Meet the world’s animals.

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• Ebony Glider Petaurus gracilis

  

  The mahogany glider is a marsupial that glides through woodlands in northern Queensland. Its buff-to-apricot belly and dark stripe from the head toward the rump are distinctive.

• Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus

  

  This bird is recorded in tropical rainforest in northern Queensland. A 2020 field note reported one bird feeding on Calliandra flowers in a garden at Lake Barrine; this is a single local feeding record.

• Darling's Mole-rat Fukomys darlingi

  

  Darling's mole-rat is a social, subterranean rodent centered on the Zimbabwean highlands and lowland Mozambique. Wild-caught animals from southern Malawi had white spots on the head.

• Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula

  

  This bird uses wetlands and seasonally flooded grasslands in south-central Africa. Its upperparts are streaked, with rufous on the crown and wings.

• Western Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis

  

  A nocturnal marsupial of forests in south-western Australia. It eats leaves and other plant foods, then rests by day in leafy nests built among branches.

• Violet-throated Metaltail Metallura baroni

  

  This hummingbird was studied in the south-central Ecuadorian Andes. Males and females differ in throat and belly color, and the birds take arthropods as well as flower nectar.

• Garnett's Greater Galago Otolemur garnettii

  Garnett's greater galago is a small nocturnal primate of East African forests. It has short ears and a thick, bushy tail longer than its body. It moves through the middle and upper canopy and eats fruit and insects.

• Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida

  The Campbell Albatross feeds on fish, squid, and crustaceans in southern New Zealand waters. It breeds only on Campbell Island and a nearby islet.

• Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys castanops

  The yellow-faced pocket gopher is a burrowing rodent of the southern United States and northern Mexico. It carries food in its cheek pouches.

• Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis

  The Taiwanese subspecies has a white patch behind the head and lives in farmland and city parks.

• Tres Marias Cottontail Sylvilagus graysoni

  The Tres Marias cottontail is restricted to the Tres Marias Islands off Mexico. It has a brown throat patch and is usually active on the ground at night.

• White-winged Potoo Nyctibius leucopterus

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

• Northern Pika Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea

  A pika whose coat is reddish in summer and grayer in winter. It lives among rocky talus in moist conifer forests and stores plants as hay.

• Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii

  A mountain-stream bird that dives underwater for insects and small fish.

• Etendeka Round-eared Sengi Macroscelides micus

  This small sengi has been recorded near the Etendeka volcanic formation in northwestern Namibia. It has rust-colored fur and a hairless gland on the underside of the tail. It is nocturnal and uses the space beneath rocks as a daytime shelter.

• Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus

  This bushshrike lives mainly in southern Africa, especially South Africa. Its black throat band contrasts with bright yellow on the throat and face, and it forages in open places with scattered shrubs and trees.

• Shiny Guinea Pig Cavia fulgida

  Its back is reddish brown mottled with black, and its belly is pale ochre-red. Its recorded range is southeastern Brazil, from Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina.

• Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus

  The Broad-billed Tody is a small bird found only on Hispaniola. It hunts insects and also occurs in lowland woodland, thorn scrub, and coffee and cacao farms.

• Western Jumping Mouse Zapus princeps

  The western jumping mouse lives in western North America and hops on large hind feet. Its active season is short, and it hibernates through winter.

• Glacier Finch Idiopsar speculifer

  This bird occurs in the high Andes of Bolivia. It forages on the ground on barren slopes near the snow line, in puna grassland, and in wetlands.

• Yellow-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus

  A rock-dwelling wallaby of dry regions in Australia.

• Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus

  This chunky, short-tailed bird walks on the forest floor to forage. Its underparts are rufous, and it sometimes gathers near army-ant swarms.

• Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris

  Blainville's beaked whale is a toothed whale of deep offshore waters in tropical to temperate regions. In mature males, tusk-like teeth project from the arched lower jaw.

• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

  A sparrow of North American grasslands and fields. It often sings at twilight, and white tail feathers flash in flight.