Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis

  

  The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker is found in dry woodland and scrub in South Asia.

• Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey Saimiri ustus

  A diurnal monkey from south of the Amazon River in Brazil that searches for fruit and insects in trees.

• Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

  The Fiordland Penguin breeds on islands and coasts in southwestern New Zealand. It has yellow crests and nests in places such as coastal forest, rock crevices, and caves.

• Eastern Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) floridana

  This rodent has a long tail with contrasting colors above and below. It builds a nest from sticks and other materials and stores food there.

• Colasisi Loriculus philippensis

  The Colasisi is a small parrot of the Philippine islands that feeds on nectar, blossoms, and fruit. It may forage upside down in the canopy.

• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva

  The crab-eating mongoose has a white stripe from its cheeks to its chest. A camera survey in Nepal's Bardia National Park recorded it near rivers and photographed it during the day.

• Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis

  A hornbill of several central Philippine islands. The male is strongly patterned in cream and black, while the female is mostly black.

• Camas pocket gopher Megascapheus bulbivorus

  This pocket gopher lives underground in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Its coat ranges from dark brown to reddish brown, and some individuals have a white throat patch.

• Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus

  The Ancient Murrelet is a North Pacific seabird. Its breeding range extends from the Sea of Japan to the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, where it nests in burrows on islands.

• Greater grison Galictis vittata

  A carnivore with a long, slender body and a pale band dividing its darker underside from its gray back. It hunts small animals near forests and wetlands.

• Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii

  A highland flycatcher found from Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venezuela. It has subdued plumage and forages at forest edges and fruiting bushes.

• Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew Phascolosorex doriae

  This marsupial occurs in western New Guinea. It has a dark line along the middle of its back and reddish fur on the underside.

• Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus

  The clamorous reed warbler lives in reedbeds and waterside scrub, calling loudly as it searches for insects and other small prey.

• Common Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus

  An antelope described in a Marakele National Park account from South Africa, living in open savanna woodland and nearby grassland.

• Demoiselle crane Grus virgo

  A crane with pale plumes behind the eyes and long black breast feathers.

• Hoffmanns's Titi Plecturocebus hoffmannsi

  Hoffmanns's titi is a monkey of the Brazilian Amazon. It has a gray back, yellowish-white underside, and black tail, and records show it eating fruit and seeds.

• Pincoya Storm Petrel Oceanites pincoyae

  This small seabird was described from the Puerto Montt area of southern Chile. During a 2011 study, birds were observed in sheltered bay waters forming groups, running over the surface with their wings tucked, and diving for food.

• Hog deer Axis porcinus

  A stocky deer that moves with its head low under forest cover.

• American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

  A large shorebird that searches tidal flats and beaches for shellfish with its long orange-red bill.

• Gray Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) domestica

  The gray short-tailed opossum is a small South American marsupial that lives on the ground or in low vegetation. Most have gray fur and a naked, rat-like tail.

• Red-footed booby Sula sula

  A red-footed booby that nests in trees and shrubs on tropical islands.

• Dong Bac Trident Bat Aselliscus dongbacanus

  This bat is known from limestone karst in northeastern Vietnam. The original description named it Aselliscus dongbacana; this entry uses the current Mammal Diversity Database spelling, Aselliscus dongbacanus.

• Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola

  This small swallow has a green-glossed back. It catches insects in flight over the hills of southern India and Sri Lanka.

• Tufted Gray Langur Semnopithecus priam

  The tufted gray langur lives in southern India and Sri Lanka. It is active by day and often uses trees, while also travelling on the ground.