Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus

  

  This small leaf warbler breeds in alpine scrub and moves from the mountains to lower elevations in winter.

• Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) australis

  This bat catches insects while flying near the coast. It occurs in a narrow coastal strip of northeastern Queensland.

• Chatham Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis

  The Chatham Island Oystercatcher is a black-and-white shorebird found only on the Chatham Islands. Pairs defend coastal territories throughout the year.

• Channel Islands Gray Fox Urocyon littoralis

  This small fox lives only on six of the Channel Islands off California. Each island has its own distinct subspecies.

• Andean Potoo Nyctibius maculosus

  Fine gray, brown, and black markings and yellow eyes stand out on this nocturnal bird of Andean cloud forest.

• 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.

• Short-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza campanisona

  A Short-tailed Antthrush of Bolivia’s humid montane forests. It searches for food on the forest floor by turning leaves with its bill.

• Goytaca Cerradomys Cerradomys goytaca

  This rodent is recorded in coastal restinga in southeastern Brazil. Its back is orange-brown, its head grey, and its tail is bicolored. The original habitat study recorded it most often in low shrub patches and also caught it on branches.

• Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei

  This babbler lives in East African scrub, acacia thickets, and forest margins. It often forages in parties of four or five, from near the ground into trees. Its pale eye and black lores are useful field marks.

• Osvaldo Reig's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys osvaldoreigi

  A burrowing rodent of the Argentine central highlands. Its back is ochre-brown, and the tail is darker above and paler below.

• Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus

  This small honeybird has a patchy range south of the Sahara. It searches leaves and branches for insects and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Gambian Rat Cricetomys gambianus

  A rat with large cheek pouches for carrying food, it rests in burrows or hollow trees by day and searches for food at night.

• Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps

  This cormorant occurs along the coasts and islands of southern South America. Breeding adults show striking blue eye-rings and black-and-white plumage, and dive at sea mainly for fish.

• Sijin Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) sikimaria

  This small pika is recorded in the mountains of Sikkim. Its winter coat is brown, with mixed brown and grey underneath. Surveys in 2010–2014 sampled it in subalpine Rhododendron forest and farmland.

• Silver Teal Spatula versicolor

  The silver teal is a small duck with a dark brown cap and a blue-green wing patch. It is recorded at lakes and rivers in Argentina.

• Yucatan Black Howler Monkey Alouatta pigra

  A monkey of forests in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. It feeds mainly on leaves in the trees, and groups use calls to signal their territories.

• Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti

  The adult male has a shining purple crown and green upperparts; the female lacks those colors.

• Northern Black Mastiff Bat Molossus nigricans

  A large bat found from Mexico through Central America to Panama. Adults occur in both black and red color forms, so the name does not describe every individual.

• Rusty-vented Canastero Asthenes dorbignyi

  It forages in rocky Andean scrub. In many subspecies, the back is brown, the underside is pale, and the flanks and vent are rufous.

• King Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus rex

  The king horseshoe bat is recorded from southern China. It has very large ears and darker fur above than below.

• Island Whistler Pachycephala phaionota

  This bird ranges from the Moluccas to western New Guinea. Its white throat and grey-brown back are useful field marks, and it eats insects in coastal scrub and similar habitats.

• Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi

  Its back ranges from yellowish brown to gray, its underside is pale, and white lines surround the eyes. This is a diurnal squirrel that mainly uses trees.

• Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus

  This plover blends into dry grassland with pale brown plumage. Two dark head stripes and a white face pattern help identify it.

• Central American Red Brocket Mazama temama

  The Central American red brocket is a small deer of Central America. This study examines regional variation in its form and environment.