Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus leucogenys

  

  The northern white-cheeked gibbon is a tailless Southeast Asian ape that moves from branch to branch using its long arms.

• Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus

  The male Rufous-breasted Bush Robin has a blue back and chestnut underparts. It breeds in the Himalayas, uses mixed conifer forest, and searches the ground for insects.

• Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium

  A fruit-eating bat studied in Brazil’s montane Atlantic Forest. Its back fur ranges from dark gray to reddish brown, with a paler underside; a study in Brazil's montane Atlantic Forest found a fruit-only diet, mostly Solanaceae.

• Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus

  The Crested Quetzal is a trogon of Andean forests. Males have a green crest and back, a crimson breast, and violet-tinged wings.

• East African Potto Perodicticus ibeanus

  This primate moves slowly through trees at night. It has large round eyes and an arrow-shaped head, and eats fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Rufous-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza ruficauda

  This antthrush walks along the forest floor. It has a long rufous-brown tail and is recorded in highland forest and scrub of southeastern Brazil.

• Pemba Flying Fox Pteropus voeltzkowi

  The Pemba flying fox is a large bat found on Pemba Island off Tanzania. Its tawny fur can look orange, its ears are black, and it forages for fruit at dusk.

• Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus

  The Regent Bowerbird lives in rainforests and gullies of eastern Australia. Males build a decorated bower, and the birds eat fruit and insects.

• Zena's Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys (Lophuromys) zena

  In the Mount Kenya sample, the tail was shorter than the head-and-body length. The study treated this population as Lophuromys zena, although its taxonomy remains debated.

• Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera

  This small gray-brown dove has pink skin around the eye and white shoulders. In the Argentine Andes, it uses open slopes and steppe and moves in small groups.

• Southern White-Breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus concolor

  The southern white-breasted hedgehog occurs in the Mediterranean region. Like other Erinaceus hedgehogs, it searches for food at night and protects itself with its spines.

• Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca

  The Western Olivaceous Warbler is migratory. It breeds in North Africa and southern Iberia and winters in western sub-Saharan Africa. It also uses dry scrub, orchards, and thickets along rivers.

• Black Dwarf Porcupine Coendou nycthemera

  The black dwarf porcupine has records from the Amazon region. Its dorsal quill pattern helps distinguish it from similar species, but its range is still poorly defined.

• Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi

  A black bird with a strong bill hooked at the tip. James Cook University's page documents a campus-area occurrence in Cairns.

• Small-toothed Sportive Lemur Lepilemur microdon

  The small-toothed sportive lemur lives in rainforests of southeastern Madagascar. It mainly eats leaves, and also uses flowers and fruit when available.

• Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus

  This pardalote occurs in Australia. Gould’s early description notes a vivid orange spot before the eye, while a regional account from the southern Carnarvon Basin reports it mainly in eucalypt canopies.

• Red-backed Bearded Saki Chiropotes chiropotes

  The red-backed bearded saki has a black body, a reddish back, and a dense beard. It moves through the high forest canopy by day and eats hard fruits and seeds.

• Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

  The contrast between its grey head and yellow belly is striking. It catches insects in woodland and appears in Hong Kong during autumn and winter migration.

• Tammar wallaby Notamacropus eugenii

  A grass-eating wallaby with large ears and a long tail.

• Spot-winged Wood Quail Odontophorus capueira

  The Spot-winged Wood-Quail is a plump ground-dwelling bird of South America's Atlantic Forest.

• Arcuate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus arcuatus

  The Arcuate Horseshoe Bat has slightly reddish-brown to dark-brown upperparts and buff to gray-brown underparts. In the Philippines it occurs in varied forests, from lowland to montane habitats.

• Common Loon Gavia immer

  A large waterbird that chases fish underwater and changes its plumage noticeably between summer and winter.

• Gray Four-eyed Opossum Philander opossum

  At Paracou in French Guiana, most adult and subadult specimens had a grizzled-gray back contrasting with a blackish head. The 2001 field report records animals at night, on the ground and in trees.

• Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa

  The Polynesian Storm Petrel breeds on small Pacific islands. Its plumage ranges from light to dark, and it is thought to forage near breeding islands.