Meet the world’s animals.

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• Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria

  

  A large gray warbler that breeds in open country from eastern Europe into Asia, it is a rare visitor to Britain, mainly in autumn.

• Angolan colobus Colobus angolensis

  This monkey has a striking black-and-white pattern and a long tail. It moves among trees using its tail for balance and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis

  The Angola Swallow is a member of the swallow family found in the Afrotropical region. It feeds on small invertebrates while flying by day.

• Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ruwenzorii

  The Ruwenzori horseshoe bat is recorded in mountain areas of central Africa. Its noseleaf and its use of caves and similar roosts are documented in the species account.

• Grey-throated Warbler Myiothlypis cinereicollis

  This warbler is recorded in the northeastern Colombian and western Venezuelan Andes. It has olive upperparts, a yellow belly, and a grey throat and chest.

• Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) jamaicensis

  The Jamaican fruit-eating bat has pale facial stripes and a leaf-shaped noseleaf. It is active at night, eats fruit, and may fold leaves into a tent-like roost.

• Maleo Macrocephalon maleo

  The Maleo lives in Sulawesi forests. Adults have a hard black knob on the head, and eggs are buried in sand warmed by geothermal heat.

• Southern African Vlei Rat Otomys irroratus

  The southern African vlei rat lives in wetlands and grasslands in South Africa. It grips grass with its forepaws while feeding and makes runways through vegetation.

• Many-banded Aracari Pteroglossus pluricinctus

  This toucan has a long bill and a banded chest. In northwestern South America it feeds mainly on fruit and nuts, sometimes taking insects, and roosts communally in tree cavities.

• Lesser Shrew Crocidura suaveolens

  The Lesser White-toothed Shrew ranges across the Palaearctic. In AlUla, Saudi Arabia, it has been recorded at 1,040 m on Harrat Uwayrid. The regional guide reports an insect diet and nests under shelter in dry grass or leaf litter.

• Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

  The Eurasian Reed Warbler is a small bird that sings from reedbeds. It eats insects in summer and berries in autumn; many birds that breed in Britain migrate to Africa.

• Andean Cottontail Sylvilagus andinus

  The Andean cottontail is known from Ecuador's highlands, and a 2022 study confirmed records at several sites in Peru. It has long, soft fur, a reddish rump, and a pale underside.

• Jungle Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus

  The Sind Sparrow is a small sparrow of rivers and wetlands. The male has a chestnut eye-stripe, and the birds gather in reedy scrub.

• Northern Four-eyed Opossum Philander vossi

  This small opossum ranges from pale gray to black, with white spots around the eyes. A 1963 Tamaulipas account says it seemed fairly common in tropical deciduous forest at relatively low elevations along the eastern side of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

• Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera

  This bird inhabits evergreen and peat-swamp forests in Southeast Asian lowlands and hills. The cited page describes male plumage. Its diet is poorly known, and suggested insect prey is explicitly an inference.

• Andersen's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros gentilis

  This bat occurs in Southeast Asia. At Sao La Hue Nature Reserve in central Vietnam, many were observed flying over streams. A morphology study describes its noseleaf as broader than that of the related H. pomona.

• Streak-throated Canastero Asthenes humilis

  Streak-throated Canastero occurs in the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Adults have fine dark streaks on the face, throat, and upper breast, plus an orange-red chin patch. They forage on the ground among bunchgrass and scattered rocks.

• Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas

  The golden-headed lion tamarin is a small monkey with a black body and a conspicuous golden mane. It lives in small groups in forests of southeastern Brazil.

• Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida

  The Western Hooded Pitta stands out for its green and blue plumage and dark head. It lives in forests and cultivated areas, where it forages on the ground.

• Short-eared Rock Wallaby Petrogale brachyotis

  The short-eared rock wallaby has short ears and a bushy tail. It lives near rocky hills and gorges in northern Australia.

• Western Thornbill Acanthiza inornata

  The Western Thornbill is a small bird of southwestern Western Australia that searches for insects in the undergrowth. It has an olive-gray back and creamy-buff underparts.

• Pale Titi Plecturocebus pallescens

  This titi monkey occurs in parts of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil. Its pale coat and long tail are distinctive; it lives in trees and is active by day.

• Slaty-backed gull Larus schistisagus

  A large gull that breeds mainly in Hokkaido within Japan.

• San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys nitratoides

  This small kangaroo rat has powerful hind legs and lives in valleys of central California.