Meet the world’s animals.

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• Monjon Petrogale burbidgei

  

  A small wallaby of rocky areas in northwestern Australia, with mottled fur and a reddish patch around the eye.

• Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus

  

  The Spangled Drongo has blue-green spots across glossy black plumage and a long forked tail. It waits on a perch and catches insects in flight.

• Giles's Planigale Planigale gilesi

  

  Giles's planigale is a small marsupial with a flattened triangular head. It shelters in cracks in clay soil and eats arthropods.

• Hooded Yellowthroat Geothlypis nelsoni

  

  This yellowthroat is recorded in Mexico, where it uses brush on rather dry slopes and open pine or pine-oak woods.

• Azara's Akodont Akodon (Akodon) azarae

  

  Azara's Akodont lives in grasslands and wetland vegetation, and may change the sheltered sites it uses with the seasons.

• Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis

  

  The Somali Courser has dark lines behind its eyes that form a V when seen from behind. It lives in dry open country and often moves in small groups on foot.

• Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii

  Nathusius's pipistrelle is a migratory bat. In the UK it catches flying insects near lakes and rivers.

• Microeca flaviventris

  A small bird from New Caledonia with dark olive upperparts, grey-white throat, grey breast and yellow belly and flanks. A 2025 paper uses Cryptomicroeca flaviventris.

• Mithun Bos frontalis

  Mithun, also called gayal, are cattle relatives kept in parts of northeastern India. A study in Arunachal Pradesh recorded free-ranging, semi-domesticated herds searching the forest for food plants.

• 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.

• 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.

• White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea

  The White-browed Piculet is a small woodpecker with green upperparts, a rufous rump, and a white stripe behind the eye. It searches for ants and other small prey in low, dense vegetation near bamboo or water.

• Kai Flying Fox Pteropus keyensis

  This flying fox occurs on Indonesia’s Kai Islands. Its coat is nearly all yellow. It is active at night and roosts in forested areas with little disturbance.

• Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus

  This small grebe lives in shallow ponds and wetlands and swims underwater in search of food.

• Caquetá Titi Plecturocebus caquetensis

  This titi monkey occurs in lowland forests of southern Colombia. It feeds on fruits, seeds, and young leaves in remaining forest, with reddish fur around the face and throat like a beard.

• Yellow-browed Seedeater Crithagra whytii

  This canary occurs from Tanzania west to Zambia and northern Malawi. It has a long, slightly notched tail and feeds on small seeds and other foods along woodland edges and in open country.

• African Striped Weasel Poecilogale albinucha

  The African striped weasel has a long, slim body marked with black and white stripes. It is active around burrows at night and mainly eats small mammals.

• Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus

  In Hong Kong, this bulbul forms flocks in forest canopies. Adults and young birds differ in head color.

• Smoky Pseudomys Pseudomys fumeus

  The smoky mouse lives in isolated populations in southeastern mainland Australia. Its dark grey fur and long pink tail are easy to distinguish.

• Archbold's Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis

  Archbold's Bowerbird lives in highland forests of central New Guinea. Males have a yellow-orange crest and prepare a flower-decorated display site during breeding.

• Black Crested Mangabey Lophocebus aterrimus

  The black-crested mangabey has a black coat, grey cheek whiskers, and a narrow crown tuft. It searches for fruit and seeds in the middle and upper forest canopy and seldom descends to the ground.

• Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu

  This galliform lives in forest habitats. In Ecuador it occurs in Amazonian lowland and eastern montane forests, foraging mainly in the middle and upper tree layers.

• Heller's Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus helleri

  This broad-nosed bat is recorded from Mexico through Central America to northern South America west of the Andes. A 2010 revision separated species from the older broad P. helleri complex.

• Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus

  The Buff-necked Ibis is a South American ibis with a long downcurved bill and a pale buff neck. It forages in open grassland; in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, arthropods including insects formed much of its diet.