Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus fumigatus

  

  Rüppell's horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater. Caves and rock crevices are reported as roosts.

• Scaly Ground Roller Geobiastes squamiger

  The Scaly Ground Roller is a terrestrial bird of Madagascar’s moist lowland forests.

• Dwarf Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum Thylamys velutinus

  The velvety fat-tailed opossum has been recorded in Brazil’s Cerrado and has a tail whose thickness changes seasonally.

• Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus

  The Superb Starling is an East African bird with a blue-green breast, a white band, and a reddish belly. It forages on the ground in small flocks.

• Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti

  The cacomistle is a nocturnal, arboreal mammal with a long ringed tail. It ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama.

• Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana

  A tanager found from Amazonian lowlands into foothills. Males are blue and black; females are green with blue on the head.

• Andean mountain cat Leopardus jacobitus

  A high-Andes cat with dark body markings and a thick, ringed tail.

• Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus

  The account describes the nominate subspecies in Madagascar, which uses wooded areas and degraded forest where large trees remain.

• Malenge Babirusa Babyrousa togeanensis

  The Malenge babirusa is a pig relative from Indonesia’s Togian Islands. It has sparse, short body hair, a tufted tail, and forward-pointing upper tusks in males.

• 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.

• Malayan Pygmy Shrew Suncus malayanus

  This small shrew occurs on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. A male captured in the Cameron Highlands had notably large ears and dark, fine fur.

• Common Bush Tanager Chlorospingus flavopectus

  It is 11.5–13 cm long. In Bolivia's eastern Andes, it lives in pairs or small flocks, and Bolivian subspecies differ in crown, cheek, and eye color.

• Northern Pocket Gopher Thomomys talpoides

  A burrowing rodent widespread in western and midwestern North America. It lives in tunnels and uses grasslands, mountain meadows, and farmland.

• Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus

  The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture is a vulture of the Americas recorded in wetlands along Guatemala's Pacific coast. It feeds mainly on carrion, but may also take live fish, reptiles, and insects.

• Fat dormouse Glis glis

  A dormouse native to Central Europe, it has gray fur, large eyes and ears, and long whiskers.

• James's Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi

  James's Flamingo has pale pink plumage, black flight feathers, red legs, and a short yellow bill with a black tip. It feeds in shallow high-Andean salt lakes and moves lower when wetlands freeze.

• Rufous Elephant Shrew Galegeeska rufescens

  This sengi has a long snout and large ears. It is mainly active by day and eats ants and termites.

• Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

  A large albatross that ranges widely across the Southern Ocean and breeds on Antarctic and subantarctic islands. Young birds are mostly dark and gradually become whiter with age.

• Snow Sheep Ovis nivicola

  The snow sheep lives in rocky mountains of eastern Siberia. It makes short seasonal movements and eats grasses and lichens.

• Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea

  This large cockatoo has a black body set off by yellow cheek and tail markings. It feeds in flocks in eucalypt woodlands and pine plantations.

• Marañón White-fronted Capuchin Cebus yuracus

  This capuchin has an ochre coat; adult specimens have a dark dorsal band continuing to the tail tip. It is reported from Amazonian lowland forests and forests on Andean slopes.

• Bradfield’s Swift Apus bradfieldi

  Bradfield’s Swift occurs from southwestern Angola through Namibia to northern South Africa. It flies in flocks over arid country and catches flying insects.

• Southern Common Cuscus Phalanger mimicus

  The southern common cuscus is a medium-sized arboreal possum of lowland southern New Guinea. Local observers reported it in both primary and secondary forest, where it eats leaves.

• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis

  This is the smallest friarbird, with a curved bill without a casque and a bare blue-gray face patch. It feeds on nectar and invertebrates in trees; some southeastern populations are seasonal visitors.