Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops

  

  This weaver lives in East African wetlands. The breeding male is bright yellow with a chestnut face.

• Pacific white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

  A dolphin that lives in groups in the temperate North Pacific.

• Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae

  The Morepork has dark brown, lightly spotted plumage and large yellow eyes. It is active at night and catches insects and small animals.

• Ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta

  A lemur of southern Madagascar and nearby regions, recognizable by its long tail with black-and-white rings.

• Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus

  The Australian Owlet-nightjar rests in tree hollows by day and searches for insects at night. Its back can be reddish brown or greyish brown.

• Hoffmanns's Titi Plecturocebus hoffmannsi

  Hoffmanns's titi is a monkey of the Brazilian Amazon. It has a gray back, yellowish-white underside, and black tail, and records show it eating fruit and seeds.

• Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus

  The Rusty-belted Tapaculo is a South American bird with a rusty back and breast band. It walks on the forest floor in search of small insects.

• Small-toothed Sportive Lemur Lepilemur microdon

  The small-toothed sportive lemur lives in rainforests of southeastern Madagascar. It mainly eats leaves, and also uses flowers and fruit when available.

• Maranon Thrush Turdus maranonicus

  The Maranon Thrush has brown, scale-like markings on its pale belly. It walks on the ground to forage in semi-open places and at forest edges in the Maranon drainage.

• Fat-tailed Gerbil Pachyuromys duprasi

  The fat-tailed gerbil has a round body and a short, thick, club-shaped tail. It lives in sandy areas with vegetation and digs burrows.

• Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus

  The Black-whiskered Vireo has greenish plumage and a thin black moustache stripe. It searches for insects and fruit in the middle and upper parts of trees.

• Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii

  The red bat is a medium-sized bat with reddish or grayish fur. In Argentina it roosts among foliage and catches insects while flying.

• Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris

  This small antwren lives in humid Andean forests. It searches for arthropods in the canopy and mid-storey and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• 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.

• Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus

  A forest bird of West and Central Africa. Records from Upper Guinea place it singly or in pairs in the canopy of well-developed forest; it eats fruit.

• Asian Badger Meles leucurus

  The Asian badger ranges from eastern Europe to eastern Asia and is well adapted for digging. It has a white face with dark stripes over the eyes, and its coat color varies by region.

• 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.

• Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga commissarisi

  This bat ranges from southern Mexico to Panama. It uses flower nectar as a major food source and also eats soft fruit and insects.

• Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea

  The Violaceous Euphonia is about 11.4 cm long. Males have blue-black backs and wings, yellow on the front of the head and underparts; females are greenish yellow above with dull yellow underparts.

• Hershkovitz's Marmoset Mico intermedius

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

• European Roller Coracias garrulus

  A bird that breeds in parts of central Europe and migrates to central and southern Africa. It has a blue head and chest and a chestnut back.

• Australian Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus nudicaudatus

  This cuscus occurs in Cape York, Australia. It spends time in the canopy and has been seen wrapping palm fronds around its body to hide its fur.

• Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera

  The Titicaca Grebe is a flightless grebe of high-altitude lakes around Lake Titicaca. In breeding plumage, its yellow-orange bill and white cheeks stand out; it dives for fish in shallow, vegetated water.

• Golden Takin Budorcas bedfordi

  The golden takin lives in the Qinling Mountains of central China. Adult males have long, shaggy coats ranging from creamy white to golden yellow, with especially golden hair on the neck and chest.