Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mongolian Pika Ochotona (Pika) pallasi

  

  The Mongolian Pika is a small pika whose coat is lighter in summer and darker in winter. It is active by day around its burrow and stores gathered grasses as food for winter.

• Brazilian Laniisoma Laniisoma elegans

  

  This bird inhabits humid forests in southeastern Brazil and forages from the understory into the subcanopy.

• Karoo Rock Sengi Elephantulus pilicaudus

  

  This sengi is restricted to the Nama-Karoo of South Africa. It has a tuft at the end of its tail, and the species description reports it from rocky habitat.

• White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus

  

  The White-necked Crow is a large corvid. Its present range is on Hispaniola and nearby islands.

• Acrobatic Cavy Kerodon acrobata

  

  This cavy lives in the Brazilian Cerrado and has been recorded in dry-forest patches with rocky outcrops. It mainly eats leaves, and activity has been recorded across both day and night.

• Satin Berrypecker Melanocharis citreola

  

  A berrypecker described from western New Guinea. At the Kumawa Mountains locality in West Papua, adult males have glossy blue-black upperparts and satin-white underparts washed with lemon yellow.

• Northern Three-toed Jerboa Dipus sagitta

  The northern three-toed jerboa changes coat color with the seasons. It lives in dry grasslands and deserts and mainly eats plants and seeds.

• Grey-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps

  This small bird lives in grassland and cultivated areas in Papua New Guinea. Males have a gray head and throat, dark brown back, and orange rump.

• Huon tree kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei

  The Huon tree kangaroo is a marsupial of the mountain forests of Papua New Guinea's Huon Peninsula. Its claws and long tail help it climb.

• Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae

  This swiftlet is resident in north-eastern Queensland and breeds in caves and gorges. It makes echolocation clicks when entering dark caves.

• Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus lagonotus

  This tamarin occurs in the Ecuadorian Amazon and eastern Andean foothills. The university species account describes it in lower and middle forest layers, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Orange-cheeked Honeyeater Oreornis chrysogenys

  This large honeyeater has a dark olive head and back set off by a bright orange cheek patch. It is restricted to the high mountains of west-central New Guinea, where it feeds on fruit, insects and sedge seeds.

• 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.

• Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra

  This jacamar has a long bill and metallic green-blue and bronze plumage. It waits on branches and catches flying insects.

• Panther Genet Genetta fieldiana

  The panther genet is a slender genet with a long ringed tail. The strength of its spots varies with habitat.

• Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea

  This small gnatcatcher includes several regional forms. In Peru it has grey upperparts, whitish to greyish underparts, and a black-and-white tail that it often cocks.

• Daurian Ground Squirrel Spermophilus dauricus

  This ground squirrel has gray-russet fur and a pale tail tip. It lives in dry grasslands and plains in northeastern China, eastern Mongolia, and Russia's Transbaikalia region, among other records.

• Tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata

  A seabird that grows long, pale-yellow head plumes for the breeding season.

• Long-tailed Planigale Planigale ingrami

  Ingram's planigale is a marsupial with a tiny body, flattened head, and long tail. It is active at night and uses cracks in the ground for shelter and foraging in the dry season.

• Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus

  The Bare-faced Ibis occurs in South America and feeds on small animals such as beetles in wetlands.

• Saõ Tomé Leaf-nosed Bat Macronycteris thomensis

  The São Tomé Leaf-nosed Bat is endemic to São Tomé Island. It is a large bat, with a record of several hundred individuals at an underground roost.

• Sao Tome Oriole Oriolus crassirostris

  The Sao Tome Oriole is endemic to São Tomé Island. Adults have a black head and throat and are seen alone or in pairs in the forest mid-storey.

• Southern Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur meridionalis

  This small lemur was observed eating ground-level grasses in the bamboo-poor littoral forest of Mandena.

• Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei

  It has a thick, hooked yellow bill and a pale gray head. Small groups move through reedbeds.