Meet the world’s animals.

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• Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti

  

  A kingfisher that perches in open African woodland and scrub to look for prey on the ground. Fine stripes mark its head and body.

• Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus

  The typical lemniscomys is a grassland mouse with pale stripes and rows of spots on its back. It is active by day and nests among grass or brush.

• Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides

  The Robin Accentor lives in high mountains from the Himalayas to central China. In summer it uses wet scrub and grassland; in winter it searches for food among lower rocky sites and similar habitats.

• Horsfield's Shrew Crocidura horsfieldii

  This shrew occurs in India and Sri Lanka, where it is recorded in moist forests and grasslands. It is terrestrial and feeds on insects.

• Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus

  The Marbled Murrelet is a small seabird that catches small fish at sea and nests in mature forests. In California, Oregon, and Washington, it forages near shore and breeds in coastal forests.

• Amami Rabbit Pentalagus furnessi

  The Amami rabbit is a short-eared, short-legged rabbit found in the forests of Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima. It eats grasses, young shoots and fruit, and usually lives alone.

• Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix

  This wren is endemic to western Mexico. A white eyebrow, black-and-white flecking on the face and neck, and a rufous crown and upper back distinguish it. It lives in second growth and forest edges, feeding mainly on invertebrates.

• Water Opossum Chironectes minimus

  The water opossum is a marsupial adapted for swimming. It uses webbed hind feet and a long tail to move through water and catch small aquatic animals.

• Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii

  Abdim's Stork occurs in eastern and southern Africa. It eats insects, and some populations move south after breeding.

• Western Brush Wallaby Notamacropus irma

  This wallaby is marked by black paws, a brush-like tail, and a white stripe on the face. It is active around dawn and dusk and is found in heathland at Whiteman Park.

• American Barn Owl Tyto furcata

  The American Barn Owl occurs across the Americas. It flies over open ground at night, searching for small mammals.

• Agile Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys agilis

  The agile kangaroo rat hops on long hind feet. It lives in dry scrub, digs burrows, and carries seeds in its cheek pouches.

• White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus

  The White-crowned Starling lives in open scrub and acacia woodland in East Africa. It has a white crown and is described feeding on the ground.

• Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus brunneus

  This Idaho ground squirrel occurs in Adams and Valley Counties. It has a reddish-brown back with faint pale spots. Adult males emerge above ground first, followed by females and yearlings, and the animals later enter seasonal hibernation.

• Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva

  In breeding plumage, its black face and underparts are edged by a white stripe, with gold-spangled upperparts. It breeds on tundra and searches the ground for insects.

• Achallo Chinchillula sahamae

  Chinchillula sahamae is a medium-sized rodent of the high Andes. It is known for its black, white, and brown pattern and for a report of nesting with its own hair among rocks.

• Three-toed Jacamar Jacamaralcyon tridactyla

  The Three-toed Jacamar occurs in southeastern Brazil. It has fine golden-buff markings on its head, a green gloss on its dark tail, and three toes on each foot.

• Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus

  This flying-fox has straw-colored fur around the eyes that looks like spectacles. It searches for fruit, nectar, pollen, and leaves at night and roosts in large camps.

• Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum

  The Black-sided Flowerpecker is a small bird of Borneo's montane forests. Males have a red throat and dark blue-black back; females have a greener back.

• Marine Otter Lontra felina

  The marine otter lives among rocky shores along the Pacific coast of South America. It has dark brown fur and feeds on fish, crustaceans, and mollusks.

• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula

  The Oriental Skylark uses open ground in grasslands and fields and eats both plant and animal foods.

• Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus

  A shaggy antelope of grassland near water.

• Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi

  Hartlaub's Turaco is a green bird of the East African highlands. It moves by hopping through the canopy and making short flights between trees.

• Black-and-orange Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) formosus

  This medium-sized bat has light yellow-brown fur on its back and pale yellow fur underneath. The 2014 review included the Taiwanese population as a subspecies of this species.