Meet the world’s animals.

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• Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

  

  A small whale with a bulging forehead and relatively short flippers, found in warm seas.

• Andean White-eared Opossum Didelphis pernigra

  

  The Andean white-eared opossum is a marsupial with white ears and distinctive facial markings. It is associated mainly with mountain forests, but records also include riparian and human-modified habitats in parts of its range.

• Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx

  

  A monkey of equatorial African rainforests, with adult males known for brightly coloured faces.

• Reeves's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi

  

  A small deer whose males have short antlers and long upper canine teeth.

• Short-eared Bat Cyttarops alecto

  

  The short-eared bat has dark, fluffy fur. It lives in tropical lowland forest and catches insects on the wing at night.

• Underwood's Long-tongued Bat Hylonycteris underwoodi

  

  Underwood's long-tongued bat is a small bat with a narrow muzzle and an extensible tongue. It leaves forest roosts at dusk to search for nectar.

• Black-and-gold howler monkey Alouatta caraya

  A howler monkey of central South American forests. It grips branches with its long tail and mainly eats leaves.

• Malayan Pygmy Shrew Suncus malayanus

  This small shrew occurs on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. A male captured in the Cameron Highlands had notably large ears and dark, fine fur.

• Cape Grysbok Raphicerus melanotis

  The Cape grysbok is a small bovid from South Africa. It becomes active around dusk and eats grass and leaves from shrubs.

• Botta's Pocket Gopher Megascapheus bottae

  This rodent digs underground tunnels with its large front claws and incisors. It carries food in cheek pouches outside its mouth.

• Desert Hare Lepus tibetanus

  The desert hare has sandy fur and long ears and feeds on plants in steppe, desert and semi-desert habitats.

• Proserpine Rock Wallaby Petrogale persephone

  The Proserpine rock wallaby has a grey back, pale underside, and black feet. It shelters among rocky outcrops and also uses forest edges.

• Black-faced Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus caissara

  Black, mane-like fur frames its face, and much of its body is golden. This small monkey lives in coastal forests of southeastern Brazil.

• Prince Bernhard's titi Plecturocebus bernhardi

  Prince Bernhard's titi is a small monkey studied in forest in Rondônia, Brazil. Groups of two to four were observed at one remnant, and sampled animals had continuous orange fur across the chest and limbs.

• Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha

  A nocturnal civet of Asian forests and scrub.

• Long-tailed marmot Marmota (Marmota) caudata

  The long-tailed marmot is a large squirrel found in Central Asia’s high mountain meadows.

• Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii

  This small carnivorous marsupial has a gray-brown back and large, thin ears. It lives in forests and woodlands of northern and eastern Australia and searches for insects at night.

• Bicolored Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros bicolor

  This leaf-nosed bat was recorded in Thai forests, farmland, and a cave. It has large ears and a broad noseleaf.

• Nelson's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys nelsoni

  Records from northern Mexico include juniper woodland and places with salt-tolerant plants.

• Varied White-fronted Capuchin Cebus versicolor

  The varied white-fronted capuchin has conspicuous white fur on the head and bright red fur on the chest and belly. It is restricted to Colombia's middle Magdalena Valley. An induced observation with one wild group recorded food sharing of eggs.

• Sinaloan Mastiff Bat Molossus sinaloae

  The Sinaloan mastiff bat has dark brown fur above and paler brown fur below. It hunts moths, beetles, and other insects in flight at night.

• Bokhara Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus bocharicus

  The Bokhara horseshoe bat lives in arid Central Asian foothills and uses caves and mines as roosts.

• Red Hocicudo Oxymycterus rufus

  The Red Hocicudo occurs in grasslands and steppes in Argentina. It has dark-lined brown fur with ochre sides and rump, and feeds on small animals in the soil near waterways.

• Western Pseudomys Pseudomys occidentalis

  This mouse from Western Australia has a rounded snout and a long, marked tail. By day it stays in a group burrow and feeds mainly on plants.