Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis

  

  Tickell's Leaf Warbler breeds in the Himalayas and nearby regions, then moves south to South Asia and Myanmar for the non-breeding season.

• Brazilian Nectar Bat Lonchophylla mordax

  Its back is cinnamon-brown and its underside paler. This Brazilian bat feeds mainly on nectar and is recorded in a limited region where the semiarid Caatinga meets the Atlantic Forest.

• Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas

  The Acacia Pied Barbet is a stocky bird with striking red, white, black, and yellow facial markings. It occurs in southern African savanna and woodland habitats, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Bicolored Shrew Crocidura leucodon

  The bicolored shrew has a dark back and a pale underside. It hunts small animals in dry grasslands, woods and roadside brush.

• Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis

  The Pied Butcherbird is an Australian bird with black-and-white plumage and a hooked bill. It swoops from a perch to catch prey on the ground.

• Tehuantepec Jackrabbit Lepus flavigularis

  The Tehuantepec jackrabbit is a hare with a restricted range around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico.

• American Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani

  The American Black Oystercatcher has a black body, long red bill, and yellow eyes, and searches for shellfish in the intertidal zone.

• Bengal fox Vulpes bengalensis

  A fox of India's grasslands and scrub. Its tail has a black tip, and its coat color changes with the condition of its fur.

• Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca

  This Australian bird has bold black-and-white markings. Pairs search the ground for food and build mud nests.

• Cape Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis

  An antelope of open southern African savannas that can raise a crest of white hair when excited.

• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii

  The male Orange-bellied Leafbird has a green body, orange underparts and a purplish-blue throat. It feeds on insects and fruit in forest from the Himalaya toward Assam.

• Blond Capuchin Sapajus flavius

  This capuchin lives in remaining Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. One group studied in a forest fragment in Paraíba ate fruit as well as sugarcane stalks and animal food.

• Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

  An aquatic bird with a long bill and a stretchy pouch beneath it.

• Southern Right Whale Dolphin Lissodelphis peronii

  A slender dolphin without a dorsal fin, it has a black back and white underside and may travel in large groups in cool southern offshore waters.

• Dark Batis Batis crypta

  The Dark Batis occurs in evergreen upland forest from the mountains of eastern Tanzania to northwestern Malawi. Males have a black facial pattern and broad chest band, plus a white wing stripe.

• Bastard big-footed mouse Macrotarsomys bastardi

  The bastard big-footed mouse is a small rodent of southern and western Madagascar's dry habitats. It rests in a burrow by day and searches for plant foods at night.

• Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae

  The Morepork has dark brown, lightly spotted plumage and large yellow eyes. It is active at night and catches insects and small animals.

• Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus

  The typical lemniscomys is a grassland mouse with pale stripes and rows of spots on its back. It is active by day and nests among grass or brush.

• Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius

  A migratory bird with a dark cap and sandy plumage that travels between Central Asia and regions including South Asia.

• Brazilian Guinea Pig Cavia aperea

  The Brazilian guinea pig is a wild guinea-pig relative of South American grasslands and savannas. It feeds mainly on plants and moves under cover in dense vegetation.

• Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes

  The black-footed albatross ranges across the North Pacific and takes squid and fish near the sea surface.

• Eastern Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella niveiventris

  A tiny monkey of gallery forests in the upper Amazon region. It feeds mainly on tree sap and gum, making small holes in trunks to reach them.

• Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis

  This fruiteater occurs in two separated parts of the eastern Andes. Males have red on the throat and breast, while females have green upperparts and scaled underparts; birds forage in humid montane forest.

• Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia peronii

  The Western naked-backed fruit bat occurs in Indonesia and Timor-Leste in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The life-history details here are mainly from field observations on Timor.