Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons

  

  A small bird centered in Mexican mountain forests, it is marked by a red face, black cap, and gray body. It occurs in the southwestern United States during breeding.

• Andohahela Sportive Lemur Lepilemur fleuretae

  

  A nocturnal lemur of southeastern Madagascar’s rainforests. It mainly eats leaves, and mature leaves make up more of its diet when young leaves are scarce.

• Masked Booby Sula dactylatra

  

  A large seabird with a white body, black wings and tail, and dark skin at the base of the bill; it catches fish and squid over tropical seas.

• Greater Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang

  

  This slow loris is notable for its large forward-facing eyes. It moves through trees at night and eats floral nectar, sap, fruit, and small insects.

• Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

  

  A small brown diving bird common across much of North America. It often hides among wetland plants and dives for food.

• King Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus rex

  

  The king horseshoe bat is recorded from southern China. It has very large ears and darker fur above than below.

• Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

  With striking red-and-black plumage and a large colorful bill, it lives in waterside forests of Southeast Asia.

• Kit fox Vulpes macrotis

  A small fox of dry grasslands and deserts in the American Southwest. Its large ears are easy to recognize.

• Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian Roller lives in dry open country in Africa. Its blue and turquoise feathers contrast with brown areas, and it catches large insects.

• Shipton's Mountain Cavy Microcavia shiptoni

  Shipton's mountain cavy is a small rodent of the highlands of northwestern Argentina. It lives among grassland, scrub, and rocky slopes, using both the surface and shallow burrows.

• Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum

  The Pygmy Longbill is a very small bird of New Guinea’s forests. It is active by day and eats both animal and plant matter.

• Japanese hare Lepus brachyurus

  A hare endemic to Japan, including Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. It uses forest edges and other areas with grasses and shrubs.

• Grey Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia

  A blue-gray cuckooshrike that forages in the upper branches of forests and woodlands.

• Roman Mole Talpa romana

  The Roman mole digs underground tunnels with broad forefeet shaped for moving soil. It occurs in central and southern Italy and eats earthworms and insect larvae.

• Chestnut Forest Crake Rallicula rubra

  This rail searches the forest floor for invertebrates in the highlands of New Guinea.

• Schneider's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros speoris

  A leaf-nosed bat found in India and Sri Lanka. A study in dry-zone Sri Lanka recorded bats foraging at dusk and dawn.

• Sooty Falcon Falco concolor

  The Sooty Falcon has long, narrow wings. After breeding, it migrates across eastern Africa to Madagascar for the southern summer.

• Common Ringtail Pseudocheirus peregrinus

  The common ringtail is a nocturnal Australian marsupial with a grasping tail that helps it move along branches.

• Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis

  The Chestnut-cheeked Starling breeds in Japan and Sakhalin and moves south for the winter. Males have chestnut cheek patches, and the species eats insects and fruit.

• Greater Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus major

  This nocturnal dwarf lemur lives in humid forests of eastern Madagascar. It hibernates in the dry season and mainly eats fruit while active.

• Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus

  A greenlet with a visual record from forest fragments in southeastern Brazil. A 2024 survey recorded it near Estrela Dalva in Minas Gerais.

• Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis

  A North American skunk with a black coat, white markings and a bushy tail.

• Tapajos Antpitta Myrmothera subcanescens

  This antpitta occurs south of the Amazon River in Brazil. A field account describes grayer flanks, a browner and less olive back, and shorter streaks than in a close relative.

• Kreb's African Fat Mouse Steatomys krebsii

  Krebs's fat mouse is a small, long-tailed rodent with a patchy range in southern Africa. It is described as nocturnal and ground-dwelling, favoring dry sandy places.