Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern pygmy marmoset Cebuella pygmaea

  

  A very small tree-climbing monkey of the upper Amazon basin.

• Tibetan Sand Plover Charadrius atrifrons

  This plover breeds in Asian mountains and plateaus and winters along the coasts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa. In breeding plumage it has an orange breast and clean white flanks.

• Tarabul's Gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) tarabuli

  Tarabul's gerbil is a nocturnal desert rodent that eats dry seeds. The study describes it as independent of drinking water and reliant on water produced through metabolism.

• Madagascar Red Owl Tyto soumagnei

  The Madagascar red owl is nocturnal, with reddish-brown plumage marked by black spots. It also occurs near forest edges and farmland on Madagascar.

• Fulvus Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros fulvus

  The fulvous leaf-nosed bat is a small bat found across much of southern Asia. It rests in caves, burrows, or other roosts by day and searches for insects at night.

• Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus

  The Southern Brown-throated Weaver builds its nest in reedbeds by water. The breeding male is bright yellow with a chestnut face and throat.

• Forest Shrew Myosorex varius

  The forest shrew is a small gray-to-brown shrew. It searches for insects and other small invertebrates in moist, densely vegetated places.

• Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes

  A penguin recognized by its yellow eyes and head band, it catches fish and squid near the seafloor.

• Parma wallaby Notamacropus parma

  A wallaby that rests in thickets by day and feeds on grasses at night.

• Pampas Meadowlark Leistes defilippii

  The Pampas Meadowlark is a grassland bird with a short bill and tail and vivid red plumage. A study in Argentina's southern Pampas found that its use of grasslands changes between breeding and non-breeding seasons.

• Kultarr Antechinomys laniger

  The kultarr is a nocturnal marsupial of Australia's arid and semi-arid regions. It bounds on long hind feet and feeds mainly on insects and spiders.

• Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata

  The Sickle-billed Vanga is a black-and-white bird with a long, slender bill that curves down. It searches among branches for food in Madagascar's forest and savanna habitats.

• Common Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops bonariensis

  The common dwarf bonneted bat has a broad, flat muzzle and large rounded ears. It leaves its roost after sunset and catches insects in flight.

• Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis

  A seabird of the northern Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. It glides over open water and gathers on coastal cliffs to breed.

• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus

  A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.

• Green Figbird Sphecotheres viridis

  The Green Figbird lives on Timor and the nearby islands of Rote and Semau. Its black head, red skin around the eyes, and yellow throat and belly stand out.

• Malayan Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus malayanus

  The Malayan horseshoe bat is a small horseshoe bat. Its back ranges from brown to reddish brown, and studies report geographic variation in the frequency of its echolocation calls.

• White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria

  The White-bellied Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the open ocean. It glides low over the sea and breeds on the Kermadec Islands and Lord Howe Island in the New Zealand region.

• Merriam's Piñon Mouse Peromyscus gratus

  This mouse has brown fur with ochre tones on its back. It ranges from the southwestern United States into interior Mexico, with records in high-elevation pine forest.

• Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas

  This bush-shrike occurs in montane forest of the Albertine Rift. This entry follows the catalogue treatment of Laniarius holomelas.

• Indian hare Lepus nigricollis

  The Indian hare is a hare of grasslands, scrub and other open habitats in India and Sri Lanka.

• Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa

  Its blackish-brown breast has pale scaling, and it has a white eye with dark wings and tail. In Central African moist shrubland it is usually seen in pairs or small groups and eats invertebrates and fruit.

• Kod-kod Leopardus guigna

  The kod-kod is a small wild cat of forests in central and southern Chile and southwestern Argentina. It climbs well and is mostly solitary.

• Thick-billed Berrypecker Rhamphocharis crassirostris

  The Thick-billed Berrypecker is a berrypecker described from the Arfak Mountains of north-western New Guinea. The early description of the adult male records olive-green upperparts and pearly-grey underparts. The species account classifies it as a forest-dwelling fruit eater.