Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• African Broadbill Smithornis capensis

  

  This small bird has two separated ranges: coastal West Africa and a larger area from Uganda to southern Africa. It perches quietly in forest and feeds on invertebrates.

• Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana

  

  The hairy-nosed otter has short fur across the nose pad. Records come from wetlands and shallow coastal waters in Southeast Asia, and fish are a common food.

• 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.

• Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew Dendrogale murina

  

  The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew is a small arboreal mammal ranging from eastern India into Southeast Asia. It eats fruit and small animals.

• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus

  

  This entry focuses on the Eurasian Bewick’s Swan, the form that migrates to Japan. It is white, with a prominent yellow patch at the base of the bill.

• Leopardus tilcayo

  Leopardus tilcayo is a felid described as a new species in 2026. The paper gives its type locality near Arapata in Bolivia's Nor Yungas, and a UMSA report also describes records from the Yungas forests of La Paz.

• Red junglefowl Gallus gallus

  A bird of South and Southeast Asia and the wild ancestor of domestic chickens. Males and females differ strongly in appearance.

• Dusky Bushbaby Galago matschiei

  Matschie's galago is a nocturnal primate of montane forests east of Lake Albert in central Africa. It is arboreal.

• Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger

  This barbet lives in moist lowland forest and swamps in northern South America. Both sexes excavate nest cavities in tree stumps, and the diet consists mainly of fruit and oily seeds.

• Philippine Slow Loris Nycticebus menagensis

  The Philippine Slow Loris has a white muzzle and small dark rings around the eyes. It is nocturnal and spends almost all of its time in trees.

• Tawny-tufted Toucanet Selenidera nattereri

  The male is a small toucanet with a black head and neck and a golden ear tuft. It feeds on fruit in the canopy of humid forest, alone or in pairs.

• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva

  The crab-eating mongoose has a white stripe from its cheeks to its chest. A camera survey in Nepal's Bardia National Park recorded it near rivers and photographed it during the day.

• Lined Forest Falcon Micrastur gilvicollis

  The Lined Forest Falcon is a forest-dwelling falcon of humid tropical woods. Adults have gray heads and backs, pale barred underparts, and conspicuously pale eyes.

• Fennec fox Vulpes zerda

  A small fox of sandy areas such as the Sahara. It has strikingly large ears and a pale coat.

• Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor

  The Variable Oystercatcher is a coastal bird endemic to New Zealand. Its plumage ranges from all black to pied, but these forms are variation within one species.

• Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus fuscus

  Lesson’s saddle-back tamarin lives in lowland forest from southeastern Colombia to northwestern Brazil. It has a black head and face, a reddish throat and belly, and a mottled back.

• Sao Tome Ibis Bostrychia bocagei

  An ibis of São Tomé's lowland forests, with a glossy sheen that combines bark-brown and leaf-green colors.

• Brandt's Hamster Mesocricetus brandti

  Brandt's hamster lives in dry steppe from Turkey through the Caucasus to northwestern Iran. It stores plant foods in underground burrows before hibernating.

• Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana

  The Ortolan Bunting is a bunting whose breeding male has a grayish-olive head and yellow throat. It feeds on seeds on the ground, but mainly on invertebrates during breeding.

• Red Acouchi Myoprocta acouchy

  The red acouchi is a diurnal rodent of forests from the Guianas to northern Brazil. Its reddish-orange flanks and legs and short, white-tipped tail are distinctive.

• Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus

  A minivet with rosy patches. Chinese populations migrate, while some birds in other populations also move seasonally.

• Red-tailed Sportive Lemur Lepilemur ruficaudatus

  The red-tailed sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur with a gray-brown body and reddish tail. It rests in tree holes by day and feeds on leaves.

• Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella

  The Siberian Accentor has yellow eyebrows and a yellow throat; it breeds in Russia and winters in northern China and the northern Korean Peninsula.