Meet the world’s animals.

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• Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus

  

  A long-tailed nightjar with different male and female plumage. It uses African habitats from arid semi-desert to savanna and lowland forest clearings, catching insects in flight.

• Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris

  

  This semiaquatic rat uses wetlands and watersides. The balance of plant and animal foods in its diet varies by region.

• Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster

  

  A survey of reserves in the Republic of the Congo recorded the species frequently in wooded grassland, especially at Idzoua Inkou. Males and females differ in upperpart color.

• Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis

  

  The squirrel glider is a marsupial of eastern Australian forests. It travels between trees using its gliding membrane and is active at night.

• Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus

  

  This small raptor inhabits humid forest from Central America into northwestern South America. It uses the understory and lower canopy and rarely ventures into open areas.

• Aquino's Titi Monkey Cheracebus aquinoi

  

  This titi monkey was described from Loreto, Peru. The study reports observations in several Amazonian forest types, including sandy-soil forest and flooded forest.

• Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris

  It lives in open western lowlands and foothills. By day it sits still in pairs or small groups; at night it becomes active and vocal.

• Rock-dwelling Sheath-tailed Bat Paremballonura tiavato

  This small bat lives on Madagascar. Its dorsal fur is long and slightly shaggy, pale to medium grey-brown, and its ears are long with rounded tips.

• Spot-crowned Barbet Capito maculicoronatus

  A barbet of forests from Panama to northwestern Colombia. A Panama breeding study followed an adult pair as they excavated a cavity in a dead tree and raised nestlings.

• Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis

  This loris is active in trees at night. Its coat ranges from pale to strongly reddish, and its diet includes nectar and plant exudates.

• Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens

  Adults are dark olive overall, with paler throat and ear-coverts and darker lores and wings. The species occurs in the Andes of southeastern Peru and northwestern Bolivia, using both dry and wet mountain forest as well as canyons.

• Cape Elephant Shrew Elephantulus edwardii

  The Cape elephant shrew lives in rocky parts of South Africa and feeds mainly on ants and other insects. Its long, flexible snout is a notable feature.

• Bay Owl Phodilus badius

  The Bay Owl is a nocturnal owl with a heart-shaped facial disc and chestnut plumage. It hunts small animals from a perch in forest.

• Bengal fox Vulpes bengalensis

  A fox of India's grasslands and scrub. Its tail has a black tip, and its coat color changes with the condition of its fur.

• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus

  A wetland bird that walks on floating plants with long toes; its central tail feathers grow long in breeding plumage.

• Dall's Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli

  A porpoise found widely in coastal and offshore waters of the North Pacific, including around Japan. Its markings vary by region and life stage.

• American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus

  The North American American Herring Gull is large; adults have a gray back and wings, a white head and body, and pale legs. Young birds take several years to acquire adult plumage.

• Huon tree kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei

  The Huon tree kangaroo is a marsupial of the mountain forests of Papua New Guinea's Huon Peninsula. Its claws and long tail help it climb.

• Black Manakin Xenopipo atronitens

  This manakin uses low forest on nutrient-poor soils. Males are glossy black and females dark olive; the account reports it in Peru and also in Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.

• Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus

  Gervais' beaked whale is a member of the beaked-whale family that lives in deep Atlantic waters. It is rarely seen at sea and is usually alone or in small, closely associated groups.

• Grey-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans

  The Grey-winged Trumpeter is a forest bird of South America that appears larger when it arches its wings.

• Tres Marias Cottontail Sylvilagus graysoni

  The Tres Marias cottontail is restricted to the Tres Marias Islands off Mexico. It has a brown throat patch and is usually active on the ground at night.

• Green Iora Aegithina viridissima

  The Green Iora is a small bird of forest canopies. The male is dark green with bold black-and-white wing stripes.

• Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros diadema

  A bat with a conspicuous leaf-shaped nose structure that roosts in tropical forests and near waterways.