Meet the world’s animals.

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• Checkered Elephant Shrew Rhynchocyon cirnei

  

  This large sengi has a checkered back and a long, mobile snout. It is active by day and searches on the ground for ants, termites and other invertebrates.

• Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii

  

  A gull associated with the Mediterranean, Audouin's Gull has a pale gray body and red bill as an adult and feeds mainly on fish.

• North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parvus

  

  A small shrew of North America, recorded in tall grass, brush and fallen logs, and soft soils around wetlands.

• Scarlet-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni

  

  A sunbird of East Africa’s high mountains, it feeds on Lobelia nectar in Kenya’s alpine moorlands. Males have iridescent green plumage and scarlet pectoral tufts.

• Mongoose Lemur Eulemur mongoz

  

  The mongoose lemur is known for its grey fur and beard. Adult males and females have different beard colors.

• Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus

  

  The Chinese Penduline Tit uses open plains, sparse woodland, and reedbeds. It is a winter visitor around Dongting Lake in China.

• Least Sac-winged Bat Balantiopteryx io

  This small bat occurs in lowland areas from Mexico into Central America. It mainly roosts in caves, and males have a small pouch in the wing membrane.

• Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis

  The Tawny-shouldered Blackbird is widespread in Cuba and is also recorded in northern and west-central Haiti. It occurs at forest edges and in open places, including gardens.

• Niemitz's Tarsier Tarsius niemitzi

  This tarsier occurs on the Togean Islands off Central Sulawesi. It was described as a distinct species in 2019, and a characteristic duet call made by a male and female is reported.

• Barred Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles bennettii

  The Barred Owlet-nightjar inhabits moist forests on New Guinea and nearby islands. It has fine pale lines on its dark back and broad bars on its pale underside.

• Greater Hedgehog Tenrec Setifer setosus

  The greater hedgehog tenrec is a small mammal from Madagascar with short spines on its back. It is active at night and searches for invertebrates on the ground and in trees.

• 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.

• Maghrebian Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus maghrebensis

  The back is chestnut to dark grayish brown, and the underside is pale brown. The species account lists Mediterranean scrub, dry forest, and other habitats. The 2019 HMW account confirms Morocco and Tunisia in its range; Algeria is only a possible occurrence.

• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

  The White-crowned Sparrow is a North American sparrow recognized by the adult's black-and-white head. It occurs across much of the United States in winter.

• Fulvous Pocket Gopher Megascapheus fulvus

  This pocket gopher ranges across the western and southwestern United States and Mexico. A specimen obtained by its describer near San Francisco Mountain had reddish-brown upperparts, a whitish underside, and long, flattened foreclaws.

• Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys mcclellandi

  This bird ranges from eastern Bhutan to Myanmar. It has a brown body, white throat and belly, and dark spots on the upper breast. It searches for food in low forest cover.

• Tufted capuchin Sapajus apella

  A monkey that spends much of its time in trees but also comes down to forage on the ground.

• Cape Gannet Morus capensis

  The Cape Gannet is a large seabird that breeds off Namibia and South Africa. It has a white body, black wings and tail, and a pale yellow-orange head.

• 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.

• White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae

  This tiny bird is about 8–10 cm long and lives in high-mountain scrub. It eats insects and other invertebrates and may move between elevations.

• Hatinh Langur Trachypithecus hatinhensis

  The Hatinh langur has a black body and a white stripe running from the cheeks toward the neck. By day it feeds in forest trees and rests at night in limestone holes and caves.

• Rufous-faced Crake Rufirallus xenopterus

  The Rufous-faced Crake is an elusive rail recorded in shallowly flooded grassland in South America. Its head and back are rufous, and its wings have bold black-and-white bars.

• White-nosed coati Nasua narica

  A long-tailed coati that searches for insects with its snout close to the ground.

• Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus

  A bird of open areas near water. Small, spur-like projections on its wings give it its English name.