Meet the world’s animals.

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• African wolf Canis lupaster

  

  Animals recorded in Senegal had a sturdy build and broad head. Across its range, the African wolf occupies North Africa, the Sahel, and neighboring regions, and its varied diet includes small animals and fruit as well as larger herbivores.

• Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus

  This bird has a black-and-white body and a long crest that curves forward. It occurs in Southeast Asian forests, often in pairs or small family groups.

• Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) musculoides

  The Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse is a very small mouse. At Chappal Waddi in Nigeria, it was common in savanna grassland and less common in the forest zone.

• House sparrow Passer domesticus

  A small bird of towns and farms. Males and females differ in facial and chest markings; males have a black throat bib.

• Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus

  The Spotted Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird that searches for seeds in dry, open country.

• Southern Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat Tonatia maresi

  Tonatia maresi is a bat distributed in South America. The adult female used as the holotype reference in the paper had dark gray-brown fur above and a grayer, paler underside. The species roosts in hollow trees.

• Aardvark Orycteropus afer

  An African mammal that searches for ants and termites on the ground at night and uses burrows as shelter.

• Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix

  The Long-billed Murrelet is an alcid that breeds along the Siberian coast and also spends time at sea. It is recorded only rarely as a vagrant in North America.

• Ferreira’s Spiny Tree-rat Mesomys hispidus

  This arboreal rodent has stiff spines on its back and a long tail ending in a tuft. It is reported throughout the Amazon Basin and was commonly captured in mature forest in a Peruvian study.

• Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus

  A falcon that catches birds in flight. In North America it is common around coasts and cliffs and may nest on tall buildings.

• Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus

  The Plains-wanderer is a small ground-dwelling bird of scattered grasslands in southeastern Australia. It forages by day for seeds and small ground-dwelling animals.

• Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata

  Despite its name, it is not a right whale; it is a baleen whale that filters small prey from the water.

• Long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis

  A long-tailed monkey that lives in forests and mangroves around Singapore and nearby parts of Southeast Asia.

• Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus

  The Brown Treecreeper has a pale brown back and black-and-buff barring across the breast and belly. It lives in dry forests of eastern Australia and searches for insects on trunks and on the ground.

• Sloth bear Melursus ursinus

  A South Asian bear with a shaggy coat, a sparsely furred muzzle and a pale chest marking.

• Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

  A gull that gathers around watersides and visits Japan mainly in winter.

• Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana

  The Altai Accentor breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves into the Himalayas outside the breeding season. It feeds on rocky slopes, often in flocks.

• Striped hog-nosed skunk Conepatus semistriatus

  A skunk with a white band that splits into two stripes along the back and a broad, hog-like nose.

• Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

  An offshore dolphin with striking stripes running from the eyes along the sides of its body.

• Western Nicator Nicator chloris

  The Western Nicator has golden spots on its wings and moves through dense forest cover. This account focuses on records from Upper Guinea rather than presenting a complete range for the species.

• Brazilian Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus septemcinctus

  The Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo is the smallest species in its genus. Its shell has six or seven movable bands.

• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

  A long-necked waterbird known for its showy breeding feathers.

• Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops

  Rand's Warbler is endemic to eastern Madagascar's humid lowland forest. It has an olive-gray head with a prominent pale eyebrow and forages for insects in treetops.

• Red-backed Bearded Saki Chiropotes chiropotes

  The red-backed bearded saki has a black body, a reddish back, and a dense beard. It moves through the high forest canopy by day and eats hard fruits and seeds.