Meet the world’s animals.

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• Grauer's Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri

  

  This forest bird is bright green and has a broad bill. It occurs in montane forest in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.

• Brumback's Night Monkey Aotus brumbacki

  Brumback’s night monkey is a nocturnal primate described as endemic to Colombia’s Llanos. It sleeps in cavities in both living and dead trees.

• Grey parrot Psittacus erithacus

  An African forest parrot with grey plumage and a striking bright red tail.

• Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis

  A deer whose males are notable for long canine teeth that project from the mouth.

• Rufous-breasted Warbling Finch Poospiza rubecula

  This finch occurs in a restricted area of the western Peruvian Andes. Adult males have a slate-grey back and tail, black face, and rufous forehead, eyebrow, and breast. A 1994 field visit recorded small groups feeding in low branches and on vegetated ground.

• Javan Mongoose Urva javanica

  The Javan mongoose is a mongoose found in Southeast Asia. A study on Java examined traces of its varied animal prey in fecal DNA.

• Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami

  Tristram's Bunting is a migratory bunting. In Hong Kong it is seen in winter and searches for food on the forest floor and quiet paths.

• Chinese Red Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) erythrotis

  The Chinese red pika is a small pika found in the highlands of western China. It belongs to a closely related group associated with stony habitats.

• Gray-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii

  The Grey-headed Parakeet is an Asian parrot with a grey head and yellow-green body. It eats plant foods such as seeds and fruit.

• Armored Rat Hoplomys gymnurus

  This rodent has spines on its back. In wet streamside forest, it hides in a burrow by day and searches for food at night.

• Schwartz's Antthrush Chamaeza turdina

  Willis's paper treats the Colombian and Venezuelan population as Chamaeza turdina. Its appearance is described for that population, while a separate species account records ground-foraging for invertebrates in forest.

• Eastern Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens orion

  This broad-nosed bat occurs in eastern Australia. Its back is dark brown and the underside is duller and paler. Records come from wet forests and more open woodland.

• Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes stolzmanni

  This small manakin lives in lowland evergreen forest in western Amazonia. The account records it up to about 800 m in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. It gives no detailed information about diet or breeding.

• Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus chinga

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

• Pink-backed pelican Pelecanus rufescens

  An African wetland pelican whose pale back can take on a pink tint.

• Dune Tuco-tuco Ctenomys australis

  The dune tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of coastal dunes in Argentina. Animals on the dunes have been reported to have light blond fur.

• Halmahera Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus

  This bird-of-paradise is easy to notice by its grey back and white wing patch. It eats fruit and arthropods in forests of the North Moluccas.

• Southern Pocket Gopher Megascapheus atrovarius

  A pocket gopher from Mexico's Pacific-side mountains. The Mammal Diversity Database places it in Megascapheus; a 2011 redescription reports dry thornscrub along the western Sierra Madre Occidental.

• Buffy Helmetcrest Oxypogon stuebelii

  The Buffy Helmetcrest is a hummingbird of the high Andes of central Colombia. Local accounts place it in páramo around Los Nevados, among areas with frailejón plants.

• Borneo Short-tailed Porcupine Hystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis

  This porcupine lives in forests and cultivated areas on Borneo. Its dark brown quills, with pale tips and bases, help identify it.

• Common Tetraka Bernieria madagascariensis

  The Common Tetraka is a forest bird of Madagascar. It has dark brownish-green upperparts, a yellow throat, and a long bill. It gleans arthropods from branches and leaves, also eats seeds, and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Five-toed Dwarf Jerboa Cardiocranius paradoxus

  The five-toed dwarf jerboa is a small jerboa with 5 toes on its hind feet. It moves through dry rocky areas at night and eats plant seeds.

• Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris

  The Collared Kingfisher has turquoise upperparts and a white collar and underside. In Singapore it is a resident found throughout the country, from coastal areas to parks.

• Kinkajou Potos flavus

  A raccoon relative that grips branches with its long tail and searches for fruit at night.