Meet the world’s animals.

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• Madagascan Flying Fox Pteropus rufus

  

  The Madagascan flying fox is a large fruit bat found only on Madagascar. It mainly takes juice from fruit and spits out the dry pulp and seeds, helping disperse seeds.

• Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata

  

  The Great Blue Turaco is a large bird with blue feathers and a red-and-yellow bill. It moves deftly through rainforest canopy and occurs in Central and West Africa.

• Caucasian Badger Meles canescens

  

  The Caucasian badger ranges from the Caucasus through Southwest and Central Asia. Its face has broad dark bands over the eyes and ears, with a white band between them.

• Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis

  

  The Black Rail is a very small, dark rail of North American wetlands. White speckles mark its plumage, and dense grasses make it difficult to see.

• Narrow-nosed Planigale Planigale tenuirostris

  

  The Narrow-nosed Planigale is a small marsupial with a flattened, triangular head and a thin tail about as long as its body. It lives in grasslands, shrublands and other habitats in eastern Australia.

• Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis

  

  The Yellow-billed Babbler is a social bird of drier habitats in southern India and Sri Lanka. It has a pale crown, yellow bill, and blue eyes.

• Berthe's Mouse Lemur Microcebus berthae

  Berthe's mouse lemur is nocturnal and lives in dry deciduous forest in southwestern Madagascar. A dark back stripe and facial markings make it distinctive.

• Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus

  The Bar-breasted Honeyeater has gray bars on its chest and a slender, slightly down-curved bill. This small Australian bird feeds on nectar and insects.

• Long-legged Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) volans

  Long-legged myotis is a western North American bat with a ridged spur at the ankle and fur on the underside of the wing extending to the line between elbow and knee. It hunts insects over water, beneath tree canopies, and along cliffs.

• Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus

  In India's Great Himalayan National Park, this fantail is found in mid-elevation forests. It has a yellow belly, olive upperparts, and a white eye-ring. It flicks its tail while moving through the understory and mid-canopy in pursuit of small insects.

• Black-footed cat Felis nigripes

  A small cat with tawny fur, dark spots and bands, and black foot pads.

• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus

  A bird of open Australian country, recognized by its crest, long pointed tail and orange cheek patches.

• Diademed sifaka Propithecus diadema

  A lemur with a fluffy white crown around its face, a black head fading to a white tail, and orange arms and legs. It lives in eastern rainforests of central Madagascar.

• Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni

  A seabird that breeds in the Kaikōura mountains of New Zealand's South Island. It feeds at sea and moves to Australia in winter.

• Caucasian Birch Mouse Sicista caucasica

  The Caucasian birch mouse is a small rodent recorded in grasslands of the western Great Caucasus. Its back lacks a dark stripe, and field records include places with tall, dense vegetation.

• Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri

  Erect-crested penguins have yellow crests that rise obliquely above their eyes. They breed on islands near New Zealand and feed on small crustaceans and squid.

• Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew Crocidura shantungensis

  The Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew is recorded across parts of East Asia. A study found size differences between island and mainland samples.

• Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis

  The Red-breasted Nuthatch moves up, down, and around tree trunks and branches while foraging. It is most often found in coniferous woods.

• Thomson's gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii

  An African grassland gazelle with a bold dark stripe along each side.

• Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

  A fox-brown bird with dark streaks, bright yellow eyes, and a long bill.

• Silky Short-tailed Bat Carollia brevicaudum

  Carollia brevicauda occurs across parts of Central and South America. A study in the Colombian Andes followed one colony that used an artificial refuge.

• Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni

  Swynnerton's Robin has a blue-grey back and bright orange breast. It searches for insects on the forest floor, tossing aside leaf litter as it forages.

• Temminck's Asian Trident Bat Aselliscus tricuspidatus

  Temminck's Asian Trident Bat has three projections on the rear edge of its noseleaf. It roosts in places such as caves and feeds on insects.

• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum

  Males have red on the head and back, while females are gray-brown apart from a red rump and upper tail. It is a common resident in Singapore.