Meet the world’s animals.

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• Torresian Crow Corvus orru

  

  The Torresian Crow is distinguished by glossy black plumage and a white eye.

• Robinson's Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Exulomarmosa) robinsoni

  

  Robinson's Mouse Opossum is a small marsupial with large ears and dark markings around the eyes. Current records extend from western Panama through Colombia to northern Venezuela and nearby islands.

• Brown-breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus

  

  This East African barbet occurs in coastal and riverine woodland and savanna. It has a red cap and throat, a brown upper breast, and white lower parts.

• Large North African Gerbil Dipodillus (Petteromys) campestris

  

  This large gerbil ranges across North Africa. It has reddish-brown upper fur, a white underside, and a long tail with a dark tuft. The Spanish ministry account records it in rocky and open Mediterranean habitats.

• Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi

  

  This large pitta has a green breast. It searches for invertebrates on the ground and lives in tropical forests and related habitats.

• Bornean Spotted-winged Fruit Bat Balionycteris maculata

  

  This small fruit bat has yellow spots on its wings. It lives in forests in Thailand, Malaysia, and Borneo and is usually active at night.

• South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi

  This oystercatcher is striking in black and white, with a long red bill. It occurs at estuaries across New Zealand and moves inland to South Island riverbeds and farmland to breed.

• Huemul Hippocamelus bisulcus

  The huemul is a mountain-adapted deer that lives in the Patagonian forests of Argentina and Chile.

• Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha

  The Mountain Kingfisher is a large kingfisher of New Guinea's mountain forests. It has a longer bill than its close relative, although the black marking on the upper bill is absent in the Huon Peninsula subspecies.

• Pied Tamarin Saguinus bicolor

  The pied tamarin is an arboreal monkey from around Manaus in Amazonas, Brazil. It is active by day and has conspicuous white shoulders and chest.

• Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis

  The Black-eared Catbird is a bowerbird with a green body, dark head markings, and cream-colored spots. It eats both animal and plant foods.

• Striped polecat Ictonyx striatus

  A carnivore of Africa with striking white stripes on a black body. It is active alone at night and eats small animals and insects.

• Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma

  About sparrow-sized, this seabird is entirely black with a short wedge-shaped tail. It flutters low over the sea to pick food from the surface and nests in colonies on rocky islands off western Mexico.

• Cauca Climbing Mouse Rhipidomys caucensis

  The Cauca climbing mouse is a small rodent known from the Andes of western Colombia. It has been collected in high-elevation cloud forest.

• Guianan Trogon Trogon violaceus

  Its violet-blue head and breast, green back, and yellow belly make this trogon easy to recognize. It perches high in the tropical forests of northern South America.

• Napo Saki Pithecia napensis

  The Napo saki is a saki monkey of northwestern South American forests. Its long, coarse coat mixes gray, cream, and black hairs. A survey in northern Peru recorded it in both flooded forest and terra firme forest.

• Tepui Vireo Hylophilus sclateri

  The Tepui Vireo lives in humid forest in the Pantepui region. It searches branches and leaves for small invertebrates. In a photograph of museum skins, the center of the chest and belly looks pale, with olive-green feathers visible on the throat and flanks.

• 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.

• Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius

  A large cormorant found from Australia's coasts to inland wetlands. It dives for fish and often spreads its wings to dry after fishing.

• Ursine Tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus ursinus

  This tree-kangaroo has a black back and a white tail tip. It lives in West Papua’s montane rainforest, but its wild diet is poorly known.

• Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata

  The Wattled Ibis is a large, dark ibis with a white patch on the upper wing and a throat wattle. It occurs mainly across the Ethiopian Plateau.

• 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.

• Black-faced Quail-Finch Ortygospiza atricollis

  This small bird searches grasslands for seeds, and males have a noticeable black facial mask

• Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros ater

  The Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat is a small bat that feeds on flying insects. It has a leaf-like nose structure and roosts in dark, warm caves or rock crevices.