Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pacific Marten Martes caurina

  

  Martes caurina occurs in western North America and on Pacific coastal islands. Its coat varies in color; in Alaska it feeds mainly on voles and mice and is most often associated with mature and old-growth evergreen forest.

• Sandstone Shrikethrush Colluricincla woodwardi

  

  The Sandstone Shrike-thrush lives among sandstone rocks in northern Australia. It walks between rocks while searching for small lizards, grasshoppers, and spiders.

• Barbary Lemniscomys Lemniscomys barbarus

  

  This small mouse has alternating light and dark stripes along its back. In the wild it is active by day and follows runways from grassy nests or burrows to feeding areas.

• Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis

  

  A pitta with blue plumage and a black bill. It breeds in southern China and Southeast Asia and appears in Singapore during migration and winter.

• Zanzibar Red Colobus Piliocolobus kirkii

  

  The Zanzibar red colobus has a coat of red, black and white. It occurs on islands in the Zanzibar Archipelago off Tanzania and feeds often on young leaves.

• Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris

  

  The Slate-colored Boubou has dark grey plumage and a darker head. It inhabits dry scrub and riverine thickets, foraging on the ground and within dense vegetation for insects and other invertebrates.

• Striped Hairy-nosed Bat Gardnerycteris crenulatum

  The striped hairy-nosed bat uses tree cavities as daytime roosts in lowland rainforest. It mainly eats insects and spiders, although fruit has also been recorded in its diet.

• Crested Ant Tanager Habia cristata

  This ant-tanager has a long, vivid red crest. A 1966 paper based on field observations in 1962 describes its life in stream ravines of Colombia's Western Andes.

• 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.

• Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia

  The Striped Cuckoo ranges from southern Mexico into a broad part of South America. It is brown with a crest and lays its eggs in the nests of other birds.

• Emilia's Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus emiliae

  Emilia's Gracile Opossum is a small marsupial with reddish-brown fur above and white fur below. It is arboreal and may also forage on the ground.

• Drab Swiftlet Collocalia neglecta

  A resident swiftlet of Timor and other Lesser Sunda islands, it uses forest and dense vegetation and feeds on invertebrates.

• Geoffroy's Marmoset Callithrix geoffroyi

  Geoffroy's marmoset is a small monkey with dark ear tufts and a white face. It lives in Brazil's lowland rainforests, where group members help care for young.

• Siberian Nuthatch Sitta arctica

  A 2006 taxonomic study examined the Siberian form arctica within the Eurasian Nuthatch group and supported treating it as a separate species. That form has dark bluish-grey upperparts, a white belly centre and chestnut flanks. A current species account lists forest habitat and invertebrates as food, but the taxonomic study says ecological information about arctica remains fragmentary.

• 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.

• Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

  The Asian Woolly-necked Stork is a large wetland bird with a neck covered in fluffy white feathers. The current name Ciconia episcopus refers to the Asian species, distinct from the African C. microscelis.

• Alpine Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) alpinus

  This chipmunk lives high in California's Sierra Nevada, among rocky slopes and subalpine forest.

• Purplish Jacamar Galbula chalcothorax

  This jacamar lives in forests of western Amazonia. It has a blackish-green crown and head sides, with reddish upperparts and tail.

• Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis

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

• 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.

• Kaluta Dasykaluta rosamondae

  This small marsupial lives in arid northern Australia; one winter study found it active by day in the dry season.

• Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis

  A magpie with green plumage and a red bill and legs. In Borneo it lives in lowland and hill forests.

• Savi's Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) savii

  This vole has reddish-brown fur and a short tail. It makes underground galleries and lives in colonies in grassland and around fields.

• Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes

  This nocturnal owl has mottled tawny plumage and a white throat. In Taiwan it lives in low-elevation streamside forest and catches crabs, frogs, and other animals.