Meet the world’s animals.

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• Greater kudu Strepsiceros strepsiceros

  

  A striped antelope of African thickets and woodland.

• White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis

  It has blue-grey upperparts, a short tail, and orange-tinged underparts. The white on the tail can be difficult to see.

• Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros diadema

  A bat with a conspicuous leaf-shaped nose structure that roosts in tropical forests and near waterways.

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana

  This small bird has a rounded head and long tail; adults are orange-brown with rufous wing patches. It is social and uses habitats from woods and gardens to reedbeds and scrubby farmland.

• Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana

  A North American marsupial that also uses its long tail while climbing.

• White cockatoo Cacatua alba

  A cockatoo of Indonesia’s northern Moluccan islands, with white plumage and a broad crest that opens like a fan.

• Yellow-handed Titi Cheracebus lucifer

  This titi monkey lives in forests of the western Amazon. By day it moves through the trees in small family groups and feeds mainly on fruit. Hand color varies.

• White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland

  This small grebe dives for food. Breeding adults have a bold white fan of feathers on each side of the dark head.

• Peale's Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops aurispinosus

  Peale’s Free-tailed Bat is a Central and South American bat whose fur is usually dark brown but varies in shade. Its biology and distribution remain poorly known.

• Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax

  The Little Bustard lives in dry grassland and pasture. During the breeding season, a male courts a female with stamping and leaps.

• Cliff Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis

  Neotamias dorsalis ranges across the western and southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its smoky-grey back has dark stripes, and the underside is creamy white.

• Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni

  Chestnut tones on the sides of its head and wings, plus a pale shoulder bar, identify this nocturnal nightjar.

• Spiny Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus spinatus

  The spiny pocket mouse has stiff, spine-like hairs on its rump and sides. It lives in rocky desert scrub, is nocturnal, and stores seeds.

• Black-browed Babbler Malacocincla perspicillata

  This babbler was rediscovered in limestone hill forest in South Kalimantan. Observations there found it moving near the ground and eating insects and other small invertebrates. Information on its range and life remains limited.

• 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.

• Cream-striped Bulbul Ixos leucogrammicus

  The Cream-striped Bulbul lives in the foothills and lower mountains of western Sumatra. It searches for food in the middle and upper levels of forest and visits fruiting trees.

• Cuban Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla nana

  The Cuban fruit-eating bat roosts in caves in Cuba. This account focuses on its Cuban cave habitat and appearance.

• Little Buttonquail Turnix velox

  The Little Buttonquail is a small ground-dwelling bird of Australian grasslands and woodlands. In breeding plumage, the sexes differ in head pattern, and males incubate the eggs.

• Fischer's Pygmy Fruit Bat Haplonycteris fischeri

  This small, tailless bat has a darker head and cinnamon-brown fur. It lives in Philippine forests and eats fruit, including figs.

• Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens

  The Cardinal Woodpecker is a small woodpecker; males have a red area on the head. It uses wooded habitats.

• Amami Rabbit Pentalagus furnessi

  The Amami rabbit is a short-eared, short-legged rabbit found in the forests of Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima. It eats grasses, young shoots and fruit, and usually lives alone.

• Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda

  In Bolivia this warbler occurs locally along streams in forest on the lower eastern Andean slope and foothills. Its buff rump and tail base stand out as it forages near the ground by water.

• Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus fumigatus

  Rüppell's horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater. Caves and rock crevices are reported as roosts.

• Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus

  The Northern Bobwhite is a ground-dwelling bird of grasslands and woodland edges in eastern and southern North America. It hides in cover and moves in groups.