Meet the world’s animals.

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• Roloway Monkey Cercopithecus roloway

  

  The Roloway monkey lives in groups in mature forests of West Africa. Its gray coat, red rump patch, pale chest fur, and long beard stand out.

• Tablas Fantail Rhipidura sauli

  This fantail is restricted to Tablas Island. The Philippine national fauna red-list account reports it in the understory of lowland forest and second growth, usually below 1,000 m.

• Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon

  A ground-dwelling mongoose that uses wooded areas near water.

• Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis

  This toucanet lives in humid forest from Honduras to Panama and searches for fruit and small animals in high branches.

• Common Desert Long-eared Bat Otonycteris hemprichii

  This large-eared bat occurs from North Africa into the Middle East. A study tracking reproductive females in the Negev Desert found that they mainly roosted in rock cracks.

• Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae

  The Wood Pipit searches the grassy floor of woodland for insects and other small invertebrates in south-central Africa.

• Black-bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon

  Males may grow a black beard seasonally. Groups roost in caves, rocky places, or unused buildings, and the bats use sound to find flying insects.

• Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus

  The Isabelline Shrike breeds in Mongolia and nearby parts of Central Asia, then winters on the Arabian Peninsula and in northeastern Africa. It hunts from shrubs in dry open country and may impale spare prey on thorns for later.

• Western Brush Wallaby Notamacropus irma

  This wallaby is marked by black paws, a brush-like tail, and a white stripe on the face. It is active around dawn and dusk and is found in heathland at Whiteman Park.

• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus

  This medium-sized bird's male has a black facial mask, and the species catches insects in flight. It wanders through dry regions and sometimes forms flocks.

• Ecuador Red Brocket Mazama rufina

  This small deer lives in the Andes. Its reddish-brown body contrasts with a black head and legs.

• Malagasy Sacred Ibis Threskiornis bernieri

  This ibis lives in western Madagascar and on Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. Its pale blue-white eye is distinctive, and it probes tidal mud for crustaceans and other prey.

• Black-striped Squirrel Callosciurus nigrovittatus

  A squirrel with black stripes along its sides. It is active by day in trees and eats fruit and insects. Stripe patterns vary among subspecies.

• Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri

  The Providence Petrel ranges over open water from the southwest Pacific to the North Pacific and Bering Sea. It breeds only on Lord Howe Island and Phillip Island in the Norfolk Island group.

• Mehely's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mehelyi

  Mehely's horseshoe bat has a patchy Mediterranean range, roosts in caves and feeds mostly on moths.

• Thekla Lark Galerida theklae

  A lark with a rounded crest and dark streaks on the chest. Its food changes with the season, and it searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• 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.

• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis

  The Rufous-faced Warbler is a small bird of forests from the eastern Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It quietly searches for insects in the middle and lower canopy.

• Mediterranean Water Shrew Neomys anomalus

  The Mediterranean water shrew is a small shrew associated with water. Its dark back and white underside stand out, while its close relative can look almost identical.

• Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis

  This small Malagasy bird's male turns vermilion during the breeding season. It hangs a ball-shaped nest woven from leaves high in a tree.

• Common Malacomys Malacomys longipes

  The Common Malacomys has long hind feet and a tail longer than its head and body. An identification key that includes records from Rwanda's forests summarizes it as often found near water.

• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus

  The Olive-backed Oriole lives in semi-open woodland and eucalypt forest. It has an olive back, red eye, and streaked pale underparts.

• Australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni

  The Australian snubfin dolphin has a rounded head and no beak, and lives in shallow coastal waters of northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea.

• Scarlet-horned Manakin Ceratopipra cornuta

  A manakin of humid forests in northern South America. Males and females differ in head plumage, and males display in small groups.