Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brant Branta bernicla

  

  A small, short-necked goose. The white markings on adult necks and the belly color vary among subspecies and populations.

• North-eastern Woolly Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Micoureus) demerarae

  

  The North-eastern Woolly Mouse Opossum is a small marsupial with long, soft fur and dark rings around the eyes. Its tail is longer than the body and furred only near the base.

• Blue-breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus

  

  In the Blue-breasted Fairywren, the deep blue head and breast of mature males stand out. Males forage with family groups in the understory of dry eucalyptus woodlands.

• Robinson's Banded Langur Presbytis robinsoni

  

  This langur ranges from the northern Malay Peninsula through southern Thailand to Myanmar. Some sources treat it as a subspecies of P. femoralis, while a 2020 genetic study and MDD support species-level recognition.

• Starry Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles tatei

  

  This owlet-nightjar inhabits New Guinea’s lowland rainforest, with records in southern Papua New Guinea and along the Muyu River on the Indonesian side.

• Northern Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys peguensis

  

  This small gymnure ranges across hills and mountains of Indochina. Records include forest-floor cover and sites beneath fallen logs.

• Rufous-tailed Fantail Rhipidura phoenicura

  It has a gray head and back, a white eyebrow, and orange-chestnut belly and tail feathers. Endemic to Java's moist mountain forests, it is active by day and catches insects and other invertebrates in the air.

• Swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor

  A dark-coated wallaby that shelters in dense forest undergrowth.

• Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater

  The Blackish Oystercatcher occurs along the Pacific coast of South America. It searches rocky shores and beaches for shellfish and other prey and breeds near the coast.

• Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii

  This small carnivorous marsupial has a gray-brown back and large, thin ears. It lives in forests and woodlands of northern and eastern Australia and searches for insects at night.

• Red-crested Turaco Tauraco erythrolophus

  The Red-crested Turaco is an Angolan endemic with a striking red crest and green body. It eats fruit and lives in pairs or groups in gallery and riverine forests.

• Congo Clawless Otter Aonyx congicus

  This otter has silver-tipped head and shoulder fur and a white-bordered dark facial patch. Reports document it in Congo Basin rainforest and waterways, with uncertain range edges and identification near related otters.

• Rufous Vanga Schetba rufa

  The Rufous Vanga is endemic to Madagascar and occurs mainly in rainforest below 800 metres.

• Robust Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tuconax

  The robust tuco-tuco lives in highland grassland in Tucumán Province, northwestern Argentina. It digs underground tunnels and feeds mainly on grasses.

• Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina

  This whydah lives in dry savanna and bushy habitats in eastern Africa. Breeding males grow extremely long central tail feathers and search the ground for grass seeds.

• Gobi Altai Mountain Vole Alticola (Alticola) barakshin

  The Gobi Altai mountain vole has a brownish-gray back with a rusty tone and a pale belly. It occurs in mountain regions of southern Mongolia and nearby areas.

• Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus

  This plover blends into dry grassland with pale brown plumage. Two dark head stripes and a white face pattern help identify it.

• 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.

• Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus

  Males have mostly white plumage and a blue-gray bill, while females are brown-gray. Details of its life in Panama are limited; altitudinal movements known from Costa Rica have not been confirmed there.

• Matthey's Mouse Mus (Nannomys) mattheyi

  This small mouse has a short tail and a clear contrast between its light-brown back and whitish belly. It lives in moist savanna and grassland in West Africa.

• Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans

  The Tree Martin has a glossy blue-black head and back, a red-brown forehead, and a light gray rump. It catches insects in flight.

• Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops nanus

  This free-tailed bat has large, rounded ears joined above the forehead. Two specimens were recorded at a wind farm in Oaxaca, Mexico, amid sorghum crops and fragments of low deciduous forest.

• Bolivian Blackbird Oreopsar bolivianus

  This blackbird lives in dry scrub and open river-edge woodland in Bolivia's central Andes. Flocks forage on the ground and in fields, eating grains and fruit.

• Black-tufted-ear marmoset Callithrix penicillata

  The black-tufted-ear marmoset is a small monkey recognized by black ear tufts and a white forehead. It is native to southeastern Brazil.