Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius colma

  

  A bird that searches for food while walking on the Amazon forest floor.

• Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus ruwenzorii

  

  The Ruwenzori sun squirrel lives in mountain forests of the Albertine Rift. It uses the lower forest vegetation and eats mainly fruit.

• Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni

  

  Nelson's Sparrow is a short-tailed bird with a yellow-orange face. It breeds in northern marshes and winters in coastal marshes of the southeastern United States.

• Guianan White-eared Opossum Didelphis imperfecta

  

  The Guianan white-eared opossum occurs in northern and central South America. It was separated from close relatives in a recent taxonomic split, and species-specific information on its appearance and ecology remains sparse.

• Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi

  

  Schalow’s Turaco lives in forests of south-central Africa. It climbs and hops through the canopy and eats fruit, especially figs.

• Cheesman's gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani

  

  This gerbil blends into dry country with its sandy coat. It digs burrows in sand or rocky ground and stores food in them.

• Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccycua cinerea

  This cuckoo has a red eye ring and bluish-gray head. It uses the middle levels of trees, and breeding birds studied in native woodland in east-central Argentina nested in trees.

• Geoffroy's Rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus

  Geoffroy's rousette is a fruit-eating bat that roosts in large groups in limestone caves. It moves as fruits ripen.

• Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii

  A bird that runs through dry grassland and open woodland and feeds on insects on the ground. It occurs across much of sub-Saharan Africa.

• Père David's deer Elaphurus davidianus

  A deer native to China. After it disappeared from the wild there, reintroduction has reestablished wild populations in China.

• Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus

  The Yellow-browed Tit is a small mountain bird; the Himalayan nominate form has olive and yellow plumage.

• Black-tufted-ear marmoset Callithrix penicillata

  The black-tufted-ear marmoset is a small monkey recognized by black ear tufts and a white forehead. It is native to southeastern Brazil.

• Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus

  The Madagascar Sandgrouse feeds on seeds on dry open ground. Groups may fly to water, and males carry water to chicks in their soaked belly feathers.

• Congo Clawless Otter Aonyx congicus

  This otter has silver-tipped head and shoulder fur and a white-bordered dark facial patch. Reports document it in Congo Basin rainforest and waterways, with uncertain range edges and identification near related otters.

• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

  This thornbird is marked by a long tail and a rufous forehead. It occurs in open places with scattered trees.

• Mongolian Mountain Vole Alticola (Alticola) semicanus

  The Mongolian mountain vole lives in mountain areas from Mongolia into northern China. Its gray-brown back contrasts with a pale underside.

• Spotted Wood Quail Odontophorus guttatus

  The Spotted Wood Quail lives in forests from southeastern Mexico into Central America. It walks on the ground searching for seeds and insects.

• Uta Hick's Bearded Saki Chiropotes utahicki

  Chiropotes utahicki occurs south of the Amazon between the Xingu and Tocantins rivers in Brazil. Its beard-like facial fur and bushy tail stand out; a studied group ate mainly seeds and fruit.

• Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla

  A wren of Amazonian forest that forages alone on the forest floor. It also occurs outside Peru, including Ecuador and Brazil.

• Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura monticola

  This bat has glossy brown fur and triangular ears. It hunts insects in tropical forests and roosts in caves or tree hollows.

• Reunion Olive White-eye Zosterops olivaceus

  A white-eye endemic to Réunion, with yellow-green plumage and a conspicuous white ring around the eye.

• Japanese raccoon dog Nyctereutes viverrinus

  A member of the dog family living in and around Japanese forests.

• Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda

  The Brown Trembler inhabits forests of the Lesser Antilles. Its rounded body is rufous-brown, and it searches for food while tossing leaves.

• Northern Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea unguifera

  The northern nail-tail wallaby is a small wallaby with a claw-like projection at the tip of its tail. It is nocturnal and lives in lightly wooded and grassy places near water in northern Australia.