Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-handed gibbon Hylobates lar

  

  A gibbon of Southeast Asian forests. It swings between branches using its long arms.

• Long-eared owl Asio otus

  An owl with conspicuous long head tufts, using woods and dense cover near grassland.

• Salvin's Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma salvini

  Salvin's big-eyed bat ranges from Central America into northwestern South America. It has pale stripes on the face and along the back.

• Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus

  The Common Buttonquail is a small bird that runs beneath grass and scrub. Adult females are larger and more brightly colored than males.

• Vanuatu Flying Fox Pteropus anetianus

  The Vanuatu flying fox lives on islands in Vanuatu. It roosts in small groups and eats fruit and flowers. The factsheet says it is seen flying by day more often than other flying foxes in Vanuatu.

• Black-necked crane Grus nigricollis

  A crane that breeds in high mountain regions and descends to lower wintering areas.

• King Jird Meriones (Parameriones) rex

  The King Jird is a large gerbil known from rocky highlands in southwestern Saudi Arabia, including the Asir Mountains. Its behavior in the wild is still poorly known.

• Satin Berrypecker Melanocharis citreola

  A berrypecker described from western New Guinea. At the Kumawa Mountains locality in West Papua, adult males have glossy blue-black upperparts and satin-white underparts washed with lemon yellow.

• Four-toed hedgehog Atelerix albiventris

  A small, spiny-backed mammal of African grassland and woodland.

• Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus

  The Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant has a grey crown and a very short tail. In Amazonia it forages in the midstory and subcanopy of mature forest and tall second growth.

• 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.

• Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor

  It has a red forehead, whitish underparts washed pink, and black thighs. It is recorded in riverine woodland, forest edges, and near cultivation.

• Weasel Lemur Lepilemur mustelinus

  The weasel sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur of eastern Madagascar's rainforests. Most have chestnut-brown fur, though bright orange individuals have also been observed.

• Black Bustard Afrotis afra

  The Black Bustard is a small bustard of southwestern South Africa that uses low shrubland.

• Coastal Black-handed Titi Callicebus melanochir

  This titi monkey lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, forming pairs in which males carry the young.

• Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes

  This migrant breeds in Siberia and moves south, probing mud and rocks for food at estuaries and tidal flats.

• Dusky Pademelon Thylogale brunii

  This is a small member of the kangaroo family, with large ears, strong hind legs, and a short, thick tail. It is mainly active at night and eats plants such as grasses and young shoots.

• Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus

  This sandgrouse has sandy plumage crossed by dark bands. It occurs in dry savanna and cultivated areas, alone in pairs or small groups.

• Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale

  A bat of wooded foothills and mountains. It emerges at twilight to hunt moths and other insects.

• Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi

  A bird photographed at Lake Manyara in Tanzania in 2017 was recorded as the boehmi form, noted for a dark breast band. The species account summarizes its habitat as acacia woodland, savanna, and open woodland.

• Brown-eared Woolly Opossum Caluromys lanatus

  The brown-eared woolly opossum is an arboreal marsupial with a dense coat and a long, grasping tail. It lives in South American forests.

• Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis

  Radde's Accentor is a small mountain bird with a white eyebrow and a dark-streaked back. It searches for insects and seeds on the ground.

• Southern Tigrina Leopardus guttulus

  The Southern Tigrina is a small cat with thick-edged markings on yellow-brown fur. It ranges from Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, and hunts small mammals, birds, and reptiles.

• Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator

  A small African shrike of savanna and shrubland that catches ground-dwelling invertebrates by day.