Meet the world’s animals.

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• Silvered Langur Trachypithecus cristatus

  

  The silvered langur feeds on leaves and fruit in trees; its orange young gradually develop the silver coat of adults.

• Pale-billed Scrubwren Aethomyias spilodera

  

  The Pale-billed Scrubwren moves actively through lower and middle forest layers on New Guinea while searching for insects. Brown upperparts, paler underparts, and a pale bill are useful clues, though plumage varies among subspecies.

• Brown Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) concolor

  

  This small fruit-eating bat lives in South America. A study in French Guiana recorded Cecropia fruit in fecal samples from this species.

• Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalensis

  

  The Spiny Babbler is endemic to Nepal, with a gray-brown body and white on parts of the face and chin. It hides in scrub along field edges and streams and moves alone or in small parties.

• Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus cornutus

  

  The subspecies recorded around Yasaka Dam roosts in mountain caves and catches flying insects at night near the river.

• Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari

  

  Adults have a black head and throat, a red rump, and a red band across the yellow underside. This aracari searches for fruit in the canopy.

• Rock-dwelling Sheath-tailed Bat Paremballonura tiavato

  This small bat lives on Madagascar. Its dorsal fur is long and slightly shaggy, pale to medium grey-brown, and its ears are long with rounded tips.

• Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens

  This motmot ranges from eastern Panama to northwestern South America and uses lowland forest.

• American Water Shrew Sorex palustris

  The American water shrew ranges from Alaska and Canada to northern mountain regions of the United States. Near streams and lakes, it dives to search for aquatic insects.

• Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis

  The adult male stands out for its black face and throat. The female is duller and has fine streaks on the flanks.

• Dry Chaco Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys pulchellus

  This small opossum is recorded in northern Argentina. Argentina’s 2019 assessment lists localities across several provinces, chiefly in the Chaco region.

• Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus

  The Double-banded Sandgrouse lives in dry grassland and open woodland in southern Africa, feeding for seeds on the ground. The sexes differ in breast and forehead markings.

• Cotton-top tamarin Oedipomidas oedipus

  A small monkey of northwestern Colombia, distinguished by long white hair flowing from the head toward the shoulders.

• Black Falcon Falco subniger

  The Black Falcon is a large falcon spread across much of mainland Australia. It uses open habitats in arid and semi-arid areas, including wooded watercourses.

• Baird's Pocket Gopher Geomys breviceps

  This pocket gopher is smaller than close relatives and occurs in eastern Texas. Underground stores of rhizomes may provide food in winter.

• Tuxtla Quail-Dove Zentrygon carrikeri

  A forest dove restricted to a small area of southern Mexico. Bluish-purple tones cover its head and breast, and small numbers occur in moist broadleaf forest from lowlands to mountains.

• Stephens' kangaroo rat Dipodomys stephensi

  Stephens' kangaroo rat is a nocturnal rodent of grasslands and sparse scrub in southern California. It has long hind legs and carries seeds in cheek pouches.

• Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens

  This forest bird is reddish brown with fine markings. It perches within humid forest or second growth and may be seen alone.

• Mexican Gray Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) aureogaster

  The Mexican gray squirrel lives among forest trees and is notable for its reddish-brown belly and flanks. Its coat varies across its range.

• Olive-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum pectorale

  This small flowerpecker lives in the forest canopy and secondary growth of western New Guinea. Males have a bright red breast, and it uses fruit and nectar.

• Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus

  The common wallaroo is a kangaroo relative that lives among rocky and mountainous areas and open woodlands on mainland Australia.

• Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis

  The Socotra Buzzard is resident only on Socotra Island. A 2010 paper described it as a distinct species, noting brown upperparts, pale underparts and differences from related buzzards.

• Common Planigale Planigale maculata

  This small marsupial lives in northeastern Australia and is marked by its flattened head and large ears.

• Black-backed Water Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer

  This tyrant flycatcher perches near water and catches insects in short, low flights. An Argentine species account describes its black-and-white pattern and foraging at the water surface and on aquatic plants.