Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

  

  A wagtail with a yellow underside and greenish back. It visits Britain in spring and summer and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Sinaloan Mastiff Bat Molossus sinaloae

  

  The Sinaloan mastiff bat has dark brown fur above and paler brown fur below. It hunts moths, beetles, and other insects in flight at night.

• Yellow-throated Whistler Pachycephala macrorhyncha

  

  This whistler lives in forest and wooded areas of the Moluccas. Males have yellowish underparts, and throat color varies among island populations.

• Brewer's mole Parascalops breweri

  

  The hairy-tailed mole has eyes hidden by fur and a furry tail. It lives in underground tunnels and searches for worms and insects.

• Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

  

  On lakes and coasts of western North America, it dives for fish; during courtship, pairs run together across the water.

• Southern White-Breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus concolor

  

  The southern white-breasted hedgehog occurs in the Mediterranean region. Like other Erinaceus hedgehogs, it searches for food at night and protects itself with its spines.

• Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis

  Jerdon's Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of southern India and Sri Lanka that catches insects in flight.

• Bokhara Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus bocharicus

  The Bokhara horseshoe bat lives in arid Central Asian foothills and uses caves and mines as roosts.

• Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea

  The Violet-backed Hyliota searches leaf undersides for small prey. A Rwanda survey recorded it in canopy foliage below 2,000 m.

• Little Pocket Mouse Perognathus longimembris

  This very small-bodied mouse mainly eats seeds. It is active at night and plugs its burrow entrance during the day.

• Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis

  The Grasshopper Buzzard is a raptor of open Sahel country that feeds heavily on insects, especially grasshoppers.

• 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.

• Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus

  The Water Thick-knee is a large shorebird that is active at night along rivers and lakes. Its mottled gray-brown plumage helps it blend into grass and waterside cover.

• Ursine Red Howler Alouatta arctoidea

  The ursine red howler has reddish-brown fur and a long, grasping tail. It spends its days in trees and feeds mainly on leaves, with fruits and flowers also in its diet.

• Five-colored Barbet Capito quinticolor

  The Five-colored Barbet combines a black back with a red head and yellow markings. It feeds mainly on fruit, also taking insects, in forests and at their edges.

• Red Acouchi Myoprocta acouchy

  The red acouchi is a diurnal rodent of forests from the Guianas to northern Brazil. Its reddish-orange flanks and legs and short, white-tipped tail are distinctive.

• Black Oropendola Psarocolius guatimozinus

  The Black Oropendola is a large bird of restricted humid lowlands in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia. It searches high in trees and is thought to take nectar from flowers.

• Butler's Dunnart Sminthopsis butleri

  This small carnivorous marsupial has a reported head-and-body length of 88 mm and a tail about 90 mm long. The report gives an average mass of 15–30 g.

• Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica

  This nocturnal owl lives in open country in eastern Australia. Its white heart-shaped face and sandy plumage with black spots help identify it. At night it searches for small animals on the ground.

• Chilean Dolphin Cephalorhynchus eutropia

  The Chilean dolphin is a small dolphin found along Chile’s coast. Records are patchy, and it often uses sheltered shallow waters such as bays and fjords.

• Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana

  The Wattled Jacana is a small wading bird that walks over floating vegetation on long, thin toes.

• Tucumán Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tucumanus

  The Tucumán Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent recorded around the city of Tucumán. It has a reddish brown back, a pale underside, and white patches near the limbs.

• South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea

  This tern lives along the coasts of South America. Adults have pale gray bodies, a black cap, and red bills and legs.

• Assam Macaque Macaca assamensis

  Its coat varies from golden brown to dark brown, and the fur on its back is dense. It uses both trees and the ground.