Meet the world’s animals.

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• Buzzing Flowerpecker Dicaeum hypoleucum

  

  This small flowerpecker uses forests and scrub. Its dark upperparts, pale underparts, and slender, slightly curved bill help distinguish it.

• Bearded Capuchin Sapajus libidinosus

  

  The bearded capuchin is a capuchin monkey native to Brazil. Its coat is yellowish to beige, with dark limbs and a thick cap of hair.

• Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa

  

  A Central American bird noted for its turquoise brow and racket-tipped tail feathers. It searches for insect prey in open dry woodland and scrub.

• Black Mastiff Bat Molossus rufus

  

  This large free-tailed bat varies from black to reddish, brown, or yellowish on the back, with paler underparts. It uses forest and savanna habitats and roosts in buildings, tree hollows, rocks, and palms.

• Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis

  

  The Little Shearwater is a small seabird that breeds on islands. It takes food at the surface and also dives for fish, crustaceans, and other prey.

• Four-toed hedgehog Atelerix albiventris

  

  A small, spiny-backed mammal of African grassland and woodland.

• Unicolored Jay Aphelocoma unicolor

  This jay inhabits montane forests in northwestern Central America. It uses pine and oak forests and feeds on invertebrates, including insects.

• Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus formosae

  This bat has silky, glossy fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It is endemic to Taiwan, but much of its natural history remains unknown.

• Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus

  The Red-rumped Tinkerbird lives in forest from southern Senegal to the western Congo Basin and western Uganda. It uses humid forest and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Stephens' kangaroo rat Dipodomys stephensi

  Stephens' kangaroo rat is a nocturnal rodent of grasslands and sparse scrub in southern California. It has long hind legs and carries seeds in cheek pouches.

• Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis

  A pitta with blue plumage and a black bill. It breeds in southern China and Southeast Asia and appears in Singapore during migration and winter.

• Yucatan Black Howler Monkey Alouatta pigra

  A monkey of forests in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. It feeds mainly on leaves in the trees, and groups use calls to signal their territories.

• African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini

  The African Oystercatcher is a black shorebird of southern Africa's coasts, with a bright orange-red bill and pink legs.

• Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew Phascolosorex doriae

  This marsupial occurs in western New Guinea. It has a dark line along the middle of its back and reddish fur on the underside.

• Northern Silvery Kingfisher Ceyx flumenicola

  This kingfisher is endemic to Bohol, Leyte and Samar in the central Philippines. It uses forested streams and river edges, where a low perch gives it a view of the water.

• 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.

• Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii

  The Hides Ridge field guide places the Ochre-breasted Catbird in lowland forest in southern New Guinea and describes foraging in lower layers and sometimes on the ground. Within its study area, it lists the bird only at Arakubi.

• Maule Tuco-tuco Ctenomys maulinus

  The Maule tuco-tuco is a burrowing rodent of Andean grasslands. Its coat ranges from pale brown to olive or dark brown, with pale underparts and white hairs at the tail tip.

• Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro

  The Band-rumped Storm Petrel is a small seabird of waters far from land. It flies low over the sea on long wings and has a white band across its rump.

• Cat Ba Langur Trachypithecus poliocephalus

  The Cat Ba langur is recognizable by its golden head and dark body. It lives in forest on the limestone hills of Cat Ba Island in Vietnam and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena

  The Slaty-tailed Trogon is a forest bird with different plumage in males and females. In the Costa Rican account, the male has a green head and back with a red breast and belly, while the female is mostly dark gray.

• Red-tailed Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus

  Its striped back and face contrast with rufous shoulders and sides and an orange-red underside to the tail. It inhabits dense conifer forest, especially shrub-rich openings and edges.

• San Andres Vireo Vireo caribaeus

  This small vireo is confined to San Andrés Island. It has an olive back and pale underparts; a field study recorded dry scrub as a commonly used nesting habitat.

• Moleques do Sul Guinea Pig Cavia intermedia

  The Moleques do Sul guinea pig is known only from a small island off Brazil. It uses a narrow area with grasses and has been reported to breed throughout the year.