Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black Crested Mangabey Lophocebus aterrimus

  

  The black-crested mangabey has a black coat, grey cheek whiskers, and a narrow crown tuft. It searches for fruit and seeds in the middle and upper forest canopy and seldom descends to the ground.

• Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi

  The Clay-colored Robin is a thrush widespread in Central America. It visits forest edges, plantations, and gardens, where it eats fruit and small animals.

• Red-handed tamarin Saguinus midas

  A small forest monkey of northern South America with brightly coloured hands and feet.

• Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea

  This whydah occurs in Africa. Breeding males grow long tails and lay eggs in the nests of small finches.

• Tolai hare Lepus tolai

  The tolai hare is a small hare with long ears and legs; it feeds on grasses and shrubs.

• Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii

  Abdim's Stork occurs in eastern and southern Africa. It eats insects, and some populations move south after breeding.

• Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus

  The Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat ranges from South and Southeast Asia through Australia to islands of the western Pacific. It is an insect-eating bat active at night that roosts in tree hollows and rock crevices.

• Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra

  The Black Berrypecker lives in forests on New Guinea. Adult males are glossy blue-black, while females are olive-colored. It eats small berries as well as insects and spiders.

• Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) scalops

  A small marsupial with a red head and a short tail. It is thought to live on the ground and be active at night.

• Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa

  The Sinaloa Wren is associated with tropical dry forest along Mexico’s Pacific slope. A 2022 study examined geographic and environmental differences among its subspecies.

• Common Dwarf Brocket Mazama chunyi

  This small deer has records in Bolivia’s mountain region. A study reported it from high grasslands and Polylepis elfin forest down to lower sub-Andean forest.

• New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae

  The New Zealand Scaup is a diving duck. Large flocks can gather along lakeshores, sometimes close to people.

• Milton's Titi Plecturocebus miltoni

  This southern Amazonian titi monkey was described in 2014 as Callicebus miltoni; the current genus used here is Plecturocebus. Its most distinctive pattern combines a pale forehead stripe, dark orange-brown sideburns and throat, a dark gray upper body, and an orange tail.

• Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus

  This small tapaculo lives year-round in the Andean-Patagonian forest of northwestern Patagonia. It uses humid forest, forest transitions, and dense marsh vegetation.

• Russet Ground Squirrel Spermophilus major

  The russet ground squirrel digs burrows in grassland and river valleys. It forages by day and hibernates in winter.

• Rufous-rumped Antwren Euchrepomis callinota

  This small antwren lives in the canopy and edges of montane evergreen forest in Central and South America. The male has a black head, pale eyebrow, olive back, and rufous rump.

• Allied Rock Wallaby Petrogale assimilis

  The allied rock-wallaby lives on rocky terrain in northern Queensland, Australia. It forages at night and shelters under rocks during the day.

• Pale-headed Jacamar Brachygalba goeringi

  The Pale-headed Jacamar inhabits open woodland in north-western South America. It watches for flying insects from a perch and darts out to catch them.

• Desert Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys deserti

  The desert kangaroo rat digs burrows among the dunes of arid southwestern North America and is mainly active at night.

• Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata

  Its bright orange breast and eyebrow contrast with a white throat and streaked brown back. It breeds in high-altitude forest and descends to lower scrub in winter.

• Lesser Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia minor

  The lesser naked-backed fruit bat is a fruit bat recorded on New Guinea and nearby islands. Its wing membranes are visible across the back; the treatment considers a Sulawesi record uncertain.

• Red-footed booby Sula sula

  A red-footed booby that nests in trees and shrubs on tropical islands.

• Beech Marten Martes foina

  A marten found across much of Europe and Central Asia; many individuals have a pale streak on the chest.

• Clicking Shieldbill Peltops blainvillii

  The Clicking Shieldbill lives in lowland New Guinea forest and also uses clearings and gardens. It waits on a perch before sallying after flying insects.