Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sela macaque Macaca selai

  

  This macaque is reported from western and central Arunachal Pradesh, India. An official ZSI announcement describes its heavy build, long dorsal hair, brown coat, pale face, and variation in how troops respond to people.

• Blue-and-white flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana

  

  A forest bird whose male has blue upperparts and a strong song.

• Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma improvisum

  

  The Guadeloupe big-eyed bat is a large big-eyed bat recorded on islands of the Lesser Antilles. It has white facial and dorsal markings, while detailed natural-history records remain sparse.

• Mottled Whistler Rhagologus leucostigma

  

  The Mottled Whistler lives in New Guinea's montane forests. Plumage spotting varies between sexes and subspecies, and it eats fruit and insects.

• Acuminate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus acuminatus

  

  The Acuminate Horseshoe Bat is a nocturnal bat described in grayish and reddish color forms. It rests by day in caves, hollow trees, and other sites.

• North Moluccan Pitta Erythropitta rufiventris

  

  This pitta occurs on islands of the North Moluccas. In the nominate form rufiventris, a blue breast band and red underparts are prominent.

• Brazilian Bristle-spined Porcupine Chaetomys subspinosus

  This porcupine climbs trees in Brazilian forests. Most of its body has bristly hair, with stiffer spines around the head and forelegs.

• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons

  The Golden-fronted Leafbird lives in forests and wooded areas of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, moving through foliage in the canopy.

• Giant Forest Hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

  The giant forest hog is a large pig that lives in African forests. It eats grasses and other plants, and uses its tusks to dig for roots.

• Brubru Nilaus afer

  The Brubru is a bush-shrike found widely across sub-Saharan Africa. A southern African atlas account records it in savanna and acacia woodland, where it feeds in the canopy.

• Alaotran gentle lemur Hapalemur alaotrensis

  The Alaotran gentle lemur is a small lemur with a long tail and dense fur. It lives only in the reed and papyrus wetlands around Lake Alaotra in Madagascar.

• Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis

  This tanager occurs at edges of dry forest in the Yucatán region. Adult males have a rose-colored throat; females have yellow there instead.

• African Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura afra

  A 2014 first-country record found about 5,000 bats in a cave in lowland rainforest southeast of Edea, Cameroon. Two captured females had deep sepia-brown backs and paler undersides.

• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

  The Greater Coucal has red eyes, glossy black plumage and chestnut wings. In Singapore it often hides in dense forest undergrowth and gives a deep booming call.

• 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-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius

  This small swiftlet occurs in Melanesia and Polynesia and uses moist forests and caves.

• Lemur-like Ringtail Hemibelideus lemuroides

  The lemuroid ringtail possum is a marsupial of northeastern Queensland's rainforests. Its dark brown coat and pale rings around the eyes are easy to notice.

• Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti

  The Algerian Nuthatch is a small bird endemic to mountain forests in northeastern Algeria. Recent breeding research has monitored nests in several forests.

• Obi Cuscus Phalanger rothschildi

  The Obi cuscus is an arboreal marsupial from islands in North Maluku. A survey around Obi recorded fruit in its diet and trees used as nesting sites.

• Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea

  A stork with a white body, long legs and a long bill. It breeds in parts of Southeast Asia and forages in groups in wetlands such as mangroves and tidal flats.

• Daurian Hedgehog Mesechinus dauuricus

  Daurian hedgehogs studied at Ikh Nart Nature Reserve in Mongolia often used rocky areas and sparse shrubland. In samples compared at the same reserve, they tended to have greater girth and weight than long-eared hedgehogs.

• Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus

  The Great Jacamar is notable for glossy green plumage and a rufous belly. In Peruvian Amazonian forests it searches for prey from the middle to upper layers of the forest.

• Agricola’s Opossum Cryptonanus agricolai

  This is a small opossum. Ventral fur is unbanded white in most examined specimens, and little is known about its field ecology.

• Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus

  This woodswallow ranges from India through Indochina to coastal China and often perches in open areas.