Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons

  

  The Rufous-fronted Babbler is a small babbler of Asian forests. It searches among vegetation for small invertebrates.

• Durango Coarse-haired Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus durangae

  This pocket mouse occurs mainly in Durango, Mexico. The adult male holotype, collected in 2008, measured 20.3 cm from nose to tail tip.

• Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus

  The Northern Carmine Bee-eater is a vivid red bird that catches grasshoppers and other insects in flight, often in flocks.

• Proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus

  A monkey of riverine and coastal forests on Borneo. Males have conspicuously large noses.

• Vanuatu Megapode Megapodius layardi

  The Vanuatu Megapode has bare red skin on its face and yellow legs. It lays eggs in burrows and uses heat from volcanic soil or sun-warmed ground.

• Common Brown Four-eyed Opossum Metachirus myosuros

  This opossum occurs in forests from Central America into central South America. It has brown fur, small pale eye spots and a long, nearly naked tail. It is nocturnal, solitary and mainly terrestrial.

• 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.

• Long-tailed marmot Marmota (Marmota) caudata

  The long-tailed marmot is a large squirrel found in Central Asia’s high mountain meadows.

• Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei

  In Hong Kong it is recorded mainly as an autumn passage migrant, with fewer spring records. The Hong Kong avifauna says it prefers closed-canopy woodland. Males in breeding plumage grow long central tail feathers.

• Caracciolo's Stripe-faced Bat Vampyrodes caraccioli

  Caracciolo's stripe-faced bat is a fruit-eating bat marked with white lines on its face and back. In Bolivia, it feeds mainly on figs and roosts high in the canopy.

• Taiwan Bush-warbler Locustella alishanensis

  This bush-warbler lives in Taiwan's mountains. It sings from tall grass in forest-edge grassland and fern-covered slopes.

• Tehuantepec Jackrabbit Lepus flavigularis

  The Tehuantepec jackrabbit is a hare with a restricted range around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico.

• Masked bunting Emberiza personata

  A yellow-bellied, streaked bird that also moves into lowland thickets in autumn and winter.

• Amazonian Marsh Rat Holochilus sciureus

  The Amazonian Marsh Rat uses waterside habitats and wet grasslands. Coat color and reported range vary, and the older broad species account includes records that its authors considered uncertain.

• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

  The Red-necked Phalarope breeds in Arctic wetlands and often spends winter at sea. Females have brighter breeding plumage, while males incubate and care for the young.

• 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.

• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis

  A striking blue bird of open habitats in India. It scans for insects from exposed branches or power lines.

• Northern Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea unguifera

  The northern nail-tail wallaby is a small wallaby with a claw-like projection at the tip of its tail. It is nocturnal and lives in lightly wooded and grassy places near water in northern Australia.

• Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica

  A brown, long-necked duck that gathers in flocks near water and forages at night or in the early morning.

• Smoky Shrew Sorex fumeus

  The Smoky Shrew changes coat color with the seasons. It stays active year-round on the forest floor and feeds on insects, spiders, and worms.

• Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons

  This parrotbill inhabits dense bamboo in or near forest in the Himalaya. A buff head and breast, dark crown stripe, and rufous wings and tail help identify it; it feeds on buds, seeds, and insects.

• Northern Luzon Phloeomys Phloeomys pallidus

  The northern Luzon phloeomys is a large rodent found in northern Luzon. It often uses trees but also moves on the ground.

• Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum

  Batis fratrum lives on the coastal plain of southeastern Africa. Males have grey backs and a white wing-bar; females have a narrow pale eyebrow and rufous wing-bar. It searches for insects in forest understory.

• Caucasian Badger Meles canescens

  The Caucasian badger ranges from the Caucasus through Southwest and Central Asia. Its face has broad dark bands over the eyes and ears, with a white band between them.