Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Andean Porcupine Coendou quichua

  This porcupine has a generally brown-looking back with pale quill tips giving it a frosted appearance. In Ecuador, its records are mainly from Andean forests at high elevations.

• Tanahjampea Monarch Symposiachrus everetti

  The Tanahjampea Monarch is restricted to one Indonesian island and uses lowland forest, mangroves and moist shrubland.

• African White-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tricuspis

  The African white-bellied pangolin is a tree-climbing pangolin of Central African rainforests. It feeds on ants and termites.

• Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus

  The Black-tailed Treecreeper hops up tree trunks while searching bark for invertebrates. It occurs in northern Australia, and the throat and chest pattern differs between the sexes.

• Giant Armadillo Priodontes maximus

  It is the largest living armadillo and digs burrows with its powerful front claws.

• Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

  A small, grayish warbler. In Britain, breeding birds head south in autumn while birds from central Europe arrive for winter.

• Obi Cuscus Phalanger rothschildi

  The Obi cuscus is an arboreal marsupial from islands in North Maluku. A survey around Obi recorded fruit in its diet and trees used as nesting sites.

• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus

  This swift-flying martin catches insects in the air. It is recorded as a migrant in Singapore.

• Guianan Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) aestuans

  A squirrel from the northeastern part of Amazonia, recorded in southern Venezuela, northern Brazil, and the Guianan region.

• New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis

  The New Zealand Kaka is a forest parrot that searches for food in trees.

• Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) megalotis

  The western harvest mouse is a small rodent of western North America, often recognized by a dark stripe along its back.

• Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica

  The Yellow-throated Warbler has a grey back and vivid yellow throat. It moves through the forest canopy, probing branches and pine needles for insects.

• Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) australis

  This bat catches insects while flying near the coast. It occurs in a narrow coastal strip of northeastern Queensland.

• Moluccan Scrubfowl Eulipoa wallacei

  The Moluccan Scrubfowl lives in forests of the Moluccan Islands. It gathers at communal nesting grounds at night and buries its eggs in sand or other loose ground.

• Narrow-striped Boky Mungotictis decemlineata

  The narrow-striped mongoose is a small mongoose of the dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar. Its gray-beige coat has dark stripes along the back and flanks. It often rests in tree holes on wet-season nights and in ground burrows in the dry season.

• Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii

  This small toucanet lives in Amazonian forest canopy and foothill forest. Males have a golden collar against green and black plumage, while females are chestnut on the head and underparts.

• Common silky anteater Cyclopes didactylus

  A small anteater that lives in trees and feeds mainly on ants.

• Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris

  A widespread reed warbler of sub-Saharan wetlands, it moves through reeds while feeding on insects and spiders.

• Pacific white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

  A dolphin that lives in groups in the temperate North Pacific.

• Shelley's Rufous-sparrow Passer shelleyi

  This sparrow was documented in Ruma National Park, south-west Kenya, in 2017. Males show a white cheek and a black line behind the eye; the report also describes a nest in an acacia tree.

• Great-tailed Striped Possum Dactylopsila megalura

  The great-tailed triok is a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial of interior New Guinea forests. Its thick fur has dark stripes over a white or gray base.

• Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni

  This vanga is endemic to humid evergreen forest in eastern Madagascar. It is recorded from sea level to 2,000 m, though its distribution is patchy.

• Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella

  An ocean-foraging fur seal that breeds on South Georgia and other islands around Antarctica and in the subantarctic.