Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mangrove Robin Peneoenanthe pulverulenta

  

  The Mangrove Robin is a grey robin known from coastal forests of New Guinea and northern Australia. A study in Australia's Northern Territory also reported a breeding population in wetland vegetation away from mangroves.

• American Water Shrew Sorex palustris

  

  The American water shrew ranges from Alaska and Canada to northern mountain regions of the United States. Near streams and lakes, it dives to search for aquatic insects.

• Lesser Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea minor

  

  The Lesser Bird of Paradise lives in forests of northwestern New Guinea. Males court females with vivid colors and long ornamental plumes.

• Bay Duiker Cephalophus dorsalis

  

  The Bay Duiker is a forest antelope with a chestnut body, black legs, and a dark line along its back. It is mainly nocturnal and is associated with lowland tropical forest.

• Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

  

  An Australian stilt that gathers at salt lakes filled by rain. In breeding plumage, a chestnut band stands out across the breast.

• Chinese Hare Lepus sinensis

  

  This hare occurs in southeastern China and Taiwan. Its account describes chestnut fur, triangular black ear tips, and records at grassland edges and scrubby hillsides.

• American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

  A swallow that builds gourd-shaped mud nests in colonies on cliffs and beneath bridges.

• Tammar wallaby Notamacropus eugenii

  A grass-eating wallaby with large ears and a long tail.

• Nicobar Scops Owl Otus alius

  This scops owl is from the Nicobar Islands. The original description is based on specimens from Campbell Bay on Great Nicobar Island. Reports describe coastal forest and prey found in specimens, but ecological information remains limited.

• 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.

• Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis

  The southern form lives on lakes in Argentina and Chile, eating small aquatic animals.

• Napo Saki Pithecia napensis

  The Napo saki is a saki monkey of northwestern South American forests. Its long, coarse coat mixes gray, cream, and black hairs. A survey in northern Peru recorded it in both flooded forest and terra firme forest.

• Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola

  The Collared Pratincole flies swiftly and catches insects on the wing in morning and evening flocks. It nests colonially on dry mud near water during breeding.

• Père David's Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) davidianus

  Père David's rock squirrel is a diurnal squirrel of rocky habitats in China. Pale eye-rings are distinctive, and it burrows under rocks and stores seeds.

• Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens

  This highland bird has gray-brown plumage, a white eyebrow and belly, and a soft orange wash on the chest. It often searches for food on the ground, and the male's song is another feature.

• Long-clawed Marsupial Mouse Neophascogale lorentzii

  This marsupial lives in New Guinea's montane forests. A local field guide describes a pointed snout, thick bronze-tipped fur, and a bushy tail. Researchers note that much of its natural history remains poorly known.

• Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris

  This rail stands out for its gray head and neck, russet-brown breast and wings, and long yellow bill. It uses wet forest and stream edges, feeding on mollusks, frogs, fruit, seeds, and other small prey.

• California Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus californicus

  This small rodent is known for white, grooved spines on its rump and a tufted tail. At night it carries seeds in its cheek pouches and stores them in burrows.

• Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae

  This small barbet is recorded in miombo woodland on Angola's interior plateau. It has a brown body, a pale yellow face, and similar-looking sexes.

• Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sedulus

  The lesser woolly horseshoe bat is recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Few specimens are known, but it has been reported roosting in a culvert at a Malaysian national park.

• White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis

  The White-headed Vanga is endemic to Madagascar. The male has a white head and underside with green-glossed black upperparts, and searches for food on forest branches.

• Alston's Brown Mouse Scotinomys teguina

  This small mouse lives in Central American mountain forests. It is active by day and feeds on small invertebrates on the forest floor.

• Purple-bearded Bee-eater Meropogon forsteni

  The Purple-bearded Bee-eater occurs only on Sulawesi. Adult males have long purple throat feathers that hang like a beard.

• Antelope Rat Tatera indica

  This large gerbil has reddish fur and a black tail tip. It burrows in dry plains and eats plants and insects.