Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysopygus

  

  The black lion tamarin is a small monkey of forests in São Paulo state, Brazil. Its mostly black coat has golden fur on the rump and at the base of the tail.

• Black-eared Warbler Basileuterus melanotis

  

  This small warbler occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. It has olive upperparts, pale buff underparts, and dark markings around the eye.

• New Zealand Sea Lion Phocarctos hookeri

  

  A large sea lion endemic to New Zealand; adult males and females differ in size and coat color.

• Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker Dicaeum maugei

  

  The Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker is a tiny, short-tailed bird found in forests and plantations.

• White-chested Titi Cheracebus lugens

  

  This titi has a dark head and limbs contrasted with white hands and chest. At one Colombian study site, its diet centered on fruit and immature seeds.

• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

  

  The male has a chestnut back and black eye mask, and watches for prey from exposed perches.

• Brown Palm Civet Paradoxurus jerdoni

  Jerdon's palm civet is a nocturnal civet of the Western Ghats rainforests in India. It lacks distinct facial markings and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon

  The Moustached Warbler is a small brown bird with a long pale eyebrow stripe. It lives in Mediterranean wetlands.

• Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel Funisciurus leucogenys

  The Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel lives in forests of West and Central Africa. It has a red back with mottling across the shoulders; belly and head colours vary among subspecies.

• Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus

  White spots on the head and shoulders and banding on the breast and flanks distinguish this small puffbird. It is found at humid forest edges and in the canopy.

• Gilbert's Dunnart Sminthopsis gilberti

  This small marsupial occurs in separated populations in Western Australia. It hunts insects at night and nests in vegetation or hollows.

• Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus

  The Double-banded Sandgrouse lives in dry grassland and open woodland in southern Africa, feeding for seeds on the ground. The sexes differ in breast and forehead markings.

• Balabac Chevrotain Tragulus nigricans

  This small mouse-deer lives on Philippine islands and is marked by dark fur and three white throat stripes.

• Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox

  This pheasant is endemic to Taiwan and uses hill and mountain woodland, bamboo, and scrub. It is a ground-dwelling bird.

• Black-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tetradactyla

  An arboreal pangolin of West and Central Africa with a tail longer than its body.

• 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.

• Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros galeritus

  This bat ranges across South and Southeast Asia. The 2019 species account recognizes four subspecies and gives their distributions.

• Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis

  The Grey-rumped Treeswift occurs in Southeast Asia and its islands. It uses perches and catches insects in flight.

• Gray-headed Lemur Eulemur cinereiceps

  This lemur lives in forests of southeastern Madagascar. Males and females differ in coat color, and groups forage in trees for fruit and other foods.

• Blue-naped Pitta Hydrornis nipalensis

  A pitta with a reddish-brown head and body and a blue rump, living quietly in forest.

• Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys salvini

  Salvin's spiny pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches and searches for seeds of woody plants. In the dry forests of Área de Conservación Guanacaste, it has also been reported caching seeds.

• Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis

  The Nilgiri Pipit is a grassland bird restricted to the southern Western Ghats of India. It has warm buff-brown plumage, a white eyebrow, and dense dark streaks on the back.

• Guianan Weeper Capuchin Cebus olivaceus

  A troop-living capuchin with a pale buff body, dark markings on its head, and a dark tail tip. It can wrap its tail around branches.

• Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti

  Abbott’s Booby is a seabird that nests high in forest trees on Christmas Island and catches fish and squid at sea.