Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides

  

  The Sakhalin Leaf Warbler breeds from Sakhalin through the northern Japanese islands and winters south into Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it occurs mainly during autumn passage, using the lower layers of woodland and shrubs.

• Panamint Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys panamintinus

  The Panamint kangaroo rat is nocturnal and ranges from eastern California into western Nevada. It eats seeds on sandy or gravelly ground beneath desert shrubs.

• White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio

  Its main range extends from northeastern India through Myanmar, northern Laos, and Vietnam to central and southern China. An isolated population also occurs in Hong Kong.

• Orange-sided Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphiops) dimidiata

  This small opossum lives in grasslands of northern Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay. Its back is gray, its underside is yellowish, and males are larger than females.

• Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus

  The Pallid Honeyguide is a small bird about 13 cm long. It is active by day in woodland and forest edges, where it feeds on invertebrates such as insects.

• Ornate Titi Plecturocebus ornatus

  The ornate titi is a small monkey of forests in eastern Colombia. Its reddish-orange chest and belly, white forehead stripe, and bushy tail stand out.

• Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus

  The Bank Cormorant is a dark coastal cormorant of Namibia and western South Africa. It dives for food in nearshore marine waters.

• Common Australian Rock Rat Zyzomys argurus

  The common Australian rock rat is a small-to-medium rodent associated with rocky outcrops. A juvenile was recorded at a sandstone outcrop in southern Queensland.

• Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos

  The male Comb Duck develops a large knob at the base of its bill. It feeds mainly on aquatic plants and seeds and nests in tree hollows near water.

• Leisler’s Bat Nyctalus leisleri

  In Ireland, Leisler’s bats can be seen after sunset, flying over parks and fields as they hunt insects.

• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl

  The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is known for the male's glittering green throat and coppery tail. It feeds on nectar as well as small insects and spiders.

• Red-tailed Phascogale Phascogale calura

  This marsupial has a gray back, cream underside and a black brush at the end of its tail. It mainly lives in trees.

• Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuliger

  An Andean forest bird that searches among foliage in the lower and middle forest layers.

• Chinese Ferret-badger Melogale moschata

  The Chinese ferret-badger is a small badger with a white forehead, black face, and long bushy tail. It is active at night and eats insects, earthworms, and small animals.

• Black-chinned Whistler Pachycephala mentalis

  The Black-chinned Whistler is a whistler of the North Maluku islands. This account is limited to the subspecies Pachycephala mentalis obiensis, described from Obi and Bisa islands in Indonesia.

• Toltec Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Dermanura) toltecus

  It ranges from Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia. In Costa Rica it was captured at moist premontane forest edges and in secondary-forest remnants.

• Taiwan Hill Partridge Arborophila crudigularis

  This pheasant-family bird is endemic to Taiwan's mountain forests. Its black-and-white face and red legs stand out as it forages on the forest floor.

• Gold-and-white Marmoset Mico chrysoleucos

  The gold-and-white marmoset is a small primate named for its golden-white coat and ear tufts. Groups have been recorded in flooded forests in southern Amazonia, Brazil.

• Southern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes chrysocome

  A penguin with yellow plumes extending backwards above the eyes. Its breeding range includes the Falkland Islands.

• Takin Budorcas taxicolor

  The Mishmi form is a plant-eating hoofed mammal of the eastern Himalayas and nearby mountains.

• Silver Oriole Oriolus mellianus

  Silver Oriole has silvery plumage that contrasts with the black head, throat, and wings of the adult male. It breeds in southern China and winters in southern Thailand and western Cambodia.

• Golden Mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli

  This small mouse has golden upper fur, a white underside and feet, and a tail it can use while climbing.

• Spotted Bowerbird Chlamydera maculata

  This bird has buff-spotted plumage. The male courts by building an avenue-like structure and arranging decorations around it.

• Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) niger

  A medium-sized North American tree squirrel, notable for its reddish-brown coat and red belly. It also occurs in open woodlands and urban areas.