Meet the world’s animals.

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• Palau Fantail Rhipidura lepida

  

  This fantail occurs in the understory of the Palau Islands. In the 1951 account, it foraged through brush alone or in pairs.

• Mehely's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mehelyi

  Mehely's horseshoe bat has a patchy Mediterranean range, roosts in caves and feeds mostly on moths.

• Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola

  The Masked Gnatcatcher searches woodland and scrub for small insects. Males have a black facial mask; females have a white eye-ring and cheeks.

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat Diphylla ecaudata

  A tailless, dark brown bat that mainly lives in forests. It roosts in caves and other shelters and is known for feeding on bird blood.

• Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus

  The Cinnamon Bittern is a small heron with cinnamon-colored plumage. It has been recorded breeding in reedbeds in Hong Kong.

• Common Malacomys Malacomys longipes

  The Common Malacomys has long hind feet and a tail longer than its head and body. An identification key that includes records from Rwanda's forests summarizes it as often found near water.

• Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris

  The Yellow-bellied Warbler is a small bird of Southeast Asian forest and bamboo. Its yellow belly and white eyebrow are distinctive.

• Smoky Shrew Sorex fumeus

  The Smoky Shrew changes coat color with the seasons. It stays active year-round on the forest floor and feeds on insects, spiders, and worms.

• Chestnut-crowned Gnateater Conopophaga castaneiceps

  Males have a chestnut head and a white plume behind the eye; females also have a white postocular plume, with chestnut on the forehead and throat. It forages near the ground in humid montane forest.

• Desert Hare Lepus tibetanus

  The desert hare has sandy fur and long ears and feeds on plants in steppe, desert and semi-desert habitats.

• African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis

  A small gray-brown owl that blends into tree trunks, it is active at night. It uses wooded areas and dry savannas where trees provide cavities.

• Big Lutrine Opossum Lutreolina crassicaudata

  The big lutrine opossum is a marsupial found in scattered parts of South America. It can swim, but it is not specialized for an aquatic life.

• Palawan Frogmouth Batrachostomus chaseni

  This frogmouth inhabits lowland forest on Palawan. Males are gray-brown and finely speckled; females are more rufous and less patterned.

• Emilia's Marmoset Mico emiliae

  Emilia's Marmoset is a small monkey marked by a blackish crown, white brow, grayish-brown back, and black tail. A survey in the southern Brazilian Amazon recorded it in regenerating areas with many lianas.

• Ecuadorian Seedeater Amaurospiza aequatorialis

  This bird is recorded in bamboo stands in Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Recent Ecuadorian and Peruvian records describe feeding on seeds and insects in bamboo.

• Dusky Pademelon Thylogale brunii

  This is a small member of the kangaroo family, with large ears, strong hind legs, and a short, thick tail. It is mainly active at night and eats plants such as grasses and young shoots.

• Azure-naped Jay Cyanocorax heilprini

  The Azure-naped Jay is a large jay of lowland northern South America. Its blue-grey body contrasts with a pale sky-blue nape and white-tipped tail feathers.

• Chestnut-bellied Titi Plecturocebus caligatus

  The Chestnut-bellied Titi is a small Amazon lowland monkey with reddish chestnut fur across its chest and belly.

• Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus

  The Yellow-billed Cacique ranges from Mexico through Central America into northwestern South America. It lives in thickets and bamboo near forest edges.

• San Quintin Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys gravipes

  The San Quintín kangaroo rat lives on a small coastal plain in Baja California, Mexico. It was rediscovered in 2017, and later surveys confirmed its presence.

• Amazonian Antpitta Myrmothera berlepschi

  The Amazonian Antpitta is a lowland-forest bird. In the Peru account, olive upperparts contrast with rusty sides of the head, breast and flanks.

• Douglas's Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii

  In conifer forests it eats seeds and fungi and stores food. It does not hibernate and remains active through the year.

• Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis

  The Mariqua Sunbird shows strong differences in plumage between males and females. It feeds on nectar and uses dry acacia savanna and other wooded habitats.

• Bristly Mouse Neacomys spinosus

  The bristly mouse occurs in Amazonian forests of South America, from lowland evergreen forest to montane forest.