Meet the world’s animals.

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• Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata

  

  Its breeding range extends from northern Europe across Siberia to northeastern China. Another subspecies breeds on islands in the Sea of Okhotsk and in northern Hokkaido.

• 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.

• Northern Black Bustard Afrotis afraoides

  The Northern Black Bustard, also called the Northern Black Korhaan, is a ground-dwelling bird of open, dry country in southern Africa, with very different male and female plumage.

• Borneo Gibbon Hylobates muelleri

  The Borneo Gibbon is an arboreal primate of Borneo's forests. It has no tail, gray-brown fur, and long arms used to travel among trees.

• Western Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator

  This large bird lives in West African savanna, open woodland, and cultivated land. Its plumage is mostly subdued gray and brown, and it feeds mainly on fruit.

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx

  The short-nosed fruit bat occurs in Hong Kong woodlands and parks, feeds at night on fruit and nectar, and males make tent-like shelters beneath palm leaves.

• Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa

  This whydah inhabits woodland and grassland in eastern and southern Africa. It eats grass seeds on the ground; breeding males have a conspicuously long tail.

• Common Ringtail Pseudocheirus peregrinus

  The common ringtail is a nocturnal Australian marsupial with a grasping tail that helps it move along branches.

• Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris

  It occurs in Idaho's South Hills and Albion Mountains, using older lodgepole pine forests.

• Eurasian Forest Dormouse Dryomys nitedula

  The Eurasian forest dormouse balances with its fluffy, flattened tail as it moves through branches. It lives in forests with broad-leaved trees and hibernates in winter.

• White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica

  The White-necked Heron is a large heron with a white head and long neck marked by black spots. It walks in shallow water to find fish and other prey.

• Giant Atlantic Tree-rat Phyllomys thomasi

  A spiny rat known only from São Sebastião Island off southeastern Brazil. Its back bears reddish-brown spines, and much of the island is Atlantic rainforest.

• Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi

  Krüper's Nuthatch lives in conifer forests around Anatolia. Males have a blue-gray back and chestnut breast, and its food changes with the seasons.

• Godman's Rock Wallaby Petrogale godmani

  Godman's rock-wallabies tend to have pale, silvery-white tails, but tail color varied widely in the studied hybrid colony, from almost black to pale silver and reddish.

• Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri

  A crested jay that searches for food from the forest canopy to the ground and stores food.

• Griffin's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros griffini

  This bat was described from Vietnam. The original paper reports captures on Cat Ba Island in the north and at Chu Mom Ray in the Central Highlands, in forests of different condition.

• White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi

  The White-winged Flufftail breeds in seasonal high-altitude wetlands. White patches on both sexes' wings show clearly in flight.

• Baturite Porcupine Coendou baturitensis

  This porcupine is recorded from Ceará in northeastern Brazil. Its back has white-and-brown spines. A nighttime thermal-drone survey recorded it in an Atlantic Forest fragment at Mulungu within the Caatinga.

• Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera

  The Sword-billed Hummingbird has a bill 8.1–12 cm long, nearly as long as its body. A study examined its Andean range and overlap with long-flowered plants.

• Potto Perodicticus potto

  This nocturnal primate inhabits West African forest and moves slowly along branches.

• Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari

  Adults have a black head and throat, a red rump, and a red band across the yellow underside. This aracari searches for fruit in the canopy.

• Common Red Brocket Mazama americana

  The common red brocket is a small deer that eats fruit and leaves in Peru’s dense forests.

• Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis

  This antthrush lives on the forest floor. It is often seen with its tail cocked while turning leaves to search for food.

• Blue-eyed Black Lemur Eulemur flavifrons

  Blue-eyed black lemurs show a strong difference in coat color between the sexes: males are black and females range from reddish brown to orange. In the dry season, they eat leaves and flowers as fruit becomes scarce.