Meet the world’s animals.

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• Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans

  

  The Elegant Pitta is notable for its blue rump and cinnamon-colored underparts. It occurs on islands from the Lesser Sundas to the Moluccas and eats beetles and small snails.

• Northern Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri

  The northern tree shrew has grey-olive fur and a long snout and lives in moist forests across South and Southeast Asia.

• Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla

  The Brown Thornbill lives in shrubs and forest understory in eastern and southeastern Australia and feeds mainly on insects.

• Greater Glider Petauroides volans

  This nocturnal marsupial lives in forests of eastern Australia. It glides between trees using a membrane between its limbs and eats eucalyptus leaves.

• White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus

  This bird lives along mountain streams in the Andes. Its pale head and throat contrast with a dark back and belly, and it feeds on small animals near water.

• Common Dwarf Brocket Mazama chunyi

  This small deer has records in Bolivia’s mountain region. A study reported it from high grasslands and Polylepis elfin forest down to lower sub-Andean forest.

• Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus

  The Blue Noddy is a small tern with bluish-gray plumage. It breeds on Pacific islands and forages in waters near land.

• Pousargues' mongoose Dologale dybowskii

  This small mongoose has a brown body, a gray face, and a bushy tail. It has been recorded in Central Africa, but little is known about its life in the wild.

• Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens

  This forest bird is reddish brown with fine markings. It perches within humid forest or second growth and may be seen alone.

• Turuchan Pika Ochotona (Pika) turuchanensis

  The Turuchan Pika eats plants and gathers them into stores. Research describes its coat and feeding choices, while taxonomists continue to debate whether it should be treated as a separate species.

• White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus

  The White-headed Mousebird lives in dry scrub and thornbush.

• Long-tailed Spiny-rat Proechimys longicaudatus

  A spiny rat from inland South America, including dry forests. Its reddish or yellowish back is mixed with dark-brown hairs, its belly is white, and its tail is sparsely haired.

• Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha

  A small bird that searches dense foliage around treefalls and forest edges in Amazonian terra firme forest. The male has striking black, yellow, and white markings.

• Whitehead's Woolly Bat Kerivoula whiteheadi

  Whitehead's woolly bat is a small bat with a broad distribution in the Philippines. Its reddish-brown back and banded hairs are distinctive.

• Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus

  A small bird that weaves a pouch-shaped nest on branches near water. It ranges across Europe and Asia and forages among reeds and wetland plants.

• Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk Conepatus humboldtii

  Conepatus humboldtii is a Patagonian skunk from Argentina and Chile. It has a broad projecting face and one or two side stripes, and searches mainly for insects in grassland at night.

• Whiskered Myiobius Myiobius barbatus

  The Whiskered Myiobius ranges across northern and western South America. In the nominate subspecies described by the source, the back is olive green and the rump is yellow.

• 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.

• Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys

  This ground-dwelling partridge has a long tail and short crest. It walks through undergrowth in moist mountain forest and secondary growth in Costa Rica.

• Goldman's Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys goldmani

  This small pocket gopher is reported from the plateau of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. A regional mammal guide describes its short, soft yellowish-brown to dark reddish-brown coat and gives general habits for pocket gophers as a family.

• Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus

  A seabird that breeds on Arctic tundra and may steal food from other seabirds. Adults vary from dark to pale color forms.

• Woodland Jumping Mouse Napaeozapus insignis

  A small jumping mouse of northeastern North American forests. It is mostly active at night and spends a long part of winter hibernating.

• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

  A large wader that walks wetlands on long legs, moving between breeding and wintering areas.

• 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.