Meet the world’s animals.

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• Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus

  

  A hare of North America’s boreal forests, it changes coat color with the seasons. Its large hind feet help it stay atop the snow.

• Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus

  

  A bird with sandy, patterned plumage and large eyes. In Britain, it breeds in places with sparse vegetation.

• Brown White-lined Bat Saccopteryx leptura

  

  This small bat has two pale stripes along its back. It catches small flying insects, and small groups have been recorded roosting on tree trunks and similar places in lowland forests.

• Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps

  

  The Dark-fronted Babbler often stays hidden near the ground, and its dark head pattern varies among subspecies.

• Maranhão Red-handed Howler Alouatta ululata

  

  The Maranhão red-handed howler lives in open, dry vegetation in northeastern Brazil. Museum specimens have been described as showing sex-related coat differences, but the original study called for further research to confirm them.

• Yellow-ringed White-eye Zosterops wallacei

  

  This white-eye is recorded on Sumba Island, Indonesia, in forest, forest edge, scrub, and cultivated land.

• Southern Pocket Gopher Megascapheus atrovarius

  A pocket gopher from Mexico's Pacific-side mountains. The Mammal Diversity Database places it in Megascapheus; a 2011 redescription reports dry thornscrub along the western Sierra Madre Occidental.

• Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens

  This motmot ranges from eastern Panama to northwestern South America and uses lowland forest.

• Armored Rat Hoplomys gymnurus

  This rodent has spines on its back. In wet streamside forest, it hides in a burrow by day and searches for food at night.

• olive sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea

  The Olive Sunbird is olive above and yellowish-green below. It favors forest cover and eats nectar, insects, and spiders. Yellow pectoral tufts occur in all males and in females from some populations.

• Northern Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) americana

  The Northern Three-striped Opossum has three black lines on its back. Close relatives share the same pattern, so appearance alone may not distinguish them.

• Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla

  Adults have black-and-white plumage. In the nominate subspecies, males have red to reddish-orange eyes and females orange to yellow-orange eyes. It searches for insects in the canopy.

• Visayan spotted deer Rusa alfredi

  The Visayan spotted deer is a small deer with pale spots on a dark coat. It is native to a few islands in the central Philippines.

• Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

  The White-browed Wagtail is marked by black-and-white plumage, a long tail, and a broad white eyebrow. It walks near water while wagging its tail and flies with an undulating path.

• Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha

  A nocturnal civet of Asian forests and scrub.

• Tanimbar Monarch Carterornis castus

  This small monarch flycatcher lives in Tanimbar forest. Its black-and-white pattern is striking, and it searches for insects in trees.

• Coastal Black-handed Titi Callicebus melanochir

  This titi monkey lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, forming pairs in which males carry the young.

• Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus

  This small leaf warbler breeds in alpine scrub and moves from the mountains to lower elevations in winter.

• Common Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops bonariensis

  The common dwarf bonneted bat has a broad, flat muzzle and large rounded ears. It leaves its roost after sunset and catches insects in flight.

• Volcano Swiftlet Aerodramus vulcanorum

  The Volcano Swiftlet is a swiftlet of Java's high mountains. It is seen over volcanic craters and the surrounding montane forest.

• Gray-headed Lemur Eulemur cinereiceps

  This lemur lives in forests of southeastern Madagascar. Males and females differ in coat color, and groups forage in trees for fruit and other foods.

• Black-fronted Wood-quail Odontophorus atrifrons

  This wood-quail lives in montane forests of northern Colombia. It is marked by a black forehead and red bill and searches the ground for insects and seeds. It is shy, so its calls may be heard before the bird is seen.

• Daurian Hedgehog Mesechinus dauuricus

  Daurian hedgehogs studied at Ikh Nart Nature Reserve in Mongolia often used rocky areas and sparse shrubland. In samples compared at the same reserve, they tended to have greater girth and weight than long-eared hedgehogs.

• Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides

  The Nankeen Kestrel is a small falcon with a rufous back and pale, dark-streaked underparts. It hunts in open country such as grassland and farmland.