Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chestnut-capped Piha Lipaugus weberi

  

  This cotinga is known from a restricted area of Colombia's Central Cordillera. Its chestnut crown and gray body are distinctive.

• 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.

• Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju

  The Cuban Pygmy Owl has brown upperparts, pale underparts, and two dark spots on the back of its head. It hunts by day as well as at night.

• Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia peronii

  The Western naked-backed fruit bat occurs in Indonesia and Timor-Leste in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The life-history details here are mainly from field observations on Timor.

• Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae

  This minivet ranges from Japan's Ryukyu Islands through Kyushu to western Honshu. Males have a narrow white forehead band that is nearly absent in females.

• Volcano Rabbit Romerolagus diazi

  The volcano rabbit is a small rabbit with short ears and a tiny, nearly invisible tail. It lives in the high mountains south and southeast of Mexico Valley.

• Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus

  A raven of dry cliffs, recognised by its short-looking tail in flight and agile movement in the air.

• Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus lagonotus

  This tamarin occurs in the Ecuadorian Amazon and eastern Andean foothills. The university species account describes it in lower and middle forest layers, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Javan Frogmouth Batrachostomus javensis

  The Javan Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird endemic to Java, Indonesia. It has brown mottled plumage and rests on branches by day.

• Black-striped Wallaby Notamacropus dorsalis

  This wallaby is marked by a black stripe from its forehead down its back. It rests in dense vegetation by day and feeds on grasses and herbs at night.

• Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius

  The Rufous-sided Crake is a small rail of South American wetlands. It is brown above, rufous on the sides of the head, breast, and flanks, with a white throat and belly and barred flanks.

• Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus

  This macaque lives in the mountains of Morocco and Algeria and has a very short tail that is barely visible.

• Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

  This sandgrouse feeds on seeds in dry, open country. The black belly belongs to the male; females have fine barred and speckled plumage.

• Mexican Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Exulomarmosa) mexicana

  The Mexican mouse opossum is a small marsupial recorded from eastern Mexico through much of Central America to eastern Panama. A dark mask surrounds its large eyes.

• Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo

  In breeding plumage, this seabird stands out for white spectacles on its face and red legs. It nests in cliff crevices and dives for fish.

• Arctic Shrew Sorex arcticus

  The Arctic shrew lives in moist grasslands and wetlands. Its winter coat has three distinct color zones.

• Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis

  Radde's Accentor is a small mountain bird with a white eyebrow and a dark-streaked back. It searches for insects and seeds on the ground.

• Gray-headed Flying Squirrel Petaurista caniceps

  This flying squirrel ranges from the eastern Himalaya into southwestern China. Specialist accounts describe a gray head and an unspotted back.

• New Caledonian Thicketbird Megalurulus mariei

  This 17–18 cm ground-dwelling bird is restricted to New Caledonia. It has olive-brown upperparts, a long pale eyebrow, and creamy underparts washed rusty. It walks through grass and scrub and feeds on small invertebrates.

• Steppe Lemming Lagurus lagurus

  The steppe lemming is a small rodent that eats grasses and herbs in Eurasian grasslands and uses burrows in the ground. A dark stripe runs down the middle of its back.

• Aldabra Drongo Dicrurus aldabranus

  This drongo is endemic to Aldabra Atoll in Seychelles. It is black with red eyes and a forked tail, and it also takes terrestrial prey on the islands.

• Northern Pudu Pudu mephistophiles

  This very small deer lives in the northern Andes. It has a dark brown face, lives alone, and is found in high-altitude páramo near humid montane forest.

• Fiery-browed Starling Enodes erythrophris

  A starling endemic to Sulawesi, marked by an orange-red stripe past the eye and a golden-yellow rump.

• American badger Taxidea taxus

  A stocky badger of North America with a black-and-white face. Strong forelegs and long claws help it dig underground burrows.