Meet the world’s animals.

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• Lesser capybara Hydrochoerus isthmius

  

  The lesser capybara is a species in the capybara genus, ranging from eastern Panama into northwestern South America. It has coarse, dark reddish-brown fur and uses waterside habitat.

• Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus

  

  This small cuckoo ranges from Southeast Asia to Australia and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus

  

  The lesser Egyptian jerboa is a small rodent that bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night in deserts and semi-deserts.

• Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius

  

  The Sulphur-rumped Myiobius lives in the lower and middle levels of humid forest. Males have a dark olive back and pale yellow rump; the yellow crown patch is often hidden.

• Swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor

  

  A dark-coated wallaby that shelters in dense forest undergrowth.

• Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius

  

  A small Australian heron that hides in reedbeds and rushes, waiting for prey in the water.

• Emperor tamarin Tamarinus imperator

  An Amazonian forest monkey distinguished by a long white moustache.

• Black-capped Speirops Zosterops lugubris

  This white-eye occurs throughout São Tomé in forest and plantations. Cornell Lab's eBird account says it prefers highland forest above 900 m.

• Red-backed Bearded Saki Chiropotes chiropotes

  The red-backed bearded saki has a black body, a reddish back, and a dense beard. It moves through the high forest canopy by day and eats hard fruits and seeds.

• Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus

  The Banded Broadbill is about 21–23 cm long, and males and females differ in plumage. It eats invertebrates in lowland forest and secondary growth. Recording sites in Malaysia and Thailand show only part of its range.

• Otter Civet Cynogale bennettii

  The Otter Civet is a Southeast Asian viverrid that lives near rivers and wetlands. It has long whiskers and webbed feet, and is nocturnal.

• Scarlet-hooded Barbet Eubucco tucinkae

  Males have a red head and throat, green back, and yellow belly; females have a yellow throat. It occurs in eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil, using riverine vegetation and bamboo-rich secondary growth.

• Texas Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus interpres

  The Texas antelope squirrel has white side stripes and black bands on its tail. It is active by day in rocky, arid country.

• Snethlage's Antpitta Hylopezus paraensis

  This antpitta occurs in the southern Brazilian Amazon. A 2012 revision treated it as a lineage distinguished from relatives by vocal and genetic evidence.

• Woolley's False Antechinus Pseudantechinus woolleyae

  A small carnivorous marsupial from rocky, arid areas of Western Australia. It has chestnut fur behind the ears and a flat tail.

• African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini

  The African Oystercatcher is a black shorebird of southern Africa's coasts, with a bright orange-red bill and pink legs.

• Shield-faced Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros lylei

  This bat has a large noseleaf. Small groups have been found in caves, and records from Vietnam include forest and secondary habitats in limestone country.

• Jungle Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus

  The Sind Sparrow is a small sparrow of rivers and wetlands. The male has a chestnut eye-stripe, and the birds gather in reedy scrub.

• Gray Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur griseus

  This lemur lives in eastern Madagascar. In a rainy-season study at Maromizaha, the observed Hapalemur griseus griseus often ate young bamboo growth and used the lower forest layer.

• Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus

  A mousebird with a red face and long tail. Flocks use trees in dry regions and feed on leaves and fruit.

• Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys desmarestianus

  Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse has fur-lined pouches beside its mouth. In Costa Rica's wet forests it forages on the ground at night; the Costa Rican diet records focus on palm nuts and other seeds.

• Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita

  The Fairy Flycatcher is a small bird of southern Africa. It makes seasonal movements between the southern Karoo and fynbos in summer and thorn scrub farther north in winter.

• Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin Cebus malitiosus

  This capuchin lives around the Santa Marta mountains of northern Colombia. Its dark coat contrasts with pale fur on the head and shoulders.

• Amazonian Motmot Momotus momota

  The Amazonian Motmot has a green body, orange underparts, a black eye mask, and a blue crown. It sits on forest perches and may wag its tail from side to side.