Meet the world’s animals.

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• Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius

  

  Females are larger and more colorful than males. In forest and woodland, birds scratch the leaf litter in a spinning motion to find seeds, insects, fruit, and leaves.

• Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris relicta

  

  Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat was described from southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania, and was later recorded in Zimbabwe.

• Taiwan Barwing Actinodura morrisoniana

  

  The Taiwan Barwing is endemic to Taiwan and lives in broadleaf and mixed forests at about 1,300–2,500 m.

• Little Woolly Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Micoureus) phaea

  

  It has a brown back, a cream-to-orange underside, and white spots at the tip of its tail. The appearance comes from one specimen report; recent taxonomic sources confirm specimens from the foothills of southwestern Colombia.

• New Zealand Plover Charadrius obscurus

  

  The northern form of this plover lives on New Zealand’s North Island. Its underside changes color with the season, and males tend to be more richly colored than females.

• Wolf's Mona Monkey Cercopithecus wolfi

  

  This monkey has a red patch in the middle of its back, a pale belly, and reddish-brown hind legs. It moves through lowland forest canopies in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

• Timor Stubtail Urosphena subulata

  The Timor Stubtail was recorded in forest on Timor, where its short tail was barely visible. A 1991 field report described chestnut upperparts and a pale eyebrow and noted that the bird was difficult to see in the undergrowth.

• Tufted Deer Elaphodus cephalophus

  Its name comes from the tuft of hair on the forehead, which can hide the small antlers of males. Its upper canine teeth are also long and tusk-like.

• Malaysian Honeyguide Indicator archipelagicus

  The Malaysian Honeyguide has dark olive-brown upperparts. A Thai account records it in evergreen forest and notes that females lack a yellow shoulder patch.

• 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.

• Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi

  This grasswren occurs in Australia's inland dune country. A 2021–2022 study reported records outside its previously known range and persistence at sites without Sandhill Canegrass.

• Common Tent-making Bat Uroderma bilobatum

  The common tent-making bat chews leaf veins to create a resting place beneath a drooping leaf. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea

  A seabird that glides low over the sea on long wings. It breeds on Mediterranean islands; around Malta, birds gather offshore in the evening during the breeding season and return to their colony after dark.

• Carmen Mountain Shrew Sorex milleri

  The Carmen Mountain shrew is a small shrew of northern Mexico's highlands. Its back is light brown, its tail is bicolored, and it has been found near logs and leaf litter in moist forest.

• Salmon-crested cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis

  A cockatoo of Indonesia’s Moluccan islands, with a salmon-coloured crest raised when excited or threatened.

• Grey Rhebok Pelea capreolus

  The rhebok is an antelope with long ears and a curly gray-brown coat. It browses in rocky uplands and grasslands.

• Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea

  The Indian Nuthatch has a gray back and chestnut underparts and lives in forests and woodland across parts of India. It is sometimes seen in pairs or family groups.

• Black-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus californicus

  A hare found from the southwestern United States into parts of Mexico, known for long ears and a black tail.

• Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata

  In a survey around Korup in southwest Cameroon, Fraser’s Forest Flycatchers were found in small groups in lowland forest and at forest edges, using the middle and upper forest layers. A bird identification account describes the head and upperparts as slate-grey.

• Spectacled Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes conspicillatus

  This small wallaby has orange rings around its dark eyes. In the dry grasslands of Australia, it hides in tall grass by day and feeds on plants at night.

• Palau Fantail Rhipidura lepida

  This fantail occurs in the understory of the Palau Islands. In the 1951 account, it foraged through brush alone or in pairs.

• Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia

  The golden lion tamarin is a small monkey recognized by its golden mane framing the face. It searches for fruit and insects in the humid forests of southeastern Brazil.

• Black-cheeked Ant Tanager Habia atrimaxillaris

  Oiseaux.net lists a length of 19 cm and a mass of 48.9 g, and gives lowland evergreen, streamside, and secondary forest as habitats. A 2023 study reports use of secondary forest for foraging and nesting on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula and nearby forests.

• Barbara Brown's Titi Callicebus barbarabrownae

  The blond titi is a titi monkey recorded in small forest patches in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia. It has pale buff fur and an orange tail.