Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brazilian Brown Bat Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis

  

  This bat is recorded from Mexico south to southern South America. It catches insects while flying over tropical streams and habitat edges.

• Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae

  It is widespread across southern Africa, with isolated populations in Ethiopia and Kenya. Its back and wings are olive green, and it mainly eats insects found on twigs.

• Gray Slender Loris Loris lydekkerianus

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

• Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus

  The male has a black throat, chestnut back, and yellowish face, while the female is much plainer. It feeds on seeds on the ground in open woodland and farmland.

• Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura seychellensis

  The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a rare bat endemic to the Seychelles. A study on Silhouette Island found it roosting in small caves among boulders in lowland woodland.

• Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis

  The female has a more vivid reddish-brown head and breast than the male. This bird searches for food in muddy freshwater wetlands.

• Javan Porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica

  This porcupine lives on Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and nearby islands. Its back and sides look dark and speckled, while species-specific natural-history records remain limited.

• Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus

  The Puerto Rican Tody lives only in Puerto Rico. Its green back, red throat, and yellowish-white underside stand out.

• Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis

  A common wallaby of northern Australia, with sandy fur and distinctive facial and thigh stripes.

• Choco Vireo Vireo masteri

  It is recorded in humid montane primary cloud forest in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It searches the upper forest for small invertebrates.

• Gursky's Spectral Tarsier Tarsius spectrumgurskyae

  This small nocturnal primate occurs on the northern peninsula of Sulawesi. It has a long black tail pencil and lives in forests, mangroves, and forest gardens. It is active at night and feeds on live prey, mainly insects.

• Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii

  This megapode has brown-to-grey plumage and bare red facial skin. In Borneo it searches on the ground and buries eggs in a mound of plant material, where heat from decomposition incubates them.

• Ladak Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) ladacensis

  The Ladak Pika is a large pika living in groups in open high-elevation habitats of Ladakh. A study in Changthang observed it gathering plants and storing them in haypiles.

• Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii

  This bird is recorded in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Its dark face, pale eyes, and long, pointed bill stand out. The account describes lowland settings that include riverside forest, forest edges, secondary growth, and cacao plantations.

• Reeves's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi

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

• White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana

  A grey head, olive upperparts, white underparts, and white wing feathers are distinctive. It feeds on seeds and insects in the mountain forests of Hispaniola.

• Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock

  A gibbon of forests in northeastern India and nearby areas; males and females have different coat colors.

• Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha

  The Madagascar Jacana inhabits wetlands in western Madagascar. A 2016 survey found it at 22 of the 54 lakes examined.

• Rock Cavy Kerodon rupestris

  This cavy relative lives among rocky outcrops in the dry landscapes of northeastern Brazil. It has a very short tail and feeds on plants.

• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis

  The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is a shorebird with buff plumage and a short bill. It walks through dry grass to find insects, and males display with raised wings on the breeding grounds.

• Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa Stylodipus telum

  This jerboa occurs in a broken belt of dry country from the lower Dnieper to Lake Zaysan.

• Pied Currawong Strepera graculina

  The Pied Currawong is a mostly black bird with a bright yellow eye and white markings on parts of its tail and wings. It lives from forests to suburbs in eastern Australia and can form large flocks outside the breeding season.

• Common Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina

  A rodent native to northern South America that sometimes buries seeds for later.

• Golden Masked Owl Tyto aurantia

  This owl lives in New Britain's tropical forests. Its plumage ranges from pale gold to rufous, and its facial disc has a finely speckled rim.