Meet the world’s animals.

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• Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros hypophyllus

  

  The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat is known from southern India. It has broad ears and small supplementary noseleaf structures, and a cave in dry scrubland is its only reported roost.

• Grey-bellied Comet Taphrolesbia griseiventris

  A long-tailed hummingbird of the dry hills of north-central Peru. One female fed insects to nestlings, while another was building a nest beneath a mossy earth overhang.

• Island Mouse Nesomys rufus

  Nesomys rufus is a ground-dwelling rodent reported across humid forests of Madagascar. Its reddish back, white-spotted underside, and white tail tip help distinguish it.

• Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus

  It moves through branches and brush like a mouse. It eats fruit, seeds, nectar, ants, and termites.

• Hog deer Axis porcinus

  A stocky deer that moves with its head low under forest cover.

• Gray Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum

  A pheasant whose male has rows of eye-like spots on its tail and wings. It lives in evergreen forests of South and Southeast Asia.

• Robust Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tuconax

  The robust tuco-tuco lives in highland grassland in Tucumán Province, northwestern Argentina. It digs underground tunnels and feeds mainly on grasses.

• Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi

  Archbold's Newtonia is a small bird of dry spiny forest and shrubland in southern Madagascar. It searches for spiders and insects on low branches.

• African Civet Civettictis civetta

  A member of the civet family found in central and southern Africa.

• Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata

  The Antarctic Tern occurs on southern subantarctic islands and exposed rocky areas of Antarctica. New Zealand birds belong to subspecies bethunei.

• Southern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus siki

  The southern white-cheeked gibbon lives in forests of central Laos and Vietnam. It stays in the canopy, and its diet changes with the seasons.

• American White Ibis Eudocimus albus

  This wading bird has a white body, long red bill, and red legs. It probes shallow water and mud for small animals.

• Cuban Fig-eating Bat Phyllops falcatus

  The Cuban fig-eating bat is a medium-sized bat recorded in Cuba and on Hispaniola. It has white shoulder patches, while information about its food comes from only a few observations of fruit and seeds.

• Blue-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis

  The Blue-throated Toucanet is a toucan of humid Central American forests. Its blue throat and large bill stand out, and it eats fruit and small invertebrates.

• Red slender loris Loris tardigradus

  The red slender loris is a small primate endemic to Sri Lanka. A 2017 study places the species across the island's wet zone and montane areas.

• Christmas Island Thrush Turdus erythropleurus

  Turdus erythropleurus occurs on Christmas Island. The Parks Australia account treats it as a subspecies of Turdus poliocephalus under an older classification.

• Mauritian fruit bat Pteropus niger

  The Mauritian fruit bat is a large fruit-eating bat with golden fur, endemic to Mauritius.

• Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii

  This cuckoo has rufous-brown, finely streaked plumage and a long white-tipped tail. The museum account describes the Indian nominate subspecies walking and feeding on the ground in dry scrub.

• Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus

  The typical lemniscomys is a grassland mouse with pale stripes and rows of spots on its back. It is active by day and nests among grass or brush.

• Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius

  The Bush Stone-curlew lives in forests and open woodlands on mainland Australia. It walks on long legs and is active at night while searching for food.

• Indian Hedgehog Paraechinus micropus

  The Indian hedgehog lives in dry regions and needs some plant cover for shelter and nest material.

• Tufted Antshrike Mackenziaena severa

  This large antshrike lives in forest understory. It is recorded in Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina and feeds on insects and other small invertebrates.

• Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou melanurus

  The black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine ranges from eastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil. It is nocturnal and arboreal, using mainly the canopy of lowland rainforest.

• Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber

  This barbet is endemic to southern China. It lives in evergreen broadleaf and mixed conifer-broadleaf forests in middle and lower mountains, and also occurs at forest edges and in more open woodland.