Meet the world’s animals.

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• Southern Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur meridionalis

  

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

• 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.

• Southern White-Breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus concolor

  

  The southern white-breasted hedgehog occurs in the Mediterranean region. Like other Erinaceus hedgehogs, it searches for food at night and protects itself with its spines.

• Streaked Berrypecker Melanocharis striativentris

  

  In the population studied on the southern slope of Mt. Dayman in Papua New Guinea, birds foraged for insects and small fruits in the forest understory.

• Deppe’s squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei

  

  Deppe’s squirrel is a forest squirrel with a brown back, pale underside, and relatively short, narrow tail.

• Giant Wren Campylorhynchus chiapensis

  

  About 22 cm long, this large wren uses humid forest edges, second growth, and scrub in the Pacific lowlands. By day it forages on the ground for invertebrates.

• Dusky Pademelon Thylogale brunii

  This is a small member of the kangaroo family, with large ears, strong hind legs, and a short, thick tail. It is mainly active at night and eats plants such as grasses and young shoots.

• White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata

  Its white face, long neck, and long legs stand out, and it gives a high-pitched whistle. It gathers in wetland flocks and feeds on insects and plants from mud and shallow water.

• Manchurian Pika Ochotona (Pika) mantchurica

  This pika is found in northeastern China. Recent research models suitable habitat in nearby areas, but predicted areas are not the same as confirmed occupied sites.

• Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata

  The Crested Gallito has a reddish crest and flanks with a black tail, and it runs frequently on the ground.

• Short-eared Brushtail Possum Trichosurus caninus

  The short-eared brushtail possum is a nocturnal marsupial of moist forests in southeastern Australia. By day it shelters in tree hollows or fallen logs.

• Striated Antthrush Chamaeza nobilis

  This terrestrial antthrush is recorded in lowland Amazonian forest in Peru. PeruAves describes it as rare and associates it with terra firme, or relatively flood-free forest. This entry limits its account to Peruvian records.

• San Diego Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus fallax

  The San Diego pocket mouse is a small rodent that comes out at night to gather seeds.

• Northern Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus

  The Northern Slaty Antshrike is about 14 cm long. In Peru, PeruAves records separate populations in the Chinchipe, Marañón and part of the Huallaga valleys.

• Somali Elephant Shrew Galegeeska revoili

  The Somali Elephant Shrew is a small sengi with a tail that appears much longer than its head and body. In southern Djibouti, pairs were observed sheltering beneath low bushes.

• White-chinned Jacamar Galbula tombacea

  This jacamar uses riverine forest and the edges of seasonally flooded forest in the Amazon Basin. Its metallic green plumage and white chin patch are distinctive; it catches flying insects in the air.

• Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis

  This small dolphin lives in shallow seas and estuaries. It has a triangular dorsal fin and gray coloring and feeds on fish, squid, and crustaceans.

• Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata

  The Maroon-backed Accentor ranges from the eastern Himalayas to southern China. It has a dark gray head and chestnut wings and keeps to dense cover.

• Lowland Yellow-toothed Cavy Galea leucoblephara

  This cavy occurs in southern South America. Argentina's National Parks biodiversity profile describes its dark, black-speckled back and pale eye rings, as well as a diurnal, ground-dwelling, group-living life in shallow burrows.

• Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis

  With a large head and yellow eyes, it sits upright and still on a branch by day, then flies out to catch insects at night.

• Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey Saimiri ustus

  A diurnal monkey from south of the Amazon River in Brazil that searches for fruit and insects in trees.

• Nazca Booby Sula granti

  The Nazca Booby is an eastern Pacific seabird with a white body and black tail. It plunges into the sea to catch fish.

• Red wolf Canis rufus

  Once widespread in the eastern United States, the red wolf now has a wild population in a limited area of northeastern North Carolina.

• Tinkling Shieldbill Peltops montanus

  The Tinkling Shieldbill lives in the mountain forests of New Guinea. Its glossy blue-black body has striking white markings and a red rump, and it catches insects from high perches.