Meet the world’s animals.

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• Buru Green Pigeon Treron aromaticus

  

  The Buru Green Pigeon is a forest pigeon with green plumage. Males have a chestnut back, females a green back, and the species is endemic to Buru Island.

• Marsh Deer Blastocerus dichotomus

  

  The marsh deer is a deer of South American wetlands. Elastic tissue between its hooves is suited to muddy ground.

• White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

  

  The White-bellied Drongo has glossy, bluish-black plumage and a forked tail. The extent of white on its belly varies among regional forms.

• North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parvus

  

  A small shrew of North America, recorded in tall grass, brush and fallen logs, and soft soils around wetlands.

• Coppery-chested Jacamar Galbula pastazae

  

  The Coppery-chested Jacamar is a 23–24 cm jacamar of humid mountain forest. Its account classifies it as an aerial hunter of invertebrates.

• Philippine Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura alecto

  

  This insect-eating bat was recorded in a cave survey in the southern Philippines. Surveyed individuals averaged 76 mm in total length, with tails 31.5 mm long. They roosted in small hollows in partly lit caves.

• Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni

  This barbet occurs in Amazonian floodplain and várzea forest. It is about 15 cm long, and the colors of its crown and breast vary among subspecies and between sexes.

• Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus

  The silky pocket mouse is a small rodent with soft fur and short ears. It searches for seeds at night and carries them back to its burrow for storage.

• Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris

  The Brown-hooded Kingfisher has a blue back and red bill and hunts insects from low branches.

• Brazilian White-eared Opossum Didelphis albiventris

  The Brazilian white-eared opossum is a marsupial from northern and eastern South America. Its white ears and dark line between the eyes stand out; it forages on the ground at night and can climb trees.

• Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

  A large seabird named for the dark line above its eye. It breeds on Antarctic and subantarctic islands and catches krill and fish near the sea surface.

• Green monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus

  The green monkey occurs widely in West Africa. It has golden fur with a green tint and a long tail, and moves on all fours on the ground and in trees.

• Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa

  The Fairy Gerygone is a small bird about 10–12 cm long. It uses humid forest, riparian woodland and mangroves, gleaning invertebrates from foliage by day.

• Quokka Setonix brachyurus

  A small wallaby from southwestern Australia.

• Black-headed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps

  The Black-headed Mountain Greenbul lives in mountain forests from southern Kenya to northern Tanzania. In the October 2024 Clements treatment, separated from the Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul, it has a blacker head and mainly gray underparts.

• Kowari Dasyuroides byrnei

  The kowari is a small marsupial with grayish fur and a black brush on its tail. It hunts alone at night on Australia's rocky inland plains.

• Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis

  The Black-throated Wren is a resident of lowlands and foothills in Costa Rica. Adults have a black face, throat, and chest, with chestnut-brown upperparts.

• American badger Taxidea taxus

  A stocky badger of North America with a black-and-white face. Strong forelegs and long claws help it dig underground burrows.

• Yellow-breasted Pipit Anthus chloris

  The Yellow-breasted Pipit inhabits highland grasslands in southern Africa. Breeding adults are yellow below, with females slightly duller than males.

• Jelski's Altiplano Mouse Abrothrix jelskii

  This altiplano mouse lives in the high grasslands of the central Andes. Its coat and activity period vary.

• Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha

  It occurs in the western and southeastern Ethiopian highlands, the Rift Valley, and southern Ethiopia, at about 1,200–3,200 m.

• Himalayan Field Mouse Apodemus pallipes

  The Himalayan field mouse is a small rodent recorded around the Himalaya and Pamir ranges. Its back is described as brown or gray, with a paler underside and large ears and eyes.

• Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea

  Menetries's Warbler is a small migrant that breeds in scrub in Southwest Asia. In breeding plumage, the male has a dark head while the female is brownish gray.

• Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca

  The Egyptian free-tailed bat ranges across Africa, except the Sahara, into southwest Asia, India, and Sri Lanka. It roosts in rocky places and buildings in warm, dry regions.