Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis

  

  The Bristle-thighed Curlew has a long, down-curved bill and a conspicuous head stripe. It breeds in western Alaska and migrates long distances to Pacific islands.

• Bunyoro rabbit Poelagus marjorita

  The Bunyoro rabbit is a member of the rabbit family found in central and eastern Africa, in grassland and shrubland.

• Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi

  The Corsican Nuthatch is endemic to Corsica and feeds on insects or pine seeds at different times of year.

• East Javan Langur Trachypithecus auratus

  The East Javan langur moves through trees with its long tail and mainly eats young leaves. Its coat occurs in black and reddish forms.

• Five-colored Munia Lonchura quinticolor

  The Five-colored Munia lives in grassland, farmland, and other open places in the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it eats plant seeds. Its head and throat differ in color from its underside.

• Straw-colored Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum

  Its coat ranges from straw-colored to dark gray. It eats fruit and nectar, is active at night, and may form large colonies.

• Costa Rican Brush Finch Arremon costaricensis

  This brush finch lives in forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its 1907 description noted the olive back and yellow wing bend as differences from a close relative.

• Day's Shrew Suncus dayi

  Day’s shrew is a small shrew from humid montane forests in southern India. Its back is dark brown and its underside has a silvery sheen.

• White-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus platyrhynchos

  This small flycatcher feeds in the understory of Amazonian forest. It is widespread but considered rare in Peru.

• Antilopine wallaroo Osphranter antilopinus

  The antilopine wallaroo is a marsupial of northern Australian savanna woodlands. Adult males and females differ in coat color.

• Markham’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates markhami

  This small seabird, about 21–23 cm long, ranges over the tropical Pacific. It breeds in fissures and cavities in salt flats in Peru and Chile.

• Merriam's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami

  Merriam's kangaroo rat is a rodent that is active at night in dry country. Its strong hind legs and long, tufted tail help it move in hops.

• Cape Verde Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis

  Endemic to the Cape Verde Islands, this reed warbler has a dun-brown back and warm buff underparts. It uses densely vegetated places such as reedbeds, scrub, and plantations.

• Ihering's Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) iheringi

  Ihering’s Three-striped Opossum is a small opossum with three dark lines on its back. It carries leaf litter to line a nest in soft soil and eats insects and small animals.

• Brown Songlark Megalurus cruralis

  This bird occurs widely across mainland Australia in open country such as pastures, short crops, and grassy scrub. Males are larger than females and sing during display flights. The Australian Museum page uses the scientific name Cincloramphus cruralis.

• Brown Titi Plecturocebus brunneus

  An arboreal monkey from Brazil's Rondônia state. Its brown back, reddish limbs and belly, and black crown help distinguish it.

• Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala

  The Plum-headed Parakeet is notable for the male’s reddish-purple head and the female’s blue-grey head. It lives in South Asian woodland and nearby open or cultivated areas.

• Tarabul's Gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) tarabuli

  Tarabul's gerbil is a nocturnal desert rodent that eats dry seeds. The study describes it as independent of drinking water and reliant on water produced through metabolism.

• White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques

  The White-collared Pigeon lives in the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It has a white collar on the back of its neck and makes daily movements between feeding and roosting sites.

• Red Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) ruber

  The red myotis has bright cinnamon-red fur on its back and yellowish fur underneath. It is recorded in Brazil's Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, and has been captured in forest and building settings.

• Standardwing Semioptera wallacii

  A male Standardwing spreads its wings, raises its long shoulder plumes, and opens the ornamental shields on its chest. This account is limited to Alfred Russel Wallace's historical observations recorded in 1859.

• American mink Neogale vison

  A North American mustelid that makes use of waterside habitats.

• Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata

  Its head and neck are buff-gray, and its body is mottled brown, black, and white. For breeding, it builds a large mound that uses heat from rotting leaf litter to incubate its eggs.

• Schulz's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma schulzi

  Schulz's round-eared bat occurs on the Guiana Shield. It was recorded in high forest at Brownsberg Nature Park in Suriname.