Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chocolate Lobe-lipped Bat Chalinolobus morio

  

  The Chocolate Lobe-lipped Bat is an Australian bat with brown fur and short, rounded ears. It roosts in tree hollows and other structures and catches moths below the canopy.

• Indochinese Fulvetta Fulvetta danisi

  

  The Indochinese Fulvetta is a small bird of mountain forest in Laos and Vietnam. It searches for small invertebrates in the lower forest and bamboo. The account used here gives no breeding information.

• Abbott's Duiker Cephalophus spadix

  

  Abbott's duiker is a forest antelope of Tanzania's mountain forests. Its dark body contrasts with a reddish crown.

• Grey-cheeked Nunlet Nonnula frontalis

  

  The Grey-cheeked Nunlet ranges from central Panama to northern Colombia in lowland forest. It has a long, slender blue-gray bill, red eye-ring, gray cheeks and chestnut crown, and catches arthropods from branches and leaves in short sallies.

• Desert Hare Lepus tibetanus

  

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

• Crossley's Vanga Mystacornis crossleyi

  

  Crossley’s Vanga has different male and female plumage and searches for small prey on the forest floor.

• Fijian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat Mirimiri acrodonta

  The Fijian monkey-faced fruit bat has been recorded in upland cloud forest on Taveuni Island. It has bright orange eyes, and records of its ecology remain limited.

• Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna

  This lark inhabits dry East African savanna and scrub. It usually feeds on the ground alone or in pairs, taking insects and seeds.

• Calamian Deer Axis calamianensis

  The Calamian deer occurs on the Calamian Islands of the Philippines. A specialist identification key describes it as lacking the distinct spotted pattern seen in the chital. It browses leaves by day and lives in small herds.

• Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria

  Horsfield's Babbler is a brown babbler that lives low in evergreen forests of Southeast Asia.

• Coastal Black-handed Titi Callicebus melanochir

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

• Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus

  A barbet that lives in Singapore’s parks and residential areas. Adults are mostly green with red and yellow markings, and feed largely on figs and other fruit.

• Asian Badger Meles leucurus

  The Asian badger ranges from eastern Europe to eastern Asia and is well adapted for digging. It has a white face with dark stripes over the eyes, and its coat color varies by region.

• Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

  A large albatross that ranges widely across the Southern Ocean and breeds on Antarctic and subantarctic islands. Young birds are mostly dark and gradually become whiter with age.

• Himalayan Field Mouse Apodemus pallipes

  The Himalayan field mouse is a small rodent recorded around the Himalaya and Pamir ranges. Its back is described as brown or gray, with a paler underside and large ears and eyes.

• Trilling Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aenobarbus

  This small bird lives on Java. The male has chestnut on the forehead and throat, yellow-green upperparts and bold black-and-white wing bars; the female is more rufous and has paler wing bars.

• Allen's Swamp Monkey Allenopithecus nigroviridis

  Allen’s swamp monkey lives in swamp forests in the lowlands of the Congo Basin. It searches for food in trees, on the ground and in shallow water.

• Boa Nova Tapaculo Scytalopus gonzagai

  A small tapaculo of montane forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Its flanks and rump have brown-and-black bars.

• Common Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina aurita

  The common sword-nosed bat ranges from southern Mexico through Central America into South America. It is found mainly in forests and eats insects.

• Biak Megapode Megapodius geelvinkianus

  The Biak Megapode is a dark bird of forests around Cenderawasih Bay. It scratches the forest floor with its large feet to find food.

• 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.

• Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii

  A trogon of forests from Costa Rica's Pacific slope to western Panama, the male stands out with a red belly and blue facial skin.

• Forest Shrew Myosorex varius

  The forest shrew is a small gray-to-brown shrew. It searches for insects and other small invertebrates in moist, densely vegetated places.

• Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus

  The Grey Butcherbird lives in Australian woodlands and urban areas. Adults are black, grey, and white, with a hooked bill; captured prey may be hung up for later.