Meet the world’s animals.

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• Feline Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles insignis

  

  The Feline Owlet-nightjar lives in New Guinea’s montane evergreen rainforests and eats beetles and other insects. Its fluffy rufous-to-brown plumage has two white head stripes and white bars on the tail.

• Gobi Jerboa Allactaga (Orientallactaga) bullata

  

  This jerboa ranges across northern China and Mongolia. It lives in open sandy desert, uses burrows alone, and has a tail tuft with white and black markings.

• Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus

  

  The Loggerhead Shrike hunts in open brushy country. It scans from exposed perches and may impale captured prey on thorns or barbed wire.

• Nayarit mouse Peromyscus simulus

  

  The Nayarit mouse is recorded on the coastal lowlands of Nayarit in western Mexico. Specimens come from tropical forest and moist riverine settings.

• Black-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus

  

  It occurs in northern Andean mountain forest, from south-western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to far northern Peru. It is recorded at 2,300–3,200 m.

• Coppery Titi Plecturocebus cupreus

  

  This titi monkey shows regional coat variation. Dark reddish animals are often reported in Peru and more orange-red animals in Brazil.

• Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

  The Asian Woolly-necked Stork is a large wetland bird with a neck covered in fluffy white feathers. The current name Ciconia episcopus refers to the Asian species, distinct from the African C. microscelis.

• Mauritian Tomb Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) mauritianus

  Its underside is white and its back is mixed gray. It occurs in central and southern Africa and nearby islands, and flies out after dark.

• White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps

  The White-headed Saw-wing is a small, stocky swallow with a short tail. It catches insects in flight around woodland and forest edges.

• Karoo Round-eared Sengi Macroscelides proboscideus

  A small sengi with a long nose and large eyes that lives on gravel plains in the Karoo region.

• Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis

  This large nocturnal bird has a broad bill and a long tail. It rests by day near forest edges, and its gray-brown plumage and barring blend with its surroundings.

• Kit fox Vulpes macrotis

  A small fox of dry grasslands and deserts in the American Southwest. Its large ears are easy to recognize.

• Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

  The Peruvian Pelican is a large pelican of the Pacific coast along the Humboldt Current. It catches fish near the surface and also uses areas around fishing ports.

• Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis

  This short-tailed wallaby is marked by reddish fur on its neck and shoulders. It spends the day in forest and emerges near dusk to feed on plants.

• Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii

  This small pipit has grey-brown upperparts and a clearly streaked breast. The species is endemic to Macaronesia—Canary Islands, Madeira and the Selvagens—and may make short local movements during dry periods.

• White-tailed jackrabbit Lepus townsendii

  The white-tailed jackrabbit is a large hare. Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports it throughout the state except at the highest elevations.

• Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis

  This whistler lives in Australian mallee shrubland. The New South Wales factsheet describes known populations around Round Hill and Nombinnie in central New South Wales.

• Horsfield's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros larvatus

  Horsfield's leaf-nosed bat is a medium-sized bat with relatively large ears and a complex noseleaf. It flies through forest understory and roosts in caves and buildings.

• Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena

  In North America, it breeds on shallow lakes in Canada and Alaska and winters mainly along the coast. It dives for fish and crustaceans.

• Large Myotis Myotis (Myotis) chinensis

  Large Myotis is a large mouse-eared bat recorded in Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.

• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

  The Savanna Nightjar rests on the ground or rocks by day, blending into its surroundings, and catches flying insects at dusk and at night.

• Bay Cat Catopuma badia

  The Bornean bay cat is a rarely detected wild cat of Borneo’s forests. Records exist, but much about its diet and way of life remains unknown.

• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

  A large eagle of open steppe and semidesert, migrating between Eurasian breeding grounds and wintering areas in Africa and Asia.

• Coquerel's Sifaka Propithecus coquereli

  Coquerel’s Sifaka is a lemur with a mostly white coat and chestnut patches on its chest and limbs. It leaps between trees and eats mainly leaves.