Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus

  

  This porcupine ranges from southeastern Mexico through Central America to western Panama. Long quills hide beneath coarse black hairs, and its long tail can grip branches.

• Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis

  

  The Ashy Prinia is a small prinia recorded widely across the Indian subcontinent. It uses open habitats such as gardens, farmland, thorn scrub, and grassland, feeding on invertebrates.

• Leopardus tilcayo

  

  Leopardus tilcayo is a felid described as a new species in 2026. The paper gives its type locality near Arapata in Bolivia's Nor Yungas, and a UMSA report also describes records from the Yungas forests of La Paz.

• Short-crested Coquette Lophornis brachylophus

  

  This small hummingbird is restricted to a limited mountain area in Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Adult males have an orange-rufous crest and green gorget; females lack those ornaments.

• Petter's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur petteri

  

  Petter’s sportive lemur lives in the spiny forests of southwestern Madagascar. Its grayish body, pale rings around the eyes, and whitish underside are described in the original species account.

• Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri

  

  This albatross has a white body, dark grey wings, and a yellow ridge on its bill. It breeds on subantarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean and ranges widely at sea.

• Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica

  The Siberian weasel ranges across northern and eastern Eurasia and parts of South Asia. Its coat changes with the seasons, and it is most active at night or twilight.

• Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus

  This bulbul lives in Philippine forests and forest edges. It has a brown back, an orange-brown throat and breast with pale streaks, and short, strong whistled phrases.

• Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus

  The grey-headed flying-fox is a large fruit bat of eastern Australia. It feeds on flowers and fruit and forms large roosts in trees.

• Andean Potoo Nyctibius maculosus

  Fine gray, brown, and black markings and yellow eyes stand out on this nocturnal bird of Andean cloud forest.

• Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti

  The cacomistle is a nocturnal, arboreal mammal with a long ringed tail. It ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama.

• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

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

• Black Crested Gibbon Nomascus concolor

  A gibbon of mountain forests in southwestern China and nearby areas. Adult males and females have very different coat colors.

• Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii

  A small bushshrike of eastern Africa, recorded in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. It uses dry savanna and thicket.

• Moluccan Cuscus Phalanger ornatus

  The Moluccan cuscus is a marsupial from the Moluccan Islands. Its short, woolly coat can have white spots, and a field study also recorded the species on Obi Island.

• Cuban Tody Todus multicolor

  IWEco describes this tody as endemic to Cuba. It has vivid plumage and a long bill, and digs tunnel nests in rotten wood or soil banks.

• Tucumán Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tucumanus

  The Tucumán Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent recorded around the city of Tucumán. It has a reddish brown back, a pale underside, and white patches near the limbs.

• Black-hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus atriceps

  The Black-hooded Sierra Finch occurs in the central Andes. Males have a black hood and orange-rufous body, and forage on the ground in dry, sparse scrub.

• Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus

  This dolphin lives in the cool-temperate North Atlantic. It has a yellowish-tan flank streak and a white patch, and eats small fish, squid, and crustaceans. It tends to move north and inshore in summer and south and offshore in winter.

• Striated Antthrush Chamaeza nobilis

  This terrestrial antthrush is recorded in lowland Amazonian forest in Peru. PeruAves describes it as rare and associates it with terra firme, or relatively flood-free forest. This entry limits its account to Peruvian records.

• Mesopotamian Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys citellus

  This mouse opossum is recorded in a habitat mosaic in northeastern Argentina. Its taxonomy has been debated.

• Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis

  This junco is endemic to Guadalupe Island. It has a grayish head, white underparts and white outer tail sides, and forages in trees and on the ground.

• Germain's Langur Trachypithecus germaini

  This langur has a silvery gray coat, a black face, and a crown-like crest. A study in Vietnam's karst region found that leaves were its main food.

• Santa Marta Warbler Myiothlypis basilica

  This warbler lives in the understory of humid forest in the Santa Marta Mountains. Its black head has white markings, its upperparts are olive, and its underside is yellow.