Meet the world’s animals.

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• Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi

  

  The Karoo Thrush is a thrush of dry southern African country. A research paper describes it as darker than forest-dwelling relatives, with a dusky-brown rather than white throat. It uses arid shrubland and riverine Acacia and feeds on the ground.

• Isabel's Saki Pithecia isabela

  

  A saki recorded in the Peruvian Amazon, including the Pacaya-Samiria area.

• 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.

• Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

  

  A bat with a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf; British accounts describe roosts in caves and buildings.

• Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus

  

  This small white-eye lives in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Its white eye-ring and yellow face stand out as it searches forests and shrubland for fruit, nectar, and invertebrates.

• Blanford's Fox Vulpes cana

  

  Blanford's fox is a small fox with large ears and a bushy tail. It can also climb among rocky slopes.

• Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis

  The Blue-crowned Chlorophonia is a forest bird with green plumage and a blue crown patch. The sexes differ below, and the bird feeds on berries in the canopy.

• Korean Hare Lepus coreanus

  The Korean hare has brown or grey-brown fur on its back and paler fur underneath. It uses vegetated areas from plains to mountains and is reported to feed in open places in the late afternoon or evening.

• Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus

  The male displays yellow plumes and an iridescent green breast shield in a ground court. The female is brown and looks very different.

• Indian Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros lankadiva

  This large leaf-nosed bat has fur ranging from pale cream through brown and orange to bright red. A Sri Lankan study included it among insect-eating bats recorded from natural cave populations.

• Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus

  Its head and upper neck are dusky, its throat is white, and its brown body has whitish specks on the wings and back. It lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes and usually walks alone on the forest floor.

• Brown Tent-making Bat Uroderma magnirostrum

  The brown tent-making bat eats fruit and roosts in tents made from leaves. It ranges from western Mexico to southeastern Brazil.

• St. Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae

  This plover lives only on St Helena. It has thin, long legs and remains throughout the year in open grassland and other open parts of the island.

• Eastern Roe Deer Capreolus pygargus

  The eastern roe deer lives across northern Asia and parts of central Asia. It was once treated as a subspecies of the western roe deer, but the account treats it as a distinct species.

• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii

  The male Orange-bellied Leafbird has a green body, orange underparts and a purplish-blue throat. It feeds on insects and fruit in forest from the Himalaya toward Assam.

• São Tomé Shrew Crocidura thomensis

  The São Tomé shrew is known only from São Tomé Island. It has a long snout and large ears, and field observers have seen it feeding in wet places.

• Narcondam Hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami

  This hornbill occurs only in the forests of Narcondam Island. Males and females differ in head color, and fruit is its main food.

• Trinidad Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis

  The Trinidad dog-like bat catches flying insects in cluttered vegetation. Records list several roost types, including tree hollows, caves, and houses.

• Chestnut-belted Gnateater Conopophaga aurita

  The Chestnut-belted Gnateater searches for food near the ground in tropical forest. Males have a black face and chestnut breast, while females are more subdued.

• California Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys californicus

  The California kangaroo rat has large hind feet for hopping and a long tail. It is active mainly at night and eats seeds and fruit.

• Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina

  This manakin ranges from Central America to western South America. Males court in the forest understory; a 2025 study in northwestern Ecuador found all six sampled display sites in primary forest.

• Northern Four-eyed Opossum Philander vossi

  This small opossum ranges from pale gray to black, with white spots around the eyes. A 1963 Tamaulipas account says it seemed fairly common in tropical deciduous forest at relatively low elevations along the eastern side of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

• Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus

  This sparrow is marked by its grey head and white throat, and occurs in the grasslands, farmland, and settled areas of western and central Africa.

• Sun-tailed Monkey Allochrocebus solatus

  The sun-tailed monkey lives only in the forests of central Gabon. It uses both the ground and trees and is associated with dense forest undergrowth.