Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

  

  This large woodpecker is endemic to Sri Lanka’s forests. It has deep crimson upperparts, and pairs have been reported in the forest understory.

• Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis

  

  A wolf found only in Ethiopia's highlands, with a bright reddish coat and long legs.

• Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis

  

  This puffbird inhabits humid forests from Venezuela into Colombia. It searches for invertebrates in the forest understory and near edges.

• Monjon Petrogale burbidgei

  

  A small wallaby of rocky areas in northwestern Australia, with mottled fur and a reddish patch around the eye.

• Sillem's Mountain Finch Leucosticte sillemi

  

  The pool and the 2014 field paper use Leucosticte sillemi; BirdForum Opus gives Carpodacus sillemi. This entry is limited to records from Yeniugou Valley, Qinghai, in 2012 and 2013, including a brief feeding observation in May 2013.

• Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris

  

  Blainville's beaked whale is a toothed whale of deep offshore waters in tropical to temperate regions. In mature males, tusk-like teeth project from the arched lower jaw.

• Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis

  The Green-winged Teal is a small North American duck, notable for the green stripe on the male's head. It feeds near the water's surface and moves between breeding and wintering areas with the seasons.

• New England cottontail Sylvilagus transitionalis

  The New England cottontail uses shrubland and dense thickets in young forest. It is difficult to distinguish visually from the related eastern cottontail.

• White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi

  The White-tipped Dove is marked by sandy plumage, a darker back, and white tips on the outer tail feathers. It searches for seeds on the ground in dry woods and riverside scrub.

• Indian Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros lankadiva

  This large leaf-nosed bat has fur ranging from pale cream through brown and orange to bright red. A Sri Lankan study included it among insect-eating bats recorded from natural cave populations.

• Clicking Shieldbill Peltops blainvillii

  The Clicking Shieldbill lives in lowland New Guinea forest and also uses clearings and gardens. It waits on a perch before sallying after flying insects.

• Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi

  The lesser long-eared bat is recorded in Victoria, southeastern Australia. It roosts in tree hollows and buildings and has long ears.

• Northern Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus

  The Northern Slaty Antshrike is about 14 cm long. In Peru, PeruAves records separate populations in the Chinchipe, Marañón and part of the Huallaga valleys.

• Flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps

  A small water-associated cat with a narrow head and a flattened forehead.

• Wattled Brush-turkey Aepypodius arfakianus

  The Wattled Brush-turkey is a large megapode of New Guinea’s mountain forests. Its reddish-brown body bears a red comb and wattle, and it incubates eggs using heat from a mound of leaves and twigs.

• Masoala Woolly Lemur Avahi mooreorum

  The Masoala woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur known from northeastern Madagascar. Its mottled back and reddish-brown tail are distinctive.

• Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris

  The Collared Gnatwren is a small forest bird with a long bill and a black breast band. It moves quickly through low growth in northern Amazonian forest while searching for insects and other arthropods.

• Thomas's Bushbaby Galagoides thomasi

  Thomas's bushbaby is a small primate that forages in trees at night.

• Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

  This bushshrike lives in savanna and woodland across sub-Saharan Africa. It has a yellow face and belly with an orange breast, and gleans arthropods from foliage in the canopy.

• Day's Shrew Suncus dayi

  Day’s shrew is a small shrew from humid montane forests in southern India. Its back is dark brown and its underside has a silvery sheen.

• Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus

  With a black head and broad white cheek patch, this bird searches near the ground for insects in wet habitats of eastern Australia.

• Beisa Oryx beisa

  An antelope of dry East African habitats. Both sexes have long horns, and it eats grasses and leaves.

• Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris

  This bird occurs in tall grassland south of the Sahara. It has a broad tail and short, rounded wings, and may remain hidden low in dense grass.

• Southern Giant Pouched Rat Cricetomys ansorgei

  The Southern Giant Pouched Rat is a large rodent that carries food in its cheek pouches. It often lives alone in a burrow and may store food there.