Meet the world’s animals.

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• Marsh Antwren Formicivora acutirostris

  

  This antwren lives in flooded coastal wetlands of southern Brazil. Males have a gray-black underside, while females have black-and-white mottling underneath; the bird uses marsh vegetation.

• Bicolor-spined Porcupine Coendou bicolor

  The bicolor-spined porcupine has quills that are pale at the base and dark toward the tip, and is an able climber. It is mainly active at night in trees and eats leaves, fruit, and other plant parts.

• Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus

  Olive upperparts, a yellow rump, black tail, and white throat mark this flycatcher. Males have a hidden yellow crown patch. It searches for insects low in forest.

• Southern Spotted Skunk Spilogale angustifrons

  The southern spotted skunk has white stripes and spots against a dark coat. It occurs from southern Mexico, outside the Yucatán Peninsula, south to Costa Rica.

• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

  This drongo is recognized by its grey body and long, straight tail with no curled tips. It perches in forests and catches flying insects.

• Six-banded armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus

  An armadillo of South American savannas that digs its own burrows with strong claws.

• Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii

  This grayish-brown sparrow has a faint eye-ring. It feeds on the ground in dry grasslands, and breeding males sing as they rise and float back down through the air.

• Kaluta Dasykaluta rosamondae

  This small marsupial lives in arid northern Australia; one winter study found it active by day in the dry season.

• Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon

  The Moustached Warbler is a small brown bird with a long pale eyebrow stripe. It lives in Mediterranean wetlands.

• Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus

  A small wild cat recorded in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus

  The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide occurs in Asia, mainly along the Himalayan foothills. Its orange forehead and rump stand out, and it feeds on beeswax and insects.

• Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina

  A seal of the seas around Antarctica that dives deep to find food.

• African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus

  The African Wattled Lapwing is a large brown plover with yellow legs and yellow facial wattles beside the bill.

• Common African Dormouse Graphiurus (Graphiurus) murinus

  A small African mammal with a gray back, pale belly, and bushy tail. It forages at night and hibernates during cold winters.

• Eastern Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus

  The Eastern Striolated-Puffbird may sit motionless for long periods in the canopy or at the edge of humid forest. Its pale eyes and white chin are distinctive.

• Madidi Titi Plecturocebus aureipalatii

  The Madidi titi lives in humid forests in Bolivia. Its golden crown and orange chest and limbs stand out.

• Martinique Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus

  In the population studied on Martinique's Caravelle Peninsula, the brown back and sides contrast with a white breast. Researchers also recorded foraging among fallen leaves.

• Reeves's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi

  A small deer whose males have short antlers and long upper canine teeth.

• Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria

  A medium-sized parrot native to Jamaica. Adults are mostly green, with a red throat and a yellow bill.

• White-tailed mongoose Ichneumia albicauda

  A mongoose with long black-and-white hairs, it usually has a white tail tip and often uses dry areas with wooded cover.

• Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel

  The Lesser Frigatebird is a seabird with long narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It ranges over tropical oceans and is recorded as a vagrant in New Zealand.

• Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens

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

• Javan Frogmouth Batrachostomus javensis

  The Javan Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird endemic to Java, Indonesia. It has brown mottled plumage and rests on branches by day.

• Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus elegantulus

  The southern needle-clawed bushbaby is a small primate that moves through rainforest canopies at night and feeds mainly on tree gums.