Meet the world’s animals.

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• Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus

  

  A gibbon that amplifies its loud calls with a throat sac and travels by swinging between branches.

• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus

  

  This wetland bird has a black head and breast, bronze-green back and wings, and a short reddish tail.

• Black-and-gold howler monkey Alouatta caraya

  

  A howler monkey of central South American forests. It grips branches with its long tail and mainly eats leaves.

• Pied Heron Egretta picata

  

  The Pied Heron is a wetland heron of northern Australia and nearby islands. It has black-and-white plumage and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fish and frogs.

• Mauritian fruit bat Pteropus niger

  

  The Mauritian fruit bat is a large fruit-eating bat with golden fur, endemic to Mauritius.

• Andean condor Vultur gryphus

  

  A large soaring bird that searches for carrion in the Andes and nearby open country.

• Visayan spotted deer Rusa alfredi

  The Visayan spotted deer is a small deer with pale spots on a dark coat. It is native to a few islands in the central Philippines.

• Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus

  It moves through branches and brush like a mouse. It eats fruit, seeds, nectar, ants, and termites.

• Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus

  A South American canid with a reddish coat, very long slender legs and large ears.

• Fernbird Megalurus punctatus

  New Zealand Birds Online lists this bird as Poodytes punctatus, while the pool uses Megalurus punctatus. Its page describes the same Fernbird as small, well camouflaged and patchily distributed around New Zealand.

• White-faced Spiny Tree-rat Echimys chrysurus

  This tree rat lives in lowland forests of the Guianas and eastern Amazonia and spends much of its time in trees.

• Red-browed Treecreeper Climacteris erythrops

  A small treecreeper that searches bark for invertebrates in rainforest and dense eucalypt woodland.

• Atlantic Titi Callicebus personatus

  This monkey lives in Brazil's Atlantic coastal forests. It has black fur on the forehead and beside the cheeks, while coat patterns vary among subspecies.

• Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

  A small North American bird whose plumage varies from grey to brown by region, with white outer tail feathers that flash in flight.

• Giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis

  A large otter of South American rivers and lakes. It lives in family groups and hunts fish mainly during the day.

• Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii

  This large bustard lives in dry open country and semi-arid savanna. The male has a dark face and pale crown.

• Brazilian Guinea Pig Cavia aperea

  The Brazilian guinea pig is a wild guinea-pig relative of South American grasslands and savannas. It feeds mainly on plants and moves under cover in dense vegetation.

• Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus

  This small honeyeater is about 11 cm long. It is grayish olive, with a short tail and yellowish eye ring, in New Guinea forest and forest margins.

• Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur Lepilemur sahamalaza

  The Sahamalaza sportive lemur is nocturnal and restricted to the Sahamalaza Peninsula in northwestern Madagascar.

• Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis

  The adult has an orange throat and a black band across the upper breast. In Southern African grasslands it searches on the ground and among low vegetation for food.

• Giant White-tailed Uromys Uromys (Uromys) caudimaculatus

  The Giant White-tailed Uromys is a large rat with a gray-brown back, pale underside, and long tail with a white tip. It is active at night, climbs well, and eats fruit, nuts, insects, and other foods.

• Golden-naped Tanager Chalcothraupis ruficervix

  This tanager uses humid cloud forest and upper forest levels on the eastern Andes. It joins mixed flocks and searches for small animals and fruit.

• Minute Tuco-tuco Ctenomys minutus

  The minute tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of the southern Brazilian coastal plain. Populations in sandy fields beside dunes are described as typically brown.

• Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea

  An all-white seabird that breeds along the Antarctic coast and on nearby islands. It feeds on fish, squid, krill, and other prey in cold seas.