Meet the world’s animals.

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• Little Red Flying Fox Pteropus scapulatus

  

  The little red flying-fox occurs across varied forests and wetlands in northern and eastern Australia. It mainly eats flower nectar and moves in search of flowering trees. It is the Australian flying-fox species that regularly roosts in tight clusters.

• White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis

  

  The White-throated Fantail is a forest-dwelling fantail that feeds on small invertebrates.

• Northern Hog Badger Arctonyx albogularis

  

  A medium-sized hog badger found around the Himalayas and in China and neighboring regions. It digs burrows beside waterways and under boulders.

• Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus

  

  The male has a red body, crest, and black throat; the female is gray-brown with a red crest and tail. Pairs use dry scrub and dry lowland forest.

• Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii

  

  This small carnivorous marsupial has a gray-brown back and large, thin ears. It lives in forests and woodlands of northern and eastern Australia and searches for insects at night.

• Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus

  

  It occurs in northern Australia. Several birds were confirmed in Queensland in 2020 outside its previously documented range. Much of its ecology remains poorly known.

• Crossley's Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus crossleyi

  Crossley's dwarf lemur is nocturnal and lives in humid forests of eastern and northern Madagascar. Its reddish-brown body contrasts with dark fur around the eyes and ears.

• Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca

  The Sooty Albatross is a large seabird with dusky plumage that ranges over the South Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.

• Gray Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) grisescens

  The gray bat inhabits limestone regions of the Midwestern and southeastern United States. It uses caves as seasonal roosts and catches insects over water.

• Woodlark Lullula arborea

  The Woodlark is a lark of wooded heath, with an eyebrow stripe that meets behind the head. In Britain it may form small flocks in winter.

• Mountain Coati Nasua olivacea

  A coati of Andean forests, with an elongated snout and a bushy, ringed tail.

• Visayan Bulbul Hypsipetes guimarasensis

  A bulbul of the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines. It uses dense forest and eats fruit.

• Southern Tigrina Leopardus guttulus

  The Southern Tigrina is a small cat with thick-edged markings on yellow-brown fur. It ranges from Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, and hunts small mammals, birds, and reptiles.

• Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama

  This small warbler breeds in Central Asia and winters mainly on the Indian peninsula. It prefers dry, open habitats with a sparse tree canopy.

• Eastern Woolly Lemur Avahi laniger

  The eastern woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur of eastern Madagascar, marked by woolly back fur and a white stripe on the thighs.

• Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus

  This black drongo has a crest and forked tail and occurs on Madagascar and Anjouan.

• Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa Stylodipus telum

  This jerboa occurs in a broken belt of dry country from the lower Dnieper to Lake Zaysan.

• McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus

  McKay's Bunting breeds on islands in the Bering Sea and moves to the west coast of Alaska for winter.

• Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens

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

• Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus

  A starling of African forests and parks. Adults have iridescent blue, green and purple plumage, form small canopy flocks and feed mainly on fruit.

• Zebu cattle Bos indicus

  Zebu cattle are the group treated as Bos indicus in the FAO account of tropical livestock. A hump over the shoulders or neck is characteristic, and the account describes heat tolerance and relatively low feed requirements.

• Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus

  The male Tiger Shrike has a gray head, a black facial mask, and a reddish-brown, barred back. Most individuals migrate seasonally.

• 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.

• Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schulzii

  Its dark-gray body is marked by a rusty throat and breast. In fast mountain streams in northwestern Argentina, it wades and searches among stones for larvae and insects.