Meet the world’s animals.

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• Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus cornutus

  

  The subspecies recorded around Yasaka Dam roosts in mountain caves and catches flying insects at night near the river.

• Ringed Storm Petrel Hydrobates hornbyi

  

  Ringed Storm Petrels occur offshore along the Humboldt Current on the west coast of South America. A breeding site has also been recorded inland in Chile's Atacama Region, where birds were reported to enter the nesting site at night.

• Beech Marten Martes foina

  

  A marten found across much of Europe and Central Asia; many individuals have a pale streak on the chest.

• Slaty Gnateater Conopophaga ardesiaca

  

  The Slaty Gnateater is a short-tailed bird of the eastern Andean slopes of Bolivia, living close to the forest floor.

• Javan Porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica

  

  This porcupine lives on Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and nearby islands. Its back and sides look dark and speckled, while species-specific natural-history records remain limited.

• Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus

  

  The Chestnut-collared Longspur is a grassland bird whose plumage changes by season. Breeding males show a chestnut nape and black belly, and the birds forage on the ground for insects and seeds.

• Slender Tree Shrew Tupaia gracilis

  The slender treeshrew has a slim body and long tail. In Bornean forest it forages alone on the ground and in low undergrowth, feeding on insects.

• Red-browed Treecreeper Climacteris erythrops

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

• Jungle cat Felis chaus

  A wild cat with tall, tufted ears that also lives in grasslands and wetlands.

• Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris

  It lives in open western lowlands and foothills. By day it sits still in pairs or small groups; at night it becomes active and vocal.

• Somali Bushbaby Galago gallarum

  This small nocturnal primate has a pale face, dark eye rings, black ears and tail, and a light buff back.

• Kea Nestor notabilis

  The Kea is a parrot of the mountains of New Zealand’s South Island. It has olive-green feathers edged in black and orange-red underwings. It eats both plants and animals, and the elevations it uses vary by season.

• Southern Pygmy Loris Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus

  A small slow loris that is active in trees at night and eats tree sap, nectar, and insects. Its behavior in the wild is still not well understood.

• Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi

  Verreaux's Coua lives in southwestern Madagascar. Its grey crest and blue bare skin around the eyes are distinctive, and it often spends time in trees.

• Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon

  A ground-dwelling mongoose that uses wooded areas near water.

• White-lored Antpitta Myrmothera fulviventris

  The White-lored Antpitta is a lowland Amazonian bird with conspicuous white marks before and behind the eye. Records cover southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and northern Peru.

• Side-striped Jackal Lupulella adustus

  A slender jackal of western, central and southern Africa that also eats fruit and insects.

• Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea

  Males are grey with long white eyebrow and moustache-like stripes, chestnut ear patches, and white underparts. They launch from high perches to catch flying insects.

• Emilia's Marmoset Mico emiliae

  Emilia's Marmoset is a small monkey marked by a blackish crown, white brow, grayish-brown back, and black tail. A survey in the southern Brazilian Amazon recorded it in regenerating areas with many lianas.

• New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura

  The New Zealand Bellbird is endemic to New Zealand and has a bell-like song. It feeds on nectar, fruit, and insects; males are olive green with a purplish head.

• Michoacán Deer Mouse Osgoodomys banderanus

  The Michoacán deer mouse occurs in lowlands and mountains along Mexico's Pacific side. It has been recorded mainly in forest, as well as in scrub, grassland, and riparian sites.

• Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis

  The Australian Painted-Snipe lives in shallow wetlands and searches for food from dusk into the night. Females are more brightly colored than males.

• Black-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta prymnolopha

  This agouti lives in Brazilian forests. One zoo photograph shows a dark rump, and a report from a museum park that observed it with another species recorded agoutis burying seeds.

• Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti

  This wattle-eye inhabits humid lowland forest in West Africa. Males have glossy black upperparts and females dark grey upperparts; both have blue eye wattles and chestnut cheek patches.