Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sulawesi Babbler Pellorneum celebense

  

  This babbler lives in forest and surrounding habitats on Sulawesi. Its plumage varies geographically, and it forages close to the ground with a running movement.

• Cuban Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla nana

  

  The Cuban fruit-eating bat roosts in caves in Cuba. This account focuses on its Cuban cave habitat and appearance.

• Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis

  

  This leaf-warbler occurs in the East African highlands. It has olive upperparts, yellow underparts, a long tail, and a slender bill. It moves through low vegetation in montane forest and high-altitude scrub.

• Atlantic Forest Red Brocket Mazama bororo

  

  This deer lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Work around Intervales in São Paulo recorded activity from dusk into the night; two tracked females used well-preserved native vegetation.

• Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps

  

  Males are bright yellow with chestnut patches, while females are yellowish olive. Groups build woven nests and use wetlands and riparian areas.

• Common Shrew Sorex araneus

  

  The common shrew occurs from Europe east to Lake Baikal. It has a differently colored back, flanks, and underside, and searches woodland, grassland, and other habitats for invertebrates.

• Handsome Sunbird Aethopyga bella

  The Handsome Sunbird is a Philippine sunbird. Males have iridescent green on the head, while females have a yellow rump. A field study on Cebu recorded it taking nectar from forest mistletoe flowers.

• Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii

  Ord's kangaroo rat lives in dry areas of western North America and moves by hopping on long hind legs. It carries seeds in its cheek pouches and stores them in burrows.

• Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva

  The Fulvous Babbler is a resident bird of dry North African scrub. It has brown plumage, a pale neck, and a long tail.

• Guianan White-eared Opossum Didelphis imperfecta

  The Guianan white-eared opossum occurs in northern and central South America. It was separated from close relatives in a recent taxonomic split, and species-specific information on its appearance and ecology remains sparse.

• Sarus Crane Antigone antigone

  Adults are large cranes with grey bodies and wings and red heads and necks. They are usually seen in pairs or family groups.

• Oustalet's Red Colobus Piliocolobus oustaleti

  Its coat color varies by region, with the back and limbs darker than the underside. Groups in Ngotto Forest in the Central African Republic have also been observed feeding on aquatic plants.

• Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti

  The Dulit Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of a few Bornean mountain areas. Its cryptic colors blend with branches, and it nests on branches in Sarawak.

• 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.

• Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami

  The Australian Brush-turkey is a large bird with dark plumage, a bare red head, and a yellow wattle. It rakes leaf litter for food, and males use mounds of vegetation to warm the eggs.

• Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes

  The yellow-footed antechinus is a small marsupial with a gray head and shoulders and a yellow-brown to reddish body. It searches for food on the ground and in trees.

• Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix

  Males have a green, iridescent head while females are duller; they gather with other ducks in shallow water and rest on grassy banks.

• Spotted-necked Otter Hydrictis maculicollis

  A slender otter of African lakes and large rivers that catches fish in the water.

• Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis

  In the Shark Bay area of Western Australia, this grasswren uses shrublands and is recorded foraging on the ground in pairs or family groups.

• Mexican Deer Mouse Peromyscus mexicanus

  The Mexican deer mouse lives in forests of Central America. Its tail has very little hair, and coat color varies by region and season.

• Kadavu Fantail Rhipidura personata

  The Kadavu Fantail lives only on Kadavu Island in Fiji. A black crescent and inverted V across the chest, plus narrow white edges on the black outer tail feathers, help identify it. It moves actively along forest streams while catching insects.

• Herb Field Mouse Apodemus uralensis

  The herb field mouse is a small mouse recorded from central and eastern Europe east through Russia to western China. Its back is dark brown and its underside is whitish gray.

• Chatham Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis

  The Chatham Island Oystercatcher is a black-and-white shorebird found only on the Chatham Islands. Pairs defend coastal territories throughout the year.

• Cotton-top tamarin Oedipomidas oedipus

  A small monkey of northwestern Colombia, distinguished by long white hair flowing from the head toward the shoulders.