Meet the world’s animals.

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• Appalachian Cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus

  

  This small cottontail lives in forests and brushy cover at higher elevations in the Appalachian Mountains.

• Whiskered Myiobius Myiobius barbatus

  

  The Whiskered Myiobius ranges across northern and western South America. In the nominate subspecies described by the source, the back is olive green and the rump is yellow.

• Russian Desman Desmana moschata

  

  The Russian desman is a mole relative that lives by water. It has a flexible snout and fully webbed hind feet.

• American Woodcock Scolopax minor

  

  This shorebird walks on the forest floor and probes the soil with its long bill for earthworms.

• Durga Das's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros durgadasi

  

  It is a small bat with rounded ears and a simple noseleaf without supplementary leaflets. In Karnataka, it roosts in subterranean caves.

• Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro

  

  The Band-rumped Storm Petrel is a small seabird of waters far from land. It flies low over the sea on long wings and has a white band across its rump.

• Palawan Pangolin Manis culionensis

  The Palawan pangolin has pale yellowish-white scales across its back. A Palawan study found greater use of primary forest among the habitats assessed and reported foraging searches at termite and ant mounds.

• Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea

  This small bird inhabits the undergrowth of humid forest. A study reports different crown gloss in the nominate population from northeastern India and Myanmar and the subspecies from northern Thailand and Vietnam.

• Arfak Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus schlegeli

  The Arfak ring-tailed possum is a rare possum known from the Arfak Mountains in northwestern New Guinea. Its coat is orange-brown, without dorsal stripes or facial markings.

• Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra

  The Spanish subspecies calandra lives in broad cereal plains and grasslands. It has brown, dark-streaked plumage and nests on the ground among grasses during the breeding season.

• Berthe's Mouse Lemur Microcebus berthae

  Berthe's mouse lemur is nocturnal and lives in dry deciduous forest in southwestern Madagascar. A dark back stripe and facial markings make it distinctive.

• Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus

  This small bird lives in Australian forests and woodlands. It has a white eyebrow and a yellow spot in front of the eye, and searches canopy leaves for insects and larvae.

• Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus chinga

  A South American skunk with a black coat, white back stripes and a broad nose.

• Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

  An aquatic bird with a long bill and a stretchy pouch beneath it.

• 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.

• Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki

  The Red-throated Bee-eater nests in earthen banks near rivers and catches flying insects in social groups.

• Desert Pocket Gopher Geomys arenarius

  The desert pocket gopher is a rodent that digs underground burrows in sandy soils. It carries food in cheek pouches and feeds on plants below ground.

• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

  The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch moves along trunks and branches in Asian forests.

• Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis

  The rough-toothed dolphin lives widely in deep ocean waters from tropical to warmer temperate regions. Its long rostrum and large fins stand out, and it feeds on fish and squid.

• South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki

  The South Polar Skua is a large seabird that breeds in Antarctica and makes a shallow nest on the ground among rocks or moss.

• Carriker's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma carrikeri

  Carriker's round-eared bat is recorded in Bolivia. A Bolivian species account reports insect feeding and termite mounds used as roosts.

• Black-headed Penduline Tit Remiz macronyx

  The Black-headed Penduline Tit is a Central Asian migrant.

• Western Jumping Mouse Zapus princeps

  The western jumping mouse lives in western North America and hops on large hind feet. Its active season is short, and it hibernates through winter.

• Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii

  The Green-breasted Mango is a relatively large hummingbird of tropical American lowlands, found around forest edges and clearings.