Meet the world’s animals.

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• Insular Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus keyensis

  

  This horseshoe bat varies in color among islands and subspecies. On Timor, subspecies parvus has a cinnamon-brown back and fawn underside. Four subspecies are recorded across the Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.

• Scarlet-banded Barbet Capito wallacei

  This barbet is known from Cordillera Azul in Peru. During the original description study, birds were observed taking fruit in the canopy of high-elevation cloud forest and moving in loose groups.

• Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus

  This nocturnal primate moves through trees in Java's forests. It mainly eats gum and insects and has a pale, striped nape.

• Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta

  The Horned Screamer is a large bird of freshwater wetlands in northern South America. A long, slender hornlike projection rises from its head.

• Boodie Bettongia lesueur

  The boodie is a burrowing member of the kangaroo family that searches for plants and underground fungi.

• White-winged Potoo Nyctibius leucopterus

  The White-winged Potoo is marked by large white shoulder patches and a small build.

• Harbor seal Phoca vitulina

  A rounded head and short front flippers distinguish this seal. It has ears, but no external ear flaps.

• Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus

  This bird lives in inland Australia. Its head is pale brownish-gray with fine streaks, the back is gray-brown, and the pale cream underparts have diffuse gray streaking. Tracked pairs stayed close during and after breeding.

• Red-fronted Brown Lemur Eulemur rufifrons

  The red-fronted brown lemur is a tree-dwelling lemur from Madagascar that mainly eats fruit and leaves.

• Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa

  The Kentucky Warbler has yellow underparts and a yellow spectacle around the eye. It forages near the forest floor in eastern North America during breeding and moves to Central America for winter.

• Cape Pangolin Smutsia temminckii

  A ground-dwelling pangolin of savannas and open woodland.

• Red-browed Treecreeper Climacteris erythrops

  A small treecreeper that searches bark for invertebrates in rainforest and dense eucalypt woodland.

• 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.

• Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis

  This thick-knee has large yellow eyes and long legs. It uses dry, open ground in Africa, including places near water.

• Northern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus leucogenys

  The northern white-cheeked gibbon is a tailless Southeast Asian ape that moves from branch to branch using its long arms.

• Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae

  The Black Stilt is a wader found only in New Zealand. Adults are marked by all-black plumage, long red legs and a thin black bill.

• Watson's Climbing Rat Tylomys watsoni

  Watson's climbing rat has a long, white-tipped tail and large ears. It uses trees at night but is also recorded on the ground around rocks and fallen logs.

• White-cheeked starling Spodiopsar cineraceus

  A bird of settlements and towns with trees in East Asia. In Japan, flocks gather at shared roosts after breeding.

• Volcano Rabbit Romerolagus diazi

  The volcano rabbit is a small rabbit with short ears and a tiny, nearly invisible tail. It lives in the high mountains south and southeast of Mexico Valley.

• Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis

  This small finch uses rocky grassland and scrub. It follows streams in the rainy season and uses places where water remains in the dry season.

• Greater Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus major

  This nocturnal dwarf lemur lives in humid forests of eastern Madagascar. It hibernates in the dry season and mainly eats fruit while active.

• Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus

  The Brown Skua is a large seabird that breeds on islands south of New Zealand and may pursue other seabirds at sea.

• Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew Dendrogale murina

  The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew is a small arboreal mammal ranging from eastern India into Southeast Asia. It eats fruit and small animals.

• Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida

  The Western Hooded Pitta stands out for its green and blue plumage and dark head. It lives in forests and cultivated areas, where it forages on the ground.