Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama

  

  This small warbler breeds in Central Asia and winters mainly on the Indian peninsula. It prefers dry, open habitats with a sparse tree canopy.

• Santarém Marmoset Mico humeralifer

  

  The Santarém marmoset is a small monkey from a limited area of northern Brazil. Pale ear tufts and alternating black and silvery rings on its tail are distinctive.

• Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua

  

  A penguin recognized by a red-orange bill and conspicuous white patches above its eyes.

• Somali Elephant Shrew Galegeeska revoili

  

  The Somali Elephant Shrew is a small sengi with a tail that appears much longer than its head and body. In southern Djibouti, pairs were observed sheltering beneath low bushes.

• Red-banded Fruiteater Pipreola whitelyi

  

  This cotinga occurs in montane areas of southern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil. Its diet is thought to consist mainly, perhaps entirely, of fruit; it sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Southern Pocket Gopher Megascapheus umbrinus

  

  This pocket gopher occurs in Mexico and the southwestern United States. A 1993 New Mexico account describes the local form living mainly in burrow systems and eating plant roots found while digging.

• Tawny-breasted Myiobius Myiobius villosus

  This flycatcher ranges from Nicaragua and Panama south through the Andes to Bolivia. It lives in montane forest near streams and attends ant swarms.

• Malayan porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura

  The Malayan porcupine is a nocturnal rodent with long spines on its back. It occurs in forests of mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo.

• Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa

  A dark waterbird that forages among wetland plants; when it searches on land, it flicks its tail and reveals its white undertail.

• Rock Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus intermedius

  The rock pocket mouse is a small rodent of rocky areas in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its back is grey-brown, its underside is white, and its tail has a tuft at the tip.

• White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis

  A forest-floor babbler of humid evergreen forest in eastern Madagascar. It searches for small invertebrates on the ground and in the lower vegetation.

• Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx

  A seal of the pack ice around Antarctica. Usually solitary, it eats fish, penguins, krill and other prey.

• Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor

  A small hummingbird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes; males have a long pink-violet gorget.

• Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus

  This ground squirrel occurs in dry parts of Africa, including open woodland, savanna, grassland, and rocky country. A pale stripe runs along each side from shoulder to hindquarters.

• Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata

  This small bird ranges widely across Africa. Breeding males vary in plumage and bill color among regional forms, and they mimic the songs of their firefinch hosts.

• Dusky Pademelon Thylogale brunii

  This is a small member of the kangaroo family, with large ears, strong hind legs, and a short, thick tail. It is mainly active at night and eats plants such as grasses and young shoots.

• Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia

  The Philippine cockatoo is a white parrot found only in the Philippines. Orange-red feathers beneath the tail, with pale yellow and pink on the cheeks and underwings, help identify it.

• 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.

• Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus

  The Water Thick-knee is a large shorebird that is active at night along rivers and lakes. Its mottled gray-brown plumage helps it blend into grass and waterside cover.

• Galapagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis

  The Galapagos fur seal is found only on the rocky shores of the Galapagos Islands.

• Margaret's Batis Batis margaritae

  This small bird has a disjunct range in western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern Zambia. It uses humid forest and forest edges and feeds on invertebrates.

• Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza coquereli

  This nocturnal lemur has large eyes and a long rusty tail. It moves through trees to forage in western Madagascar’s dry forests.

• Siberian crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus

  Adults are mainly white with a red face. Black outer wing feathers become conspicuous in flight.

• Coquerel's Sifaka Propithecus coquereli

  Coquerel’s Sifaka is a lemur with a mostly white coat and chestnut patches on its chest and limbs. It leaps between trees and eats mainly leaves.