Meet the world’s animals.

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• Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti

  

  This cuckooshrike inhabits forests, woodland, forest edges, and mangroves in western and eastern Africa. Males are black with a large yellow gape; females are barred yellow and black. The species account classifies its feeding niche as arboreal invertebrate gleaning.

• Common Metad Millardia meltada

  The common metad has a finely grizzled gray back and a tail that is dark above and pale below. Nepal's account describes life in lowland fields and grasslands.

• Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis

  This parrotbill stands out for its oversized orange bill, gray head, and black brow and throat.

• Chuuk Flying Fox Pteropus pelagicus

  The Chuuk flying fox lives in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia. The study treats the Mortlock population and the populations on Chuuk Lagoon and Namonuito as two subspecies of one species.

• 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.

• Fisher Pekania pennanti

  A mustelid carnivore of North American forests, with a tail about one third of its total length.

• Blue Crane Grus paradisea

  This crane lives in southern African grasslands. Its bluish-grey body and long trailing display feathers stand out.

• Florida Deermouse Podomys floridanus

  The Florida deermouse lives in dry sandy uplands and scrub in peninsular Florida. It may dig a small nest burrow inside a gopher tortoise burrow.

• Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps

  This fulvetta ranges from the Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It has a chestnut crown and pale eyebrow, and searches the forest understorey for insects.

• Doria's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus dorianus

  It has dark brown fur without silver tipping. It lives in montane forests of southeastern New Guinea and is described as especially adapted to life in trees.

• Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis

  Male and female Inland Thornbills look similar. They have olive-brown to gray-brown upperparts, cream-white underparts, dark throat and breast streaks, and red eyes. They range from dense eucalypt forest to arid mulga woodland and glean insects from branches and leaves.

• Burmese Hare Lepus peguensis

  This hare uses open woodland and grassy scrub, feeding on the ground from dusk into the night.

• Azure Dollarbird Eurystomus azureus

  The Azure Dollarbird has dark purple-blue plumage and pale azure wing patches. It lives in forests of Indonesia's northern Moluccas.

• Common Desert Long-eared Bat Otonycteris hemprichii

  This large-eared bat occurs from North Africa into the Middle East. A study tracking reproductive females in the Negev Desert found that they mainly roosted in rock cracks.

• Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima

  This bulbul lives in forests of east-central Africa. Its yellow-green back and yellow throat and belly stand out, and it often eats fruit and seeds.

• Coke's Hartebeest Alcelaphus cokii

  Coke's Hartebeest occurs in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Its coat is pale tawny, the rump patch is only slightly paler, and only the tail tuft is black. It selects grasses in grassland with scattered acacia scrub.

• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus

  The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater is a green bee-eater with bright blue cheeks. In Middle Eastern breeding areas it uses semidesert near water and digs a nesting tunnel in sandy banks.

• Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga commissarisi

  This bat ranges from southern Mexico to Panama. It uses flower nectar as a major food source and also eats soft fruit and insects.

• Brasilia Tapaculo Scytalopus novacapitalis

  This small tapaculo is about 11 cm long and 18.9 g. It occurs in central Brazilian gallery forest; the ICMBio guide describes it as wary and poorly known.

• Lesula Cercopithecus lomamiensis

  This monkey lives in lowland forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and eats fruit and leaves.

• Balicassiao Dicrurus balicassius

  A Philippine drongo. The white underparts and mimicry described here apply specifically to subspecies mirabilis.

• Western Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus mimulus

  This small squirrel has reddish or olive tones mixed into its dark back. It is active by day, uses trees and the ground, and feeds on tree sap and insects.

• Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli

  The Royal Penguin breeds on Macquarie Island and nearby islets. Its pale face and yellow crest that meets over the forehead are distinctive.

• Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana

  A North American marsupial that also uses its long tail while climbing.