Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chinese pangolin Manis pentadactyla

  

  A pangolin covered in overlapping scales that digs burrows in the ground.

• Monteiro's Bushshrike Malaconotus monteiri

  

  This bushshrike is documented in north-western Angola. Reports from Mount Cameroon are considered unconfirmed, so the range here stays with the confirmed Angolan records.

• Australian Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus nudicaudatus

  

  This cuscus occurs in Cape York, Australia. It spends time in the canopy and has been seen wrapping palm fronds around its body to hide its fur.

• Alaska Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis

  

  Breeding males show bright yellow underparts and patterned heads. The wagtail searches for insects close to the ground in wet, open habitats.

• Merriam's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami

  

  Merriam's kangaroo rat is a rodent that is active at night in dry country. Its strong hind legs and long, tufted tail help it move in hops.

• Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris

  

  The Samoan Flycatcher is restricted to Samoa. It is found in open forest, forest edges, village gardens, and mangrove edges, where it makes short sallies to catch insects in the air.

• Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur Lepilemur sahamalaza

  The Sahamalaza sportive lemur is nocturnal and restricted to the Sahamalaza Peninsula in northwestern Madagascar.

• Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus

  This small leaf-warbler inhabits montane forests of the Albertine Rift. It is recorded in high forest and bamboo, and is described as sedentary.

• Gray-faced Sengi Rhynchocyon udzungwensis

  This large sengi is recorded in two forest blocks in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. Its face is grizzled gray, and it lives in moist evergreen montane forest. It makes ground nests lined with leaves.

• King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa

  The King Vulture is a large scavenger of tropical lowland forests in Central and South America. It may wait for other birds to open a carcass.

• Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis

  The rough-toothed dolphin lives widely in deep ocean waters from tropical to warmer temperate regions. Its long rostrum and large fins stand out, and it feeds on fish and squid.

• Cook's Swift Apus cooki

  Cook's Swift has long, sickle-shaped wings and a tail that closes to a needle-like point. It flies high over mountains, woodland, towns, and coasts, catching insects in the air.

• Southern Highland Yellow-toothed Cavy Galea comes

  This cavy is known from the southern Bolivian and northern Argentine Andes. Its back is mottled olive, brown, and tan, while its underside mixes yellow and white. At one Bolivian valley site, a colony was observed foraging by day near burrows.

• Atlantic Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus swainsoni

  The Atlantic Royal Flycatcher occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It usually keeps its crest flat, but the crest has different colors in males and females when raised.

• Greater Blind Mole Rat Spalax microphthalmus

  This subterranean rodent has small eyes covered by a skin membrane and digs with its front teeth. It makes underground passages and food stores, and eats plant parts from below the ground.

• Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi

  This plover-like bird lives in the high Andes. Its back is reddish brown, and the pale rufous underparts have fine, scalloped markings.

• Gursky's Spectral Tarsier Tarsius spectrumgurskyae

  This small nocturnal primate occurs on the northern peninsula of Sulawesi. It has a long black tail pencil and lives in forests, mangroves, and forest gardens. It is active at night and feeds on live prey, mainly insects.

• Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus

  Adult plumage differs between the sexes. This elusive quail lives on the floor of humid forest, usually in pairs or small groups.

• Collins' Squirrel Monkey Saimiri collinsi

  Collins' squirrel monkey occurs in the eastern Brazilian Amazon and is omnivorous. It often uses the middle and lower forest strata and sometimes descends to the ground to feed on insects.

• Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis

  The Bat Falcon hunts in forests and at forest edges in Central and South America. Despite its name, it eats bats but mainly preys on small birds and large insects.

• Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis

  A wolf found only in Ethiopia's highlands, with a bright reddish coat and long legs.

• Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla

  The male has a yellow head and olive back. It lives in the lower growth of Andean forest and feeds on fruit.

• Antipodean fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri

  A fur seal breeding around New Zealand and nearby islands. It eats squid and small fish at sea.

• Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa

  The Greater Sooty Owl is a nocturnal forest owl recorded in eastern Australia and New Guinea. It hunts vertebrate prey in dense forest.