Meet the world’s animals.

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• Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella

  

  It occurs in dry savanna, mostly among acacia trees, where pairs and small groups feed actively in the canopy. Its legs and bill are pink.

• Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus tripartitus

  

  This small primate occurs in the western Amazon of Peru and Ecuador. It has golden-orange shoulders and back, a black head and a white face. It lives in lowland evergreen forest and eats fruit and insects.

• Black-winged Myna Acridotheres melanopterus

  

  The Black-winged Myna is a black-and-white starling.

• American mink Neogale vison

  

  A North American mustelid that makes use of waterside habitats.

• Malay Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron malacense

  

  The Malay Peacock-pheasant is a pheasant whose male has a showy crest and eye-like markings on its wings. It lives in damp forests of the Malay Peninsula.

• Five-toed Dwarf Jerboa Cardiocranius paradoxus

  

  The five-toed dwarf jerboa is a small jerboa with 5 toes on its hind feet. It moves through dry rocky areas at night and eats plant seeds.

• Tanimbar Bush Warbler Horornis carolinae

  The 1987 original description called this bird Cettia carolinae and reported it from two sites in southern Yamdena. The author thought it might be widespread on the island, but the records available then were limited.

• Utiariti Colilargo Oligoryzomys utiaritensis

  This small rodent is recorded from Brazil’s Cerrado–Amazon transition. It has also been captured in secondary forest and plantations near farmland.

• Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata

  It is marked by a long red bill, a gray breast, and fine white bars. It hides in thick wetland and grassland vegetation, appearing briefly at its edges.

• White-browed Titi Monkey Plecturocebus discolor

  This white-browed titi is reported from southern Colombia through Ecuador to Peru. It has a white band across the forehead.

• Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus

  The Syrian Woodpecker is a black-and-white woodpecker with pale red feathers under its tail, and it also uses trees in gardens and parks.

• Thomas's Shaggy Bat Centronycteris centralis

  Thomas’s shaggy bat is a rare, long-furred bat found mainly in lowland forests from Central America to Peru. A Costa Rican specimen contained plant hoppers and other insects.

• Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis

  An Andean bird of humid forests that sallies from a perch to catch invertebrates.

• Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus

  A North American fox that can climb trees.

• Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla

  This tiny bird is recognized by its yellow crown and blue-toned plumage. Small groups travel to places with abundant mistletoe berries.

• Western Brush Wallaby Notamacropus irma

  This wallaby is marked by black paws, a brush-like tail, and a white stripe on the face. It is active around dawn and dusk and is found in heathland at Whiteman Park.

• Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma

  The Southern Pochard lives around Andean wetlands and flowing waters, often in pairs or small groups.

• Bunyoro rabbit Poelagus marjorita

  The Bunyoro rabbit is a member of the rabbit family found in central and eastern Africa, in grassland and shrubland.

• Golden-spotted Ground Dove Metriopelia aymara

  The Golden-spotted Ground Dove is a small, compact, drab-brown dove with golden spots on its wings. It walks on the ground while searching for food in the high Andes.

• Phou Khao Khouay Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros khaokhouayensis

  This bat has records from forests in Laos and Vietnam. In Laos, surveys captured it in both intact and disturbed evergreen forest.

• Pied Currawong Strepera graculina

  The Pied Currawong is a mostly black bird with a bright yellow eye and white markings on parts of its tail and wings. It lives from forests to suburbs in eastern Australia and can form large flocks outside the breeding season.

• Bifax Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus bifax

  It has large ears, a simple noseleaf, a brown back, and paler underparts. It roosts by day under bark or in tree hollows.

• Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha

  A small bird that searches dense foliage around treefalls and forest edges in Amazonian terra firme forest. The male has striking black, yellow, and white markings.

• Serval Leptailurus serval

  An African cat with long legs, large ears and black spots and stripes on a tawny coat.