Meet the world’s animals.

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• Groves' Titi Plecturocebus grovesi

  

  This titi monkey was described from Mato Grosso, Brazil. The paper notes a grayish back, red-brown underside, and black tail with a pale tip.

• Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

  The Rainbow Bee-eater has vivid green, blue, and yellow plumage. It beats captured bees against a perch to remove their stings before eating them.

• Temminck's Asian Trident Bat Aselliscus tricuspidatus

  Temminck's Asian Trident Bat has three projections on the rear edge of its noseleaf. It roosts in places such as caves and feeds on insects.

• Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri

  Erect-crested penguins have yellow crests that rise obliquely above their eyes. They breed on islands near New Zealand and feed on small crustaceans and squid.

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey Lagothrix flavicauda

  The Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkey is a primate endemic to Peru. It lives in trees and eats fruit, leaves, and other plant foods. Its long reddish-brown coat and yellow patch beneath the tail are distinctive.

• Salvadori's Nightjar Caprimulgus pulchellus

  Salvadori's Nightjar has dark plumage and a short tail. It is active at night in forests of Sumatra and Java, catching insects in flight; the wing patch differs between the sexes.

• Hershkovitz's Marmoset Mico intermedius

  Hershkovitz's marmoset is a small monkey from the Brazilian Amazon.

• Green-striped Brush Finch Arremon virenticeps

  A Mexico City bird guide describes this Mexican brushfinch among dense shrubs near the ground in mountain forest. Its white throat and olive back help identify it.

• 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.

• White-bellied Fantail Rhipidura euryura

  The White-bellied Fantail lives in moist mountain forests on Java. Its gray body has a white belly and a broad white stripe above each eye.

• Siberut Macaque Macaca siberu

  The Siberut macaque lives only on Siberut Island in Indonesia. It eats mainly fruit and travels both in trees and on the ground.

• Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus

  The Crimson-rumped Toucanet has a green body, red rump, and large reddish-brown and black bill. It feeds mainly on fruit and nests in old woodpecker holes.

• Pousargues' mongoose Dologale dybowskii

  This small mongoose has a brown body, a gray face, and a bushy tail. It has been recorded in Central Africa, but little is known about its life in the wild.

• Sharpe's Pipit Macronyx sharpei

  Sharpe's Pipit lives in the short grasslands of Kenya's highlands. Its yellow belly and black streaks across the breast are useful field marks.

• Tucumán Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tucumanus

  The Tucumán Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent recorded around the city of Tucumán. It has a reddish brown back, a pale underside, and white patches near the limbs.

• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

  A shrike with a long tail and dark facial mask. Several plumage forms are recorded in Hong Kong.

• Feline Genet Genetta felina

  This genet occurs in southern Africa. It has a pale grey coat with a continuous black line down the middle of its back, and uses grassland, open woodland and thickets.

• Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus

  The Great Woodswallow is the largest woodswallow, marked by a dark grey head and white rump and belly.

• Cape Serotine Laephotis capensis

  The Cape serotine sometimes roosts in the roofs of houses and buildings. Records span arid semi-desert, montane grassland, forest and savanna; it forages at medium height along cluttered edges.

• Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes

  This white waterbird has a yellow face, spatulate bill, and yellow legs. In shallow water it sweeps its bill from side to side, searching mainly for aquatic insects.

• Kayan River Slow Loris Nycticebus kayan

  This slow loris occurs in central and northern Borneo. The 2013 taxonomic study compared facial patterns and other traits when describing it as a distinct species. Species-specific information about its behavior and diet in the wild remains limited.

• Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus

  The Persian Shearwater is a seabird with a dark upper surface set against a white underside. Breeding has been recorded in southern Arabia and around Socotra, while seasonal records have also been reported off East Africa.

• Trinidad Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis

  The Trinidad dog-like bat catches flying insects in cluttered vegetation. Records list several roost types, including tree hollows, caves, and houses.

• White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera

  The White-winged Lark is a lark whose white wing patches stand out in flight. It uses dry steppe and fields, and may gather in flocks outside the breeding season.