Meet the world’s animals.

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• Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni

  

  Von der Decken’s Hornbill lives in dry scrub and savanna in East Africa. Males have red and cream bills, while females have black bills.

• Jalapan Pine Vole Microtus (Pitymys) quasiater

  The Jalapan pine vole is endemic to a limited part of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental. It has been recorded in mountain cloud forest as well as some fields and pastures.

• Blue-footed booby Sula nebouxii

  A booby with striking blue feet that dives into the sea to catch fish.

• Hill's Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) hilli

  Hill's Sheath-tailed Bat occurs in semiarid parts of northwestern Australia and roosts in caves and old mine workings. Males have a throat pouch; females retain only a slight vestige.

• Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii

  A roller of Sulawesi forests and woodlands, it is noted for its purple wings and catches invertebrates on the ground.

• Clymene Dolphin Stenella clymene

  The Clymene dolphin is a small dolphin of tropical and subtropical offshore waters in the Atlantic. It is known for leaping and spinning as it falls back into the water.

• Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans

  The Cricket Warbler is a pale, long-tailed bird of the Sahel. It lives in dry acacia scrub and savanna, often in pairs or small family groups.

• Ryukyu Flying Fox Pteropus dasymallus

  This flying fox roosts in forest trees and feeds mainly on fruit. Coat color and roosting patterns vary among subspecies.

• Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi

  The Karoo Thrush is a thrush of dry southern African country. A research paper describes it as darker than forest-dwelling relatives, with a dusky-brown rather than white throat. It uses arid shrubland and riverine Acacia and feeds on the ground.

• Short-eared Dog Atelocynus microtis

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

• Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus

  This barbet ranges from southwestern Ecuador to southwestern Colombia. It occurs in humid lowland and hill forest, forest edges, and tree-rich farmland.

• Bolivian squirrel monkey Saimiri boliviensis

  A small monkey of forests in Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. It searches branches for insects and fruit.

• Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda

  The Mid-mountain Berrypecker lives in mountain forests of New Guinea. Males and females have different upperparts, and the bird feeds on small berries and spiders in the forest understorey.

• Wolverine Gulo gulo

  A mustelid of cold northern regions, with a robust body, a large head and small rounded ears.

• Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius

  This rosefinch occurs in China's highlands. Species data describe shrubland and semi-open habitat at high elevation; a historical adult-male account records a silvery forehead and throat and rosy cheeks.

• Gray Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur griseus

  This lemur lives in eastern Madagascar. In a rainy-season study at Maromizaha, the observed Hapalemur griseus griseus often ate young bamboo growth and used the lower forest layer.

• Indochinese Cuckooshrike Coracina polioptera

  This cuckooshrike uses semi-open habitats and lower mountains in the Indo-Malay region. Oiseaux.net lists the pool name Coracina polioptera as Lalage polioptera.

• Mainland leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis

  A small wild cat of mainland Asia and some nearby islands. It has dark body spots, with coat colour and pattern varying by region.

• Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata

  In a survey around Korup in southwest Cameroon, Fraser’s Forest Flycatchers were found in small groups in lowland forest and at forest edges, using the middle and upper forest layers. A bird identification account describes the head and upperparts as slate-grey.

• Markhor Capra falconeri

  A wild goat of the mountains of Central Asia. The traits here follow a zoo account for the Tadjik markhor subspecies.

• White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus

  This fulvetta is native to Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. BirdLife describes it as an altitudinal migrant recorded at 2,000–4,400 m.

• Atlantic Forest Red Brocket Mazama bororo

  This deer lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Work around Intervales in São Paulo recorded activity from dusk into the night; two tracked females used well-preserved native vegetation.

• Pied Currawong Strepera graculina

  The Pied Currawong is a mostly black bird with a bright yellow eye and white markings on parts of its tail and wings. It lives from forests to suburbs in eastern Australia and can form large flocks outside the breeding season.

• Marsh Mongoose Atilax paludinosus

  The marsh mongoose has dark brown fur and favours wetlands beside rivers and lakes.