Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii

  

  Cook’s Petrel breeds on islands off New Zealand and ranges widely over the open ocean outside the breeding season.

• Minute Tuco-tuco Ctenomys minutus

  The minute tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of the southern Brazilian coastal plain. Populations in sandy fields beside dunes are described as typically brown.

• Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera

  This prinia lives in open grassland and scrub. It has dark streaks on its brown upperparts and streaked pale underparts. It moves through grass and low shrubs in search of insects and other small invertebrates.

• Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata

  A mongoose of open, semi-arid habitats in southern Africa that forages for insects and other small prey.

• New Caledonian Storm Petrel Fregetta lineata

  The New Caledonian Storm Petrel has blackish-brown upperparts, a white rump and a white belly streaked with black. Breeding has been confirmed in New Caledonia.

• Andohahela Sportive Lemur Lepilemur fleuretae

  A nocturnal lemur of southeastern Madagascar’s rainforests. It mainly eats leaves, and mature leaves make up more of its diet when young leaves are scarce.

• Boucard's Wren Campylorhynchus jocosus

  This wren ranges across the southern Mexican plateau. Small family groups use semi-arid scrub and cactus-rich places near streams.

• Western Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus rupestris

  This sengi lives in arid parts of southern Africa. It is recorded around rocky ridges and outcrops, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, with a range extending into southwestern Angola and extreme southern Botswana.

• Chestnut-naped Francolin Pternistis castaneicollis

  A highland francolin of Ethiopia and Somalia, it has a red bill and legs, while neck and facial markings vary by subspecies.

• Burmese Ferret-badger Melogale personata

  The Burmese ferret-badger has distinctive black-and-white facial markings and a white stripe down its back. It is mostly nocturnal and rests in burrows or other shelters by day.

• Ornate Tinamou Nothoprocta ornata

  The Ornate Tinamou has spots on the head and neck, an unspotted gray breast, and lower-belly plumage that grades from buff to rufous.

• Western Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis

  A nocturnal marsupial of forests in south-western Australia. It eats leaves and other plant foods, then rests by day in leafy nests built among branches.

• Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii

  A mountain-stream bird that dives underwater for insects and small fish.

• Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus tanala

  This Malagasy rodent is marked by a tuft of white hair at the end of its tail. A study in eastern Madagascar found it active at night and mainly associated with trees.

• Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis

  The Cape Cormorant catches fish along the coast and offshore in southern Africa. Breeding adults have glossy blue-black plumage and nest in colonies on islands and islets.

• Ridley's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros ridleyi

  Ridley's leaf-nosed bat has a broad noseleaf and large ears. Reports from Peninsular Malaysia describe small groups roosting in tree hollows and drainage structures.

• Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi

  White wings stand out on this high-altitude sparrow. It searches for food in meadows and pastures and may gather near people.

• Northern Pika Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea

  A pika whose coat is reddish in summer and grayer in winter. It lives among rocky talus in moist conifer forests and stores plants as hay.

• Indian Gray Hornbill Ocyceros birostris

  The Indian Gray Hornbill is a grayish-brown hornbill with a casque above the bill. The male's casque is larger than the female's.

• Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis

  The eastern red bat has bright red fur and rests curled in its tail membrane among foliage, where it can resemble a dead leaf or pine cone. It feeds mainly on moths in summer and migrates in fall.

• Black-fronted Wood-quail Odontophorus atrifrons

  This wood-quail lives in montane forests of northern Colombia. It is marked by a black forehead and red bill and searches the ground for insects and seeds. It is shy, so its calls may be heard before the bird is seen.

• Narrow-nosed Planigale Planigale tenuirostris

  The Narrow-nosed Planigale is a small marsupial with a flattened, triangular head and a thin tail about as long as its body. It lives in grasslands, shrublands and other habitats in eastern Australia.

• Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis

  This fiscal has gray and black plumage edged with white. It searches for invertebrates by day in dry scrub in eastern Africa.

• Merriam's Pocket Mouse Perognathus merriami

  Merriam’s pocket mouse has smooth, silky fur and a white belly. It is active at night and uses burrows in the ground.