Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pampas cat Leopardus pajeros

  

  The Pampas cat is a felid found in South America. Reports describe regional differences in coat color and activity times.

• Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus

  

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs along the Pacific side from southwestern Ecuador to northwestern Peru. Its pale brow and barred back help identify it.

• Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus

  

  The lesser Egyptian jerboa is a small rodent that bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night in deserts and semi-deserts.

• Masked Finch Poephila personata

  

  The Masked Finch lives in grassy areas and near water in northern Australia. Its heavy yellow bill and black facial markings are distinctive.

• Asian Highland Shrew Suncus montanus

  

  This shrew is endemic to Sri Lanka, where records span montane forest and lower wet-zone hills. It forages among leaf litter, rotting logs, and streamside vegetation, mostly at night.

• Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis

  

  This dark seabird lives around the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. It dives below the surface to find food.

• Daghestan Tur Capra cylindricornis

  The Daghestan Tur is a wild goat of the rugged eastern Caucasus. Males carry large horns that sweep back, and the goats feed on grasses and shrubs.

• Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus

  The Yellow-browed Tit is a small mountain bird; the Himalayan nominate form has olive and yellow plumage.

• Tiny Big-eared Bat Micronycteris (Schizonycteris) minuta

  The tiny big-eared bat has pale brown-orange fur above and white fur below. A Bolivian account describes an insect diet and roosts in tree hollows and other cavities.

• Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus

  This bird-of-paradise lives in forests on New Guinea and Misool. Its blue-black plumage has a blue-green sheen, and the feathers on the throat and upper breast look crinkled.

• Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros hypophyllus

  The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat is known from southern India. It has broad ears and small supplementary noseleaf structures, and a cave in dry scrubland is its only reported roost.

• Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus

  This small honeybird has a patchy range south of the Sahara. It searches leaves and branches for insects and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Angolan Slender Mongoose Galerella flavescens

  This mongoose is known from southwestern Angola and northern Namibia. Angolan animals are tan or yellowish, while Namibian animals are nearly black with a reddish tinge. In Namibia it lives among large granite boulders and the drainages and woodlands connecting them.

• White-naped Lory Lorius albidinucha

  This lory occurs on New Ireland and nearby islands of Papua New Guinea's Bismarck Archipelago. It feeds on fruit and flowers of wild oil palms in deciduous forest.

• Common Malacomys Malacomys longipes

  The Common Malacomys has long hind feet and a tail longer than its head and body. An identification key that includes records from Rwanda's forests summarizes it as often found near water.

• Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis

  The Buff-fronted Quail-Dove has a rufous-brown back, green nape, and a black stripe on its mostly white face. It is found on the ground in montane cloud forest in Costa Rica and western Panama.

• Eva's deer mouse Peromyscus eva

  Eva's deer mouse occurs on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and Carmen Island. Its coat varies, and the island population is darker.

• Javan Frogmouth Batrachostomus javensis

  The Javan Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird endemic to Java, Indonesia. It has brown mottled plumage and rests on branches by day.

• Least Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pusillus

  This small horseshoe bat has a broad noseleaf and brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and similar places.

• Brown-throated Barbet Psilopogon corvinus

  The Brown-throated Barbet has a brown head and throat with green upperparts. It is usually solitary in Java's mountain forests, but may feed with other birds at fruiting trees.

• Proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus

  A monkey of riverine and coastal forests on Borneo. Males have conspicuously large noses.

• Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

  It walks through shallow water on long pink legs and searches for food with a slender bill.

• Rio Acarí Marmoset Mico acariensis

  The Rio Acarí marmoset is a small monkey from the southern Brazilian Amazon. Bright orange patches stand out against much of its white upper coat, while its wild behavior and diet remain poorly studied.

• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus

  An adult kite with a white head and breast and chestnut body. It is recorded as resident in Singapore and occurs from mangroves to urban areas.