Meet the world’s animals.

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• Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis

  

  The Great Shearwater breeds on South Atlantic islands and moves to the North Atlantic during boreal summer.

• Bengal fox Vulpes bengalensis

  

  A fox of India's grasslands and scrub. Its tail has a black tip, and its coat color changes with the condition of its fur.

• Bonin White-eye Apalopteron familiare

  

  The Bonin White-eye is a small bird endemic to the Ogasawara Islands and now lives on Hahajima and nearby small islands. Historical records also describe a population with yellow, green, and black markings.

• Chinese Hare Lepus sinensis

  

  This hare occurs in southeastern China and Taiwan. Its account describes chestnut fur, triangular black ear tips, and records at grassland edges and scrubby hillsides.

• Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus

  

  The Parrot Crossbill is a crossbill of northern Europe that searches for pine seeds. In Britain it is scarce, with small numbers sometimes arriving from the north in winter.

• Saõ Tomé Leaf-nosed Bat Macronycteris thomensis

  

  The São Tomé Leaf-nosed Bat is endemic to São Tomé Island. It is a large bat, with a record of several hundred individuals at an underground roost.

• King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius

  The King Bird-of-paradise occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands. Males court with brilliant red plumage and their long ornamental tail feathers.

• Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys castanops

  The yellow-faced pocket gopher is a burrowing rodent of the southern United States and northern Mexico. It carries food in its cheek pouches.

• Brushland Tinamou Nothoprocta cinerascens

  The Brushland Tinamou occurs in the Bolivian Chaco. Its prominent crest and long, decurved bill stand out, and it is quiet and easily overlooked in the austral winter.

• Peale's Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis

  Peale's dolphin occurs along the cold-temperate coast of southern South America. A study in the Strait of Magellan documented animals in a bay with kelp beds. The Mammal Diversity Database currently lists Cephalorhynchus australis and records Lagenorhynchus australis as an earlier name.

• Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus

  This migratory plover searches for insects in dry, open country. The breeding male has broad orange and black breast bands, while nonbreeding plumage is mottled brown.

• Greater Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus vittatus

  Platyrrhinus vittatus is a bat with bright white lines on its face and back. It eats fruit and other foods, and roosts in tree cavities or buildings.

• Yellow-throated Leafbird Chloropsis palawanensis

  A forest bird of the Palawan islands with a green body, yellow throat, and blue wing markings.

• Blanford's Jerboa Jaculus blanfordi

  Cream-colored fur above, a white underside and a black-and-white tail tuft distinguish this jerboa. It forages at night and excavates burrows in sandy ground across arid parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides panini

  On Panay and Negros, this small hornbill stands out by the blue bare skin around the eye and its pale tail with a black tip.

• Bearded Capuchin Sapajus libidinosus

  The bearded capuchin is a capuchin monkey native to Brazil. Its coat is yellowish to beige, with dark limbs and a thick cap of hair.

• Black-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma michleri

  This bird searches for food by hopping on the forest floor. The range and ecology here are limited to the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica.

• Sambar Rusa unicolor

  Asia’s largest deer, it feeds near forests and wetlands.

• Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus

  This manakin lives in Pacific lowlands of Central America. Adult males have a bright orange throat and collar with a green belly, while females are mostly subdued green.

• 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.

• Bush Petronia Gymnoris dentata

  The Bush Petronia is a small bird whose male has a gray crown and a russet brow stripe. It feeds on seeds on the ground in dry savanna and scrub.

• Javan Mongoose Urva javanica

  The Javan mongoose is a mongoose found in Southeast Asia. A study on Java examined traces of its varied animal prey in fecal DNA.

• Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos

  The Little Pied Cormorant is a small cormorant of Australia and nearby regions, with contrasting dark upperparts and a white underside.

• African Taphozous Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus

  A tomb bat with specimen records from India and Pakistan. Sources describe its gray-brown coat and, in a genus account, large roosting groups.