Meet the world’s animals.

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• Malabar Gray Hornbill Ocyceros griseus

  

  Male and female Malabar Gray Hornbills have different bill shapes. These gray hornbills mainly eat fruit in forests.

• Sanje Mangabey Cercocebus sanjei

  The Sanje mangabey is endemic to Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains. The 2024 conservation plan reports it from two separated forest fragments.

• Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris

  This bird of northeastern India is recognized by its thick bill and black breast.

• North African Hedgehog Atelerix algirus

  A hedgehog of North Africa that uses scrub, grassland and gardens; it searches for food on the ground at night.

• Coppery-chested Jacamar Galbula pastazae

  The Coppery-chested Jacamar is a 23–24 cm jacamar of humid mountain forest. Its account classifies it as an aerial hunter of invertebrates.

• Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus

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

• White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina

  The New Zealand breeding population of the White-faced Storm Petrel is marked by a white face and a bounding, pattering way of feeding at the sea surface.

• Sulawesi babirusa Babyrousa celebensis

  A pig from Sulawesi and nearby islands whose males have upper tusks that grow through the snout.

• Zappey's Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis

  Zappey’s Flycatcher breeds in central and east-central China and winters in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java. Males are blue and females brown; it forages from the middle forest layer to the canopy.

• Rock Ring-tailed Possum Petropseudes dahli

  This marsupial lives among rocky outcrops in northern Australia. It shelters in sandstone crevices by day and goes to nearby trees to feed at night.

• Sao Tome Shorttail Amaurocichla bocagii

  This small bird occurs only on São Tomé Island. The IUCN assessment describes forested river valleys as its main habitat and notes some records in montane areas.

• Western Pocket Gopher Thomomys mazama

  This pocket gopher occurs in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It spends much of its life in burrow systems and is recorded in prairies, meadows, orchards, and abandoned farms.

• White-breasted Wood-Swallow Artamus leucoryn

  This bird has dark bluish-gray head, back, wings, and tail with white underparts. It ranges from northern and eastern Australia to New Guinea, Fiji, and the Philippines, and mainly catches insects in flight.

• Greater Egyptian jerboa Jaculus orientalis

  This North African jerboa bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night and spends the day in burrows dug in sand or clay.

• Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus

  The Rufous-collared Kingfisher is a colorful forest kingfisher. It favors woodland near water and takes fish as well as large insects and small animals.

• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus

  A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.

• White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra

  This bird is recorded on the Pacific coastal plain of Guatemala. It uses swamp and dry forest, mangroves, and plantation edges, and eats fruit, leaves, flowers, and some invertebrates.

• Peruvian Armored Tree-rat Toromys rhipidurus

  This is an arboreal spiny rat recorded in the Peruvian Amazon. A live animal captured near Iquitos showed pale cream patches behind its ears.

• Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii

  The Rufous-vented Grass Babbler lives in wetlands and reedbeds. It is brown above, with fine streaks below and rich rufous feathers under the tail.

• Cape Porcupine Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis

  A porcupine covered in long, stiff quills, native to central and southern Africa.

• Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus

  It has a white head, a dark line through the eye, and blue, grey and white plumage. A European account describes it as favoring bushes near fresh water.

• Serval Leptailurus serval

  An African cat with long legs, large ears and black spots and stripes on a tawny coat.

• Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus

  The Least Seedsnipe is a small ground-dwelling bird of South American grasslands and steppes. It feeds on shoots, leaves, and seeds in pairs or small groups.

• American Water Shrew Sorex palustris

  The American water shrew ranges from Alaska and Canada to northern mountain regions of the United States. Near streams and lakes, it dives to search for aquatic insects.