Meet the world’s animals.

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• Buff-bellied Puffbird Notharchus swainsoni

  

  The Buff-bellied Puffbird lives in Atlantic Forest from southeastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to northeastern Argentina, including forest and Cerrado edges.

• Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus

  

  A baboon of savanna, open woodland and riverine forest that forages on the ground.

• Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus

  

  This sandgrouse has sandy plumage crossed by dark bands. It occurs in dry savanna and cultivated areas, alone in pairs or small groups.

• Tailed Tailless Bat Anoura caudifer

  

  Anoura caudifer is a small bat ranging from northern South America through Brazil to northwestern Argentina. It has a long, narrow muzzle and an extendable tongue for taking nectar, and occurs in humid tropical forests.

• Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii

  

  A junglefowl endemic to Sri Lanka that forages on the ground in forest and scrub. Males and females differ markedly in plumage.

• Sa Pa White-toothed Shrew Crocidura sapaensis

  

  A shrew from northern Vietnam with dark gray-brown fur and a tail that is paler underneath.

• Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura

  The Indian Pitta is a colorful ground-dwelling bird of scrub and forest in the Indian subcontinent. It moves between regions seasonally.

• Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius

  A stocky, goat-like animal of the highlands of southern India.

• Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

  A wagtail with a yellow underside and greenish back. It visits Britain in spring and summer and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Gray-tailed Hare Lepus oiostolus

  This hare lives in highlands such as the Tibetan Plateau, using grassland and scrub and feeding on grasses and leaves. Its coat varies with age and place.

• Cape Gannet Morus capensis

  The Cape Gannet is a large seabird that breeds off Namibia and South Africa. It has a white body, black wings and tail, and a pale yellow-orange head.

• Purple-necked Rock Wallaby Petrogale purpureicollis

  The purple-necked rock-wallaby lives among rocky country in Queensland, Australia. Its purple appearance comes from pigment on the fur, not a permanent coat colour, and varies among individuals.

• Rufous Gnateater Conopophaga lineata

  A small bird that searches for insects in the understory of eastern South American forest. A 2015 study used the older treatment that grouped three traditionally recognized subspecies within one species.

• Rio Acarí Marmoset Mico acariensis

  The Rio Acarí marmoset is a small monkey from the southern Brazilian Amazon. Bright orange patches stand out against much of its white upper coat, while its wild behavior and diet remain poorly studied.

• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus

  A small grey-brown goose with a white patch at the base of its pink bill and black belly patches. The East Asian population winters in eastern China and the Korean Peninsula.

• Monk Saki Pithecia monachus

  Male and female monk sakis have different coat colors. In a study of seasonally flooded forest in northern Peru, seeds were their most frequent food, and they also ate arthropods.

• Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

  By day it rests on a branch, blending in with the tree; at night it drops to the ground to catch prey.

• Merriam's Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) merriami

  Merriam’s chipmunk occurs in central and southern California, including chaparral and oak woodland.

• Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus

  The Bridled Tern is widespread across tropical and subtropical seas. It forages at patches of floating seaweed and may rest on floating objects at sea.

• Merriam's Pocket Mouse Perognathus merriami

  Merriam’s pocket mouse has smooth, silky fur and a white belly. It is active at night and uses burrows in the ground.

• Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris

  This small ovenbird relative has a thin, straight bill and moves over trunks and branches. The Peru account places it in lowland Amazonian forest edges and secondary growth, with records to 500 m along the Andean foothills.

• Rock Vole Microtus chrotorrhinus

  The rock vole has a yellow-orange nose. It uses moist forests and rocky sites and feeds on herbs and leaves.

• Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis

  The Spectacled Thrush occurs in the Lesser Antilles and parts of South America, including Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil. It uses open places with trees and shrubs to search for fruit and small prey.

• Chestnut Rat Niviventer fulvescens

  The chestnut rat uses both the ground and trees. It occurs in forests as well as secondary growth and gardens, and its coat color varies across its range.