Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis

  

  A nocturnal marsupial of forests in south-western Australia. It eats leaves and other plant foods, then rests by day in leafy nests built among branches.

• White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus

  

  The White-backed Night Heron has a white eye-ring and pale back plumes. It searches for food along riverbanks and shallows at night.

• Common Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina

  

  A rodent native to northern South America that sometimes buries seeds for later.

• Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus

  

  The Chinese Penduline Tit uses open plains, sparse woodland, and reedbeds. It is a winter visitor around Dongting Lake in China.

• Moholi Bushbaby Galago moholi

  

  The Moholi bushbaby is a nocturnal primate of southern African wooded savannas. It moves quickly through trees and gets much of its food from tree gum.

• Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi

  

  The Black Butcherbird has deep bluish-black plumage and a large silver-grey bill. It occurs in rainforests, mangroves, and nearby open or settled areas.

• Southern African Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) minutoides

  The southern African pygmy mouse is a tiny rodent with glossy reddish-brown fur. It is nocturnal and ground-dwelling, eating insects and seeds in the wild.

• 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.

• Darling's Mole-rat Fukomys darlingi

  Darling's mole-rat is a social, subterranean rodent centered on the Zimbabwean highlands and lowland Mozambique. Wild-caught animals from southern Malawi had white spots on the head.

• White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis

  The White-eyed Thrush inhabits Jamaican forests and is marked by a white ring around the eye.

• Leadbeater's Possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri

  A possum of mountain eucalypt forests in Victoria that uses hollows in old trees for shelter and nesting.

• Great Skua Stercorarius skua

  The Great Skua is a stout, dark seabird with white flashes on its wings. It sometimes steals food from other birds.

• 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.

• White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus

  The White-headed Mousebird lives in dry scrub and thornbush.

• Malagasy Civet Fossa fossana

  The Malagasy civet is a small carnivore with rows of spots along its back. At night it searches for small animals on the ground and in low trees.

• Cuckoo Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis

  The Cuckoo Weaver is a small bird of grassland and wet places. Its short, stout bill and short tail are distinctive, and it lays eggs in other birds’ nests.

• Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus

  The trefoil horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater of forest understories. Its noseleaf and wing membranes are yellowish brown, and its fur is long and soft.

• Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

  The Asian Woolly-necked Stork is a large wetland bird with a neck covered in fluffy white feathers. The current name Ciconia episcopus refers to the Asian species, distinct from the African C. microscelis.

• Sela macaque Macaca selai

  This macaque is reported from western and central Arunachal Pradesh, India. An official ZSI announcement describes its heavy build, long dorsal hair, brown coat, pale face, and variation in how troops respond to people.

• Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum

  The Pygmy Longbill is a very small bird of New Guinea’s forests. It is active by day and eats both animal and plant matter.

• Emperor tamarin Tamarinus imperator

  An Amazonian forest monkey distinguished by a long white moustache.

• Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus

  It lives in open lowland and foothill woodland and searches shrubs and other vegetation for invertebrates, including spiders. Its flask-shaped nest has a long entrance that slopes downward.

• Malenge Babirusa Babyrousa togeanensis

  The Malenge babirusa is a pig relative from Indonesia’s Togian Islands. It has sparse, short body hair, a tufted tail, and forward-pointing upper tusks in males.

• Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus

  The Green Pygmy Goose is a small waterbird with green on its head and back and a short bill. It lives in vegetated freshwater wetlands, often in pairs or small groups.