Meet the world’s animals.
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- Gray Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur griseus
Photo: Luis G Restrepo · (c) Luis G Restrepo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 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.
- Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons
The Black-headed Antbird differs in plumage by sex: males are mainly dark gray with a black head and throat, while females have gray-brown upperparts and rufous around the face and throat. Reports describe army-ant following north of the Amazon and territorial singing by pairs near Manaus.
- Emperor tamarin Tamarinus imperator
An Amazonian forest monkey distinguished by a long white moustache.
- Malabar Barbet Psilopogon malabaricus
A barbet of the moist forests of India's Western Ghats. Adults are green, with red across the face and chest and blue-black bands.
- Dulzura Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys simulans
The Dulzura kangaroo rat ranges from coastal southern California to southern Baja California Sur, Mexico. Reported populations differ in body size across regions and habitats.
- Yellow-bibbed Lory Lorius chlorocercus
The Yellow-bibbed Lory is a parrot with a red body, black crown, yellow chest band, and green wings. In the wild it lives in forests of the eastern Solomon Islands and eats flowers, fruit, and other foods.
- Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi
The lesser long-eared bat is recorded in Victoria, southeastern Australia. It roosts in tree hollows and buildings and has long ears.
- Spot-necked Babbler Stachyris strialata
The Spot-necked Babbler is a small babbler, 15–17 cm long. It searches forest cover for invertebrates, and a rare field report describes it preening a different babbler species.
- Northern Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza zaza
This large mouse lemur is active at night. It lives in northwestern Madagascar’s forests and has a dark tail and pale underside.
- Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius
A large stork with a pinkish head and neck, a white neck ruff, and a hanging pouch on the chest.
- Allegheny Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) magister
This rodent occurs in the eastern United States. Its back is gray to brownish gray, its underside is white, and its long tail is distinctly two-toned.
- Indochinese Fulvetta Fulvetta danisi
The Indochinese Fulvetta is a small bird of mountain forest in Laos and Vietnam. It searches for small invertebrates in the lower forest and bamboo. The account used here gives no breeding information.
- Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus
A South American canid with a reddish coat, very long slender legs and large ears.
- Black Sicklebill Epimachus fastosus
The Black Sicklebill is a large bird of New Guinea's mountain forests. Males have a long curved bill and tail plumes, and their dark feathers can gleam green, blue, and purple.
- Pallas' Free-tailed Bat Molossus molossus
Pallas's free-tailed bat is a medium-sized bat recorded in several habitats in Argentina. It roosts in groups in tree hollows and buildings and eats insects.
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
The Common Scimitarbill has a slender, curved bill and uses dry open woodland in eastern and southern Africa. It moves through the canopy alone or in pairs.
- Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
A large rodent of South American watersides. It lives in groups, grazes on land and uses water to rest or escape danger.
- Martens's Warbler Seicercus omeiensis
Martens’s Warbler (Seicercus omeiensis) breeds in China and winters in Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it is a rare winter visitor to closed-canopy woodland and shrubland.
- Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsonii
This small marsupial lives in moist forests and dense understory in southeastern Australia. It has dark fur and searches for small invertebrates at night.
- Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata
Its head and neck are buff-gray, and its body is mottled brown, black, and white. For breeding, it builds a large mound that uses heat from rotting leaf litter to incubate its eggs.
- Northern Three-toed Jerboa Dipus sagitta
The northern three-toed jerboa changes coat color with the seasons. It lives in dry grasslands and deserts and mainly eats plants and seeds.
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
This large weaver lives in dry habitats south of the Sahara and feeds on seeds, fruit, and small invertebrates found on the ground.
- Moustached Guenon Cercopithecus cephus
The moustached guenon is a monkey with a blue-white stripe below its nose and bright yellow whiskers. It mainly eats fruit and also takes seeds, leaves, and insects in the forest.
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
It is recorded in dry bush country from Somalia through southern Ethiopia, southeastern Sudan, eastern Uganda, and Kenya to northeastern Tanzania. The field guide describes it as local and uncommon.