Meet the world’s animals.
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- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
Photo: avocat · (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 This leaf-warbler occurs in the East African highlands. It has olive upperparts, yellow underparts, a long tail, and a slender bill. It moves through low vegetation in montane forest and high-altitude scrub.
- Chestnut African Climbing Mouse Dendromus mystacalis
The chestnut African climbing mouse lives in savannas south of the Sahara and climbs tall grasses with its tail.
- Baikal Bush-warbler Locustella davidi
The 2014 paper summarizes breeding from north-central China to Siberia and wintering in northern Southeast Asia. It also documents three records in Assam, India, in 2012–2013.
- Long-nosed Echymipera Echymipera rufescens
This bandicoot has a long snout and a reddish rump. It occurs around New Guinea and on Australia's northeastern Cape York Peninsula.
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
The Eurasian Treecreeper climbs tree trunks to find small animals in the bark. Its brown, white, and golden plumage blends into the tree.
- Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus
Gervais' beaked whale is a member of the beaked-whale family that lives in deep Atlantic waters. It is rarely seen at sea and is usually alone or in small, closely associated groups.
- Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris
A mainly ground-dwelling bird native to Africa. Wild birds have dark grey plumage covered with small white spots.
- Southern Three-banded Armadillo Tolypeutes matacus
The southern three-banded armadillo is an armadillo that tucks its head and legs beneath its hard shell and curls up for defense.
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
This lorikeet lives in eucalypt woodland in southeastern Australia. Red facial markings and a blue crown stand out against its green body.
- Ladak Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) ladacensis
The Ladak Pika is a large pika living in groups in open high-elevation habitats of Ladakh. A study in Changthang observed it gathering plants and storing them in haypiles.
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
The Western Bronze-naped Pigeon inhabits forests in tropical Africa. It feeds on fruit and uses habitats including riparian evergreen forest.
- Bolivian Red Howler Alouatta sara
The Bolivian red howler is a large howler monkey of lowland tropical and subtropical forests in South America. It mainly eats leaves, fruit, and flowers, and gives loud calls.
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
This bird-of-paradise lives in forests on New Guinea and Misool. Its blue-black plumage has a blue-green sheen, and the feathers on the throat and upper breast look crinkled.
- Eastern Free-tailed Bat Ozimops ridei
This eastern Australian free-tailed bat has chocolate-brown upperparts and paler underparts. It uses tree hollows and buildings as roosts.
- Short-legged Ground Roller Brachypteracias leptosomus
The Short-legged Ground Roller lives in Madagascar's humid forests. By day, it searches for invertebrates on the leaf-littered forest floor.
- Philippine Slow Loris Nycticebus menagensis
The Philippine Slow Loris has a white muzzle and small dark rings around the eyes. It is nocturnal and spends almost all of its time in trees.
- La Perouse's Megapode Megapodius laperouse
La Perouse's Megapode is a megapode of the Mariana Islands that lives on the forest floor. Its grey head, red facial skin, and yellow legs are distinctive.
- Black-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tetradactyla
An arboreal pangolin of West and Central Africa with a tail longer than its body.
- Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
This honeyeater occurs in southeastern Australia. Mistletoe fruit is its main food, and it also takes nectar and insects.
- Least Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pusillus
This small horseshoe bat has a broad noseleaf and brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and similar places.
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
Northern Schiffornis ranges from Central America to northern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. The description here follows records of the rosenbergi subspecies in northwestern Peru and nearby Ecuador.
- Nelson's Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus nelsoni
Nelson's antelope squirrel is a small squirrel with a pale stripe along its side. It lives in dry grasslands and shrublands in California, searching for food by day and using burrow systems.
- Solomons Frogmouth Rigidipenna inexpectata
The Solomons Frogmouth is a nocturnal forest bird of the Solomon Islands. It has fewer tail feathers than other frogmouths and conspicuous white spots on the breast and belly.
- Peleng Tarsier Tarsius pelengensis
The Peleng tarsier is a primate found on Peleng Island, Indonesia. Field work from 2016 to 2018 recorded individuals traveling alone or in groups and using several trees as sleeping sites.