Meet the world’s animals.

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• Riverine Rabbit Bunolagus monticularis

  

  The riverine rabbit lives in separate areas of South Africa. It is active around dawn and dusk; some populations live along seasonal rivers.

• Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina

  

  This waterbird has a long, upturned black bill. It is seen in pairs or small groups at lakes and streams in the Andes at 3,000–4,000 m.

• Maranhão Red-handed Howler Alouatta ululata

  

  The Maranhão red-handed howler lives in open, dry vegetation in northeastern Brazil. Museum specimens have been described as showing sex-related coat differences, but the original study called for further research to confirm them.

• Yellow-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera lauterbachi

  

  The Yellow-breasted Bowerbird lives in eastern and central New Guinea, where males build an avenue-shaped bower and decorate it with blue fruit and stones to court females.

• Egyptian rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus

  

  A large-eyed fruit bat that feeds on very ripe fruit.

• Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus

  

  This small bird is bright yellow with an olive back. It occupies a range of savanna settings, from moist savanna to dry thorn scrub.

• Common Brown Brocket Mazama gouazoubira

  This deer uses sparsely vegetated grasslands, savannas, and forest edges in South America. Its coat ranges from gray-brown to brown; the rump and upper tail are typically orange, while the underside of the tail is white. It rests in dense cover by day and emerges into open areas to feed at night.

• White-crested Guan Penelope pileata

  This guan lives in humid lowland forests south of the Amazon in Brazil. Its white crest and chestnut neck and breast are distinctive, while detailed records of its behavior and diet remain limited.

• Eastern Wolf Canis lycaon

  The COSEWIC report describes the Eastern Wolf as an intermediate-sized canid whose coat varies from reddish brown to tawny. It identifies this population using genetic evidence as well as appearance.

• Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis

  A dark green wader whose plumage can shimmer emerald and bronze in good light. It occurs in lowlands from Central America to northern and eastern South America.

• Central American Rufous Tree-rat Diplomys labilis

  An arboreal spiny rat recorded in Central America. It is active at night and uses tree cavities as resting places.

• African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda

  This blue flycatcher occurs in wooded habitats of West and Central Africa. It perches among foliage and makes short flights to catch small arthropods.

• Coppery Titi Plecturocebus cupreus

  This titi monkey shows regional coat variation. Dark reddish animals are often reported in Peru and more orange-red animals in Brazil.

• Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris

  A black-and-white bird of Australia’s coast, the Pied Oystercatcher has a long red bill and legs and feeds on shellfish on beaches and mudflats.

• Malay Weasel Mustela nudipes

  The Malay weasel has a pale head and a slender reddish-brown to orange body. It searches for small animals on the ground during the day.

• Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens

  This cormorant inhabits southern Australian coasts. Adults have a black face and back with white underparts, and dive for fish.

• Chacoan Mara Pediolagus salinicola

  A large rodent of the Chaco, it occurs in Paraguay, southern Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina, in dry scrub and woodland.

• Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey

  A breeding male is deep chestnut from head to body, while the female is paler brown with chestnut on the rump and wing coverts. The sparrows feed on grass seeds on the ground and occur in small groups.

• Daraina Sportive Lemur Lepilemur milanoii

  The Daraina sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur of northern Madagascar. It rests in tree holes by day.

• Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides

  This grouse has strongly different male and female plumage. In Siberian taiga, males gather at visible display sites in spring, calling and fanning their tails during courtship.

• Bush Karroo Rat Myotomys unisulcatus

  The Bush Karoo rat lives in dry shrubland and rocky areas of South Africa. Black hairs mix with its ash-gray back, and it builds mounds of twigs near its nest.

• Austen's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni

  Austen's Brown Hornbill lives in closed forest. It eats fruit and small animals, and travels through the canopy in vocal social groups.

• Berg's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys bergi

  Berg’s tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of Argentina’s Dry Chaco. Besides northwestern Córdoba, one female was recorded in Salavina Department, Santiago del Estero, and identified as this species using genetic and morphological evidence.

• Western Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator

  This large bird lives in West African savanna, open woodland, and cultivated land. Its plumage is mostly subdued gray and brown, and it feeds mainly on fruit.