Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura

  

  This small warbler occurs in West Africa and forages for insects in dry savanna and scrub. The account places it in the canopy and bushes.

• Chacoan Mara Pediolagus salinicola

  A large rodent of the Chaco, it occurs in Paraguay, southern Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina, in dry scrub and woodland.

• Pygmy Bushtit Psaltria exilis

  This tiny bird occurs only in the mountains of western and central Java. It feeds on insects and moves actively through the lower forest in small flocks.

• Brazilian Porcupine Coendou prehensilis

  The Brazilian porcupine occurs in the northern Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Adults have three-banded quills along the back, giving a pale yellowish appearance with dark brown markings. In Pernambuco, a specimen was collected in lowland evergreen rainforest surrounded by sugar-cane fields.

• Southern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes chrysocome

  A penguin with yellow plumes extending backwards above the eyes. Its breeding range includes the Falkland Islands.

• Sechuran Fox Lycalopex sechurae

  This small fox lives in dry coastal areas from northwestern Ecuador to Peru. It is nocturnal; food records from northern Peru include fruit and small animals.

• Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla

  The Pygmy Cupwing is a small bird with a very short tail and scaled-looking brown plumage. It forages in dense understory and near the forest floor.

• Dusky Bushbaby Galago matschiei

  Matschie's galago is a nocturnal primate of montane forests east of Lake Albert in central Africa. It is arboreal.

• Yellow-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera lauterbachi

  The Yellow-breasted Bowerbird lives in eastern and central New Guinea, where males build an avenue-shaped bower and decorate it with blue fruit and stones to court females.

• Galápagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki

  This sea lion lives along the Galápagos coast throughout the year. Its streamlined body helps it move through the water.

• African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis

  A yellow face and belly, with a narrow white eye-ring, help identify this small bird. It searches leaves and flowers for insects, nectar, and fruit.

• Pale Fork-crowned Lemur Phaner pallescens

  The pale fork-crowned lemur is a nocturnal lemur of western Madagascar’s dry forests. It feeds mainly on tree gum and sap.

• Long-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus eulophotes

  This small bird is recorded in the understory of humid western Amazonian forest, including vegetation patches after treefalls and stands of Guadua bamboo.

• Banggai Cuscus Phalanger pelengensis

  The Banggai cuscus is a marsupial of the Banggai Islands, with an orange-brown back and a yellowish belly. Its behavior is described here at the genus level where the source groups two species together.

• Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum

  This ground-dwelling bird of central Australia has different breast and wing patterns in males and females. Family groups hold territories in dry scrub and stony plains.

• Black Wallaroo Osphranter bernardus

  The black wallaroo is a kangaroo relative of Kakadu’s rocky Stone Country.

• White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei

  The amount of white on its head varies, and its red bill and feet stand out. By day it searches tree trunks and branches for invertebrates.

• Tana River Red Colobus Piliocolobus rufomitratus

  The Tana River red colobus lives in riverine forest along the lower Tana River in eastern Kenya. It feeds in the morning and late afternoon and spends much of the day resting.

• Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri

  The male has a red throat stripe and a chestnut breast dotted with white. This small bird stays near grass and shrubs and hops along the ground searching for seeds and small insects.

• Fossa Cryptoprocta ferox

  A tree-climbing carnivorous mammal of Madagascar forests.

• Blackstart Oenanthe melanura

  The Blackstart is a grey-brown wheatear with a conspicuous black tail. It lives in rocky deserts and mountains and nests in rock crevices.

• Big Crested Mastiff Bat Promops centralis

  This mastiff bat of the Americas flies fast on long wings. It uses habitats from forests to open country and roosts in tree hollows or buildings.

• Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra

  This jacamar has a long bill and metallic green-blue and bronze plumage. It waits on branches and catches flying insects.

• Agile Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus agilis

  The agile gracile opossum is a small marsupial with long digits and a grasping tail. It forages both in trees and on the ground.