Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris

  

  This black bird with a blue gloss lives in woodland and scrub around the Yucatán Peninsula. At Sian Ka’an in Mexico it uses coastal vegetation with palms and shrubs and feeds on fruit and other foods.

• Visayan spotted deer Rusa alfredi

  The Visayan spotted deer is a small deer with pale spots on a dark coat. It is native to a few islands in the central Philippines.

• Ursula's Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae

  A report records this species in forest in southeastern Nigeria in December 2004. The observed birds had olive-green upperparts and grey faces and forecrowns.

• Mainland leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis

  A small wild cat of mainland Asia and some nearby islands. It has dark body spots, with coat colour and pattern varying by region.

• Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica

  The Pacific Diver breeds on Arctic lakes and moves to Pacific coastal waters for winter; it is an accomplished diver.

• Spotted seal Phoca largha

  A spotted seal of the North Pacific and southern Arctic. It lives around seasonal sea ice.

• Black-fronted Brush Finch Atlapetes nigrifrons

  This brush-finch occurs in the Serranía del Perijá. A 2014 study describes a black forehead, rufous rear crown, and gray cheek patch, and recorded pairs or small groups in lower montane and secondary forest on the Colombian side.

• Mendoza Tuco-tuco Ctenomys mendocinus

  This burrowing rodent is recorded in west-central Argentina and the high Andes of Chile, in grasslands and dry scrub.

• Blue-masked Leafbird Chloropsis venusta

  The Blue-masked Leafbird is a small bird of humid montane forest in the foothills of Sumatra. Males show violet-blue and deep indigo markings, while females have bright blue markings on the face and throat.

• Angolan Slender Mongoose Galerella flavescens

  This mongoose is known from southwestern Angola and northern Namibia. Angolan animals are tan or yellowish, while Namibian animals are nearly black with a reddish tinge. In Namibia it lives among large granite boulders and the drainages and woodlands connecting them.

• Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis

  The Spot-billed Pelican is a waterbird of South and Southeast Asian wetlands. It scoops fish near the surface into its bill pouch, drains the water, and swallows the fish.

• Shepherd's Beaked Whale Tasmacetus shepherdi

  Shepherd's beaked whale is a beaked whale with functional teeth in both upper and lower jaws in both sexes. It lives in deep, cool offshore waters of the Southern Hemisphere, but is rarely seen at sea and much about its biology remains unknown.

• Black Stork Ciconia nigra

  A large stork that uses forests and wetlands. Many populations migrate seasonally, while some, including those in southern Africa, remain in the same area.

• Masoala Sportive Lemur Lepilemur scottorum

  Scott's sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur with reddish-brown fur and a black tail tip. The 2020 assessment knew it only from Masoala National Park in northeastern Madagascar.

• Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus

  This foliage-gleaner ranges from eastern Central America into northern South America and the western Amazon. In current taxonomy it is separate from two closely related species with which it was formerly grouped.

• Somali Elephant Shrew Galegeeska revoili

  The Somali Elephant Shrew is a small sengi with a tail that appears much longer than its head and body. In southern Djibouti, pairs were observed sheltering beneath low bushes.

• Red Lark Calendulauda burra

  The Red Lark is endemic to South Africa's Northern Cape. A BirdLife South Africa account describes plumage forms associated with dune and clay shrubland habitats.

• Formosan Ferret-badger Melogale subaurantiaca

  The Formosan ferret-badger of Taiwan has a white stripe along its back. It is usually solitary and nocturnal, eating small animals, insects, earthworms, and fruit.

• Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera

  This hummingbird is recorded in the Andes of Colombia and northern Ecuador. A field guide for the Sibundoy Valley describes individuals defending flower patches while feeding on nectar.

• Green Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirops archeri

  The green ringtail possum has a lime-green-looking coat and a thick tail. It lives in trees in northeastern Queensland and mainly eats leaves.

• Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris

  A migratory warbler of open woodland and scrub, it feeds on small invertebrates.

• Gambian Rat Cricetomys gambianus

  A rat with large cheek pouches for carrying food, it rests in burrows or hollow trees by day and searches for food at night.

• Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans

  The Elegant Trogon lives in Central American forests. Males have bronzy-green upperparts and a red belly, while females are gray-brown and differ in color.

• Stoliczka's Asian Trident Bat Aselliscus stoliczkanus

  Stoliczka's trident bat has a three-pointed noseleaf and has been recorded roosting in caves in Yunnan.