Meet the world’s animals.

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• Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus

  

  The Abyssinian Roller lives in dry open country in Africa. Its blue and turquoise feathers contrast with brown areas, and it catches large insects.

• Agile Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys agilis

  

  The agile kangaroo rat hops on long hind feet. It lives in dry scrub, digs burrows, and carries seeds in its cheek pouches.

• Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris

  

  This bulbul occurs across parts of Central and East Africa. BirdLife lists moist lowland and montane forests among its major habitats.

• White-bellied spider monkey Ateles belzebuth

  

  A spider monkey of the northeastern Amazon, with long limbs and a gripping tail.

• Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

  

  The Asian Green Bee-eater is a green bee-eater with a slender bill. The details here are limited to the account of the nominate subspecies in India.

• Black-tailed Dasyure Murexia melanurus

  

  The black-tailed dasyure is a small marsupial from New Guinea. A 2020 study found variation in coat color; one illustrated specimen had bright ear patches, grey shoulders, a red rump and a black tail.

• Long-tailed Tapaculo Scytalopus micropterus

  The Long-tailed Tapaculo is a small ground-dwelling bird recorded on the eastern Andean slopes of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It lives in bamboo understory.

• Australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni

  The Australian snubfin dolphin has a rounded head and no beak, and lives in shallow coastal waters of northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea.

• Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans

  Singapore's National Parks Board describes winter records in the country. The bird is mostly black with a black bill and uses shaded understory in wooded parks and waterside trees.

• Mona Monkey Cercopithecus mona

  The mona monkey is an arboreal monkey of West and Central African forests. It searches for food in the middle and upper parts of trees.

• Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes

  A penguin recognized by its yellow eyes and head band, it catches fish and squid near the seafloor.

• Black Flying Squirrel Aeromys tephromelas

  A nocturnal flying squirrel of Southeast Asian forests. Its coat differs between two subspecies, one mainly black and the other orange-red.

• Spot-winged Falconet Spiziapteryx circumcincta

  A small raptor with short wings and a long tail. It occurs in dry and scrubby habitats of southern South America and takes prey ranging from insects to small birds.

• Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum Caluromys philander

  The bare-tailed woolly opossum is a nocturnal, tree-dwelling marsupial. Its long tail is furred at the base, and its face has 3 dark stripes.

• White Bellbird Procnias albus

  The male is white, while the female is mainly green. This large bellbird uses high-elevation forest, eats fruit, and males call from exposed perches above the canopy.

• Desert Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) indutus

  Mus indutus is a small mouse recorded in dry savanna in southern Africa. Some records have been difficult to distinguish from those of a close relative, so parts of its distribution remain uncertain.

• Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus

  The Chestnut-fronted Macaw is a green macaw with a long tail and blue and red markings. It can be quiet and hard to spot in the canopy, and is usually in pairs or small flocks outside communal roosts.

• Vanuatu Flying Fox Pteropus anetianus

  The Vanuatu flying fox lives on islands in Vanuatu. It roosts in small groups and eats fruit and flowers. The factsheet says it is seen flying by day more often than other flying foxes in Vanuatu.

• Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami

  A large ground-dwelling bird with black-and-white wing markings. In South Africa and Eswatini, males inflate the neck and display white plumes.

• Volcan de Toluca Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys planiceps

  This pocket gopher is known from Mexico's volcanic region. Its back is dark, with lighter brown mixed into the fur along its sides.

• Rufous-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza ruficauda

  This antthrush walks along the forest floor. It has a long rufous-brown tail and is recorded in highland forest and scrub of southeastern Brazil.

• Meerkat Suricata suricatta

  A meerkat is a mongoose relative from dry parts of southern Africa. It uses burrows and lives in groups.

• Sooty Fox Sparrow Passerella unalaschcensis

  This entry concerns the Pacific Sooty group within the broader Fox Sparrow account. It has dark upperparts and uses different habitats during breeding and winter.

• Lesser Brocket Mazama nanus

  The lesser brocket is a small deer of dense subtropical vegetation in southeastern South America. Its coat is reddish brown, darker along the back; an Argentine account says it eats leaves, shoots, and fruit.