Meet the world’s animals.

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• Scripps's Murrelet Synthliboramphus scrippsi

  

  This small seabird breeds on islands off California and Mexico. Outside the breeding period it stays at sea, diving for small fish and crustaceans.

• Shrew-faced Squirrel Rhinosciurus laticaudatus

  

  This squirrel is recognized by its long snout and pale sides. It searches the forest floor for insects and earthworms.

• Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri

  

  Major Mitchell's Cockatoo is a white and pink cockatoo with a large crest. When raised, the crest shows red-pink and orange bands. The bird lives in Australia's dry interior.

• Wild Yak Bos mutus

  

  A wild yak of the high Tibetan Plateau, it is a species distinct from the domestic yak.

• Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta

  

  Rock Ptarmigan live in Arctic and alpine habitats and change plumage with the seasons. The population in Japan is the subspecies known as the Japanese Rock Ptarmigan.

• Prince Bernhard's titi Plecturocebus bernhardi

  

  Prince Bernhard's titi is a small monkey studied in forest in Rondônia, Brazil. Groups of two to four were observed at one remnant, and sampled animals had continuous orange fur across the chest and limbs.

• Echo Parakeet Psittacula eques

  This green parrot lives on Mauritius. It eats flowers, leaves, and fruit, and nests in cavities in large trees.

• Thomas's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus thomasi

  Thomas's horseshoe bat has russet-tinged brown fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It roosts in cave colonies and is recorded from southern China and mainland Southeast Asia.

• White-billed Crow Corvus woodfordi

  The White-billed Crow has a large pale bill with a dark tip and glossy black plumage with a green sheen. It moves through rainforest singly, in pairs, or in small groups.

• Forest Rabbit Sylvilagus brasiliensis

  This rabbit was reassessed using a neotype from Pernambuco. Older, broad South American records are not carried forward as confirmed range for this taxon; this account stays with documented coastal-forest evidence.

• Sierra Madre Sparrow Xenospiza baileyi

  This grassland bird is endemic to Mexico. At La Cima, a field study recorded it in subalpine bunchgrass meadows within pine woodland.

• Honduran Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira hondurensis

  This bat is recorded from Mexico to northern Nicaragua. Its fur is dark gray to dark brown, with a paler underside. Many individuals, especially adult males, have reddish or yellow shoulder patches. It mainly eats fruit.

• Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

  A fox-brown bird with dark streaks, bright yellow eyes, and a long bill.

• Visayan spotted deer Rusa alfredi

  The Visayan spotted deer is a small deer with pale spots on a dark coat. It is native to a few islands in the central Philippines.

• African Piculet Sasia africana

  A tiny woodpecker of humid forests in western, central, and eastern Africa. It searches low forest layers for wood-boring beetle larvae and other insects.

• Cinereus Shrew Sorex cinereus

  The cinereus shrew is widespread in northern North America and is often found in moist places such as forests and river or lake edges. It is active at night and feeds mainly on invertebrates.

• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus

  The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide occurs in Asia, mainly along the Himalayan foothills. Its orange forehead and rump stand out, and it feeds on beeswax and insects.

• San Joaquin Pocket Mouse Perognathus inornatus

  The San Joaquin pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches. It searches for food on the ground at night and stays in a burrow by day.

• Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus

  It occurs in northern Australia. Several birds were confirmed in Queensland in 2020 outside its previously documented range. Much of its ecology remains poorly known.

• Derby's Woolly Opossum Caluromys derbianus

  This tree-dwelling marsupial has a long, bushy tail, a reddish-brown back, a pale underside, and a dark stripe on its face.

• Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus

  This sandgrouse has sandy plumage crossed by dark bands. It occurs in dry savanna and cultivated areas, alone in pairs or small groups.

• Sabah Grizzled Langur Presbytis sabana

  The Sabah grizzled langur occurs in Sabah in northeastern Borneo. It is currently treated as Presbytis sabana, while some descriptions of its appearance and ecology were published under the older name Presbytis hosei sabana.

• American White Ibis Eudocimus albus

  This wading bird has a white body, long red bill, and red legs. It probes shallow water and mud for small animals.

• Monjon Petrogale burbidgei

  A small wallaby of rocky areas in northwestern Australia, with mottled fur and a reddish patch around the eye.