Meet the world’s animals.

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• Alaotran gentle lemur Hapalemur alaotrensis

  

  The Alaotran gentle lemur is a small lemur with a long tail and dense fur. It lives only in the reed and papyrus wetlands around Lake Alaotra in Madagascar.

• Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana

  

  The Buff-crested Bustard lives in dry scrub and open woodland. Males have a reddish buff crest and a black throat stripe.

• Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura seychellensis

  

  The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a rare bat endemic to the Seychelles. A study on Silhouette Island found it roosting in small caves among boulders in lowland woodland.

• Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

  

  The Common Poorwill rests on the ground or low branches by day and catches flying insects at night.

• Volcan de Toluca Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys planiceps

  

  This pocket gopher is known from Mexico's volcanic region. Its back is dark, with lighter brown mixed into the fur along its sides.

• Grey-breasted Babbler Malacopteron albogulare

  

  This poorly known babbler occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. A 2014 account found many records in lowland peat-swamp and heath forests.

• Spix's White-fronted Capuchin Cebus unicolor

  This capuchin occurs in the upper Brazilian Amazon. Its specialist handbook account lists lowland and seasonally flooded forest and describes a diet of fruits and invertebrates.

• Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

  The Yellow-streaked Greenbul has a gray head, gray-brown back, and white throat. It occurs patchily in eastern and southern African forests and feeds mainly on arthropods.

• Grivet Chlorocebus aethiops

  The grivet is a monkey of northeastern Africa. A forest study in northern Ethiopia recorded a diet that changed with the season.

• Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus

  The Red-backed Buttonquail is a small ground bird marked by a rufous collar and a pale wing panel. Females are larger and more brightly colored than males.

• Shipton's Mountain Cavy Microcavia shiptoni

  Shipton's mountain cavy is a small rodent of the highlands of northwestern Argentina. It lives among grassland, scrub, and rocky slopes, using both the surface and shallow burrows.

• Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus

  The Greater Yellow-headed Vulture lives mainly in the Amazon rainforest. It has a yellow head, a dark body, and feeds on animal carcasses.

• Spix's Howler Alouatta discolor

  Spix's howler occurs south of the Amazon River in Brazil. In a studied small group, fruit made up much of the diet, and use of seasonally flooded forest changed with the season.

• Spot-throated Flameback Dinopium everetti

  Spot-throated Flameback is a woodpecker of the Palawan island group. Males have a red forehead and crest, while females have white spots on a black crown.

• Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa

  This Australian marsupial climbs rough-barked trees to search for arthropods. It also uses tree hollows as nests or shelters.

• Olive-capped Warbler Setophaga pityophila

  This warbler inhabits pine woodland in western Cuba. Its yellow-green forehead and dark breast streaks are useful field marks, and it often uses the upper canopy. A Cuban study recorded it in lower strata only during breeding.

• Black Muntjac Muntiacus crinifrons

  A dark-coated muntjac with a reddish forehead tuft, it may raise its white-lined tail and give a deep bark when anxious or confronted.

• Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus

  Its pointed crest and finely mottled plumage make this ground-dwelling bird distinctive. It lives in open grassland and woodland edges, feeding mainly on seeds.

• Bornean Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys dorsalis

  A small gymnure from Borneo, recorded in hill and montane forests from about 1,000 m elevation.

• Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella pleskei

  The sexes look alike, with olive-brown upperparts, grayish-white underparts, and a rounded tail. It breeds on islands near Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East, then winters farther south.

• Banggai Cuscus Phalanger pelengensis

  The Banggai cuscus is a marsupial of the Banggai Islands, with an orange-brown back and a yellowish belly. Its behavior is described here at the genus level where the source groups two species together.

• Papuan White-eye Zosterops novaeguineae

  In nominate-race specimens, the upperparts are yellowish green, the breast and flanks pale gray, and the throat and undertail yellow. The species is recorded from lowland second growth and farmland to mountain forest on New Guinea.

• Abbott's Duiker Cephalophus spadix

  Abbott's duiker is a forest antelope of Tanzania's mountain forests. Its dark body contrasts with a reddish crown.

• Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus

  Males have black plumage with a blue-green sheen, while females are brown. Males display from branches and the birds eat fruit, insects, and small animals.