Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hewitt's Red Rock Hare Pronolagus saundersiae

  

  This hare occurs in mountainous parts of South Africa and Lesotho. Its coat is thick and dense, brown above and pale rufous below; the feet and tail are darker red, while the head is grey-brown with grey-white cheeks.

• Snow-capped Manakin Lepidothrix nattereri

  

  The Snow-capped Manakin lives in lowland humid forest in Brazil and Bolivia. Males are marked by white on the crown, nape, and rump.

• Yucatan Black Howler Monkey Alouatta pigra

  

  A monkey of forests in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. It feeds mainly on leaves in the trees, and groups use calls to signal their territories.

• Chuuk Flycatcher Myiagra oceanica

  

  The Chuuk Flycatcher is endemic to the Chuuk Islands in Micronesia. Males have a blue-gray brown crown and rufous breast; birds hunt insects from low perches around forest edges and gardens.

• White-winged Flying Fox Desmalopex leucopterus

  

  The white-winged flying fox is a large bat endemic to the Philippines, with pale markings on its wings.

• Bornean Frogmouth Batrachostomus mixtus

  

  The Bornean Frogmouth is a Borneo endemic usually associated with lower montane and montane forest. Lowland records have also been reported at Kubah National Park; one observed male had yellow eyes and long facial bristles.

• Huemul Hippocamelus bisulcus

  The huemul is a mountain-adapted deer that lives in the Patagonian forests of Argentina and Chile.

• Millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris

  This reed-warbler occurs naturally on Nihoa Island. This entry describes the currently extant subspecies, A. f. kingi.

• Short-eared Dog Atelocynus microtis

  The short-eared dog is a wild canid of the Amazon lowlands, where fish is a common food.

• Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli

  The Royal Penguin breeds on Macquarie Island and nearby islets. Its pale face and yellow crest that meets over the forehead are distinctive.

• Simon's Spiny-rat Proechimys simonsi

  Simon’s spiny-rat is a large rodent with an elongated body, long face and ears, long hind feet, and a long tail. A Peruvian reserve study found only two individuals, both in undisturbed forest.

• Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola

  This bird lives in humid forests of northern South America. Males stand out with bright orange plumage and a crest; they eat mainly fruit and gather to display during courtship.

• Ornate Titi Plecturocebus ornatus

  The ornate titi is a small monkey of forests in eastern Colombia. Its reddish-orange chest and belly, white forehead stripe, and bushy tail stand out.

• Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus

  The Tropical Royal Flycatcher catches flying insects in forest undergrowth and at woodland edges near streams. Its crest usually lies flat but opens into a fan, scarlet in males and yellow in females.

• Striped polecat Ictonyx striatus

  A carnivore of Africa with striking white stripes on a black body. It is active alone at night and eats small animals and insects.

• Okinawa Rail Hypotaenidia okinawae

  The Okinawa Rail is a forest bird of northern Okinawa, with a striking red bill and legs.

• Montane Guinea Pig Cavia tschudii

  The montane guinea pig is a cavy of the Andes and surrounding areas. Its back is gray-brown, and it uses burrows in grassland and damp rocky places.

• Appert's Greenbul Xanthomixis apperti

  This small bird is restricted to forests in southwestern Madagascar. Species accounts describe it searching for arthropods on the ground and low branches, sometimes in small family groups.

• Small Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus argenteus

  The Small Japanese Field Mouse uses its long tail to move along branches and stores acorns in the soil in autumn for later food.

• Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus

  Adult males have a violet-red throat and a sharply defined white gorget. This small hummingbird lives at forest edges in the mountains of Ecuador and northern Peru and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Haig's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys haigi

  Haig's tuco-tuco is a small burrowing rodent with soft gray-brown fur. It lives in burrows and gives short calls both day and night.

• Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta

  This brood-parasitic whydah ranges from Upper and Lower Guinea through northeastern Zaire, now northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Payne (1991) links its distribution with the Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) and reports song phrases by a captive male that matched the host’s songs and calls.

• Kinda Baboon Papio kindae

  The Kinda baboon lives in miombo woodland in south-central Africa. It is smaller and more slender than related baboons, with notably long legs.

• Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami

  The south-eastern form often feeds on she-oak seeds and raises its young in hollows in old eucalypts.