Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hooded seal Cystophora cristata

  

  A seal of the cold North Atlantic and Arctic waters, the mature male can inflate a pouch on its nose.

• Red-crested Bustard Lophotis ruficrista

  

  The Red-crested Bustard lives in dry parts of southern Africa. During courtship, the male makes a striking display by rising steeply and rolling his body backwards.

• Large Asian Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros lekaguli

  

  This bat has a large noseleaf. In 2019, six were caught and released after measurements near a cave on Negros Island, Philippines.

• Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus

  

  This bird lives in inland Australia. Its head is pale brownish-gray with fine streaks, the back is gray-brown, and the pale cream underparts have diffuse gray streaking. Tracked pairs stayed close during and after breeding.

• Common Four-eyed Opossum Philander canus

  

  Philander canus has short, uniformly gray back fur and pale underparts. A 2018 revision reports that in eastern Bolivia’s Cerrado landscapes it is apparently restricted to tall evergreen gallery forest.

• Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis

  

  This nightjar is marked by a reddish collar and a whistled call at night. It ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa and catches insects from dusk into the night.

• Milton's Titi Plecturocebus miltoni

  This southern Amazonian titi monkey was described in 2014 as Callicebus miltoni; the current genus used here is Plecturocebus. Its most distinctive pattern combines a pale forehead stripe, dark orange-brown sideburns and throat, a dark gray upper body, and an orange tail.

• Taiwan Cupwing Pnoepyga formosana

  The Taiwan Cupwing is endemic to Taiwan's mountain forests. It keeps to dense understory near the ground, is usually solitary, and makes only short flights.

• 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.

• Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria

  Horsfield's Babbler is a brown babbler that lives low in evergreen forests of Southeast Asia.

• Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus

  A gibbon that amplifies its loud calls with a throat sac and travels by swinging between branches.

• Pale-faced Bulbul Pycnonotus leucops

  This bulbul occurs in northern Borneo. It has a yellowish-olive body and a pale gray head; the 2023 eBird taxonomy update treats it as a species split from Flavescent Bulbul.

• Red-tailed Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus

  Its striped back and face contrast with rufous shoulders and sides and an orange-red underside to the tail. It inhabits dense conifer forest, especially shrub-rich openings and edges.

• Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus

  It occurs in northern Australia. Several birds were confirmed in Queensland in 2020 outside its previously documented range. Much of its ecology remains poorly known.

• Williams's Jerboa Allactaga (Paralactaga) williamsi

  This West Asian rodent is reported from Turkey, the South Caucasus, Iran, and Lebanon. An Iranian study recorded it on sparsely vegetated, hard soils from 350 to 2,500 m.

• Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus

  The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture is a vulture of the Americas recorded in wetlands along Guatemala's Pacific coast. It feeds mainly on carrion, but may also take live fish, reptiles, and insects.

• Hispaniolan Hutia Plagiodontia aedium

  The Hispaniolan hutia is a rodent found only on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Its dark-brown back, paler underside, and nearly hairless tail are useful clues.

• Ochre-collared Piculet Picumnus temminckii

  This small woodpecker ranges from southeastern Brazil south into Argentina. It occurs at forest edges and in secondary forest, as well as in urban parks and gardens, and mainly eats ant larvae and pupae.

• Stephens' kangaroo rat Dipodomys stephensi

  Stephens' kangaroo rat is a nocturnal rodent of grasslands and sparse scrub in southern California. It has long hind legs and carries seeds in cheek pouches.

• Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea

  The Prothonotary Warbler stands out as a bright yellow bird in dim wet forests. It forages low near water and nests in holes in standing dead trees.

• Hinde's Pouched Rat Beamys hindei

  Hinde's pouched rat is a relatively large, burrowing rodent that eats a range of plant matter, including seeds and roots. It has been studied in a montane forest reserve in southern Tanzania.

• Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster

  This waterbird swims with its long neck above the surface and spears fish underwater with its bill. After leaving the water, it perches on rocks or other supports and spreads its wings to dry.

• Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus goodfellowi

  A climbing kangaroo of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests.

• Black-eared Wood Quail Odontophorus melanotis

  The Black-eared Wood Quail is an elusive bird of humid forests from Honduras to eastern Panama.