Meet the world’s animals.

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• Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis

  

  A hornbill of several central Philippine islands. The male is strongly patterned in cream and black, while the female is mostly black.

• Crested Capuchin Sapajus robustus

  

  The crested capuchin is a monkey of forests in eastern Brazil. It has a tall, conical tuft of hair on its crown.

• Copperback Quail-thrush Cinclosoma clarum

  

  The Copperback Quail-thrush is a ground-dwelling bird of dry scrub in southern Australia. It was separated from the western population of a species once treated as a single Chestnut Quail-thrush.

• Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis

  

  The Brazilian free-tailed bat has a tail tip that projects beyond the tail membrane. Groups that arrive in central Texas each spring are well documented.

• Victorin's Warbler Cryptillas victorini

  

  This small bird lives in the damp fynbos of South Africa's Cape mountains. The sexes look much alike, with a gray face, pale yellow eye, and cinnamon-buff underparts.

• Long-eared hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus

  

  A large-eared hedgehog of dry deserts and steppes.

• Galah Eolophus roseicapilla

  A widespread Australian cockatoo, with a pink face and breast contrasting with grey wings and back.

• Blyth's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus lepidus

  Blyth's horseshoe bat has dense fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It hunts insects in mature forests and roosts in hollows and tunnels.

• Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons

  The Crescent-faced Antpitta lives in humid montane forest in Colombia and Ecuador. Few localities are known, and it quietly forages near the forest floor.

• Chihuahua Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus eremicus

  The Chihuahua pocket mouse is a small rodent of dry country in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

• Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis

  A small owl centred on Tasmania, with dark eye markings and white spots. It is active at night and uses wooded habitats; some occur in southern Victoria in winter.

• Spix's Howler Alouatta discolor

  Spix's howler occurs south of the Amazon River in Brazil. In a studied small group, fruit made up much of the diet, and use of seasonally flooded forest changed with the season.

• Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos

  The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross is a South Atlantic seabird. Adults have a yellow ridge on the dark bill and a pale head and body. It breeds on islands in the Tristan da Cunha group and takes prey from the sea surface.

• New Guinea Quoll Dasyurus albopunctatus

  The New Guinea quoll is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial from New Guinea's forests. It can climb, and one field account reports a body mass of about 500–1,000 g.

• Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata

  This small bird ranges widely across Africa. Breeding males vary in plumage and bill color among regional forms, and they mimic the songs of their firefinch hosts.

• Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis

  This dolphin lives in warm Atlantic waters. Its spots develop with age and become darker and more widespread, while groups usually number fewer than 50 but sometimes reach about 200.

• Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus

  The Banded Broadbill is about 21–23 cm long, and males and females differ in plumage. It eats invertebrates in lowland forest and secondary growth. Recording sites in Malaysia and Thailand show only part of its range.

• Purple-faced Langur Semnopithecus vetulus

  The purple-faced langur is an arboreal monkey endemic to Sri Lanka. It has a long tail and dark face, and several subspecies occur on the island.

• Red-fronted Warbler Urorhipis rufifrons

  This small bird uses dry savanna and thorn scrub, searching for food while flicking its long tail.

• Hopi Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) rufus

  This chipmunk lives in rocky areas of the western United States. It favors places with juniper and pinyon pine and has reddish dorsal stripes.

• Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus

  A starling native from South Asia to the Malay Peninsula. Its crown feathers stand up, and it uses farmland, towns, and parks.

• Brazilian White-eared Opossum Didelphis albiventris

  The Brazilian white-eared opossum is a marsupial from northern and eastern South America. Its white ears and dark line between the eyes stand out; it forages on the ground at night and can climb trees.

• Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa

  A high-altitude partridge of the Himalayas, marked by fine black-and-white barring and a red bill and legs. It may descend to lower elevations in severe winter weather.

• Sundevall's Jird Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus

  This jird has a sandy back with black spots and a white underside. It often leaves its burrow in the evening to feed on seeds and vegetation.