Meet the world’s animals.

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• Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus

  

  It occurs in wetlands, swamps, mangroves, and marshes in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. It often stays hidden in dense vegetation while searching for insects and other invertebrates.

• 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.

• Great Tinamou Tinamus major

  

  A large ground-dwelling bird of tropical lowland forest. It is hard to see but known for a haunting double whistle at dawn and dusk.

• Shield-faced Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros lylei

  

  This bat has a large noseleaf. Small groups have been found in caves, and records from Vietnam include forest and secondary habitats in limestone country.

• Tomtit Petroica macrocephala

  

  This small bird has a large head, short bill, and short tail. It lives in New Zealand forest and scrub and has five subspecies restricted to different islands or island groups.

• Blanford's Bat Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) blanfordi

  

  Blanford's bat is a medium-sized forest bat from South and Southeast Asia, including Borneo. It roosts in hollow trees or foliage and hunts flying insects at night.

• Guadalupe Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus

  This small seabird is dark above and white below. It nests on islands off western Baja California and differs from Scripps's Murrelet by having more white around the eye.

• Jungle cat Felis chaus

  A wild cat with tall, tufted ears that also lives in grasslands and wetlands.

• Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera

  This bird inhabits evergreen and peat-swamp forests in Southeast Asian lowlands and hills. The cited page describes male plumage. Its diet is poorly known, and suggested insect prey is explicitly an inference.

• North African White-toothed Shrew Crocidura pachyura

  The North African white-toothed shrew is native to North Africa. Populations on Mediterranean islands were introduced by people.

• New Caledonian Storm Petrel Fregetta lineata

  The New Caledonian Storm Petrel has blackish-brown upperparts, a white rump and a white belly streaked with black. Breeding has been confirmed in New Caledonia.

• Cape Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis

  An antelope of open southern African savannas that can raise a crest of white hair when excited.

• New Caledonian Cuckooshrike Coracina analis

  The New Caledonian Cuckooshrike lives in forests on New Caledonia. A local island guide records it eating insects and small fruits in forest.

• Sao Lourenço Punare Thrichomys laurentius

  This rodent occurs in northeastern Brazil. Fecal samples from one Caatinga study site contained mostly plant matter, with more animal fragments in rainy-season collections.

• Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons

  This parrotbill inhabits dense bamboo in or near forest in the Himalaya. A buff head and breast, dark crown stripe, and rufous wings and tail help identify it; it feeds on buds, seeds, and insects.

• Large-spotted Civet Viverra megaspila

  The large-spotted civet is a large civet recorded in scrub near wetlands and waterways in Thailand. Large dark spots mark its flanks, and pale rings cross its tail.

• Saipan Reed-warbler Acrocephalus hiwae

  This reed-warbler lives on Saipan. A 1998 report records it in reed marshes, forest edges, thicket-meadow mosaics and forest openings on the island.

• Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii

  Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat is a medium-to-large bat with large ears and a noseleaf. Bahamian records describe cave roosts and insect gleaning from surfaces such as the ground.

• Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis

  A large North American crane with a long neck and legs. It feeds in wetlands and grasslands and gathers in large flocks during migration and winter.

• Shock-headed Capuchin Cebus cuscinus

  This capuchin has a conspicuous dark cap of hair. It lives in forest groups and ranges farther to find food when fruit is scarce.

• Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre

  By day, it walks through scrub, dense grass, and bamboo while searching the ground for small invertebrates. It also occurs on hills, and its recorded weight is about 21–22 g.

• Greater Northern Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon jobensis

  This large free-tailed bat is recorded in tropical Australia. It has large joined ears and a wrinkled face. Its back is dark and its underside is paler.

• Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis

  The Fernwren is a small bird of wet upland forest in northeastern Australia. It probes leaf litter with its fine bill while searching for small animals.

• Croslet Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus coelophyllus

  The croslet horseshoe bat occurs in Southeast Asia. A study in Malaysian rice-field landscapes examined its diet during the dry season.