Meet the world’s animals.

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• Long-nosed Echymipera Echymipera rufescens

  

  This bandicoot has a long snout and a reddish rump. It occurs around New Guinea and on Australia's northeastern Cape York Peninsula.

• Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea

  Marshall's Iora shows conspicuous white edges on its tail and wings. It searches for insects in dry acacia scrub and may join mixed-species flocks after breeding.

• Red-handed Howler Alouatta belzebul

  This howler monkey occurs in Brazil. Its mostly black coat contrasts with red hands, feet, and tail tip; an Atlantic Forest study also documented how one group moved through its range.

• Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schulzii

  Its dark-gray body is marked by a rusty throat and breast. In fast mountain streams in northwestern Argentina, it wades and searches among stones for larvae and insects.

• Black-headed Marmoset Mico nigriceps

  This small marmoset lives in lowland forest and forest edges in the south-central Amazon. It eats gum, fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis

  This bird searches for insects on the ground and in low vegetation. This entry describes the lashmari subspecies on Kangaroo Island.

• Asian Garden Dormouse Eliomys melanurus

  The Asian garden dormouse has a dark mask around its eyes, large ears, and a bushy tail. It is nocturnal and solitary, and eats insects and other small animals.

• Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris

  The Black-backed Grosbeak has a black head and a black-and-white back. It occurs around Andean montane forest edges and valleys, preferring wetter habitats than a close relative.

• Subtropical Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus

  The Subtropical Antechinus is a small carnivorous marsupial from southeastern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales. Insects are its usual food.

• Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii

  A large bustard of arid regions across Asia. Birds breeding in northeast Asia migrate south, while some southern populations are resident.

• Banded Langur Presbytis femoralis

  The banded langur is a monkey that lives in trees. In Singapore's population, the black coat contrasts with a white chest-and-belly band and pale fur around the eyes and inside the limbs.

• Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis

  A broad buff eyebrow and rufous-brown upperparts mark this wren. It forages in humid montane forest and scrub in the Peruvian Andes, often with mixed-species flocks.

• Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose Helogale hirtula

  A small mongoose of the Horn of Africa that is active in groups by day. At night it shelters in termite mounds, dens, or rock crevices.

• Sira Barbet Capito fitzpatricki

  This small barbet is known only from the eastern slope of Peru’s Cerros del Sira. Its description paper reported three localities at 950–1,250 m and mainly describes paired birds foraging in the canopy.

• Long-tailed Tuco-tuco Ctenomys fulvus

  This burrowing rodent lives in dry areas of northern Chile and adjoining Argentina. The Chilean assessment records different habitats for named subspecies, including desert and oasis settings.

• Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus

  The Rufous-capped Motmot has a rufous head and blue-green eyebrow. It perches in the lower forest canopy and eats insects and small animals.

• Binturong Arctictis binturong

  A civet relative of South and Southeast Asian forests, with long black fur and a long grasping tail.

• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus

  A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.

• Malayan Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris malayana

  Tylonycteris malayana is a small bat associated with bamboo-rich forests. Its species account describes daytime roosting in bamboo cavities and feeding on insects at night.

• Guadalupe Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus

  This small seabird is dark above and white below. It nests on islands off western Baja California and differs from Scripps's Murrelet by having more white around the eye.

• Southern Pygmy Loris Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus

  A small slow loris that is active in trees at night and eats tree sap, nectar, and insects. Its behavior in the wild is still not well understood.

• Madagascan Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis

  This small ground bird resembles a quail, and females are more colorful than males. The male incubates the eggs and cares for the chicks.

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat Cormura brevirostris

  This small bat lives in humid forests of Central and South America and has been recorded roosting in tree hollows.

• Ceara Gnateater Conopophaga cearae

  The Ceara Gnateater is a small bird of northeastern Brazil. It was first described as a subspecies of Conopophaga lineata, then treated as a separate species following genetic research.