Meet the world’s animals.

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• American Pika Ochotona (Pika) princeps

  

  The American pika is a small mammal of the mountains of western North America. It does not hibernate and gathers plants for winter food.

• Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi

  

  The Black Butcherbird has deep bluish-black plumage and a large silver-grey bill. It occurs in rainforests, mangroves, and nearby open or settled areas.

• Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus

  

  The trefoil horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater of forest understories. Its noseleaf and wing membranes are yellowish brown, and its fur is long and soft.

• Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus

  

  The Southern Masked Weaver lives in open areas of southern Africa. Breeding males have a striking black face and yellow body, and the species eats seeds and other foods.

• Chinese Ferret-badger Melogale moschata

  

  The Chinese ferret-badger is a small badger with a white forehead, black face, and long bushy tail. It is active at night and eats insects, earthworms, and small animals.

• Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri

  

  It has a gray head, white breast, pale yellow belly, and a white eye-ring. It moves slowly through foliage, searching for insects, spiders, and small fruits.

• 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.

• 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.

• Northern Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri

  The northern tree shrew has grey-olive fur and a long snout and lives in moist forests across South and Southeast Asia.

• New Zealand Robin Petroica australis

  The South Island robin lives on New Zealand's South and Stewart Islands and often forages on the forest floor.

• Black-footed cat Felis nigripes

  A small cat with tawny fur, dark spots and bands, and black foot pads.

• Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti

  A South American penguin recognized by a dark stripe across its white front.

• Garnett's Greater Galago Otolemur garnettii

  Garnett's greater galago is a small nocturnal primate of East African forests. It has short ears and a thick, bushy tail longer than its body. It moves through the middle and upper canopy and eats fruit and insects.

• Hall's Babbler Pomatostomus halli

  This bird has conspicuous white eyebrow and breast markings and lives in flocks in dry Acacia scrub of central-eastern Australia.

• 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.

• Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus

  This antwren lives in lowland evergreen forest in the northwestern Amazon. Males have a black head, a white eyebrow, and black-and-white spots on the back. It is found in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Indian Gray Mongoose Urva edwardsii

  A mongoose of South Asia and Arabia, recognized by its silver-gray speckled coat and white-tipped tail.

• Arctic Loon Gavia arctica

  A waterbird that breeds on large lakes in northern Europe and Asia. Its breeding plumage is boldly patterned, and outside the breeding season it also uses sheltered coastal waters.

• Blanford's Fox Vulpes cana

  Blanford's fox is a small fox with large ears and a bushy tail. It can also climb among rocky slopes.

• Jamaican Tody Todus todus

  The Jamaican Tody is a small island endemic with a green back, red throat, and concealed pink flank tufts. It catches insects below the canopy and excavates nesting burrows.

• Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus weddelli

  A small monkey recorded in Rondônia, Brazil. The official species account describes the nominate subspecies east of the Madeira River.

• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii

  The male Orange-bellied Leafbird has a green body, orange underparts and a purplish-blue throat. It feeds on insects and fruit in forest from the Himalaya toward Assam.

• Dusky Melanomys Melanomys caliginosus

  The dusky melanomys is a rodent of forests in western Colombia and southwestern Ecuador. Its back is generally dark, although coat color varies geographically. The 2017 species account says its broad taxonomic concept needs further revision.

• Abd al-Kuri Sparrow Passer hemileucus

  This sparrow is endemic to Abd al-Kuri Island. A 2008 study documents plumage differences from the related Socotra sparrow, while noting that published information on its habits is sparse.