Meet the world’s animals.

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• Vanuatu Megapode Megapodius layardi

  

  The Vanuatu Megapode has bare red skin on its face and yellow legs. It lays eggs in burrows and uses heat from volcanic soil or sun-warmed ground.

• 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.

• Flying Steamer Duck Tachyeres patachonicus

  

  A grey duck with a white wing patch, it lives around Patagonian lakes and rivers, with different head and bill colors by sex

• Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata

  

  The bridled nail-tail wallaby is marked by a white stripe that runs from the neck toward the forearms. It shelters by day and emerges to feed in open grassland before dusk.

• Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti

  

  This small bird is widespread across mainland Australia. Breeding males have blue heads and chestnut shoulders, while non-breeding males, females, and young birds are generally brownish gray.

• Subtropical Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus

  

  The Subtropical Antechinus is a small carnivorous marsupial from southeastern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales. Insects are its usual food.

• Dimorphic Fantail Rhipidura brachyrhyncha

  This fantail inhabits montane forest and subalpine scrub in the New Guinea highlands. It has two tail-color forms, and mixed-form pairs may occur.

• 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.

• Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus

  The Yellow-billed Turaco lives in forests of western and central Africa. Its green and blue-violet plumage is striking; it moves along branches and feeds mainly on fruit.

• White-tipped Thomasomys Thomasomys caudivarius

  Thomasomys caudivarius is a mouse of the western Andes from Ecuador to northern Peru. It has soft brown back fur and a long tail with a white tip. It is described as nocturnal and terrestrial, feeding on seeds and insects.

• Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii

  The Helmet Vanga is a large vanga of eastern Madagascar’s humid evergreen forests. It is notable for its huge blue bill; a field study recorded insects as its main prey and both parents sharing incubation.

• Northern Hopping Mouse Notomys aquilo

  A small hopping mouse with large eyes and ears, a long tail, and strong hind feet. The Australian Government reports it only from Groote Eylandt.

• 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.

• Red-bellied Tamarin Tamarinus labiatus

  This tamarin has white moustache-like facial hairs and a rusty-red chest and belly. It is active by day in the middle canopy of Amazonian forests in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.

• Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana

  This cotinga is recorded as a resident in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. BirdLife lists swamp forest as a major habitat and moist lowland forest as another suitable habitat.

• Madagascan Rousette Rousettus madagascariensis

  The Madagascan rousette is a small fruit bat found only on Madagascar. It is active at night and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata

  This small swallow is mostly dark, with a large white belly patch. The cap is only slightly darker than the rest of the head. It occurs in the mountains of Central America.

• Alpine Long-eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris

  This long-eared bat occurs in mountains of the southwestern and central Palearctic. Most individuals have an inverted triangular pad below the lower lip and the species mainly eats moths. Reports of foraging habitat differ by region.

• Martinique Oriole Icterus bonana

  This species is endemic to Martinique. Records come from mangroves, wet forest and wooded gardens, and the bird is noted for a dark mahogany head and brightly contrasting body plumage.

• Spotted Ground Squirrel Xerospermophilus spilosoma

  The spotted ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel of dry and open habitats in Texas. It stays near its burrow and is active in early morning and late afternoon.

• Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla

  This small bird occurs in Africa. It has a pale-grey back, chestnut ear-coverts and breast band, while the forehead and crown vary from grey to chestnut.

• Buffon's Kob Kobus kob

  The kob is an African antelope of grasslands and wetlands, feeding on grasses and reeds.

• Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis

  The Pied Butcherbird is an Australian bird with black-and-white plumage and a hooked bill. It swoops from a perch to catch prey on the ground.

• Coastal Black-handed Titi Callicebus melanochir

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