Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Giant Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ingens

  This rodent has large hind feet and cheek pouches, with a long tail that helps it balance. It lives in dry grassland burrows and gathers seeds.

• Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata

  For the nominate subspecies described in the Ehime account, chestnut ear patches and bands across the breast are distinctive. It breeds in Japanese grassland and uses grassy riverbanks and rice-field areas in Ehime during winter.

• Malbrouck Chlorocebus cynosuros

  This savanna monkey occurs in central and southern Africa. Its species profile highlights open woodland with grasses and also lists riverine and marsh forests and human-modified areas.

• Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus

  It breeds in the Arctic and subarctic of North America, migrates south, and winters in South America. It probes for food in freshwater wetlands.

• Northern Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) americana

  The Northern Three-striped Opossum has three black lines on its back. Close relatives share the same pattern, so appearance alone may not distinguish them.

• Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor

  The Variable Oystercatcher is a coastal bird endemic to New Zealand. Its plumage ranges from all black to pied, but these forms are variation within one species.

• Black-tailed prairie dog Cynomys (Cynomys) ludovicianus

  A ground squirrel of North American grasslands. It digs underground tunnels and chambers and lives in colonies.

• Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis

  Blue on the wings and tail becomes more visible in flight. A purple-blue breast and olive back help distinguish the Indochinese Roller.

• Dwarf Little Fruit Bat Rhinophylla pumilio

  A small fruit-eating bat widespread in northern South America. It lacks a tail and uses folded leaves as daytime roost tents.

• Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis

  The Blue-billed Duck is a compact diving duck adapted to life on water. Males stand out with bright blue bills and chestnut plumage.

• Black Jackrabbit Lepus insularis

  The Black Jackrabbit is native to Espiritu Santo Island, Mexico. It is recorded in dry valleys and lower slopes with shrubs and cacti, and its glossy black back is especially distinctive.

• Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla

  This small bird occurs in Africa. It has a pale-grey back, chestnut ear-coverts and breast band, while the forehead and crown vary from grey to chestnut.

• Bryant's Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) bryanti

  Its range extends from coastal California to the southern tip of Baja California and includes islands. A California study recorded it on a boulder-strewn hill.

• Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor

  A parrotbill of the highlands around the Himalayas. Its stout yellow bill and arched black eyebrow help identify it.

• Hammer-headed Fruit Bat Hypsignathus monstrosus

  Mature males have a large, square head. The fruit-eating bat lives in central African forests and feeds mainly on figs.

• Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha

  A small bird recorded in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Males and females have different patterns on the chest and wings.

• Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis

  A common wallaby of northern Australia, with sandy fur and distinctive facial and thigh stripes.

• Great Bustard Otis tarda

  The Great Bustard is a large bird of open grassland and farmland. Males and females differ in plumage and display.

• Little Long-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis dolichura

  This small marsupial has a tail longer than its body. It lives in two separated parts of southwestern Australia, in dry woodland and shrubland.

• Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps

  It has a blue-grey crown and lores, glossy black upperparts and throat, a white breast, buff belly, and red bill. In West African forest it forages in small, noisy flocks.

• Black Uakari Cacajao melanocephalus

  The black uakari has a bare black face and lives in forests along rivers in the northern Amazon. Its back color varies between subspecies.

• Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata

  The Karoo Long-billed Lark lives in dry shrubland in southern Africa. It searches the ground with its long, slightly decurved bill; plumage tone and streaking vary by region.

• White-lipped Deer Cervus albirostris

  The white-lipped deer lives in high country of the Tibetan Plateau. White markings around the muzzle and throat and broad hooves are distinctive.