Meet the world’s animals.

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• Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana

  

  A large waterbird with a white body, black flight feathers, and red legs; in Japan it lives around waters and wetlands.

• Atlantic Bamboo Rat Kannabateomys amblyonyx

  The Atlantic bamboo rat is an arboreal rodent of bamboo patches in the Atlantic Forest. It grips bamboo with broad digits and feeds on bamboo leaves and stems.

• West African Batis Batis occulta

  The West African Batis uses humid forest and edges, catching small invertebrates from a perch. Plumage and range here are limited to the occulta population in an older broad-species account.

• Indonesian Porcupine Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila

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

• Coraya Wren Pheugopedius coraya

  This wren occurs in northern South America. It has a rufous-brown body with black-and-white markings on the head and tail, and searches for food in riverside forest undergrowth.

• African Wildcat Felis lybica

  A wild cat found across much of Africa and parts of Asia, with coat color and markings that vary by region.

• Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus

  This lapwing-like bird has a large eye and short, two-toned bill. It lives in dry thorn scrub and is nocturnal, so it is rarely encountered in the field.

• Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens

  A shrew that lives beside fresh water and dives to search for prey.

• Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica

  This nocturnal owl lives in open country in eastern Australia. Its white heart-shaped face and sandy plumage with black spots help identify it. At night it searches for small animals on the ground.

• Grand Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros grandis

  Surveys in central Vietnam recorded this bat in forests and orchards near limestone areas. The paper says that its taxonomy and distribution still need clarification.

• Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni

  The Slaty Bunting breeds in central China and moves southeast for winter. Males and females have different plumage.

• Gray Dorcopsis Dorcopsis luctuosa

  The Gray Dorcopsis is a lowland marsupial of southern and southeastern New Guinea. Its smoky-gray back has a yellow patch around the cloacal opening.

• Magpie Shrike Lanius melanoleucus

  The Magpie Shrike is an African shrike with a long tail and black-and-white plumage. It watches for prey from savanna branches and may breed cooperatively in family groups.

• Nelson's Coarse-haired Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni

  Nelson's coarse-haired pocket mouse occurs in the Chihuahuan Desert of the Mexican Plateau. This long-tailed pocket mouse feeds on seeds and insects in rocky or sandy habitat.

• Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii

  A small bushshrike of eastern Africa, recorded in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. It uses dry savanna and thicket.

• Ka'apor Capuchin Cebus kaapori

  It has cream-colored cheeks and shoulders, a dark crown, and a tail that helps it move among branches. A dry-season study in Pará found fruit to be its main food.

• Transvolcanic Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina

  The Transvolcanic Jay lives in highland forests along Mexico's central volcanic belt. Its blue-gray plumage and flocks of several to a few dozen birds are characteristic.

• Chinese Dormouse Chaetocauda sichuanensis

  The Chinese dormouse was described from subalpine forest in northern Sichuan. Its original description notes large eyes and a tail ending in a tuft of dense fur.

• Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus

  A small bird found only in Tasmania and closely tied to forests containing white gum (Eucalyptus viminalis).

• Amazonian Red-sided Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) glirina

  The Amazonian red-sided opossum is a small marsupial with reddish-orange flanks that lives mainly on the ground. It occurs in Amazonian forests.

• Red Warbler Cardellina rubra

  Both sexes are vivid red with a gray or silver cheek patch. This warbler lives in the mountains of southern and western Mexico.

• South American Sea Lion Otaria byronia

  The South American sea lion lives along the continent's coasts. It feeds at sea and returns to shore to breed and rear its pups.

• Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta

  This small swallow flies near cliffs and gorges, catching insects in the air. It ranges from northern Africa through Arabia to southern Pakistan.

• Clymene Dolphin Stenella clymene

  The Clymene dolphin is a small dolphin of tropical and subtropical offshore waters in the Atlantic. It is known for leaping and spinning as it falls back into the water.