Meet the world’s animals.

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• Harpy Fruit Bat Harpyionycteris whiteheadi

  

  The harpy fruit bat lives in forests on islands including the Philippines. The account describes dark brown upper fur and group roosts in fruiting plants.

• Kauai Elepaio Chasiempis sclateri

  

  The Kauai Elepaio is a small songbird found only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. In wet forest it searches trunks, branches, leaves, and the ground for small insects and spiders.

• Northern Olingo Bassaricyon gabbii

  

  An olingo of forests from Honduras through Nicaragua and Costa Rica to western Panama. It has small rounded ears and a long tail and feeds on fruit and nectar in trees.

• Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

  

  The Peruvian Pelican is a large pelican of the Pacific coast along the Humboldt Current. It catches fish near the surface and also uses areas around fishing ports.

• Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock

  

  A gibbon of forests in northeastern India and nearby areas; males and females have different coat colors.

• Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus

  

  The Gray Silky-flycatcher is a crested, long-tailed bird. Males are blue-gray and females dusky gray; flocks gather at fruiting trees in its Mexican and Guatemalan range.

• Southern Common Cuscus Phalanger mimicus

  The southern common cuscus is a medium-sized arboreal possum of lowland southern New Guinea. Local observers reported it in both primary and secondary forest, where it eats leaves.

• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

  A small woodland bird with bright yellow underparts. It ranges from South to Southeast Asia and searches among leaves and branches for insects.

• Lami Tuco-tuco Ctenomys lami

  Lami's Tuco-tuco is a burrowing rodent known from sandy grasslands in southern Brazil. Its coat is darker above and lighter below.

• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

  A small bird that breeds among Arctic rocks and forms flocks in open places in North America during winter. It searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus

  This dolphin is recorded widely in temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere. It has a blue-black back and a diagonal dark band along each side.

• James's Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi

  James's Flamingo has pale pink plumage, black flight feathers, red legs, and a short yellow bill with a black tip. It feeds in shallow high-Andean salt lakes and moves lower when wetlands freeze.

• Robinson's Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Exulomarmosa) robinsoni

  Robinson's Mouse Opossum is a small marsupial with large ears and dark markings around the eyes. Current records extend from western Panama through Colombia to northern Venezuela and nearby islands.

• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting

  The blue-eared kingfisher is a small kingfisher of rivers and hill streams that hunts small fish from the water's edge.

• Indonesian Porcupine Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila

  This porcupine lives on islands in the Palawan region and has dark bristles and rattling tail quills.

• Pitta-like Ground Roller Atelornis pittoides

  The Pitta-like Ground Roller lives in forests of eastern Madagascar and the central High Plateau. Its blue head and black eye mask stand out, while it searches the leaf litter for prey.

• Olive baboon Papio anubis

  A baboon with an olive-grey coat that lives across African grasslands and forests.

• Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii

  The Hides Ridge field guide places the Ochre-breasted Catbird in lowland forest in southern New Guinea and describes foraging in lower layers and sometimes on the ground. Within its study area, it lists the bird only at Arakubi.

• Marsh Deer Blastocerus dichotomus

  The marsh deer is a deer of South American wetlands. Elastic tissue between its hooves is suited to muddy ground.

• Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata

  This small bird occurs in central and northern Namibia in savanna woodland and riverine thickets. It searches for small invertebrates low down and has greenish upperparts, grayish underparts, and a short cocked tail.

• 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.

• Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini

  The Buff-tailed Sicklebill has buff outer tail feathers and a streaked underside. It feeds on nectar in the understory of humid forests.

• Mauritian Tomb Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) mauritianus

  Its underside is white and its back is mixed gray. It occurs in central and southern Africa and nearby islands, and flies out after dark.

• Short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus

  An albatross with long, narrow wings that searches for food at the sea surface.