Meet the world’s animals.

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• African Hobby Falco cuvierii

  

  The African Hobby is a small falcon found in sub-Saharan Africa. It has rufous underparts, and regional field material notes that much of its ecology remains poorly known.

• Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis

  

  A North American skunk with a black coat, white markings and a bushy tail.

• Stripe-headed Tanager Spindalis zena

  

  The Stripe-headed Tanager occurs on Caribbean islands and nearby regions, and males and females differ in plumage.

• Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus

  

  The lesser Egyptian jerboa is a small rodent that bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night in deserts and semi-deserts.

• Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis

  

  With a large head and yellow eyes, it sits upright and still on a branch by day, then flies out to catch insects at night.

• Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec Echinops telfairi

  

  The lesser hedgehog tenrec is a small mammal of dry areas in southern Madagascar. Its black-and-white spines stand out, and it searches for small animals at night.

• Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus

  This small flycatcher ranges from tropical Mexico through Central America and northern South America to central Bolivia. The account describes it as often still in the lower levels of humid forest.

• Hooper's Deermouse Peromyscus hooperi

  This deer mouse has records from a restricted part of north-central Mexico. It uses grassy foothills and mountain slopes, distinct from nearby desert scrub.

• White-tailed Cotinga Xipholena lamellipennis

  This cotinga occurs in lower Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River. The male is purplish black, with white on most of the tail and wings. The species is poorly known and is reported as apparently nowhere common.

• Great-tailed Striped Possum Dactylopsila megalura

  The great-tailed triok is a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial of interior New Guinea forests. Its thick fur has dark stripes over a white or gray base.

• Gray-cheeked Parakeet Brotogeris pyrrhoptera

  This small parakeet occurs in southeastern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It uses dry woodland and is also recorded on farmland where large trees remain.

• Isabel's Saki Pithecia isabela

  A saki recorded in the Peruvian Amazon, including the Pacaya-Samiria area.

• Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis

  The Australian Bustard is a large bird of dry plains, grassland, and open woodland. It eats both plant and animal foods.

• Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) troughtoni

  This bat is recorded in open woodland and spinifex hills in northern Australia. Its fur is olive-brown with pale gray guard hairs.

• Wattled Ploughbill Eulacestoma nigropectus

  The Wattled Ploughbill is a small bird of New Guinea's mountain forests. Males have pink wattles on both sides of the throat, while females lack them.

• Gray Slender Loris Loris lydekkerianus

  The gray slender loris is a nocturnal primate with large forward-facing eyes and long, slender limbs.

• Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

  The Magnificent Frigatebird is a large seabird with long wings and a deeply forked tail. It soars over tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the Americas.

• Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus myurus

  The eastern rock elephant shrew is a small mammal with a mobile, slender snout. It forages among rocky outcrops in southern Africa.

• Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in humid forests from southern Mexico to central Honduras. The sexes have similar plumage: olive-brown above, black on the throat, and gray on the breast and belly. It walks on the forest floor while searching for insects and land snails.

• Short-eared Dog Atelocynus microtis

  The short-eared dog is a wild canid of the Amazon lowlands, where fish is a common food.

• Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii

  Baird’s Sparrow lives in North American grasslands. It has a short tail and a flat head, and runs through grass while looking for food.

• Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata

  The bridled nail-tail wallaby is marked by a white stripe that runs from the neck toward the forearms. It shelters by day and emerges to feed in open grassland before dusk.

• Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus

  This large grey bird lives in open woodland and acacia scrub in eastern Africa. Its face is bare of feathers, and the two subspecies differ in facial and body coloration.

• Baird’s Beaked Whale Berardius bairdii

  Baird’s beaked whale inhabits the North Pacific and nearby seas. It mainly uses cold, deep offshore water, but can also occur near steep coastal slopes.