Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius colma

  

  A bird that searches for food while walking on the Amazon forest floor.

• Mountain Cuscus Phalanger carmelitae

  The mountain cuscus is an arboreal marsupial of New Guinea's mountains. It has thick, dark fur and feeds on leaves and fruit at night.

• Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis

  With long, narrow wings, this bird has a shape between a tern and a shorebird. It catches insects in flight and nests along rocky rivers and coastlines.

• Western Brush Wallaby Notamacropus irma

  This wallaby is marked by black paws, a brush-like tail, and a white stripe on the face. It is active around dawn and dusk and is found in heathland at Whiteman Park.

• Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus

  The Rufous-capped Motmot has a rufous head and blue-green eyebrow. It perches in the lower forest canopy and eats insects and small animals.

• Preuss's Monkey Allochrocebus preussi

  Preuss's monkey is a forest primate marked by a silvery-white neck collar and reddish-brown back. It is active by day and forages for fruit and young shoots in groups.

• Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii

  The Little Spotted Kiwi is flightless and nocturnal, probing leaf litter and rotten logs for food. DNA confirmed a wild population on the West Coast of the South Island in 2025.

• Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii

  A small molossid bat that is widespread in South America. It catches insects while flying in open areas.

• Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila

  The Ascension Frigatebird is a seabird with long wings and a deeply forked tail.

• Northern Four-eyed Opossum Philander vossi

  This small opossum ranges from pale gray to black, with white spots around the eyes. A 1963 Tamaulipas account says it seemed fairly common in tropical deciduous forest at relatively low elevations along the eastern side of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

• Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus

  The Sooty Oystercatcher has a black body and a red-orange bill. Along Australian coasts it searches for shellfish and other small animals, and it may form flocks outside the breeding season.

• Western Woolly Lemur Avahi occidentalis

  The western woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur of western Madagascar's forests. It has thick grayish fur and lives in small family groups.

• Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus

  The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is a tiny barbet marked by a yellow forehead. It eats mistletoe and other fruits in broadleaved woodland, and both sexes excavate a nest hole in a dead branch.

• Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Sousa teuszii

  The Atlantic humpback dolphin lives in shallow coastal waters of western Africa. Its grey body has a distinct hump beneath the dorsal fin and a short, rounded beak.

• Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus

  The Common Buttonquail is a small bird that runs beneath grass and scrub. Adult females are larger and more brightly colored than males.

• Ka'apor Capuchin Cebus kaapori

  It has cream-colored cheeks and shoulders, a dark crown, and a tail that helps it move among branches. A dry-season study in Pará found fruit to be its main food.

• Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica

  The Grey Shrikethrush varies in color across its range, from gray to brown. It searches for food on the ground and on tree trunks and branches in Australian forests and woodlands.

• Colombian Small-eared Shrew Cryptotis colombianus

  This shrew is recorded in the central Colombian Andes. It has a dark-brown back, a short tail, tiny eyes and ears, and records in moist montane cloud forest.

• Brown-chested Barbet Capito brunneipectus

  The Brown-chested Barbet occurs in the forests of Brazil's central Amazon. Regional accounts describe it feeding on fruit and invertebrates in moist forest canopy and nesting in tree cavities.

• Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii

  Tamiops rodolphii has been recorded in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. It has dark and pale stripes on the back and head and uses the understory and lower canopy.

• Long-tailed Ground Roller Uratelornis chimaera

  The Long-tailed Ground Roller is a ground-dwelling bird of dry forest in southwestern Madagascar. Its long tail and patterned head are distinctive.

• Red-collared Brown Lemur Eulemur collaris

  This lemur is notable for reddish-brown fur around its neck and orange-red eyes. Its tail is longer than its body and helps it balance as it moves through trees.

• Brown-capped Fantail Rhipidura diluta

  A 1996 report of a 1993 field project lists Sumbawa, Flores and Lomblen (now Lembata), in forest habitats other than dry thorn-scrub. These historical island records are not a current exhaustive range map.

• Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa Salpingotus (Anguistodontus) crassicauda

  This small jerboa has a tail longer than its body and three-toed hind feet. It digs long burrows in sand dunes.