Meet the world’s animals.

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• Serval Leptailurus serval

  

  An African cat with long legs, large ears and black spots and stripes on a tawny coat.

• Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor

  

  The Sikkim Treecreeper is marked by pale spots on its brown back and an orange-brown rump. In China, it occurs in southern Tibet and breeds in subtropical forests.

• Bemaraha Sportive Lemur Lepilemur randrianasoloi

  

  Lepilemur randrianasoloi lives in dry deciduous forest in west-central Madagascar. Its grey coat has rusty red on the shoulders, back, tail, and forelimbs; it is active at night in trees.

• Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni

  

  This seed-eating bird lives in montane forests, including parts of East Africa. It has a conspicuously heavy bill and pale wingbars. The guide notes geographic variation in the pale forehead area and streaking.

• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula

  

  The yellow-throated marten lives in forests of southern and eastern Asia and stands out for its dark head and golden throat.

• White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum

  

  A babbler of the peninsula and islands’ wet forests. It searches the forest floor for small invertebrates.

• Ryukyu Flying Fox Pteropus dasymallus

  This flying fox roosts in forest trees and feeds mainly on fruit. Coat color and roosting patterns vary among subspecies.

• Rock Bunting Emberiza cia

  The male Rock Bunting has a grey head with dark stripes and a warm-toned underside. It searches the ground for seeds and insects and lives around field edges and woodland margins.

• Cozumel Raccoon Procyon pygmaeus

  The Cozumel raccoon is a small raccoon restricted to Cozumel Island, Mexico. It is mostly nocturnal and eats many crabs.

• Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus

  The male Vermilion Flycatcher has a bright red head and underparts. It perches low in open areas near water and catches flying insects.

• Kloss's Gibbon Hylobates klossii

  Kloss's gibbon has black fur and long arms. It lives in the canopy of the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra.

• 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.

• Black Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus rufoniger

  The black-spotted cuscus is an arboreal marsupial with black-and-red fur and different back patterns in males and females. It occurs in forests of northern New Guinea.

• Red-crested Turaco Tauraco erythrolophus

  The Red-crested Turaco is an Angolan endemic with a striking red crest and green body. It eats fruit and lives in pairs or groups in gallery and riverine forests.

• Dune Tuco-tuco Ctenomys australis

  The dune tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of coastal dunes in Argentina. Animals on the dunes have been reported to have light blond fur.

• Great Bustard Otis tarda

  The Great Bustard is a large bird of open grassland and farmland. Males and females differ in plumage and display.

• Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis

  This small dolphin lives in shallow seas and estuaries. It has a triangular dorsal fin and gray coloring and feeds on fish, squid, and crustaceans.

• Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons

  This large bird forages in loose flocks in forests and agricultural land. Plumage and bill color differ between Peruvian lowland and Andean forms.

• South-eastern Woolly Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Micoureus) paraguayana

  The South-eastern Woolly Mouse Opossum is a small climbing marsupial with long, dense fur. It eats insects and fruit, and occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern South America.

• Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus

  The Pavonine Quetzal lives in the upper canopy of Amazonian forest. Adult males have a bill with an orange-red base and yellow tip, while much of the species' ecology remains poorly known.

• Malayan porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura

  The Malayan porcupine is a nocturnal rodent with long spines on its back. It occurs in forests of mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo.

• Dark Batis Batis crypta

  The Dark Batis occurs in evergreen upland forest from the mountains of eastern Tanzania to northwestern Malawi. Males have a black facial pattern and broad chest band, plus a white wing stripe.

• Bale Monkey Chlorocebus djamdjamensis

  The Bale monkey lives in forests of the Ethiopian highlands. Bamboo makes up an important part of its diet, and it has distinctive facial and hand-and-foot coloring.

• Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor

  This large cotinga searches for fruit in the canopy. A 1970 study in southern Guyana recorded males displaying at forest leks and feeding on fruit and insects.