Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mindoro Bulbul Hypsipetes mindorensis

  

  Mindoro Bulbul is endemic to Mindoro in the Philippines. Its 1890 description records dark olive-brown upperparts and a rufous-tinged breast.

• Horsfield's Shrew Crocidura horsfieldii

  

  This shrew occurs in India and Sri Lanka, where it is recorded in moist forests and grasslands. It is terrestrial and feeds on insects.

• White-headed Wren Campylorhynchus albobrunneus

  

  The White-headed Wren is about 18 cm long. Records come from Panama and Colombia, where it searches foliage for small invertebrates in forest edges and secondary growth.

• 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.

• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus

  

  A small pipit that breeds in high mountain grasslands. It descends after breeding, and northern populations migrate. Adults in breeding plumage show a faint rosy wash from the throat to the belly.

• Collared Mongoose Urva semitorquata

  

  This mongoose is found in forests on Borneo and Sumatra. Much about its ecology, including its habitat preferences, remains poorly known.

• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus

  The Olive-backed Oriole lives in semi-open woodland and eucalypt forest. It has an olive back, red eye, and streaked pale underparts.

• Pygmy Tree Shrew Tupaia minor

  The pygmy tree shrew is a small, squirrel-like animal with a long, pointed snout. It is active by day and spends much of its time in the forest canopy.

• Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli

  Rüppell's Warbler breeds around the eastern Mediterranean and migrates to Africa for the non-breeding season.

• Binturong Arctictis binturong

  A civet relative of South and Southeast Asian forests, with long black fur and a long grasping tail.

• Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccycua cinerea

  This cuckoo has a red eye ring and bluish-gray head. It uses the middle levels of trees, and breeding birds studied in native woodland in east-central Argentina nested in trees.

• Black-bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon

  Males may grow a black beard seasonally. Groups roost in caves, rocky places, or unused buildings, and the bats use sound to find flying insects.

• Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea

  A gull closely tied to Arctic sea ice. Adults are white, while young birds keep dark mottling.

• Rock Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus intermedius

  The rock pocket mouse is a small rodent of rocky areas in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its back is grey-brown, its underside is white, and its tail has a tuft at the tip.

• Black Munia Lonchura stygia

  The Black Munia is a small finch of the southern New Guinea lowlands. Males are almost entirely black, and the species feeds on grass seeds in wetlands and tall grass.

• Gray Four-eyed Opossum Philander opossum

  At Paracou in French Guiana, most adult and subadult specimens had a grizzled-gray back contrasting with a blackish head. The 2001 field report records animals at night, on the ground and in trees.

• Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris

  The rufous-necked wood rail has rich rufous plumage, olive-brown upperparts, and a gray patch on the upper back. In northwestern Peru it is fairly common in mangroves.

• Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus

  A baboon of savanna, open woodland and riverine forest that forages on the ground.

• Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus

  The Eared Quetzal lives in mountain forests of northwestern Mexico. Males have black ear tufts and a red belly, while females have grey-brown heads and breasts and a paler pink belly.

• Somali Hedgehog Atelerix sclateri

  The Somali hedgehog is known from a small number of sites in northern Somalia. Dark spines on its back contrast with pale belly fur, while details of its life in the wild remain poorly documented.

• Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris

  The Green Catbird is an Australian bird with a green, white-spotted body and red eyes. It feeds on fruit and flowers in the forest canopy and gives a cat-like call.

• Brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata

  A wallaby with a brush-tipped tail that shelters among rocks.

• Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos

  The Rufous-fronted Bushtit lives in forests and scrub from central Nepal east through the Himalayas. In the nominate form, a broad black mask and buff crown stripe are distinctive; outside the breeding season it forages in flocks.

• Perrier's Sifaka Propithecus perrieri

  Perrier’s sifaka is an arboreal lemur with a black coat. It is active by day in small groups and eats mainly leaves, along with flowers and fruit.