Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus

  

  A hawk with feathers extending down its legs, moving between the Arctic and open lands farther south with the seasons.

• Bat-eared fox Otocyon megalotis

  A canid of African grasslands with enormous ears, a yellow-brown body, a dark face mask and black feet.

• 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.

• Grant's Bushbaby Paragalago granti

  Grant's bushbaby is a small nocturnal primate of southeastern African forests. It rests in tree holes by day and becomes active at night.

• Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis

  This rail hides in dense vegetation around wet grassland and woodland edges in Madagascar. The male has a rufous head and breast and pale streaks on the dark back.

• California sea lion Zalophus californianus

  It has small external ears and broad front flippers and lives along the Pacific coast of North America.

• Black-chinned Mountain Tanager Anisognathus notabilis

  This tanager occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. A Colombian field study suggested that it depends on humid primary montane forest.

• Gray mouse lemur Microcebus murinus

  A small lemur of Madagascan forests. It forages at night and sleeps in sites such as tree holes by day.

• 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.

• Stein's Cuscus Phalanger vestitus

  Stein's cuscus occurs on New Guinea. A broad stripe across its back is a distinguishing feature, and a survey recorded it in the highland forests of Lanny Jaya.

• Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito

  This small bird occurs in two separated parts of eastern Australia. It searches for insects in moist forest and has a gray-olive back and yellow underside.

• White-striped dorcopsis Dorcopsis hageni

  The white-striped dorcopsis is a macropod marsupial of lowland forests in northern New Guinea. A pale stripe on the back is a distinguishing feature.

• Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis

  A dark greenish-blue bird with a red bill and pale patches on its wings in flight.

• Black-crested Sumatran Langur Presbytis melalophos

  This leaf monkey is marked by a black crest and a two-toned tail. By day it leaps among forest trees and eats mainly leaves, along with fruit.

• White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda

  The White-tailed Blue Flycatcher is an African flycatcher that may fan its long tail. It joins mixed-species feeding flocks in forests and miombo.

• Ring-tailed Mongoose Galidia elegans

  The ring-tailed mongoose is a carnivorous mammal from Madagascar, notable for the red and black rings on its tail. It is active by day, moving mainly on the ground but also climbing trees.

• Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri

  The Providence Petrel ranges over open water from the southwest Pacific to the North Pacific and Bering Sea. It breeds only on Lord Howe Island and Phillip Island in the Norfolk Island group.

• Bristle-faced Free-tailed Bat Setirostris eleryi

  This small bat is recorded in inland Australia. Its back is light sandy in color, its underside is paler, and coarse bristles grow around its nose. The state species profile describes it as insect-eating.

• Grey-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans

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

• South-eastern Woolly Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Micoureus) paraguayana

  The South-eastern Woolly Mouse Opossum is a small climbing marsupial with long, dense fur. It eats insects and fruit, and occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern South America.

• Southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius

  A rainforest bird with a black body, blue neck and a hard crest on top of its head.

• Milne-Edwards' Sifaka Propithecus edwardsi

  This sifaka lives in southeastern Madagascar. It clings to tree trunks and leaps between trees with its long hind legs.

• Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis

  The Ashy Prinia is a small prinia recorded widely across the Indian subcontinent. It uses open habitats such as gardens, farmland, thorn scrub, and grassland, feeding on invertebrates.

• Clymene Dolphin Stenella clymene

  The Clymene dolphin is a small dolphin of tropical and subtropical offshore waters in the Atlantic. It is known for leaping and spinning as it falls back into the water.