Meet the world’s animals.

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• Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose Helogale hirtula

  

  A small mongoose of the Horn of Africa that is active in groups by day. At night it shelters in termite mounds, dens, or rock crevices.

• Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii

  

  This small bird lives at forest edges and in open woodland in west-central Africa. It has chestnut on the crown, rump, and tail, with a buff breast and white belly. It gleans insects from leaves and sometimes sallies after flying insects.

• 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.

• Spotted Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa leucosticta

  

  The Spotted Jewel-babbler lives in montane forest on New Guinea. It walks on the forest floor in search of insects and other small animals.

• Common Genet Genetta genetta

  

  The common genet is a small African mammal with dark spots and a banded tail; it is active at night.

• Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus

  

  A white seabird with a red bill; adults have conspicuously long tail streamers.

• Caroline Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura semicaudata

  This small brown bat has a tail that passes through the tail membrane. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service profile for the nominate subspecies describes daytime cave roosting and large roost aggregations reported in Fiji and American Samoa.

• Striated Antthrush Chamaeza nobilis

  This terrestrial antthrush is recorded in lowland Amazonian forest in Peru. PeruAves describes it as rare and associates it with terra firme, or relatively flood-free forest. This entry limits its account to Peruvian records.

• Nelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys nelsoni

  Nelson's spiny pocket mouse is known from cool, wet montane slopes. A comparison with another species describes its longer skull, larger ears, and soft dorsal fur.

• Cuban Tody Todus multicolor

  IWEco describes this tody as endemic to Cuba. It has vivid plumage and a long bill, and digs tunnel nests in rotten wood or soil banks.

• Big Lutrine Opossum Lutreolina crassicaudata

  The big lutrine opossum is a marsupial found in scattered parts of South America. It can swim, but it is not specialized for an aquatic life.

• Neergaard's sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi

  This sunbird occurs in southeastern Africa. Males have green upperparts with blue-violet and red bands, while females are gray-brown; it feeds on nectar and small invertebrates.

• Common Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas

  A monkey of savannas and open woodland in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis

  The Yellow-billed Babbler is a social bird of drier habitats in southern India and Sri Lanka. It has a pale crown, yellow bill, and blue eyes.

• Moholi Bushbaby Galago moholi

  The Moholi bushbaby is a nocturnal primate of southern African wooded savannas. It moves quickly through trees and gets much of its food from tree gum.

• White-naped crane Antigone vipio

  A crane with a gray-and-white neck and pinkish legs.

• Four-toed hedgehog Atelerix albiventris

  A small, spiny-backed mammal of African grassland and woodland.

• Dark-winged Trumpeter Psophia viridis

  A large bird that walks on long legs along the forest floor, it lives in vocal groups and has regionally variable wing color.

• Ifola Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus notatus

  This tree kangaroo lives in Papua New Guinea's central highlands. Its very dark chocolate coat has yellow rings at the tail base and silvery-tipped hairs on the back and limbs.

• African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda

  This blue flycatcher occurs in wooded habitats of West and Central Africa. It perches among foliage and makes short flights to catch small arthropods.

• Western Woolly Lemur Avahi occidentalis

  The western woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur of western Madagascar's forests. It has thick grayish fur and lives in small family groups.

• Black-crowned Palm-Tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum

  This Hispaniolan bird has a black head and gray, white, and yellow plumage. It lives across the island wherever there are trees.

• Eastern quoll Dasyurus viverrinus

  A spotted marsupial that searches for insects and other food at night.

• Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

  By day it rests on a branch, blending in with the tree; at night it drops to the ground to catch prey.