Meet the world’s animals.

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• Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps

  

  The Ethiopian Siskin is a small finch of the Ethiopian highlands. The male is notable for its black hood and yellow body.

• Bush dog Speothos venaticus

  A wild canid found from Panama into South America. Short legs and a short tail give it a low, stocky outline.

• Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus

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

• Patagonian mara Dolichotis patagonum

  A long-eared, long-legged rodent of Argentina’s open country.

• Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii

  Clark's Grebe is a diving bird with a long neck and pale face. During courtship, pairs run side by side across the water.

• Sumatran Treeshrew Tupaia ferruginea

  The Sumatran Treeshrew occurs on Sumatra and Tanahbala in the Batu Islands. A 2011 survey recorded a field-identified Tupaia glis at a forest trap line in Riau, Sumatra.

• Goldcrest Regulus regulus

  A very small woodland bird with a yellow crown stripe.

• Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis

  This black-and-white skunk is active at night in Washington and uses cover such as thickets and fallen wood.

• Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii

  A large loon with a black head, white back spots, and a pale yellow bill in breeding plumage. In Alaska it uses northern and western lakes in summer and nearshore waters in winter.

• Northern Mole Vole Ellobius (Ellobius) talpinus

  The northern mole vole is a burrowing rodent whose coat color varies among populations studied in different regions.

• Comoro Blue Vanga Cyanolanius comorensis

  The Comoro Blue Vanga is a blue bird of woodland in the Comoros. It was formerly grouped with the Madagascar Blue Vanga but is now a separate species. Its current status on Grand Comoro is uncertain.

• Silky Tuco-tuco Ctenomys sericeus

  This is a subterranean tuco-tuco from Patagonia, with a short, glossy coat mixing olive and brown tones with black. Much of its field natural history remains unknown.

• White-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus

  This small parakeet was studied in montane forests of southern Ecuador. Flocks use fruiting trees.

• Southern Giant Pouched Rat Cricetomys ansorgei

  The Southern Giant Pouched Rat is a large rodent that carries food in its cheek pouches. It often lives alone in a burrow and may store food there.

• Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus

  The Black-rumped Buttonquail occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and lives on the ground in grassland and grassy savanna. Females are larger and brighter than males, with a rufous face and throat, pale belly and dark rump.

• Pink Fairy Armadillo Chlamyphorus truncatus

  The lesser fairy armadillo is a small armadillo that lives in underground burrows. Its back is covered by pale pinkish-ochre armor, and it inhabits dry sandy areas of central Argentina.

• Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps

  The Chestnut-headed Crake has a chestnut head, neck, and breast, with an olive-brown body. It forages in dense vegetation and bamboo in wet forest.

• Manchurian Pika Ochotona (Pika) mantchurica

  This pika is found in northeastern China. Recent research models suitable habitat in nearby areas, but predicted areas are not the same as confirmed occupied sites.

• Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris

  The Collared Gnatwren is a small forest bird with a long bill and a black breast band. It moves quickly through low growth in northern Amazonian forest while searching for insects and other arthropods.

• Ursine Red Howler Alouatta arctoidea

  The ursine red howler has reddish-brown fur and a long, grasping tail. It spends its days in trees and feeds mainly on leaves, with fruits and flowers also in its diet.

• Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea

  This whydah occurs in Africa. Breeding males grow long tails and lay eggs in the nests of small finches.

• Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis

  The Big Free-tailed Bat roosts in rock crevices and eats large moths. It has vertical grooves on its upper lip.

• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

  This bird lives along fast-flowing streams. Adults are dark brown with a white throat and chest.

• Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus

  This nocturnal primate moves through trees in Java's forests. It mainly eats gum and insects and has a pale, striped nape.