Meet the world’s animals.

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• Muisca Antpitta Grallaria rufula

  

  This antpitta ranges from Colombia's eastern Andes into western Venezuela. It uses bamboo in moist montane forest, secondary growth, and nearby disturbed areas, and is seen on or near the ground.

• Black-faced Impala Aepyceros petersi

  Aepyceros petersi, the black-faced impala, is recorded from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. Bocage described the female collected at Humbe as rufous-fawn, with dark markings on the face.

• Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus

  The Flammulated Owl is a small owl that breeds in mountain conifer forests of western North America and winters in Mexico and Central America.

• Brazilian Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma doriae

  The Brazilian big-eyed bat has distinctive white lines on its face and back. It is recorded in many Brazilian habitats and often feeds on wild figs.

• Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis

  This seabird spends much of its time over the North Pacific and returns to remote island colonies to raise its chick.

• Sinaloan Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus pernix

  The Sinaloan pocket mouse lives on sandy lowlands along Mexico's western coast. Records come from coastal dunes, thornscrub, seasonal dry forest, and river valleys.

• Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta

  This brood-parasitic whydah ranges from Upper and Lower Guinea through northeastern Zaire, now northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Payne (1991) links its distribution with the Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) and reports song phrases by a captive male that matched the host’s songs and calls.

• Stripe-faced Dunnart Sminthopsis macroura

  The stripe-faced dunnart has a black stripe down its face and pale underparts. It is nocturnal, mainly terrestrial, and catches insects and small vertebrates.

• Roberts's Warbler Oreophilais robertsi

  Roberts's Warbler is a small bird of the highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Adults have olive-brown upperparts, yellow eyes, a grayish-rufous breast, a white belly, and rufous flanks. It feeds on small invertebrates in montane thickets.

• Siberut Langur Presbytis siberu

  This langur is endemic to Siberut Island, Indonesia, and the current MDD treats it as a separate species. It lives in trees and is active by day, though field research dedicated to the species remains limited after its separation from related forms.

• Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius

  This starling lives in dry savanna from Ethiopia to northeastern Tanzania. Adults have blue-green upperparts and golden underparts; females have shorter tails than males.

• Long-eared Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) quadrimaculatus

  This chipmunk occurs in the northern Sierra Nevada of California and around Lake Tahoe in Nevada, often in brush and forest-edge habitat.

• Heuglin's Francolin Pternistis icterorhynchus

  Heuglin's Francolin is a Central African gamebird found in grasslands, open woodland, and nearby farmland.

• Massoia's Lutrine Opossum Lutreolina massoia

  This opossum lives in the South American Yungas montane forests. It is active at dusk and night, eats small mammals, fish, invertebrates, bird eggs, and fruit, and can climb and swim well.

• Fiji Bush Warbler Horornis ruficapilla

  The Fiji Bush Warbler is endemic to Fiji and lives in dense undergrowth in mountain forest. General descriptions show a dark chestnut head, while the Kadavu form has a broad pale eyebrow.

• Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat Rattus pelurus

  The Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat has long, coarse gray-brown fur with black guard hairs and soft spines, and a gray underside. At the time of publication, HMW knew it only from the type series.

• Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis

  Lewin's Rail is a secretive rail that stays hidden among plants in wetlands. It occurs in southeastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.

• Mauritian fruit bat Pteropus niger

  The Mauritian fruit bat is a large fruit-eating bat with golden fur, endemic to Mauritius.

• Fine-barred Piculet Picumnus subtilis

  This small woodpecker is recorded in southeastern Peru and western Amazonia. A 2009 paper reported records in Acre, Brazil, and described foraging at the edge of terra firme forest with bamboo.

• 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.

• Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis

  This puffbird lives in humid forest from eastern Panama to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It takes centipedes and scorpions among other prey and excavates a nest hole in an arboreal termite mound.

• Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana

  The hairy-nosed otter has short fur across the nose pad. Records come from wetlands and shallow coastal waters in Southeast Asia, and fish are a common food.

• Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus

  Bucanetes githagineus is a finch of arid regions. A Spanish specialist encyclopedia describes breeding-plumage males and females separately and records seasonal food examples.

• Goytaca Cerradomys Cerradomys goytaca

  This rodent is recorded in coastal restinga in southeastern Brazil. Its back is orange-brown, its head grey, and its tail is bicolored. The original habitat study recorded it most often in low shrub patches and also caught it on branches.