Meet the world’s animals.

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• Moluccan Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles crinifrons

  

  The Moluccan Owlet-nightjar is a nocturnal bird of forest in the northern Moluccas.

• Ricefield Rat Rattus argentiventer

  The ricefield rat uses rice paddies and grasslands in Southeast Asia and eats both plant and animal foods.

• Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans

  This small tapaculo lives in the understory of humid Andean forests. It is about 11.5 cm long and searches for food in bamboo, alone or in pairs.

• Canyon Bat Parastrellus hesperus

  The canyon bat is a small gray-brown bat of dry western North America. It uses rocky and arid habitats and begins foraging soon after sunset.

• Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina

  The Orange-headed Thrush has an orange head and underparts, with plain gray or brown upperparts. Facial markings vary among subspecies; in Singapore it searches wooded ground for insects and also eats fruit.

• Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes

  The yellow-footed antechinus is a small marsupial with a gray head and shoulders and a yellow-brown to reddish body. It searches for food on the ground and in trees.

• Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis

  This greenlet occurs in northern South America, especially along coastal areas. It uses mangroves, forest, and forest edges, and feeds on insects.

• Congo Clawless Otter Aonyx congicus

  This otter has silver-tipped head and shoulder fur and a white-bordered dark facial patch. Reports document it in Congo Basin rainforest and waterways, with uncertain range edges and identification near related otters.

• Roraiman Antwren Herpsilochmus roraimae

  This small antwren occurs in the tepui highlands of southern Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. Its long tail and pale eyebrow stand out. It searches for insects in the upper levels of humid evergreen forest.

• Carriker's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma carrikeri

  Carriker's round-eared bat is recorded in Bolivia. A Bolivian species account reports insect feeding and termite mounds used as roosts.

• Bare-faced Bulbul Nok hualon

  The Bare-faced Bulbul is known from limestone country in Laos. Bare pale-blue skin surrounds the eyes and bill, and fine hair-like feathers run along the crown. It feeds on berries and is usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Santarém Marmoset Mico humeralifer

  The Santarém marmoset is a small monkey from a limited area of northern Brazil. Pale ear tufts and alternating black and silvery rings on its tail are distinctive.

• Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus

  A tiny bird with a long tail that searches for food on fine branches.

• Blesbok Damaliscus phillipsi

  Damaliscus phillipsi is a South African antelope with reddish-brown fur and a white facial blaze usually divided by a brown band between the eyes. It feeds mainly on grass.

• Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti

  A finch of open high mountains that feeds on seeds. The head can look darker in breeding plumage and paler outside the breeding season.

• Frosted Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx canescens

  Saccopteryx canescens has pale-brown to grayish fur and faint lines on its back. In Bolivia, records are limited to Santa Cruz, and the bat feeds on insects.

• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis

  A striking blue bird of open habitats in India. It scans for insects from exposed branches or power lines.

• Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus

  A South American canid with a reddish coat, very long slender legs and large ears.

• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

  A waterbird with red eyes and a slender, slightly upturned bill.

• Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) raviventris

  This mouse lives in saline and brackish wetlands around San Francisco Bay. Its back is dark brown, while reddish bellies vary by location.

• Van Dam's Vanga Xenopirostris damii

  This vanga lives in dry deciduous forest in northwestern Madagascar. It searches dead wood and leaf clumps for small animals.

• Maranhão Red-handed Howler Alouatta ululata

  The Maranhão red-handed howler lives in open, dry vegetation in northeastern Brazil. Museum specimens have been described as showing sex-related coat differences, but the original study called for further research to confirm them.

• Yellow-fronted Parrot Poicephalus flavifrons

  The Yellow-fronted Parrot is recognizable by its green body and yellow face and crown. Its wild diet is poorly known, though leaves, seeds, and fruit are thought to be part of it.

• Large-eared Free-tailed Bat Otomops martiensseni

  This large-eared free-tailed bat occurs in Africa. A 2001 study in South Africa found it using buildings as daytime roosts.