Meet the world’s animals.

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• Giant Atlantic Tree-rat Phyllomys thomasi

  

  A spiny rat known only from São Sebastião Island off southeastern Brazil. Its back bears reddish-brown spines, and much of the island is Atlantic rainforest.

• Green Crombec Sylvietta virens

  

  The Green Crombec inhabits African forest and woodland edge. The source places the nominate subspecies in a range that includes Cameroon and Gabon.

• Northern Four-eyed Opossum Philander vossi

  

  This small opossum ranges from pale gray to black, with white spots around the eyes. A 1963 Tamaulipas account says it seemed fairly common in tropical deciduous forest at relatively low elevations along the eastern side of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

• Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba

  

  In breeding plumage, the Pigeon Guillemot is black with white wing patches and bright red feet. It dives for food near rocky shores.

• Kloss's Gibbon Hylobates klossii

  

  Kloss's gibbon has black fur and long arms. It lives in the canopy of the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra.

• Yellow-faced Parrotlet Forpus xanthops

  

  The Yellow-faced Parrotlet is a small parrot restricted to the upper Marañón drainage in northern Peru. Both sexes have a yellow face and breast; males show blue on the rump and wings.

• Père David's deer Elaphurus davidianus

  A deer native to China. After it disappeared from the wild there, reintroduction has reestablished wild populations in China.

• Western Quail-thrush Cinclosoma marginatum

  The Western Quail-thrush lives on stony hills and low acacia ridges in western Australia, walking on the ground to forage. Males and females differ in breast pattern.

• Hausa Genet Genetta thierryi

  The Hausa genet is a small viverrid found in West African savannas and moist woodlands. A reddish line along its back and alternating light and dark rings on its tail help identify its coat pattern.

• White-bellied Mountain-gem Lampornis hemileucus

  This hummingbird lives in the mountains from Costa Rica to western Panama. Males have a purple throat; females have green throat spots.

• Red-bellied Titi Plecturocebus moloch

  The red-bellied titi stands out for its orange underside and white tail tip. It lives in southern Amazonia in central Brazil and favors dense understory in wet forests.

• Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus

  An African woodpecker of dry scrub and wooded grassland. The male is marked by a red nape and a white eyebrow.

• Striped hog-nosed skunk Conepatus semistriatus

  A skunk with a white band that splits into two stripes along the back and a broad, hog-like nose.

• Ash-throated Gnateater Conopophaga peruviana

  The Ash-throated Gnateater feeds on small arthropods in humid lowland forest. The described male has brown upperparts and white tufts behind the eyes.

• Potto Perodicticus potto

  This nocturnal primate inhabits West African forest and moves slowly along branches.

• Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus

  The Southern Emu-wren is a small bird of low scrub in southern Australia. Males have blue on the throat, and the fine tail feathers look loose and wispy.

• Alvarez's Mastiff Bat Molossus alvarezi

  This bat has brown dorsal fur, paler underparts and rounded ears. It is recorded in forests and dry scrub and catches mostly moths in flight.

• 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.

• Northern Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur occidentalis

  The Northern Bamboo Lemur occurs in northeastern and northwestern Madagascar. It is said to show little difference in appearance between sexes, but field studies remain limited.

• Canary Flyrobin Microeca papuana

  This small flyrobin lives in New Guinea’s mountain forests. The research paper calls it the Papuan Flyrobin, while the pool name is Canary Flyrobin. The main reported elevation band is 1,800–2,500 m, with records beyond it.

• North African Hedgehog Atelerix algirus

  A hedgehog of North Africa that uses scrub, grassland and gardens; it searches for food on the ground at night.

• Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris

  Males have glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen and a V-shaped tail. Female color varies among islands. Carib Grackles use open places, including residential areas, and eat insects and other invertebrates.

• Cape Porcupine Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis

  A porcupine covered in long, stiff quills, native to central and southern Africa.

• Western Striolated Puffbird Nystalus obamai

  The Western Striolated Puffbird ranges from western Amazonia into the Andean foothills. Its crown spots are concentrated toward the front, and it has a pale ochre nape collar.