Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata

  

  This 16–17 cm barbet uses upland bushland and acacia woodland and eats fruit. Sound recordings include Lake Langano in Ethiopia.

• Giant Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ingens

  

  This rodent has large hind feet and cheek pouches, with a long tail that helps it balance. It lives in dry grassland burrows and gathers seeds.

• Ivory-breasted Pitta Pitta maxima

  

  The Ivory-breasted Pitta lives in forests of the North Maluku Islands. Its dark upperparts contrast with blue-green wings and ivory underparts.

• Long-clawed Marsupial Mouse Neophascogale lorentzii

  

  This marsupial lives in New Guinea's montane forests. A local field guide describes a pointed snout, thick bronze-tipped fur, and a bushy tail. Researchers note that much of its natural history remains poorly known.

• American Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani

  

  The American Black Oystercatcher has a black body, long red bill, and yellow eyes, and searches for shellfish in the intertidal zone.

• Southern Right Whale Dolphin Lissodelphis peronii

  

  A slender dolphin without a dorsal fin, it has a black back and white underside and may travel in large groups in cool southern offshore waters.

• Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata

  The Half-collared Kingfisher is small, with a blue back, pale orange underparts and a white throat.

• Southern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina

  This macaque lives in Southeast Asian forests. Fruit is a major part of its diet, and it also forages on the ground. Its short tail is partly upright, and its crown is dark.

• Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata

  The Western Bowerbird is an inland Australian bird with reddish spots and a yellowish underside. Males build avenue-like bowers from sticks, decorate them with objects such as bones and shells, and display to attract females.

• Central American Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus alfari

  Alfaro's pygmy squirrel ranges from Central America into Colombia. It lives hidden in forest undergrowth, and little direct information is available about its diet.

• Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates tethys

  The Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel has separate breeding populations in the Galápagos and off South America. It lives at sea, and the populations differ in some features.

• Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum Thylamys karimii

  Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum has a thick tail whose size changes with seasonal food availability. Juveniles were captured in both wet and dry seasons, suggesting it might breed year-round.

• Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii

  The Scarlet-rumped Trogon perches low in forests and eats mainly insects. The adult male has a red belly and rump and a blue bill.

• Buffoon Lemniscomys Lemniscomys macculus

  This striped grass mouse was common at a savanna study site in Ethiopia. Broken pale stripes run along its flanks.

• Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis

  This vireonid inhabits humid forests from northern South America into the Amazon basin. It has a slaty-blue head, a bright yellow eyebrow, and yellow underparts.

• Madagascan Flying Fox Pteropus rufus

  The Madagascan flying fox is a large fruit bat found only on Madagascar. It mainly takes juice from fruit and spits out the dry pulp and seeds, helping disperse seeds.

• Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus

  This small cormorant has a long tail and short crest, and breeds mainly around African fresh waters.

• Texas Pocket Gopher Geomys personatus

  This rodent digs burrows in sandy soil in southern Texas and feeds underground on grass roots and other plants.

• Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea

  An African ibis of forest and river landscapes. In southeastern Nigeria, pairs and small groups move along streams and rivers in lowland forest and mangroves.

• 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.

• Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus

  Males have a pink throat and black underparts dotted with white. The birds search for grass seeds on the ground and live in thickets and at forest edges.

• Brow-antlered Deer Panolia eldii

  Its coat ranges from reddish brown to gray, and male antlers sweep in a long curve. It is associated with seasonally flooded indaing forest and monsoon forest; in the hot dry season it moves closer to waterholes.

• Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris

  The Eurasian Treecreeper climbs tree trunks to find small animals in the bark. Its brown, white, and golden plumage blends into the tree.

• Goeldi's Marmoset Callimico goeldii

  Goeldi's marmoset is a small primate with shaggy black hair. It relies heavily on mushrooms during the dry season, when fruit is scarce.