Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chinese Goral Naemorhedus griseus

  

  The Chinese goral is a goat-like animal that climbs rocky, steep slopes on broad hooves.

• Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata

  The male has outer tail feathers that extend well beyond the body. This nightjar rests on the ground and catches flying insects at dusk and after dark.

• Spotted-necked Otter Hydrictis maculicollis

  A slender otter of African lakes and large rivers that catches fish in the water.

• Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus

  Males stand out for their bright orange plumage and large crest. The species lives in Andean forest, where males gather for courtship displays.

• Volcano Rabbit Romerolagus diazi

  The volcano rabbit is a small rabbit with short ears and a tiny, nearly invisible tail. It lives in the high mountains south and southeast of Mexico Valley.

• Lazuli Kingfisher Todiramphus lazuli

  The Lazuli Kingfisher lives in Indonesia's southern Moluccas. Males are blue and white, while females also have blue-purple on the breast and belly.

• Townsend's Ground Squirrel Urocitellus townsendii

  A ground squirrel of grasslands and sagebrush in southeastern Washington. It is gray and unspotted, with reddish coloring beneath its short tail.

• Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala

  The Yellow-crowned Amazon is a green parrot with yellow on its head. The extent of yellow varies among subspecies.

• Black-tufted-ear marmoset Callithrix penicillata

  The black-tufted-ear marmoset is a small monkey recognized by black ear tufts and a white forehead. It is native to southeastern Brazil.

• Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor

  It ranges from Middle America through the northern two-thirds of South America east of the Andes. In Costa Rica it is a resident of lowlands, where it eats fruit and insects and nests in tree cavities.

• Nelson's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys nelsoni

  Records from northern Mexico include juniper woodland and places with salt-tolerant plants.

• Henst's Goshawk Astur henstii

  A large hawk 52–62 cm long. It lives in Madagascar's forests, including eastern rainforest and western dry forest. It is active by day and hunts vertebrates.

• Kuhl's pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii

  Kuhl's pipistrelle is a small bat found from the Mediterranean region through West Asia to South Asia. It also lives around farmland and towns, catching small insects in flight.

• Caatinga Puffbird Nystalus maculatus

  A puffbird of Brazil's Caatinga. The ICMBio regional guide uses the English name Spot-backed Puffbird for the same scientific name.

• Watson's Climbing Rat Tylomys watsoni

  Watson's climbing rat has a long, white-tipped tail and large ears. It uses trees at night but is also recorded on the ground around rocks and fallen logs.

• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus

  The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide occurs in Asia, mainly along the Himalayan foothills. Its orange forehead and rump stand out, and it feeds on beeswax and insects.

• Moor Macaque Macaca maura

  The Moor macaque occurs in southwestern Sulawesi. It is mainly fruit-eating and also eats leaves and arthropods.

• Visayan Blue Fantail Rhipidura samarensis

  A Philippine fantail recorded on Bohol, Leyte and Samar, where it occurs in moist lowland forest. Its head and upperparts are blue, with paler blue underparts.

• Hairy Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma villosum

  The hairy big-eyed bat has tricolored dorsal fur and long guard hairs. A 2024 report documented the first Cozumel Island record in Mexico from one bat captured in semideciduous forest.

• Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush Garrulax rufifrons

  This Javan laughingthrush has a rufous forehead and chin. It eats fruit and insects, and may forage in noisy small groups or mixed-species flocks.

• Harpy Fruit Bat Harpyionycteris whiteheadi

  The harpy fruit bat lives in forests on islands including the Philippines. The account describes dark brown upper fur and group roosts in fruiting plants.

• Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura

  A bulbul of western and central African forests. It eats fruit and other plant food and occurs in raffia-palm stands and damp forest near water.

• Eastern Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) dimidiatus

  Its back is covered with spine-like hairs, and it has a white underside and a white spot below each eye. Its range extends from Sinai across the Arabian Peninsula to southern Pakistan.

• Corn Crake Crex crex

  A small rail that hides in tall grass. Its rasping call may be heard before the bird is seen.