Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus

  

  The White-fronted Nunbird is a dark forest bird found from southern Central America across parts of northern and eastern South America. Its white forehead and throat contrast with its red bill.

• North-western Free-tailed Bat Ozimops cobourgianus

  

  This free-tailed bat occurs along the coast from Western Australia to the Northern Territory. Records associate it with mangroves in the west and woodland farther north.

• New Caledonian Thicketbird Megalurulus mariei

  

  This 17–18 cm ground-dwelling bird is restricted to New Caledonia. It has olive-brown upperparts, a long pale eyebrow, and creamy underparts washed rusty. It walks through grass and scrub and feeds on small invertebrates.

• Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus lagonotus

  

  This tamarin occurs in the Ecuadorian Amazon and eastern Andean foothills. The university species account describes it in lower and middle forest layers, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Lettered Aracari Pteroglossus inscriptus

  

  The Lettered Araçari is a toucanet with letter-like markings on its upper bill. Males have a black head, females a chestnut head, and the species uses the Amazonian forest canopy.

• Little Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris torquata

  

  This fruit-eating bat lives in forests and other habitats in Central and East Africa. Its back is dark rusty brown to yellowish brown; adult males seasonally develop yellow-orange staining on coarse throat and chest hairs.

• Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine

  The Sooty-capped Babbler has a dark cap that contrasts with its brown body. It moves close to the forest floor in Bornean lowland forest while searching for insects.

• Bornean White-bearded Gibbon Hylobates albibarbis

  This gibbon is active in trees by day and feeds mainly on fruit. Males have pale cheek fur, and the species occurs in southwestern Kalimantan.

• Rufous-headed Ground Roller Atelornis crossleyi

  The Rufous-headed Ground Roller searches for food on the damp forest floor of eastern Madagascar. Adults show a rufous head and underparts, a green back, and white streaks on the black throat.

• Little Brown Bat Vespadelus vulturnus

  A small bat with paler fur underneath, it catches flying insects in the forests and woodlands of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

• Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris

  A widespread reed warbler of sub-Saharan wetlands, it moves through reeds while feeding on insects and spiders.

• Allen's Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) alleni

  Allen's squirrel occurs in northeastern Mexico. A winter study in Nuevo León recorded it active in cold weather and caching nuts in scattered locations.

• Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus

  The Southern Masked Weaver lives in open areas of southern Africa. Breeding males have a striking black face and yellow body, and the species eats seeds and other foods.

• Big hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus

  The big hairy armadillo lives in grasslands, forests and other habitats in South America. Flexible bony plates cover its back, with hair beneath the plates and along the sides of the body.

• Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum

  The Spotted Quail-thrush blends into the ground of dry, open woodland. Males have a black face and throat with a white eyebrow, and birds are usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Southern Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur meridionalis

  This small lemur was observed eating ground-level grasses in the bamboo-poor littoral forest of Mandena.

• Rufous-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza ruficauda

  This antthrush walks along the forest floor. It has a long rufous-brown tail and is recorded in highland forest and scrub of southeastern Brazil.

• Grey Rhebok Pelea capreolus

  The rhebok is an antelope with long ears and a curly gray-brown coat. It browses in rocky uplands and grasslands.

• Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris

  This small tody has a clear white streak behind the eye, a gray breast, and pale irises. It lives in Hispaniola's mountain forests and catches flying insects.

• Canada lynx Lynx canadensis

  A wild cat with broad paws for moving through snow and black-tipped ear tufts.

• Lina's Sunbird Aethopyga linaraborae

  The male Lina’s Sunbird has a narrow throat patch, a red breast patch, a long graduated tail, and metallic blue-green markings. In July 2015, birds visited roadside trees and males displayed at one high-altitude forest site in eastern Mindanao.

• Cozumel Raccoon Procyon pygmaeus

  The Cozumel raccoon is a small raccoon restricted to Cozumel Island, Mexico. It is mostly nocturnal and eats many crabs.

• Common Babbler Argya caudata

  A bird with fine streaks and dark eyes that moves over the ground and low scrub in small flocks.

• Chinese Red Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) erythrotis

  The Chinese red pika is a small pika found in the highlands of western China. It belongs to a closely related group associated with stony habitats.