Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis

  

  A large North American crane with a long neck and legs. It feeds in wetlands and grasslands and gathers in large flocks during migration and winter.

• Burmese Hare Lepus peguensis

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

• Raja Ampat Pitohui Pitohui cerviniventris

  This bird lives in lowland forest on Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands. Its island forms differ in the color of the underparts, and the species account reports fruit and insects in its diet.

• Carr's Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) carri

  This slender opossum has white forefeet. Specimens were collected in premontane and montane rainforest on mainland Venezuela; its range also includes Trinidad and Tobago.

• Crested Caracara Caracara plancus

  The Crested Caracara is a falcon with a striking black cap, white neck, and yellow-orange face. It can also be seen walking on the ground in open country in the southern United States.

• Spectacled Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes conspicillatus

  This small wallaby has orange rings around its dark eyes. In the dry grasslands of Australia, it hides in tall grass by day and feeds on plants at night.

• Black Grasswren Amytornis housei

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in the Kimberley of northwestern Western Australia. Its black underparts, white streaks, and long tail are distinctive.

• Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys spectabilis

  This North American rodent moves in long bounds on its hind legs. It carries grass seeds in its cheek pouches and stores them underground.

• Giant Weaver Ploceus grandis

  The Giant Weaver occurs only on São Tomé. It is often seen in small groups in secondary forest and oil-palm plantations, feeding on seeds, palm nuts, and invertebrates.

• Siskiyou Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou

  Neotamias siskiyou ranges from the northern California coast to central Oregon. Coastal and inland populations differ in coat colour, including the back stripes and underside.

• Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii

  The Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet is a small parrot of forests in northern South America and Trinidad, and it may move in flocks.

• Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) raviventris

  This mouse lives in saline and brackish wetlands around San Francisco Bay. Its back is dark brown, while reddish bellies vary by location.

• Espanola Cactus Finch Geospiza conirostris

  The Large Cactus Finch is a Darwin's finch of the Galápagos, with a varied diet that includes Opuntia cactus. Here the account follows the Trust's treatment of the Española Island population.

• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus

  A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.

• Japanese Reed Bunting Emberiza yessoensis

  The Japanese Reed Bunting uses grassland, farmland, and dry riverbeds. This account focuses on the form that breeds in Honshu and Kyushu.

• African clawless otter Aonyx capensis

  An African otter that searches for crabs and handles prey with its clawless forepaws.

• Cardinal Lory Pseudeos cardinalis

  The Cardinal Lory is a nectar-feeding parrot with conspicuous red plumage. It ranges from New Ireland to Bougainville and the Solomon Islands, using coastal lowlands and upland forest.

• Pyrenean Chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica

  The Pyrenean chamois is a bovid with a dark band across the eyes and hooked horns. The plants it eats change with the seasons.

• Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

  This small manakin lives in lowland forest around the Amazon region. Males hang upside down from branches and twist rapidly from side to side during courtship.

• Slender Yellow Bat Rhogeessa gracilis

  The Slender Yellow Bat is a small bat recorded in Mexico. Current taxonomic references use Baeodon gracilis for the taxon previously called Rhogeessa gracilis.

• King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius

  The King Bird-of-paradise occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands. Males court with brilliant red plumage and their long ornamental tail feathers.

• Preuss's Monkey Allochrocebus preussi

  Preuss's monkey is a forest primate marked by a silvery-white neck collar and reddish-brown back. It is active by day and forages for fruit and young shoots in groups.

• Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei

  The Rufous-crested Coquette is a tiny hummingbird of humid forest edges and nearby clearings in Central and South America. Males have a long rufous crest that females lack.

• Incan Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus incarum

  A broad-nosed bat occurring east of the Andes. Records from Brazil’s Cerrado and Pantanal were confirmed as P. incarum rather than P. helleri.