Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-bellied spider monkey Ateles belzebuth

  

  A spider monkey of the northeastern Amazon, with long limbs and a gripping tail.

• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus

  

  A small grey-brown goose with a white patch at the base of its pink bill and black belly patches. The East Asian population winters in eastern China and the Korean Peninsula.

• Wyoming Pocket Gopher Thomomys clusius

  

  This small pocket gopher occurs in southern Wyoming. It has pale yellow-gray fur and is recorded on fine-soil flats, including areas with Gardner saltbush.

• Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri

  

  Zimmer's Tapaculo is a small ground-level bird of humid ravines and open woodland on the eastern Andes. A white throat and pale eyebrow stand out; it is usually alone or in pairs and is often heard before it is seen. This account is limited to southern Andean records in Bolivia and neighboring northwestern Argentina.

• Boyacá Spiny-rat Proechimys chrysaeolus

  

  Field records for this spiny rat are scarce. One reported juvenile from Colombia was found as prey at an elevation of 810 m.

• Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger

  

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in humid forests from southern Mexico to central Honduras. The sexes have similar plumage: olive-brown above, black on the throat, and gray on the breast and belly. It walks on the forest floor while searching for insects and land snails.

• Robinson's Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Exulomarmosa) robinsoni

  Robinson's Mouse Opossum is a small marsupial with large ears and dark markings around the eyes. Current records extend from western Panama through Colombia to northern Venezuela and nearby islands.

• Klages's Antbird Drymophila klagesi

  Klages's Antbird lives in montane forest from northern Venezuela to eastern Colombia. Pairs forage in bamboo and dense lower growth for insects and other small prey.

• Sambar Rusa unicolor

  Asia’s largest deer, it feeds near forests and wetlands.

• Three-toed Jacamar Jacamaralcyon tridactyla

  The Three-toed Jacamar occurs in southeastern Brazil. It has fine golden-buff markings on its head, a green gloss on its dark tail, and three toes on each foot.

• Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

  A civet recognized by its dark facial markings and back stripes; it is recorded from forests to built-up areas in Singapore.

• Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana

  The Altai Accentor breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves into the Himalayas outside the breeding season. It feeds on rocky slopes, often in flocks.

• Urubamba Brown Titi Plecturocebus urubambensis

  A titi monkey treated as a distinct species in Peru. The 2025 update gives a type locality near the Río Sepa but questions some distant photo-based records.

• Peruvian Booby Sula variegata

  The Peruvian Booby hunts fish in cool waters off western South America. It breeds on coastal cliffs and slopes on small islands.

• Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops nanus

  This free-tailed bat has large, rounded ears joined above the forehead. Two specimens were recorded at a wind farm in Oaxaca, Mexico, amid sorghum crops and fragments of low deciduous forest.

• Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis

  The Black-backed Butcherbird is a medium-sized, black-and-white butcherbird with a white throat. It occurs in southeastern New Guinea and northern Australia.

• 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.

• D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii

  D'Arnaud's Barbet lives in open woodland and savanna in East Africa. Its orange head spots and black, yellow, and orange pattern stand out.

• Moonrat Echinosorex gymnurus

  The moonrat is usually black except for its white head and tail tip. It is recorded from the southern Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra.

• Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus

  The Black-throated Bushtit moves in small groups. It eats insects and small mollusks as well as seeds and berries.

• Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor

  The black giant squirrel is a large, tree-dwelling squirrel of forests in South and Southeast Asia. Its dark coat, pale chest marking and long tail are distinctive.

• La Perouse's Megapode Megapodius laperouse

  La Perouse's Megapode is a megapode of the Mariana Islands that lives on the forest floor. Its grey head, red facial skin, and yellow legs are distinctive.

• Red kangaroo Osphranter rufus

  A kangaroo of dry inland grasslands and other habitats in Australia. It hops on powerful hind legs and uses its long tail for balance.

• 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.