Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii

  

  A meat-eating marsupial of Tasmania, with a stocky body, a broad head and mostly black fur.

• Gray Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis

  This trembler occurs on Martinique and Saint Lucia. The Martinique source describes it in humid forest and gives a length of about 23–26 cm.

• Philippine Brown Deer Rusa marianna

  This deer lives in the Philippines, including mountain and mossy forests. Young animals have pale spots on their backs and sides.

• Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor

  Its sandy plumage, long legs, and black-and-white eye stripe are distinctive. It runs over dry, open ground while searching for small invertebrates.

• Speke's Gazelle Gazella spekei

  Speke's gazelle is a small gazelle with a black stripe and pale band along its flank. On Somalia's semi-desert plateaus, it responds to danger by leaping high with an arched back.

• Puaiohi Myadestes palmeri

  This thrush is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi. It lives in remote forest ravines, and its main foods vary with the season.

• Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum Thylamys macrurus

  This small opossum is known from eastern Paraguay and adjacent central-western Brazil. Its mid-back is darker, becoming paler toward the flanks and belly.

• Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus

  Male Purple Honeycreepers are blue to purple with bright yellow legs, while females have greenish and brown streaked plumage. They feed on nectar, fruits, and insects, often in the canopy.

• Coastal Black-handed Titi Callicebus melanochir

  This titi monkey lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, forming pairs in which males carry the young.

• Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus

  The Black-faced Woodswallow occurs in Australian grasslands and open woodland. Its black face and grey body stand out, and it catches insects while flying.

• Black-eared Squirrel Nannosciurus melanotis

  A juvenile found in West Kalimantan had a pale-gray back with black, buff, and whitish facial stripes. A nest was found among branches in nearby lowland heath forest.

• Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus

  A bird of grassland and wetland edges that weaves hanging nests from plant fibres.

• Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys microps

  A narrow face and small ears frame the gray-brown back and white underside of this kangaroo rat. It is semi-fossorial and nocturnal, with a range across dry country in the western United States.

• Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla

  The Black-capped Vireo is a small bird that moves between breeding and wintering areas. Adult males have black caps, while females have olive-colored heads; both forage for insects and spiders among leaves.

• Red-necked wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus

  Recognized by reddish fur on the neck and shoulders, it rests under cover and grazes in nearby open areas.

• American Barn Owl Tyto furcata

  The American Barn Owl occurs across the Americas. It flies over open ground at night, searching for small mammals.

• White-lined Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus lineatus

  The white-lined broad-nosed bat is a South American bat marked by a white stripe on its back. It is nocturnal and mainly eats fruit.

• Dusky Robin Melanodryas vittata

  This robin is endemic to Tasmania, where it occurs in eucalypt forest, woodland, and coastal heath. It is plain brown compared with the other local robins.

• Lyle's Flying Fox Pteropus lylei

  Lyle's flying fox is a Southeast Asian bat that roosts in large groups high in trees by day and flies out at night to find fruit and other foods.

• Adélie penguin Pygoscelis adeliae

  A penguin that breeds along the Antarctic coast, recognised by a white ring around each eye.

• Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus

  A hare of North America’s boreal forests, it changes coat color with the seasons. Its large hind feet help it stay atop the snow.

• Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus

  Males and females have different plumage: males are black-and-pale-grey barred, while females are rufous. Pairs move through low trees in search of small arthropods.

• Blyth's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus lepidus

  Blyth's horseshoe bat has dense fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It hunts insects in mature forests and roosts in hollows and tunnels.

• Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus

  This sparrow appears in wooded country, farmland, and gardens. It searches for food on the ground and may flock with other seed-eating birds.