Meet the world’s animals.

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• La Perouse's Megapode Megapodius laperouse

  

  La Perouse's Megapode is a megapode of the Mariana Islands that lives on the forest floor. Its grey head, red facial skin, and yellow legs are distinctive.

• Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis

  The eastern red bat has bright red fur and rests curled in its tail membrane among foliage, where it can resemble a dead leaf or pine cone. It feeds mainly on moths in summer and migrates in fall.

• Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus

  The Painted Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird of dry, open country in India and northern Pakistan. Males have bold black-and-white bands, while females are finely mottled.

• Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea

  The Lesser Dawn Bat has a long, narrow muzzle and large eyes. It feeds on nectar and pollen and roosts in large colonies in caves and other sheltered places.

• Congo Peacock Afropavo congensis

  Males spread their tail feathers like a fan. In the lowland forests of the Congo Basin, the species feeds on fruit and insects.

• Sunda Shrew Crocidura monticola

  The Sunda shrew has gray-brown fur on its back and paler fur underneath. Under the current taxonomy cited in the account, it occurs on Java and is found in montane forest.

• Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus

  This woodpecker is about 23 cm long and lives in humid forest. It is active by day and searches for food on trunks and branches.

• Ursine Tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus ursinus

  This tree-kangaroo has a black back and a white tail tip. It lives in West Papua’s montane rainforest, but its wild diet is poorly known.

• Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri

  Erect-crested penguins have yellow crests that rise obliquely above their eyes. They breed on islands near New Zealand and feed on small crustaceans and squid.

• Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys compactus

  The Gulf Coast kangaroo rat lives in sandy areas from southern Texas, United States, to northeastern Mexico. It carries seeds in cheek pouches and is active at night.

• Derbyan Parakeet Psittacula derbiana

  It lives in mountains of Tibet, southwestern China, and northeastern India. Adult males and females can be told apart by bill color.

• Bearded Emperor Tamarin Tamarinus subgrisescens

  The bearded emperor tamarin is a small monkey of the southwestern Amazon. Its tufted white facial hair and rufous rump and tail distinguish the subgrisescens form. The Mammal Diversity Database currently lists it as Saguinus subgrisescens.

• Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas

  A slender pied hornbill with a long yellow bill. It searches for small animals on the ground and in low bushes.

• Abyssinian Hare Lepus habessinicus

  The Abyssinian hare lives in open parts of East Africa. Its coat differs somewhat between Somali and Ethiopian animals.

• Least Auklet Aethia pusilla

  The Least Auklet is a very small seabird that breeds on islands in the Bering Sea and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and eats small animals from the sea.

• Upland Squirrel Sundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tahan

  This squirrel lives in montane and lower montane forest on the Malay Peninsula. Its tail has alternating brown bands, and the tips of its long guard hairs are buff.

• Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant Anairetes fernandezianus

  This species is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island in Chile's Juan Fernández Islands. It usually stays in scrub along forest edges and feeds on insects.

• 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.

• Henderson Reed Warbler Acrocephalus taiti

  The Henderson Reed Warbler is found only on Henderson Island. A field study recorded it foraging in varied places and noted individual variation in patches of white plumage.

• Tilda Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira tildae

  Tilda Yellow-shouldered Bat is a fruit-eating bat found from northern South America into Brazil and neighboring countries. Its coat varies, and it has ochre shoulder patches and dark fur around the eyes.

• Black-necked crane Grus nigricollis

  A crane that breeds in high mountain regions and descends to lower wintering areas.

• Vivo's Cerradomys Cerradomys vivoi

  This rodent is recorded in eastern Brazil. The original description reports an orange-brown back, with grayish tones on the head and underside. The authors summarize records from the Caatinga and coastal forest in southern Bahia.

• Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica

  The Mascarene Martin is a small swallow about 15 cm long. It uses forests, mangroves and wetlands, catching insects in flight.

• Altai Mountain Weasel Mustela altaica

  The Altai mountain weasel lives in Asian mountain regions. Its coat changes with the seasons, with different back colors in winter and summer.