Meet the world’s animals.

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• Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger

  

  Its breeding plumage is glossy black, and it inhabits wetlands from the Indian subcontinent east to Java. It dives to catch fish.

• Dwarf Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum Thylamys velutinus

  The velvety fat-tailed opossum has been recorded in Brazil’s Cerrado and has a tail whose thickness changes seasonally.

• Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis

  Male Bare-necked Umbrellabirds have a black body, umbrella-shaped crest, and red bare throat. They use humid highland forest during breeding and lowland forest at other times, in Costa Rica and western Panama.

• Pendlebury's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros pendleburyi

  This bat is recorded in peninsular Thailand. Its noseleaf has three supplementary leaflets, and surveys recorded it at limestone outcrops, caves, and forest sites.

• Silky-tailed Nightjar Antrostomus sericocaudatus

  The Silky-tailed Nightjar is a forest nightjar. In Misiones, Argentina, the nominate subspecies occurs in Atlantic Forest.

• Silvery Marmoset Mico argentatus

  The silvery marmoset varies from white to dark brown and has hairless face and ears. It eats fruit, animal prey, and gums, and sleeps in tree hollows and dense vegetation.

• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

  The Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a ground-dwelling bird of open grasslands from India to East Asia. It eats both plant matter and small animals.

• Proserpine Rock Wallaby Petrogale persephone

  The Proserpine rock wallaby has a grey back, pale underside, and black feet. It shelters among rocky outcrops and also uses forest edges.

• Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata

  The Pin-tailed Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird of dry steppe-like areas. In the European account, males have elongated central tail feathers and differ from females in breast and facial markings.

• Binturong Arctictis binturong

  A civet relative of South and Southeast Asian forests, with long black fur and a long grasping tail.

• Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri

  The male Straw-tailed Whydah grows a very long tail in breeding plumage and shows bold black-and-pale markings. It feeds on seeds on the ground in dry savanna.

• Ursine Red Howler Alouatta arctoidea

  The ursine red howler has reddish-brown fur and a long, grasping tail. It spends its days in trees and feeds mainly on leaves, with fruits and flowers also in its diet.

• Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi

  This pipit breeds in highland grasslands of Lesotho and South Africa. Pale edges on its dark back feathers and rounded breast markings are useful clues.

• Black Uakari Cacajao melanocephalus

  The black uakari has a bare black face and lives in forests along rivers in the northern Amazon. Its back color varies between subspecies.

• Sarus Crane Antigone antigone

  Adults are large cranes with grey bodies and wings and red heads and necks. They are usually seen in pairs or family groups.

• Merriam's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami

  Merriam's kangaroo rat is a rodent that is active at night in dry country. Its strong hind legs and long, tufted tail help it move in hops.

• Green Figbird Sphecotheres viridis

  The Green Figbird lives on Timor and the nearby islands of Rote and Semau. Its black head, red skin around the eyes, and yellow throat and belly stand out.

• Gray-headed Flying Squirrel Petaurista caniceps

  This flying squirrel ranges from the eastern Himalaya into southwestern China. Specialist accounts describe a gray head and an unspotted back.

• Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae

  A falcon that breeds on Mediterranean islands and coasts. Its young develop late in the breeding season, when migrating small birds are passing.

• Black-eared Deermouse Peromyscus melanotis

  The Black-eared Deermouse is a small mouse found mainly in Mexico's highlands, with records in the higher elevations of southern Arizona. It emerges from burrows at night and feeds mostly on seeds and insects.

• Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis

  In the Shark Bay area of Western Australia, this grasswren uses shrublands and is recorded foraging on the ground in pairs or family groups.

• Greater Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) kappleri

  The greater dog-like bat has light and dark brown color phases, with paler fur underneath. It uses wet forests and wetlands, eats insects, and roosts in groups in caves and tree hollows.

• Fox's Weaver Ploceus spekeoides

  This weaver has been recorded in northeastern Uganda. Males show a black facial mask and yellow rump, and records link the bird with Whistling-thorn Acacia grasslands.

• Northern Right Whale Dolphin Lissodelphis borealis

  The northern right whale dolphin has no dorsal fin, a black back and a white underside. It travels in groups in offshore waters of the North Pacific.