Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black Uakari Cacajao melanocephalus

  

  The black uakari has a bare black face and lives in forests along rivers in the northern Amazon. Its back color varies between subspecies.

• Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata

  The Red-knobbed Coot is a dark waterbird. Its red frontal knobs become more conspicuous during the breeding season.

• Tilda Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira tildae

  Tilda Yellow-shouldered Bat is a fruit-eating bat found from northern South America into Brazil and neighboring countries. Its coat varies, and it has ochre shoulder patches and dark fur around the eyes.

• Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea

  This heron has yellow head plumes and a black-and-white face; it searches shallow wetlands for crabs and crayfish.

• Indian Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus collaris

  This hedgehog has large ears, a pointed muzzle, and short spines. It is nocturnal and digs burrows.

• Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii

  This megapode has brown-to-grey plumage and bare red facial skin. In Borneo it searches on the ground and buries eggs in a mound of plant material, where heat from decomposition incubates them.

• Sao Lourenço Punare Thrichomys laurentius

  This rodent occurs in northeastern Brazil. Fecal samples from one Caatinga study site contained mostly plant matter, with more animal fragments in rainy-season collections.

• Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus

  The Caspian Plover breeds in Central Asia and winters inland in Africa. It moves between these regions seasonally.

• Severtzov's Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) severtzovi

  Severtzov's jerboa is a jerboa of Central Asia. It runs bipedally, and a speed of about 40 km/h is reported for this species.

• Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis

  The Sri Lanka Bay Owl is a small nocturnal owl found in forests of southwestern India and Sri Lanka.

• Oriental Basin Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys fulvescens

  This pocket gopher is recorded in central Mexico. Surveys found it in second-growth vegetation or scrub depending on the site, and reported a preference for flat, sandy ground with few rocks.

• Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus

  The Asian Golden Weaver was recorded nesting among cattails at freshwater wetlands in a Bangkok study area.

• Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis

  A wolf found only in Ethiopia's highlands, with a bright reddish coat and long legs.

• Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

  The Fiordland Penguin breeds on islands and coasts in southwestern New Zealand. It has yellow crests and nests in places such as coastal forest, rock crevices, and caves.

• Spotted-necked Otter Hydrictis maculicollis

  A slender otter of African lakes and large rivers that catches fish in the water.

• Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus

  The Giant Cowbird ranges from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Males are black with a violet sheen, while females are dark brown. It lays eggs in other birds' nests, leaving them to raise its young.

• Angolan colobus Colobus angolensis

  This monkey has a striking black-and-white pattern and a long tail. It moves among trees using its tail for balance and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata

  This small bird lives in Borneo's forests, from lowland dipterocarp, peat-swamp and kerangas forest to lower montane forest.

• Peters's Gazelle Nanger petersii

  This gazelle occurs along the coast of Kenya through northeastern Somalia. Its horns are relatively short and straight. A specialist catalogue describes a coastal-plain habitat and tolerance of drier conditions.

• Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki

  Beck's Petrel is a small seabird with contrasting dark-brown and white plumage. It has been recorded at sea, but its breeding grounds have not been found.

• Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) troughtoni

  This bat is recorded in open woodland and spinifex hills in northern Australia. Its fur is olive-brown with pale gray guard hairs.

• Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti

  It lives in forests and parks in northern and eastern Australia and gathers at fruiting trees. Flocks eat soft fruit and berries, and also take insects.

• Common dwarf mongoose Helogale parvula

  A small mongoose of African grasslands and woodlands.

• Pincoya Storm Petrel Oceanites pincoyae

  This small seabird was described from the Puerto Montt area of southern Chile. During a 2011 study, birds were observed in sheltered bay waters forming groups, running over the surface with their wings tucked, and diving for food.