Meet the world’s animals.

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• Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides

  

  Adults are black with red eyes and a short, square tail. They nest in tree holes, cliffs, or buildings and occur on New Guinea and nearby island groups.

• Swamp Rat Scapteromys tumidus

  

  This strong swimmer lives in wetlands in Uruguay and southern Brazil. Its partly webbed hind feet help it move around water.

• Caucasian Black Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi

  

  The Caucasian Black Grouse inhabits meadows near the forest line in the Caucasus Mountains. Males and females differ in plumage and tail shape.

• Coimbra Filho's Titi Callicebus coimbrai

  

  Black forehead, crown and ears set off the striped front half of this titi monkey's back. One group studied in a southern Sergipe forest fragment fed more during the wet season and rested more during the dry season. Its Atlantic Forest range includes Sergipe and northern coastal Bahia.

• Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes

  

  In Hong Kong this small warbler is a common winter visitor to dense vegetation in open-canopy places. It also breeds in montane scrub there.

• Black-flanked Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis

  

  The black-flanked rock wallaby lives among rocky outcrops in western and south-central Australia. A dark flank stripe and use of rock crevices are characteristic.

• Little Crake Zapornia parva

  The Little Crake is a small, secretive wetland bird. In Bulgaria its breeding sites are scattered, mainly in marshes along the Danube and the Black Sea coast.

• Audubon's Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii

  Audubon's cottontail is a rabbit with a fluffy white tail. It hides among brush in dry regions.

• European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis

  A woodpecker found in lowland Britain. It has a green body and red crown, and searches the ground for ants.

• Oriental Serotine Eptesicus (Cnephaeus) pachyomus

  Its back is dark grayish brown to dark brown with pale hair tips, and its underside is lighter. Records include India, Nepal, and Bhutan; the species account also lists moist forest, dry dipterocarp forest, and human-modified habitats.

• Western Striolated Puffbird Nystalus obamai

  The Western Striolated Puffbird ranges from western Amazonia into the Andean foothills. Its crown spots are concentrated toward the front, and it has a pale ochre nape collar.

• Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew Crocidura shantungensis

  The Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew is recorded across parts of East Asia. A study found size differences between island and mainland samples.

• Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima

  Found from Mexico to Panama, this bird occurs in damp cloud forest and woodland edges. Males are mainly blue and orange, while females are mainly green.

• Buffon's Kob Kobus kob

  The kob is an African antelope of grasslands and wetlands, feeding on grasses and reeds.

• Canvasback Aythya valisineria

  A diving duck that breeds on North American lakes and marshes. In winter it gathers on fresh and coastal waters to find aquatic plant roots and tubers.

• White-winged Vampire Bat Diaemus youngii

  This bat has records from the southern Amazon region of Brazil. Reports describe tree cavities and caves as roosts, although cave records are relatively uncommon.

• Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus bernsteinii

  This 28–29 cm dove is active by day and eats fruit in forests and hills on Halmahera.

• Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

  A bat with a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf; British accounts describe roosts in caves and buildings.

• Tinkling Shieldbill Peltops montanus

  The Tinkling Shieldbill lives in the mountain forests of New Guinea. Its glossy blue-black body has striking white markings and a red rump, and it catches insects from high perches.

• Pale Kangaroo Mouse Microdipodops pallidus

  The pale kangaroo mouse is a small rodent with pale fur and long hind legs. It hops on its hind feet at night and carries seeds to its burrow.

• Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda

  The Stripe-chested Antwren is sexually dimorphic and forages in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes. It is often associated with bamboo patches; its northern Amazonian occurrence is local.

• Sandhill Dunnart Sminthopsis psammophila

  The sandhill dunnart is a marsupial of arid Australia. Its back is gray to buff, its underside is white, and its tail has stiff black hairs near the tip. It has been recorded in patches of vegetation on sand dunes and sandplains.

• Black-billed Brush-turkey Talegalla fuscirostris

  The Black-billed Brushturkey lives in lowland forests of New Guinea. Its black bill helps distinguish it from the very similar Red-billed Brushturkey.

• Mantled guereza Colobus guereza

  An African forest monkey with long white fringes that feeds mainly on leaves.