Meet the world’s animals.

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• Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans

  

  The Screaming Piha inhabits humid Amazonian forest and searches the canopy for fruit and small prey. In eastern Ecuador it is recorded in lowlands and locally into the foothills.

• Brown Howler Monkey Alouatta guariba

  The brown howler is a large, tree-dwelling monkey with a grasping tail. It feeds on leaves, flowers and fruit, and makes loud calls like low grunts or barks.

• White-mantled Barbet Capito hypoleucus

  This barbet lives in the north-central Colombian Andes. It uses humid montane and gallery forest and feeds on fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca

  The Egyptian free-tailed bat ranges across Africa, except the Sahara, into southwest Asia, India, and Sri Lanka. It roosts in rocky places and buildings in warm, dry regions.

• Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana

  A pale tern with a black band on the nape, it dives into the sea to catch fish and nests in groups on remote rocky islets.

• Shamel's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus shameli

  This medium-sized horseshoe bat occurs in mainland Southeast Asia. Its coat varies in color, and records from Thailand and Cambodia include several forest types.

• Reunion Cuckooshrike Coracina newtoni

  The Reunion Cuckooshrike is endemic to Réunion. Males and females differ in plumage, and the national park account places it in the La Roche Écrite area.

• Long-clawed Ground Squirrel Spermophilopsis leptodactylus

  The long-clawed ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asian drylands. It is active by day and uses its long claws to dig.

• Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis

  The Pied Butcherbird is an Australian bird with black-and-white plumage and a hooked bill. It swoops from a perch to catch prey on the ground.

• Père David's deer Elaphurus davidianus

  A deer native to China. After it disappeared from the wild there, reintroduction has reestablished wild populations in China.

• Eared Pitta Hydrornis phayrei

  The Eared Pitta lives close to the forest floor, where it searches among leaf litter for small prey.

• Annamite Striped Rabbit Nesolagus timminsi

  This rabbit inhabits Annamite rainforest, is nocturnal, and rests in burrows made by other animals.

• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis

  The Rufous-faced Warbler is a small bird of forests from the eastern Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It quietly searches for insects in the middle and lower canopy.

• Small-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata

  The small-toothed palm civet is a forest-dwelling member of the civet family, often recognized by three dark stripes along its back.

• Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti

  Abbott’s Booby is a seabird that nests high in forest trees on Christmas Island and catches fish and squid at sea.

• Common Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea

  This slender mongoose occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa and has been recorded from semidesert to woodland at elevations of 0–2,700 m.

• Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra

  The Tawny-bellied Babbler searches for food among grass and fallen leaves. Plumage on its throat and belly varies among subspecies.

• Cross-marked Langur Presbytis chrysomelas

  This langur occurs on Borneo, and records of coat and diet vary among subspecies and study sites.

• Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus

  The Eastern Grey Plantain-eater is a large gray bird with finely patterned plumage. It lives in open African woodland and grassland and mainly eats fruit.

• 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.

• Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox

  This ground-dwelling cuckoo has a long tail and crest. It ranges from Mexico into Central America and eats grasshoppers and caterpillars in dry scrub and open country.

• Smoky Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys fumosus

  The smoky pocket gopher is a burrowing rodent of the southern Mexican Plateau, where volcanic soils occur. Its large foreclaws help it dig underground.

• Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima

  The Yellow-headed Caracara has a pale head and chest with dark brown back and wings. It searches for food around pastures and roadsides.

• Small Five-toed Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) elater

  This jerboa lives in dry areas of Turkey and western Asia. It has a sandy back, white underside, and black tail tip, and moves by hopping on long hind legs at night.