Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mantled Howler Alouatta palliata

  

  The mantled howler is a monkey with black fur and, in most individuals, long yellow or brown hairs hanging along the flanks. It feeds on leaves, fruit, and flowers in the forest canopy.

• Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae

  

  The Eastern Hooded Pitta occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands. It is a current species split from the broader Hooded Pitta group and has a black head and red belly.

• Asian house shrew Suncus murinus

  

  A small shrew with a pointed nose and short fur. It lives near people as well as in forests and searches for insects at night.

• African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp

  

  Adults are black and white with large white wing patches. They run along the ground to catch insects and wag their tails.

• Mountain goat Oreamnos americanus

  

  A white-coated ungulate that lives on steep North American mountains.

• Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

  

  A large seabird of tropical oceans around the world. Adults have a brown back and white belly; they dive for fish and squid and breed in colonies on islands.

• Indian Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus collaris

  This hedgehog has large ears, a pointed muzzle, and short spines. It is nocturnal and digs burrows.

• Ceara Gnateater Conopophaga cearae

  The Ceara Gnateater is a small bird of northeastern Brazil. It was first described as a subspecies of Conopophaga lineata, then treated as a separate species following genetic research.

• Texas Pocket Gopher Geomys personatus

  This rodent digs burrows in sandy soil in southern Texas and feeds underground on grass roots and other plants.

• Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata

  The Madagascar Pochard is a small brown diving duck. It spends much of its time on the water and dives to find food below the surface.

• Hewitt's Red Rock Hare Pronolagus saundersiae

  This hare occurs in mountainous parts of South Africa and Lesotho. Its coat is thick and dense, brown above and pale rufous below; the feet and tail are darker red, while the head is grey-brown with grey-white cheeks.

• Bornean Frogmouth Batrachostomus mixtus

  The Bornean Frogmouth is a Borneo endemic usually associated with lower montane and montane forest. Lowland records have also been reported at Kubah National Park; one observed male had yellow eyes and long facial bristles.

• Afghan Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) rufescens

  The Afghan pika is a mountain pika with a cream collar edged in russet during summer. It gathers plants, dries them, and stores them in burrows.

• White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus

  An adult in breeding plumage has a black hood and white crescents around the eyes, but the irises are dark brown. This gull is endemic to the Red Sea.

• Bushveld Elephant Shrew Elephantulus intufi

  A small mammal with a narrow, elongated snout and long hind legs. It lives in dry scrublands of southern Africa and mainly eats ants and termites.

• Olrog's Cinclodes Cinclodes olrogi

  Olrog’s Cinclodes is a highland ovenbird found in central Argentina. It walks through rocky grassland and hills while searching for invertebrates on the ground.

• Moleques do Sul Guinea Pig Cavia intermedia

  The Moleques do Sul guinea pig is known only from a small island off Brazil. It uses a narrow area with grasses and has been reported to breed throughout the year.

• Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis

  The Chilean Skua is a seabird of southern South American coasts and offshore waters. It sometimes takes food from other seabirds.

• Small Five-toed Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) elater

  This jerboa lives in dry areas of Turkey and western Asia. It has a sandy back, white underside, and black tail tip, and moves by hopping on long hind legs at night.

• Cuban Solitaire Myadestes elisabeth

  The Cuban Solitaire is a forest bird endemic to Cuba. Its brown upperparts, pale gray underparts, and white eyering are distinctive.

• Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis

  A common wallaby of northern Australia, with sandy fur and distinctive facial and thigh stripes.

• Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii

  The Cuban Vireo is a small, slow-moving bird of shrubby forest edges. It has a yellow spot in front of the eye and a white crescent behind it; a Macaulay Library record documents it at Viñales, Cuba.

• Silvery Marmoset Mico argentatus

  The silvery marmoset varies from white to dark brown and has hairless face and ears. It eats fruit, animal prey, and gums, and sleeps in tree hollows and dense vegetation.

• Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus

  A small falcon found only in the forests of Mauritius.