it is reported from the Philippines and Sulawesi.

• Stripe-headed Tanager Spindalis zena

  The Stripe-headed Tanager occurs on Caribbean islands and nearby regions, and males and females differ in plumage.

• Long-nosed Echymipera Echymipera rufescens

  This bandicoot has a long snout and a reddish rump. It occurs around New Guinea and on Australia's northeastern Cape York Peninsula.

• Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti

  The Dulit Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of a few Bornean mountain areas. Its cryptic colors blend with branches, and it nests on branches in Sarawak.

• Russian Desman Desmana moschata

  The Russian desman is a mole relative that lives by water. It has a flexible snout and fully webbed hind feet.

• Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris

  A mainly ground-dwelling bird native to Africa. Wild birds have dark grey plumage covered with small white spots.

• Annamite Striped Rabbit Nesolagus timminsi

  This rabbit inhabits Annamite rainforest, is nocturnal, and rests in burrows made by other animals.

• Australian Crake Porzana fluminea

  A crake that feeds on seeds and small invertebrates among the vegetation at wetland edges.

• Giant Ground Pangolin Smutsia gigantea

  The giant pangolin is the largest pangolin in Africa. It is nocturnal, terrestrial and associated with moist areas near water.

• Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli

  This sandgrouse feeds on seeds in dry grassland around the Kalahari. Flocks gather at waterholes, and adults carry water to chicks in their belly feathers.

• Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura monticola

  This bat has glossy brown fur and triangular ears. It hunts insects in tropical forests and roosts in caves or tree hollows.

• Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

  The Whiskered Auklet is a small seabird with a crest and white plumes that stand out in the breeding season.

• Humboldt's Night Monkey Aotus trivirgatus

  Humboldt's night monkey occurs in Venezuela and northern Brazil. It uses humid forests, including seasonally flooded forest, and eats fruits, nectar, and other foods.

• White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea

  The White-throated Treecreeper forages along tree trunks in the moist forests of southeastern Australia.

• Boodie Bettongia lesueur

  The boodie is a burrowing member of the kangaroo family that searches for plants and underground fungi.

• Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella

  The Siberian Accentor has yellow eyebrows and a yellow throat; it breeds in Russia and winters in northern China and the northern Korean Peninsula.

• Schneider's Marmoset Mico schneideri

  This marmoset is found in northern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The account places it in terra firme forest and the Amazonia–Cerrado transition between the Juruena and Teles Pires rivers.