Meet the world’s animals.

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• Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus

  

  Its grey to brown plumage is finely patterned with black and buff, and its large orange iris is conspicuous. It occurs in varied habitats in Central and South America and feeds on insects, especially around dawn and dusk.

• Mountain Coati Nasua olivacea

  

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

• Tawny-breasted Myiobius Myiobius villosus

  

  This flycatcher ranges from Nicaragua and Panama south through the Andes to Bolivia. It lives in montane forest near streams and attends ant swarms.

• Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur Lepilemur sahamalaza

  

  The Sahamalaza sportive lemur is nocturnal and restricted to the Sahamalaza Peninsula in northwestern Madagascar.

• Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor

  

  This large cotinga searches for fruit in the canopy. A 1970 study in southern Guyana recorded males displaying at forest leks and feeding on fruit and insects.

• Golden Palm Civet Paradoxurus zeylonensis

  

  The golden palm civet is an arboreal civet native to Sri Lanka. Its coat occurs in golden-brown and dark-brown forms.

• Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis

  The Black-billed Amazon is a Jamaica-endemic parrot whose red wing feathers stand out against its green body. It gathers in flocks in the forest canopy and eats fruits and seeds.

• Pallas's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina

  A bat that probes flowers with a long, extendable tongue. It visits flowers at night and eats nectar, pollen, fruit, insects, and other foods.

• 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.

• Pale Fork-crowned Lemur Phaner pallescens

  The pale fork-crowned lemur is a nocturnal lemur of western Madagascar’s dry forests. It feeds mainly on tree gum and sap.

• Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel

  The Lesser Frigatebird is a seabird with long narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It ranges over tropical oceans and is recorded as a vagrant in New Zealand.

• Nubra Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica

  The Nubra pika lives at high elevations in the Himalayas. It has a gray back, a pale underside, and uses rocky alpine scrub.

• Cryptic Antthrush Chamaeza meruloides

  This antthrush walks on the floor of montane forest in southeastern Brazil. Its reddish tail has a black band near the tip and pale tips. It may climb over fallen logs and roots.

• Buff-cheeked Gibbon Nomascus gabriellae

  A tree-dwelling gibbon with pale fur on its cheeks.

• Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow Melozone kieneri

  A ground-dwelling sparrow of western Mexico, occurring in dry scrub and open woodland.

• Guianan Weeper Capuchin Cebus olivaceus

  A troop-living capuchin with a pale buff body, dark markings on its head, and a dark tail tip. It can wrap its tail around branches.

• Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus

  The Eastern Grey Plantain-eater is a large gray bird with finely patterned plumage. It lives in open African woodland and grassland and mainly eats fruit.

• European Free-tailed Bat Tadarida teniotis

  The European free-tailed bat occurs around the Mediterranean and in parts of southern Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. It catches flying insects over mountains and urban areas and roosts in rock crevices, caves, and bridges in both summer and winter.

• Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi

  Whitehead's Broadbill is a broadbill recorded in mountain forests on Borneo.

• Indian Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus collaris

  This hedgehog has large ears, a pointed muzzle, and short spines. It is nocturnal and digs burrows.

• Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi

  A ground-dwelling cuckoo with a red bill and long tail, living in the forest undergrowth of Southeast Asia.

• Shamel's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus shameli

  This medium-sized horseshoe bat occurs in mainland Southeast Asia. Its coat varies in color, and records from Thailand and Cambodia include several forest types.

• Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella

  The Australian Pratincole uses dry, open grasslands and other bare-ground habitats, and some populations move seasonally.

• Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus

  The silky pocket mouse is a small rodent with soft fur and short ears. It searches for seeds at night and carries them back to its burrow for storage.