Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger

  

  A small dolphin of the cold offshore Southern Ocean, distributed around Antarctica. Its black-and-white flank pattern resembles an hourglass, though observations remain limited.

• Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae

  

  The Black-faced Cuckooshrike occurs in wooded places other than rainforests, including suburbs. It eats insects and other foods, and is also called the Shufflewing for its wing-shuffling movement on landing.

• Dry Chaco Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys pulchellus

  

  This small opossum is recorded in northern Argentina. Argentina’s 2019 assessment lists localities across several provinces, chiefly in the Chaco region.

• Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera

  

  This starling inhabits grassland and scrub in eastern Africa. Adults have glossy blue-green and purple plumage with a long tail, and feed on fruit, insects, and other available food.

• Pale-thighed Langur Presbytis siamensis

  

  This leaf monkey lives in forests from southernmost Thailand across Peninsular Malaysia. Its greyish coat and long tail are noticeable features.

• Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala

  

  A large stork of wetlands on the Indian subcontinent. It has a white body with a pink tinge and searches shallow water for small fish.

• Mule deer Odocoileus hemionus

  Large ears and a black-tipped tail help identify this deer.

• Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens

  This mockingbird occurs mainly in Mexico. In a study of three riparian sites in Jalisco, abundance was higher where shrub cover was greater, and breeding took place from April to August.

• Red-crested Tree Rat Santamartamys rufodorsalis

  This arboreal rodent is known from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. In the 2017 species account, the known evidence comprised two museum specimens and one photographic record.

• Karoo Lark Calendulauda albescens

  This lark inhabits dry shrublands in South Africa. It walks on the ground and searches around shrub bases for seeds, insects, and other food.

• Brazilian Long-nosed Bat Rhynchonycteris naso

  This small bat has an elongated muzzle and pale stripes on its back. It roosts in lines on tree trunks and roots near water, then flies out at night to eat insects.

• Bare-throated Whistler Pachycephala nudigula

  The Bare-throated Whistler lives in forests and mountains on Sumbawa and Flores in Indonesia. Males have a bare red patch low on the throat.

• Plains Spotted Skunk Spilogale interrupta

  In Texas, this small, striped skunk is mostly nocturnal and may stand on its forelegs to warn a threat.

• Chinese Bush-Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia

  The Chinese Bush-Warbler is a plain brown bird that breeds from southern Siberia to southern China. It keeps hidden in vegetation on its breeding grounds, and its winter range is uncertain.

• Antillean Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla cavernarum

  The Antillean Fruit-eating Bat roosts in cave colonies and emerges in the evening to forage in forest, taking a variety of plant foods.

• Jalca Tapaculo Scytalopus frankeae

  Aves de Peru describes the Jalca Tapaculo as endemic to two separated areas in Peru: Huánuco and Pasco in the north, and Junín farther south. Records include remaining dwarf-forest patches, rocky ground, shrubs and tall grass.

• Palawan Bearded Pig Sus ahoenobarbus

  Adult Palawan bearded pigs have a pale mane and a long beard that crosses the snout. The species occurs in the Palawan Faunal Region of the Philippines.

• Glossy-backed Becard Pachyramphus surinamus

  This becard occurs in the Guianas and lower Amazon region. It searches for insects and fruit in the upper and middle parts of humid forest.

• Bemaraha Woolly Lemur Avahi cleesei

  The Bemaraha woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur recorded in the Bemaraha region of west-central Madagascar. Its published description of appearance is based on one adult male observed in the study.

• Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops

  This South American jay has a plush black crest and black-and-yellow plumage. It forages in flocks and may cache surplus food.

• Northern Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza zaza

  This large mouse lemur is active at night. It lives in northwestern Madagascar’s forests and has a dark tail and pale underside.

• Thick-billed Berrypecker Rhamphocharis crassirostris

  The Thick-billed Berrypecker is a berrypecker described from the Arfak Mountains of north-western New Guinea. The early description of the adult male records olive-green upperparts and pearly-grey underparts. The species account classifies it as a forest-dwelling fruit eater.

• Brown Howler Monkey Alouatta guariba

  The brown howler is a large, tree-dwelling monkey with a grasping tail. It feeds on leaves, flowers and fruit, and makes loud calls like low grunts or barks.

• Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor

  The Chestnut-breasted Nigrita is a small bird of lowland forest, mangroves, and secondary growth in tropical Africa.