Meet the world’s animals.

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• Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei

  

  Savile's Bustards live in dry Sahel scrub and open woodland. Males have a rufous tuft at the nape.

• Ethiopian Highland Hare Lepus starcki

  

  This hare occurs in the Ethiopian Highlands. Reports describe a noticeable outer-ear pattern and often an entirely white upper surface of the tail. At the Bale Mountains study site, habitat use changed with the seasons.

• Socotra Warbler Incana incana

  

  Endemic to Socotra, this small bird occurs widely in habitats with trees and shrubs. The museum description of an adult male records ashy-brown upperparts, pale underparts, and white tips and dark bands on the tail.

• Godman's Long-tailed Bat Choeroniscus godmani

  

  Godman's long-tailed bat belongs to a nectar-feeding genus and is described as the smallest species in Choeroniscus.

• Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus

  

  A 2024 study examined male Chinese Blackbirds in Nanjing and analyzed songs that mimicked cuckoo calls. The study population belonged to the urban subspecies T. m. mandarinus in eastern China.

• Yucatan Small-eared Shrew Cryptotis mayensis

  

  The Yucatan small-eared shrew has short gray fur and tiny eyes. It occurs in lowland areas around the Yucatan Peninsula and searches for small prey at night.

• Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta

  This petrel has a bulky body and long pointed wings, with plumage ranging from pale to wholly dark. It breeds on islands including those in the South Pacific and ranges widely at sea.

• Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys gaumeri

  Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse is endemic to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Records show it eating land snails as well as seeds.

• Fernando Po Speirops Zosterops brunneus

  This bird occurs on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. It is chocolate brown overall, darker near the face and paler on the flanks and vent, with a blue-gray bill and legs; it is found almost exclusively in the island's high alpine zone.

• Alston's Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Micoureus) alstoni

  Alston's mouse opossum has a dull gray-brown back. The 2021 revision places the specimens and photographs it could confirm in Costa Rica's central highlands.

• Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica

  The Scottish Crossbill extracts seeds from conifer cones. It has a large head and thick bill, but can be difficult to distinguish from similar crossbills.

• Likweli Colobus congoensis

  This black colobus is recorded in forests of east-central Democratic Republic of the Congo. Pale orange-cream skin around the mouth and a white perianal patch stand out.

• Growling Riflebird Ptiloris intercedens

  The male has black plumage with blue-green iridescence, while the female is brown. This bird-of-paradise eats fruit and small animals in forests of eastern New Guinea.

• Western Brush Wallaby Notamacropus irma

  This wallaby is marked by black paws, a brush-like tail, and a white stripe on the face. It is active around dawn and dusk and is found in heathland at Whiteman Park.

• Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei

  The Highland Tinamou often remains on the ground during the day. It was recorded in rainforest at about 1,200 m at Cacao Biological Station in Costa Rica.

• Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata

  The Smooth-coated Otter ranges across South and Southeast Asia. It has short, smooth brown fur and uses waterside habitats such as rivers, wetlands, and mangroves.

• Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus

  This lapwing is marked in black and white, with a red eye. It forages near water and pairs defend territories.

• Caatinga Laucha Calomys expulsus

  The Caatinga Laucha is a vesper mouse from central and northeastern Brazil. It occurs in open grasslands and forest edges in the Cerrado and Caatinga, as well as cultivated fields, and lives on the ground and eats seeds.

• White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus

  The White-crowned Hornbill has a conspicuous white crest and long tail. Adult males have white necks and underparts, while females are black; both forage in tropical forest canopies.

• Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus

  A small mouse that climbs long grasses and reeds with its grasping tail.

• Hooded Gnateater Conopophaga roberti

  This small gnateater lives in dark, humid forest. Its range is restricted to scattered populations from northeastern to eastern Brazil.

• Emperor tamarin Tamarinus imperator

  An Amazonian forest monkey distinguished by a long white moustache.

• Scarlet-horned Manakin Ceratopipra cornuta

  A manakin of humid forests in northern South America. Males and females differ in head plumage, and males display in small groups.

• Rodrigues Flying Fox Pteropus rodricensis

  The Rodrigues flying fox is a fruit-eating bat found on Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean. Golden-looking fur may cover its head, neck, and shoulders, and males and females differ in their reported roosting patterns.