Meet the world’s animals.

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• Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus

  

  The grey-headed flying-fox is a large fruit bat of eastern Australia. It feeds on flowers and fruit and forms large roosts in trees.

• 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.

• North Andean Huemul Hippocamelus antisensis

  

  The North Andean huemul moves across steep Andean slopes on short, strong legs. The male’s branched antlers and dark Y-shaped facial mark are distinctive.

• Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris

  

  A black-and-white crested kingfisher of rivers and mountain lakes in Japan.

• Brown Titi Plecturocebus brunneus

  

  An arboreal monkey from Brazil's Rondônia state. Its brown back, reddish limbs and belly, and black crown help distinguish it.

• 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.

• European badger Meles meles

  A badger with a sturdy body and conspicuous black-and-white facial markings.

• Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous

  A small seabird with long wings and a deeply notched tail. It picks food from the ocean surface and nests in burrows on offshore islands.

• Delicate Pseudomys Pseudomys delicatulus

  The Delicate Pseudomys is a small mouse recorded from northern to eastern Australia. It eats grass seeds and has been reported digging simple burrows in grassy habitat.

• Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda

  This small warbler occurs on western Mediterranean islands. It moves through low scrub and catches insects and spiders.

• Siberut Langur Presbytis siberu

  This langur is endemic to Siberut Island, Indonesia, and the current MDD treats it as a separate species. It lives in trees and is active by day, though field research dedicated to the species remains limited after its separation from related forms.

• Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis

  This 12–14 cm bird inhabits high mountains in China, including conifer forest, rhododendron scrub and low shrubs.

• Leach's Single Leaf Bat Monophyllus redmani

  Leach's single leaf bat has a long muzzle and tongue. It roosts deep inside large, humid caves.

• Collared Puffbird Bucco capensis

  A forest bird with a cinnamon head, large bill, and a black collar across the neck and chest, it waits to ambush sizable prey.

• Cape Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus capensis

  Its fur is dark brown above and light gray underneath. It has a horseshoe-shaped nose leaf used in echolocation and large ears.

• Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris

  Lafresnaye's Vanga is endemic to southern and southwestern Madagascar. It searches dead wood with a thick, flattened bill and feeds on invertebrates and sometimes small chameleons.

• Peters's Sheath-tailed Bat Paremballonura atrata

  This sheath-tailed bat occurs in Madagascar. It has long, shaggy, brownish-black fur and rounded ears, and a Marojejy survey also recorded it in open habitats.

• Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia

  This lark of tropical Africa lives in open, often dry country and searches the ground for invertebrates.

• Asian Highland Shrew Suncus montanus

  This shrew is endemic to Sri Lanka, where records span montane forest and lower wet-zone hills. It forages among leaf litter, rotting logs, and streamside vegetation, mostly at night.

• Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens

  The Brown Illadopsis is a brown-toned bird that searches for insects and other invertebrates in the forest undergrowth of western and central Africa. It is often seen in pairs or small family groups.

• Water Opossum Chironectes minimus

  The water opossum is a marsupial adapted for swimming. It uses webbed hind feet and a long tail to move through water and catch small aquatic animals.

• Necklaced Barbet Psilopogon auricularis

  This barbet is recorded in the forests of Langbiang World Biosphere Reserve in Lam Dong, Vietnam. It eats mainly fruit and flowers, as well as insects.

• Wied's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset Callithrix kuhlii

  A small monkey of coastal forests in Brazil that feeds on tree sap, fruit, and insects.

• Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta

  The Shy Albatross is a large seabird that glides over the ocean on long wings and breeds on islands off Tasmania.