Meet the world’s animals.

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• Striated Heron Butorides striata

  

  A small waterside heron found in Brazil around lakes, rivers, estuaries, and mangroves.

• Bearded Capuchin Sapajus libidinosus

  The bearded capuchin is a capuchin monkey native to Brazil. Its coat is yellowish to beige, with dark limbs and a thick cap of hair.

• Grey-lored Broadbill Serilophus rubropygius

  This bird occurs in parts of northeastern India and nearby countries. The 2023 eBird taxonomy update distinguishes it from the Silver-breasted Broadbill by its gray lores and rounded wing tips with only tiny white tips.

• Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens

  A shrew that lives beside fresh water and dives to search for prey.

• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

  The Tree Pipit is a small, streaked brown bird. In the breeding season, a male rises high from a tree, sings, and then descends slowly in a display flight.

• Caucasian squirrel Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus

  A tree squirrel of southwestern Asia, it lives in forests and orchards. Tree seeds are its main food, with oak seeds important across much of its range.

• Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita

  The Chatham Albatross breeds on rocky islands in the Chatham Islands. Adults have a dark grey head and a white body.

• Blue-eyed Black Lemur Eulemur flavifrons

  Blue-eyed black lemurs show a strong difference in coat color between the sexes: males are black and females range from reddish brown to orange. In the dry season, they eat leaves and flowers as fruit becomes scarce.

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica

  The Pacific Swallow has dark, blue-glossed upperparts and a shallow forked tail. It catches insects in flight and ranges from Southeast Asia to New Guinea and the Society Islands.

• Southern Birch Mouse Sicista subtilis

  The Southern Birch Mouse is a small rodent recorded in dry steppe and small river valleys during a study in the South Urals.

• Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens

  This mockingbird occurs mainly in Mexico. In a study of three riparian sites in Jalisco, abundance was higher where shrub cover was greater, and breeding took place from April to August.

• Mongolian Mountain Vole Alticola (Alticola) semicanus

  The Mongolian mountain vole lives in mountain areas from Mongolia into northern China. Its gray-brown back contrasts with a pale underside.

• Príncipe Sunbird Anabathmis hartlaubii

  This sunbird is endemic to Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. It uses lowland forest, scrub and cultivated areas, where it gleans small invertebrates.

• White-lipped Deer Cervus albirostris

  The white-lipped deer lives in high country of the Tibetan Plateau. White markings around the muzzle and throat and broad hooves are distinctive.

• Choco Brush Finch Atlapetes crassus

  This brushfinch lives in humid montane forest on the western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. Yellow underparts, a black-sided face, and a tawny crown stripe are useful clues.

• Canada lynx Lynx canadensis

  A wild cat with broad paws for moving through snow and black-tipped ear tufts.

• Philippine Leafbird Chloropsis flavipennis

  A bright green bird of lowland forest canopy and edges, the Philippine Leafbird is endemic to the Philippines. BirdLife reports recent confirmed records from Mindanao and Samar, while older records include two other islands.

• Tucumán Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tucumanus

  The Tucumán Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent recorded around the city of Tucumán. It has a reddish brown back, a pale underside, and white patches near the limbs.

• Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus

  A pelican with a large bill pouch that feeds on fish in lakes and wetlands.

• Cape Gray Mongoose Galerella pulverulenta

  This slender mongoose lives in southern Africa. It uses bushes and rocky areas and may dig for prey in the soil.

• Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana

  A large waterbird with a white body, black flight feathers, and red legs; in Japan it lives around waters and wetlands.

• Antafia Sportive Lemur Lepilemur aeeclis

  Lepilemur aeeclis occurs in northwestern Madagascar. A forest survey in the Antrema protected area reported this mainly leaf-eating lemur more often in closed-canopy forest and less often in shrub, dune, and wooded agricultural sites.

• Chaco Earthcreeper Tarphonomus certhioides

  This small ground-foraging bird lives in dry scrub in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. It feeds on arthropods and usually forages alone.

• Rufous Elephant Shrew Galegeeska rufescens

  This sengi has a long snout and large ears. It is mainly active by day and eats ants and termites.