Meet the world’s animals.

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• Javan Fulvetta Alcippe pyrrhoptera

  

  This small bird lives in evergreen broadleaf forest in western and central Java. It has a brown crown and back, rufous-chestnut rump and wings, and eats insects.

• Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura seychellensis

  

  The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a rare bat endemic to the Seychelles. A study on Silhouette Island found it roosting in small caves among boulders in lowland woodland.

• Dunlin Calidris alpina

  

  A visiting shorebird of tidal flats and other watersides that sometimes gathers in large flocks.

• Blanford's Fox Vulpes cana

  

  Blanford's fox is a small fox with large ears and a bushy tail. It can also climb among rocky slopes.

• Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile

  

  The Thick-billed Flowerpecker ranges from the Indian subcontinent into Southeast Asia. This small bird takes fruit and nectar with its thick bill and forages in tree canopies and village groves.

• Grizzled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus inustus

  

  The grizzled tree kangaroo is a marsupial with powerful forelimbs and curved claws suited to climbing. In the wild it eats leaves, fruit, and soft bark, and most records come from primary forest.

• Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis

  A blue crown, dark eye mask, and long tail with racket-shaped tips make this motmot distinctive. It perches quietly and darts at prey when it spots an opportunity.

• Cape Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis

  The Cape Scrub Hare has mottled grey and black fur above and white fur below. It forages at night in scrub and eats grasses and other plant parts.

• Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani

  Bannerman's Shearwater is endemic to the Ogasawara Islands. Breeding colonies have been confirmed in forests on Minamiiwoto and Higashijima.

• East Asian Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat Coelops frithii

  This bat ranges across South and Southeast Asia. A 2026 checklist added three female records from lowland mixed forest in southern Vietnam.

• Australian Raven Corvus coronoides

  The Australian Raven is a large black corvid with conspicuous white irises.

• Lesser Mouse-eared Bat Myotis (Myotis) blythii

  The lesser mouse-eared bat has a narrow, pointed muzzle and brown-grey fur on its back. It hunts insects over warm, open grassland and other open places.

• Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus

  Adults have a red forehead, yellow bill, and pinkish or silvery streaks on the throat and breast. The bird uses forest undergrowth, and an adult was photographed near a nest excavated in a dead tree in Uganda.

• Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus

  A small wild cat recorded in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

• Schneider's Pitta Hydrornis schneideri

  Males have orange heads and blue backs. In Sumatra's mountain forests, the bird searches near the forest floor for large cockroaches and snails.

• Ussuri Shrew Crocidura lasiura

  The Ussuri shrew is a small shrew of Northeast Asia. A study in the Russian Far East found it using a broad range of habitats within forest-steppe, including forest vegetation.

• Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus

  The Sooty Oystercatcher has a black body and a red-orange bill. Along Australian coasts it searches for shellfish and other small animals, and it may form flocks outside the breeding season.

• Golden Takin Budorcas bedfordi

  The golden takin lives in the Qinling Mountains of central China. Adult males have long, shaggy coats ranging from creamy white to golden yellow, with especially golden hair on the neck and chest.

• Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

  The ringed kingfisher has a large bill and catches fish by rivers and lakes. It ranges through Central and South America and reaches southern Texas.

• White-faced Spiny Tree-rat Echimys chrysurus

  This tree rat lives in lowland forests of the Guianas and eastern Amazonia and spends much of its time in trees.

• Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana

  This bowerbird lives in upland tropical rainforest of northeastern Queensland. A Paluma Range study recorded females building nests, incubating eggs, and feeding young.

• Greater Bamboo Lemur Prolemur simus

  A bamboo-eating lemur, it moves among branches with long hind legs and tail and can be active both by day and at night.

• Markham’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates markhami

  This small seabird, about 21–23 cm long, ranges over the tropical Pacific. It breeds in fissures and cavities in salt flats in Peru and Chile.

• Owston’s Palm Civet Chrotogale owstoni

  Owston’s palm civet occurs in Vietnam, eastern Laos and a small part of southern China. It searches damp forest for small animals such as earthworms.