Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus

  

  A minivet with rosy patches. Chinese populations migrate, while some birds in other populations also move seasonally.

• Salvin's Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma salvini

  

  Salvin's big-eyed bat ranges from Central America into northwestern South America. It has pale stripes on the face and along the back.

• Moluccan Starling Aplonis mysolensis

  

  This starling has black plumage with green-purple gloss and a long tail. It occurs on the Moluccas and western Papuan islands and often feeds on fruit in flocks.

• Yucatan Small-eared Shrew Cryptotis mayensis

  

  The Yucatan small-eared shrew has short gray fur and tiny eyes. It occurs in lowland areas around the Yucatan Peninsula and searches for small prey at night.

• Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer

  

  This large stork lives south of the Sahara in Africa. It scavenges in grasslands and savannas and may also search for food around villages and rubbish dumps. Sparse head and neck feathers and a large throat pouch give it a distinctive profile.

• Natal Red Duiker Cephalophus natalensis

  

  This small antelope lives in forests and thickets of southeastern Africa. Its upperparts are reddish brown, its underside is paler, and it dives into nearby bushes when alarmed.

• Gray Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum

  This large thrasher is endemic to Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Its long tail and spotted breast stand out, and it forages mainly on the ground in cactus desert.

• Southern Pocket Gopher Megascapheus umbrinus

  This pocket gopher occurs in Mexico and the southwestern United States. A 1993 New Mexico account describes the local form living mainly in burrow systems and eating plant roots found while digging.

• Archer's Lark Heteromirafra archeri

  This lark runs through high-plateau grassland; in the breeding season, the male makes a singing display flight.

• Assam Rabbit Caprolagus hispidus

  The Assam rabbit is a hare with short, broad ears and a coarse outer coat. It feeds on grass roots and shoots in tall-grass country.

• Mottled Whistler Rhagologus leucostigma

  The Mottled Whistler lives in New Guinea's montane forests. Plumage spotting varies between sexes and subspecies, and it eats fruit and insects.

• Bennett’s tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus bennettianus

  A tree-dwelling kangaroo of northeastern Australia’s rainforests.

• Knysna Warbler Bradypterus sylvaticus

  This secretive warbler hides in dense grass and scrub. Its plain brown plumage blends into the cover where it searches for spiders and other small invertebrates.

• Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus weddelli

  A small monkey recorded in Rondônia, Brazil. The official species account describes the nominate subspecies east of the Madeira River.

• Perija Tapaculo Scytalopus perijanus

  A small bird of the Serranía de Perijá on the Colombia–Venezuela border. It occurs in humid montane and elfin forest and páramo; one nest was found in low growth at a forest edge.

• Ucayali Bald Uacari Cacajao ucayalii

  This saki occurs in Amazonian forests of northeastern Peru. A taxonomic study described specimens from Peru's Río Javari-Mirim as reddish chestnut, while specimens from another area differed in color. At the Quebrada Blanco study site, sightings were more frequent in drier periods than during the rainy season.

• Buff-throated Purpletuft Iodopleura pipra

  This small bird inhabits Brazil’s eastern Atlantic Forest. Field observations report male flank tufts and feeding and nesting activity at forest edges.

• White-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys (Leucocrossuromys) leucurus

  The white-tailed prairie dog lives in dry grasslands and shrublands, where it builds colonies of burrows.

• Sunda Crow Corvus enca

  The Sunda Crow is a black crow with a slender bill and a purplish sheen. On Borneo it also occurs along forest edges and near the coast.

• Red-tailed Phascogale Phascogale calura

  This marsupial has a gray back, cream underside and a black brush at the end of its tail. It mainly lives in trees.

• Slaty-headed Longbill Toxorhamphus poliopterus

  The Slaty-headed Longbill has a dark head and a long, strongly curved bill. Records from New Guinea's mountain forests include feeding on nectar and arthropods.

• Horsfield's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros larvatus

  Horsfield's leaf-nosed bat is a medium-sized bat with relatively large ears and a complex noseleaf. It flies through forest understory and roosts in caves and buildings.

• Chestnut-breasted Munia Lonchura castaneothorax

  This small bird is marked by its chestnut breast. In its native range, it moves in flocks and eats grass seeds and winged termites.

• Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys australis

  This pocket mouse ranges from eastern Panama through Colombia and western Venezuela to extreme northwestern Ecuador. It has dark-gray dorsal fur and lives in very wet evergreen forests.