Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei

  

  The Red-faced Guan is a large bird of mountain forests in southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It has red bare facial skin and a red throat wattle.

• Spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus

  

  A quoll with white spots extending onto its tail.

• Northern boobook Ninox japonica

  

  An owl of woodland with large trees that hunts insects at night.

• Lesser Grison Galictis cuja

  

  The lesser grison is a slender mustelid found in parts of South America. It has a yellowish-brown back, a darker underside and a pale facial band whose pattern varies among individuals.

• Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

  

  A shallow-water bird that forages with a slender upcurved bill.

• Long-clawed Mole mouse Geoxus valdivianus

  

  The long-clawed mole mouse is a small rodent with tiny eyes and ears and long foreclaws. The forest-dwelling nominate form in southern Chile is nocturnal and uses both underground spaces and leaf litter.

• Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus

  The Loggerhead Shrike hunts in open brushy country. It scans from exposed perches and may impale captured prey on thorns or barbed wire.

• Northeast African Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) cahirinus

  The Northeast African Spiny Mouse has a yellow-brown back with stiff, spine-like hairs from the shoulders to the rump and a white underside. It uses rocky shelters; along Egypt's Nile Valley it has also been recorded in buildings and tombs.

• Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis

  This flycatcher inhabits thorn forest and woodland on the Yucatan Peninsula. A Mexican field guide notes its dull wing markings and calls as identification features.

• Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus illigeri

  This saddle-back tamarin lives in lowland forests of Peru. Its mottled back, black crown, and reddish-orange rump help describe its appearance.

• Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus

  The male has deep blue upperparts and an orange throat and breast. In lowland forest understory, it catches flying insects in short sallies from a low perch.

• Mauritian fruit bat Pteropus niger

  The Mauritian fruit bat is a large fruit-eating bat with golden fur, endemic to Mauritius.

• Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis

  This parrotbill stands out for its oversized orange bill, gray head, and black brow and throat.

• Tickell's Bat Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tickelli

  This bat draws attention with fur ranging from grayish yellow to golden brown and a broad, swollen muzzle. It is recorded from South Asia into Southeast Asia.

• White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica

  A broad white rump stands out against its black upperparts, which may shine blue. It catches insects high over forested hills.

• Black-capped Marmot Marmota (Marmota) camtschatica

  The black-capped marmot burrows and lives in family groups in cold mountains and tundra, spending much of the year hibernating.

• Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis

  The Grey-headed Batis has a pale grey crown through much of its range. It lives in semi-arid savanna and gleans ants and other insects from leaves.

• Banteng Bos javanicus

  A wild cattle species also called tembadau on Borneo. Its appearance differs by sex and age.

• Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus

  The Chestnut-capped Puffbird is marked by a chestnut crown, a pale eyebrow, and a white stripe across its dark face. It waits quietly in waterside thickets before darting out for prey.

• White-browed Titi Monkey Plecturocebus discolor

  This white-browed titi is reported from southern Colombia through Ecuador to Peru. It has a white band across the forehead.

• Ceylon Bush-Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri

  This bush-warbler lives in the mountains of Sri Lanka. It stays among low vegetation in damp forest and bamboo.

• Least Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pusillus

  This small horseshoe bat has a broad noseleaf and brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and similar places.

• Wagler's Toucanet Aulacorhynchus wagleri

  This toucanet occurs in Mexico. Its yellowish-white forehead meets an olive crown, and the underparts are pale blue-green. Species accounts report fruit eating in montane forest and related wooded habitats.

• Antelope Rabbit Lepus callotis

  This jackrabbit lives in high plateau grasslands of southwestern New Mexico and northern and central Mexico. It mainly eats grasses, and its white flanks are a useful field mark.