Meet the world’s animals.

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• Alston's Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Micoureus) alstoni

  

  Alston's mouse opossum has a dull gray-brown back. The 2021 revision places the specimens and photographs it could confirm in Costa Rica's central highlands.

• Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini

  

  This weaver ranges from the Sahel to western East Africa. It uses dry savanna woodland, thickets, scrub, and areas around farms and villages, and is thought to feed mostly on arthropods.

• Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata

  

  The surviving subspecies has native populations in Western Australia and translocated populations elsewhere. Its gray-to-reddish-brown coat and black tail-tip brush are distinctive.

• White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis

  

  The White-cheeked Turaco is a green turaco centered in the Ethiopian Highlands. Its rounded crest, white cheek patch, and crescent-shaped white neck mark are distinctive.

• Bornean White-bearded Gibbon Hylobates albibarbis

  

  This gibbon is active in trees by day and feeds mainly on fruit. Males have pale cheek fur, and the species occurs in southwestern Kalimantan.

• Giant Coot Fulica gigantea

  

  The giant coot has a red bill and legs and a yellow frontal shield. It lives on high Andean lakes and builds a large nest platform from aquatic plants.

• Southern Pudu Pudu puda

  A small deer of the temperate rainforests of Argentina and Chile. It makes trails through the undergrowth to feeding and resting places.

• Southern Brown Kiwi (Tokoeka) Apteryx australis

  Tokoeka cannot fly and probes leaf litter with its long bill to find small animals.

• Large-spotted Civet Viverra megaspila

  The large-spotted civet is a large civet recorded in scrub near wetlands and waterways in Thailand. Large dark spots mark its flanks, and pale rings cross its tail.

• Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris

  Chestnut and olive feathers, a dark face, and silvery ear patches mark this small bird. It forms flocks in woodland and eats fruit, seeds, and insects.

• 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.

• Drab Myzomela Myzomela blasii

  This small honeyeater lives in forests on islands in eastern Indonesia. It is drab brown, with a dark, slightly downcurved bill.

• Southern Spotted Skunk Spilogale angustifrons

  The southern spotted skunk has white stripes and spots against a dark coat. It occurs from southern Mexico, outside the Yucatán Peninsula, south to Costa Rica.

• Citrine Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa helianthea

  This small flycatcher is active by day; adults have olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts and rump.

• East African Potto Perodicticus ibeanus

  This primate moves slowly through trees at night. It has large round eyes and an arrow-shaped head, and eats fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita

  A large white cockatoo recognized by its yellow crest.

• Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca

  The Egyptian free-tailed bat ranges across Africa, except the Sahara, into southwest Asia, India, and Sri Lanka. It roosts in rocky places and buildings in warm, dry regions.

• Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia

  The Fluttering Shearwater is a small shearwater with dark brown upperparts, white throat and belly, and a partial dark collar.

• Blue-eyed Black Lemur Eulemur flavifrons

  Blue-eyed black lemurs show a strong difference in coat color between the sexes: males are black and females range from reddish brown to orange. In the dry season, they eat leaves and flowers as fruit becomes scarce.

• Scaly Ground Roller Geobiastes squamiger

  The Scaly Ground Roller is a terrestrial bird of Madagascar’s moist lowland forests.

• Northern White-breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus

  A European hedgehog with spines across its back.

• Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla

  The Common Firecrest is a small bird with a pale eyebrow and a bright crown. In Spain, it searches for small invertebrates in cool, humid forests.

• Asian Long-tailed Porcupine Trichys fasciculata

  The Asian long-tailed porcupine is a small porcupine with short spines on its back. It is active at night in the moist forests of Southeast Asia, walking on the ground and climbing trees.

• King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus

  A large penguin recognized by vivid orange patches on the sides of its head.