Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bolivian Red Howler Alouatta sara

  

  The Bolivian red howler is a large howler monkey of lowland tropical and subtropical forests in South America. It mainly eats leaves, fruit, and flowers, and gives loud calls.

• Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae

  A large storm petrel with white feather shafts on the wings and a long forked tail; it feeds on small fish and crustaceans at the sea surface.

• Fat-tailed False Antechinus Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

  The fat-tailed false antechinus is a small marsupial that stores fat in its short, thick-based tail. It lives among the rocky landscapes of central Australia and has a reddish back and pale underside.

• Rufous Gnateater Conopophaga lineata

  A small bird that searches for insects in the understory of eastern South American forest. A 2015 study used the older treatment that grouped three traditionally recognized subspecies within one species.

• Hog deer Axis porcinus

  A stocky deer that moves with its head low under forest cover.

• Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus

  A bird with sandy, patterned plumage and large eyes. In Britain, it breeds in places with sparse vegetation.

• West African savanna buffalo Syncerus brachyceros

  This is the West African savanna form of the African buffalo. In W Regional Park, seven breeding herds were tracked; late in the dry season they used areas near permanent rivers, and six shifted southwest as the rains began.

• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

  The Greater Coucal has red eyes, glossy black plumage and chestnut wings. In Singapore it often hides in dense forest undergrowth and gives a deep booming call.

• Bicolored Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros bicolor

  This leaf-nosed bat was recorded in Thai forests, farmland, and a cave. It has large ears and a broad noseleaf.

• Puno Antpitta Grallaria sinaensis

  The Puno Antpitta is recorded in the highlands of Peru’s Puno Department and at a few sites in western La Paz, Bolivia. It searches for insects close to the ground in dense vegetation.

• Water Opossum Chironectes minimus

  The water opossum is a marsupial adapted for swimming. It uses webbed hind feet and a long tail to move through water and catch small aquatic animals.

• Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata

  The yellow-spotted honeyeater is marked by a yellow ear patch. In northern Queensland it uses rainforest and mangroves and feeds on nectar, fruit, and insects.

• Rio Mayo Titi Plecturocebus oenanthe

  This titi monkey is endemic to the San Martín region of Peru. Pale fur around the face is a characteristic feature, though it is faint in some individuals.

• Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata

  The Black-throated Wattle-eye lives in African woodland and thickets near water and eats insects. Males and females differ in throat color.

• Sinaloan Mastiff Bat Molossus sinaloae

  The Sinaloan mastiff bat has dark brown fur above and paler brown fur below. It hunts moths, beetles, and other insects in flight at night.

• Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

  A small, grayish warbler. In Britain, breeding birds head south in autumn while birds from central Europe arrive for winter.

• Texas Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus interpres

  The Texas antelope squirrel has white side stripes and black bands on its tail. It is active by day in rocky, arid country.

• Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis

  A small heron that hides in reeds and freezes with its neck stretched when it senses danger.

• Tsimlyansk Birch Mouse Sicista cimlanica

  The Tsimlyansk Birch Mouse is recorded around the Middle Don in western Russia and eastern Ukraine. A 2025 review shows a typical grassland habitat and one photographed individual from Tsimla Sands.

• Black-eared Oriole Oriolus bouroensis

  A large gray-brown oriole with a faint dark facial mask. It occurs in lowland and foothill forest, forest edge, mangroves, and woodland on Buru Island.

• Highlands Punaré Thrichomys inermis

  This spiny rat is recorded from Bahia north to Tocantins in Brazil. In the semiarid Caatinga, it uses rock crevices as shelter and nesting places.

• Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani

  Bannerman's Turaco lives in montane forest in western Cameroon. It has a red crest and blue tail and feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii

  Ord's kangaroo rat lives in dry areas of western North America and moves by hopping on long hind legs. It carries seeds in its cheek pouches and stores them in burrows.

• Madagascar Owl Asio madagascariensis

  The Madagascar Owl is a nocturnal owl found only on Madagascar. It rests in dense vegetation by day and hunts in forests and nearby open areas at night.