Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bananal Antbird Cercomacra ferdinandi

  

  An antbird recorded along the Araguaia and Tocantins river corridors of central Brazil, using dense river-edge thickets in flood-prone areas.

• Dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas

  

  A gazelle of deserts and dry grassland that feeds on a variety of plants.

• Streak-capped Spinetail Cranioleuca hellmayri

  

  It has a long pointed tail, a rufous crown with pale streaks, and a whitish eyebrow and throat. It occurs in Colombia's mountain forests and searches for small invertebrates at forest edges and in mixed flocks.

• Central American Lowland Forest Cottontail Sylvilagus gabbi

  

  Sylvilagus gabbi is a cottontail of Central American lowland tropical forest. The nominate subspecies, S. g. gabbi, is described as brown with dark and pale bands and an orange nape.

• Blue Pitta Hydrornis cyaneus

  

  The Blue Pitta lives in forests of South and Southeast Asia and searches for food on the forest floor. Males are vivid blue, while females are mainly brown.

• Common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

  

  A bat from Mexico through much of South America that feeds on animal blood.

• Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus

  A montane forest bird of western Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria whose pairs duet.

• Northern Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) americana

  The Northern Three-striped Opossum has three black lines on its back. Close relatives share the same pattern, so appearance alone may not distinguish them.

• Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys swinhoei

  The Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler lives in forest and scrub in eastern and southeastern China. It probes near the ground for insects and plant matter. Its account gives a broad March–June breeding period for much of its range.

• Black-and-white Langur Presbytis bicolor

  This langur occurs in central Sumatra. Field visits from 2016 to 2022 recorded it in forest and rubber-growing landscapes and documented feeding on rubber-tree and leaves of mango (Mangifera sp.).

• Little Pratincole Glareola lactea

  The little pratincole is a small bird that catches insects while flying over water and farmland. It is also recorded along Thai rivers and lakeshores.

• Huon tree kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei

  The Huon tree kangaroo is a marsupial of the mountain forests of Papua New Guinea's Huon Peninsula. Its claws and long tail help it climb.

• White-breasted Robin Eopsaltria georgiana

  The White-breasted Robin is endemic to south-western Australia. It often perches sideways on a trunk, then darts to catch prey from the ground or air.

• Neotropical River Otter Lontra longicaudis

  An otter of South America and Trinidad, using rivers, lakes and their banks.

• Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo

  In breeding plumage, this seabird stands out for white spectacles on its face and red legs. It nests in cliff crevices and dives for fish.

• Southern Plains Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) micropus

  The southern plains woodrat is a rodent of dry areas from the southern United States into northern Mexico. It eats cacti and yucca and may store food in its den.

• Citron-crested Cockatoo Cacatua citrinocristata

  This white cockatoo is restricted to Sumba Island, Indonesia. Its crest and ear-coverts are golden orange, and the iris differs in color between males and females.

• Pacific rat Rattus exulans

  The Pacific rat is thought to have originated in Southeast Asia and spread to Pacific islands. In New Zealand it is known as kiore.

• Swierstra's Francolin Pternistis swierstrai

  Swierstra's Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird of the highlands of western Angola. The female is described as smaller and duller than the male.

• Black Flying-fox Pteropus alecto

  The black flying-fox is a large fruit bat found in northern and eastern Australia. Its Japanese name also appears in the Japanese Mammalogical Society’s standard mammal-name list.

• Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae

  A medium-sized parakeet with a red forehead and green body. Its three extant subspecies occupy islands around New Zealand, and the source describes their island distributions.

• Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus

  The brown long-eared bat is noted for its extremely long ears. The British account describes it hunting moths, beetles, and other large insects in woodland, and using trees and buildings as summer roosts.

• Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia

  The Racket-tailed Treepie is a slender corvid with green sheen on its dark plumage and a long tail that spreads at the tip. In Thailand it searches shrubs in pairs or small groups along forest edges and in bamboo woodland.

• Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus

  This ground squirrel occurs in dry parts of Africa, including open woodland, savanna, grassland, and rocky country. A pale stripe runs along each side from shoulder to hindquarters.