Meet the world’s animals.

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• Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti

  

  The Madras tree shrew is a small Indian mammal with a mottled back, pale belly, and pale shoulder stripe. It is reported to spend more time on the ground than in trees.

• Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi

  

  The Corsican Nuthatch is endemic to Corsica and feeds on insects or pine seeds at different times of year.

• Big hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus

  

  The big hairy armadillo lives in grasslands, forests and other habitats in South America. Flexible bony plates cover its back, with hair beneath the plates and along the sides of the body.

• Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus

  

  The male Rufous-breasted Bush Robin has a blue back and chestnut underparts. It breeds in the Himalayas, uses mixed conifer forest, and searches the ground for insects.

• Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus

  

  The bearded seal lives in shallow Arctic and subarctic seas where seasonal sea ice forms.

• Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila

  

  The Ascension Frigatebird is a seabird with long wings and a deeply forked tail.

• Mexican Giant Shrew Megasorex gigas

  The Mexican giant shrew is known only from Mexico. A small number of collection records place it along damp streams and in forests with fallen logs and rocks.

• Kadavu Fantail Rhipidura personata

  The Kadavu Fantail lives only on Kadavu Island in Fiji. A black crescent and inverted V across the chest, plus narrow white edges on the black outer tail feathers, help identify it. It moves actively along forest streams while catching insects.

• Common Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus

  An antelope described in a Marakele National Park account from South Africa, living in open savanna woodland and nearby grassland.

• Madeira Firecrest Regulus madeirensis

  A small bird of Madeira's forests and uplands. Its crown is a key mark, and it searches among leaves for tiny insects.

• Eastern Mindanao Gymnure Podogymnura intermedia

  Podogymnura intermedia is a gymnure known from mountain sites in eastern Mindanao, Philippines. Long black hairs and golden-tipped hairs give its back golden streaks or speckles.

• Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina

  The Blue Bunting lives in thickets and woodland edges in Mexico and northern Central America. Males are blue, while females are warm brown overall.

• Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus

  The northern brown bandicoot is a marsupial with a long snout, rounded ears, and a short two-colored tail. It is active at night and digs for food.

• Madagascar Cuckooshrike Coracina cinerea

  An endemic cuckooshrike of Madagascar. It uses dry forest, humid evergreen forest and gallery forest, and may join mixed-species flocks in the canopy.

• Common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius

  A small dormouse with large eyes, small rounded ears, and a furry tail.

• Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii

  The Yellow-faced Myna is a starling of New Guinea's forest canopy. Its yellow face and white rump are easy to notice.

• Lowland Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus canescens

  The Lowland Ring-tailed Possum occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

  The Asian Woolly-necked Stork is a large wetland bird with a neck covered in fluffy white feathers. The current name Ciconia episcopus refers to the Asian species, distinct from the African C. microscelis.

• Thomas's Bushbaby Galagoides thomasi

  Thomas's bushbaby is a small primate that forages in trees at night.

• Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus

  A tiny bird of eucalyptus canopies, the Spotted Pardalote has a distinctive pattern of white spots. Adult males also show a red rump and yellow throat. It searches foliage for insects and sugary exudates.

• Volcan de Toluca Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys planiceps

  This pocket gopher is known from Mexico's volcanic region. Its back is dark, with lighter brown mixed into the fur along its sides.

• Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus

  The Sage Thrasher is a small bird of western North America, where sagebrush steppe is widespread. In spring, males sing from high perches.

• African Savanna Hare Lepus victoriae

  This hare ranges from northwestern Africa across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Coat color and habitat vary among populations, including those in mountains.

• Angola Lark Amirafra angolensis

  This lark occurs mainly in Angola. Its rufous crown and pale tail are useful identification marks, while the pattern on its back changes seasonally.