Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chinese Hare Lepus sinensis

  

  This hare occurs in southeastern China and Taiwan. Its account describes chestnut fur, triangular black ear tips, and records at grassland edges and scrubby hillsides.

• Stiles's Tapaculo Scytalopus stilesi

  

  Stiles's Tapaculo lives in humid montane forest in Colombia's Central Cordillera. It has dark plumage and searches for food in undergrowth and near the forest floor.

• Long-nosed Echymipera Echymipera rufescens

  

  This bandicoot has a long snout and a reddish rump. It occurs around New Guinea and on Australia's northeastern Cape York Peninsula.

• Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani

  

  In Bolivia, this ground-dwelling bird is found along montane-forest edges and in tall scrub. It occurs alone or in pairs and skulks in dense vegetation near the ground.

• Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura gallarum

  

  This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.

• Rufous-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza ruficauda

  

  This antthrush walks along the forest floor. It has a long rufous-brown tail and is recorded in highland forest and scrub of southeastern Brazil.

• Large Tree Shrew Tupaia tana

  The large tree shrew lives in forests on Borneo. It searches mainly for invertebrates on the forest floor and digs into the soil with its claws.

• Ochre-rumped Antbird Drymophila ochropyga

  An antbird of humid forest in Brazil. Males and females differ in head and breast markings.

• Robust Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tuconax

  The robust tuco-tuco lives in highland grassland in Tucumán Province, northwestern Argentina. It digs underground tunnels and feeds mainly on grasses.

• Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii

  This bird is recorded in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Its dark face, pale eyes, and long, pointed bill stand out. The account describes lowland settings that include riverside forest, forest edges, secondary growth, and cacao plantations.

• Lesser False Vampire Bat Megaderma spasma

  The lesser false vampire bat is a forest bat with a large noseleaf and large ears. It is nocturnal and eats insects and small animals, but does not drink blood.

• Dusky-backed Jacamar Brachygalba salmoni

  The male has greenish-black upperparts and chest that contrast with its cinnamon underside. The female has a buff-colored throat.

• Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous chacoensis

  A small armadillo of the dry Chaco that spends much of its time underground and mainly eats ants and termites.

• Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella

  The Siberian Accentor has yellow eyebrows and a yellow throat; it breeds in Russia and winters in northern China and the northern Korean Peninsula.

• Brant's Climbing Mouse Dendromus mesomelas

  Brant's Climbing Mouse moves through and climbs low vegetation. Near Cape Town, it was recorded building a ball-shaped grass nest inside old weaver nests.

• Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis

  A nocturnal nightbird with large eyes and a very wide gape. It stays still on a branch by day and catches flying prey at night.

• Geoffroy’s spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi

  A spider monkey that lives high in forest trees, using long limbs and a long tail.

• Masked Booby Sula dactylatra

  A large seabird with a white body, black wings and tail, and dark skin at the base of the bill; it catches fish and squid over tropical seas.

• Ruidoso Pocket Gopher Megascapheus ruidosae

  This pocket gopher was described from Ruidoso, New Mexico. The original description records dark brown to nearly black fur above, ochre-brown sides and underside, and white feet and tail tip.

• Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor

  The Grey Currawong is a large bird of southern Australia. It searches on the ground and among vegetation for animals and fruit.

• Indian Spotted Chevrotain Moschiola meminna

  The Indian spotted chevrotain is a small hoofed mammal of Sri Lanka’s dry zone. It moves alone at night, with pale stripes or rows of spots across its brown back.

• Southern Screamer Chauna torquata

  The Southern Screamer is a large South American wetland bird with a black-and-white neck band and long red legs. It feeds on grasses and aquatic plants near shallow water.

• Gorgona spiny rat Proechimys semispinosus

  The Gorgona spiny rat has stiff fur and fine spines, with a chestnut to gray-brown back. It forages at night, eating fruit and other foods, and ranges from Central America to northwestern South America.

• Black-breasted Barbet Lybius rolleti

  A bird of woodland and tree-studded country in Central Africa. Males have a black head and breast, a red belly and a white patch on the lower back. It mainly eats fruit.