Meet the world’s animals.

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• Demidoff's Dwarf Galago Galagoides demidoff

  

  This small galago has a white stripe from between the eyes down the nose. It moves among branches at night and rests in a leaf nest by day.

• Giant Nuthatch Sitta magna

  

  The Giant Nuthatch is notable for a broad black eyestripe and rufous feathers under the tail. It occurs in southern China, Myanmar, and northwestern Thailand, using open hill forest with mature pines.

• Milne-Edwards' Potto Perodicticus edwardsi

  

  Milne-Edwards' potto is a nocturnal primate of West and Central African forests. It moves slowly along branches and eats fruits, gum, and other foods that vary by season.

• Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor

  

  A parrotbill of the highlands around the Himalayas. Its stout yellow bill and arched black eyebrow help identify it.

• Bushy-tailed Mongoose Bdeogale crassicauda

  

  The bushy-tailed mongoose has a short muzzle and a bushy tail. It is active alone at night and feeds mainly on insects.

• Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea

  

  The Violet-backed Hyliota searches leaf undersides for small prey. A Rwanda survey recorded it in canopy foliage below 2,000 m.

• Kit fox Vulpes macrotis

  A small fox of dry grasslands and deserts in the American Southwest. Its large ears are easy to recognize.

• Copperback Quail-thrush Cinclosoma clarum

  The Copperback Quail-thrush is a ground-dwelling bird of dry scrub in southern Australia. It was separated from the western population of a species once treated as a single Chestnut Quail-thrush.

• Pied Tamarin Saguinus bicolor

  The pied tamarin is an arboreal monkey from around Manaus in Amazonas, Brazil. It is active by day and has conspicuous white shoulders and chest.

• Baudin's Black Cockatoo Zanda baudinii

  Baudin’s black-cockatoo is a dark cockatoo from south-western Western Australia, with white cheek patches and white panels on its tail. It uses a long, slender bill to remove seeds from eucalypts.

• White-bellied Akodont Akodon (Akodon) albiventer

  The white-bellied akodont is a small rodent of the Andean highlands. Its grizzled-grey back contrasts with a white belly, and most records come from 3,000–4,500 m.

• 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.

• Green Acouchi Myoprocta pratti

  This rodent has an olive-colored back, a pale orange underside, and slender legs. It is active by day and uses trails through forest undergrowth.

• Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis

  The southern form lives on lakes in Argentina and Chile, eating small aquatic animals.

• Antafia Sportive Lemur Lepilemur aeeclis

  Lepilemur aeeclis occurs in northwestern Madagascar. A forest survey in the Antrema protected area reported this mainly leaf-eating lemur more often in closed-canopy forest and less often in shrub, dune, and wooded agricultural sites.

• Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei

  Savile's Bustards live in dry Sahel scrub and open woodland. Males have a rufous tuft at the nape.

• Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens

  The species has been recorded in forests in northeastern Australia. A 2025 study examined fur from one young male collected on the Atherton Tablelands, and a camera survey reported in 2026 recorded the species in reference forest and restored corridors.

• 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.

• Large-spotted Civet Viverra megaspila

  The large-spotted civet is a large civet recorded in scrub near wetlands and waterways in Thailand. Large dark spots mark its flanks, and pale rings cross its tail.

• Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena

  The Rufous-cheeked Nightjar lives in dry country and catches flying insects at dusk. Its back is finely marked, and adult males have white tips on the outer tail feathers.

• Bonobo Pan paniscus

  An ape living in forests south of the Congo River whose groups gather or split as food availability changes.

• Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer

  This small mountain bird has an almost absent tail and rounded wings. Nest observations in Sikkim found globular nests made mainly of moss and rootlets.

• Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus

  This small rat-kangaroo has a long, narrow muzzle and gray to chestnut fur on its back. It lives where forest-floor cover is dense.

• Large Wren-Babbler Turdinus macrodactylus

  This large babbler forages close to the forest floor in Southeast Asia. It has a streaked brown back and a white throat and upper breast bordered by a dark band, absent in the Javan subspecies.