Meet the world’s animals.

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• Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus

  

  The Large Frogmouth is the largest Asian frogmouth and hides in lowland forest. It perches on branches and catches insects.

• Blesbok Damaliscus phillipsi

  Damaliscus phillipsi is a South African antelope with reddish-brown fur and a white facial blaze usually divided by a brown band between the eyes. It feeds mainly on grass.

• Chilean Hawk Astur chilensis

  The Chilean Hawk is a raptor of forests in Chile and adjacent Andean areas. In northern Patagonia, one pair nested in the upper branches of Nothofagus trees over five breeding seasons.

• Persian Jird Meriones (Parameriones) persicus

  The Persian jird lives in dry parts of western Asia, using rocky hills and grasslands. A tuft of fur marks the tip of its tail.

• White-throated Cacholote Pseudoseisura gutturalis

  This large ovenbird family member is recorded in Argentina's dry scrub and steppe. It is grey-brown, with a white throat and long pointed tail feathers.

• Marca's Marmoset Mico marcai

  This small monkey has a white forehead patch, a reddish-brown back, and a dark tail. Small groups were recorded at a field site in Brazil.

• Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis

  This small shrike-babbler has a white eye-ring and a black border behind its yellow ear-coverts. It searches for insects in the canopy.

• Great Flying Fox Pteropus neohibernicus

  The great flying fox is a large fruit bat found on New Guinea and nearby islands. It is nocturnal and roosts in large groups high in trees.

• Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii

  This megapode has brown-to-grey plumage and bare red facial skin. In Borneo it searches on the ground and buries eggs in a mound of plant material, where heat from decomposition incubates them.

• Black-striped Wallaby Notamacropus dorsalis

  This wallaby is marked by a black stripe from its forehead down its back. It rests in dense vegetation by day and feeds on grasses and herbs at night.

• Curve-billed Tinamou Nothoprocta curvirostris

  This ground-dwelling tinamou lives in high Andean grasslands. Its curved bill and rufous underparts are distinctive.

• 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.

• Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna

  This lark inhabits dry East African savanna and scrub. It usually feeds on the ground alone or in pairs, taking insects and seeds.

• 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.

• Grey crowned crane Balearica regulorum

  An African crane with a golden crown of stiff feathers. Adults have a mainly grey body and prominent white cheeks.

• Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura seychellensis

  The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a rare bat endemic to the Seychelles. A study on Silhouette Island found it roosting in small caves among boulders in lowland woodland.

• Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris

  This small seabird lives mostly in Alaska and also in parts of Russia's Far East. The winter adult is mottled brown and white; although it lives at sea, a nest has been documented on a remote alpine ridge.

• Layard's Palm Squirrel Funambulus (Funambulus) layardi

  This squirrel occurs in forests of southern and central Sri Lanka. Three stripes along its back and a deep-red underside are distinctive.

• Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea

  This large cockatoo has a black body set off by yellow cheek and tail markings. It feeds in flocks in eucalypt woodlands and pine plantations.

• Ihering's Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) iheringi

  Ihering’s Three-striped Opossum is a small opossum with three dark lines on its back. It carries leaf litter to line a nest in soft soil and eats insects and small animals.

• Masked Trogon Trogon personatus

  Several subspecies occur in Central and South American mountains. Plumage varies by sex and region; the adult male is used as an example.

• Cross-marked Langur Presbytis chrysomelas

  This langur occurs on Borneo, and records of coat and diet vary among subspecies and study sites.

• Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

  A small bird seen in Australia and other regions, with a conspicuous white eye-ring. It eats insects, fruit and nectar.

• American badger Taxidea taxus

  A stocky badger of North America with a black-and-white face. Strong forelegs and long claws help it dig underground burrows.