Meet the world’s animals.

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• Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus

  

  The Purple-crested Turaco is an African bird with a striking purple crest and greenish chin. It eats fruit in trees in forests and woodland.

• Black-tailed Marmoset Mico melanurus

  

  The black-tailed marmoset is a small monkey with a conspicuously dark tail. It eats tree gum and fruit and lives in forests of west-central Brazil and eastern Bolivia.

• White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus

  

  Adults of the nominate subspecies have a white eyebrow and a rufous-brown back. This coucal catches insects on the ground among tall grass.

• Lesser Grison Galictis cuja

  

  The lesser grison is a slender mustelid found in parts of South America. It has a yellowish-brown back, a darker underside and a pale facial band whose pattern varies among individuals.

• Little Pratincole Glareola lactea

  

  The little pratincole is a small bird that catches insects while flying over water and farmland. It is also recorded along Thai rivers and lakeshores.

• Greater Egyptian jerboa Jaculus orientalis

  

  This North African jerboa bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night and spends the day in burrows dug in sand or clay.

• Grey Tit Melaniparus afer

  The Grey Tit lives in dry scrub and rocky places in southern Africa. It moves through branches and bark crevices while searching mainly for insects.

• Campbell's hamster Phodopus campbelli

  A small hamster with a narrow dark stripe down its back that lives in dry steppes and deserts.

• Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii

  A sandgrouse of dry country, with plumage that blends into rocks and gravel. It may shelter in shade during the day.

• 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.

• Orange-eyed Thornbird Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus

  This thornbird lives along forest edges in eastern Brazil and has a chestnut-colored tail.

• Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) australis

  This bat catches insects while flying near the coast. It occurs in a narrow coastal strip of northeastern Queensland.

• Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae

  The Montezuma Quail lives in grasslands and oak woodland in the Mexican highlands and the southwestern United States. It digs in the ground for underground foods and nuts.

• Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus

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

• Long-billed Wren Cantorchilus longirostris

  This wren is endemic to Brazil. It has a long tail and bill, a prominent white eyebrow, and occurs at forest edges, in second growth, dry scrub, and mangroves.

• Short-eared Rock Wallaby Petrogale brachyotis

  The short-eared rock wallaby has short ears and a bushy tail. It lives near rocky hills and gorges in northern Australia.

• Madagascar White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus

  This small white-eye occurs on Madagascar and nearby islands in the western Indian Ocean. It searches for insects beneath tree crowns and in shrubs, and also takes nectar.

• Alaska Hare Lepus othus

  This hare lives in western Alaska's tundra and changes coat color with the seasons.

• White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus

  The White-banded Mockingbird is marked by a white wing band and a cinnamon-colored rump. It walks through dry scrub and grassland in Argentina while searching for insects and other small prey.

• Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros armiger

  The great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat is a large bat with gray-brown fur and leaf-like folds on its nose. It rests in caves by day and emerges early in the evening.

• Black-cheeked Warbler Basileuterus melanogenys

  A small greyish warbler with a black face, bold white eyebrow, and rufous crown.

• Nepalese Whiskered Myotis Myotis (Myotis) muricola

  This small bat is known from several parts of South and Southeast Asia. Genetic and morphological studies report substantial differences among regional populations and raise the possibility of a species complex.

• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus

  This medium-sized bird's male has a black facial mask, and the species catches insects in flight. It wanders through dry regions and sometimes forms flocks.

• Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata

  The marbled cat is a wild cat of forests from South Asia to Southeast Asia. Its marble-like markings and unusually long tail are distinctive.