Meet the world’s animals.

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• Madagascar Ibis Lophotibis cristata

  

  This ibis lives only in the forests of Madagascar. Its white wings and crest stand out, and it probes the forest floor for food with a long bill.

• Riverine Rabbit Bunolagus monticularis

  The riverine rabbit lives in separate areas of South Africa. It is active around dawn and dusk; some populations live along seasonal rivers.

• Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis

  This small honeybird is about 10 cm long. It lives in the Afrotropical region and searches for invertebrates in trees.

• Bharal (blue sheep) Pseudois nayaur

  A mountain animal also known as the blue sheep, found in the Indian Himalaya.

• San Cristobal Mockingbird Mimus melanotis

  The San Cristobal Mockingbird occurs only on San Cristóbal in the Galápagos. It uses habitats from the coast to higher ground, including dry woodland and farmland, and eats insects and fruit.

• Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni

  A medium-sized mouse described as having a pure-white belly. A survey in western Guinea recorded it in gallery forest and cultivated areas at a small number of sites.

• African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti

  The African Desert Warbler is a small warbler of North African deserts. It is treated as distinct from the Asian Desert Warbler.

• Fijian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat Mirimiri acrodonta

  The Fijian monkey-faced fruit bat has been recorded in upland cloud forest on Taveuni Island. It has bright orange eyes, and records of its ecology remain limited.

• Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna

  This small waxbill occurs in dry scrub from Ethiopia to Tanzania. It feeds on grass seeds and other small foods near the ground.

• Antilopine wallaroo Osphranter antilopinus

  The antilopine wallaroo is a marsupial of northern Australian savanna woodlands. Adult males and females differ in coat color.

• Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii

  This thrush lives in mountain forests from Mexico to Panama. A gray breast and pale orange lower bill help identify it, and it forages on the ground and in fruiting trees or shrubs.

• Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel Hylopetes spadiceus

  This Southeast Asian flying squirrel glides from tree to tree in forest.

• Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni

  The Blue-bearded Bee-eater has a green body, long blue throat feathers and a large curved bill. It uses openings in forests, and the species account reports spring-to-summer breeding in India.

• Southern Four-eyed Opossum Philander quica

  The southern four-eyed opossum is a medium-sized marsupial of Brazil's Atlantic Coastal region. It feeds mainly on invertebrates, small vertebrates, and fruit, and is active at night.

• Madagascar Red Owl Tyto soumagnei

  The Madagascar red owl is nocturnal, with reddish-brown plumage marked by black spots. It also occurs near forest edges and farmland on Madagascar.

• Heck's Macaque Macaca hecki

  This macaque lives in rainforest in northwestern Sulawesi. It is active by day and spends much of its time in trees.

• Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor

  It ranges from Middle America through the northern two-thirds of South America east of the Andes. In Costa Rica it is a resident of lowlands, where it eats fruit and insects and nests in tree cavities.

• 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.

• Yellow-eared Barbet Psilopogon australis

  The Yellow-eared Barbet lives in forest on Java and Bali, is active by day, and eats fruit.

• Lesser Asiatic Yellow Bat Scotophilus kuhlii

  Its back is brown and its underside is paler. It has been reported roosting in groups in buildings and trees in towns and villages, and flying early in the evening.

• Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor

  This finch inhabits the Andean highlands. It forages on rocky ground and steppe slopes and may move to lower ground in winter.

• Striped Yellow-eared Bat Vampyriscus nymphaea

  This bat is recorded mainly from Colombia’s Pacific region. Its dorsal stripe may be faint, while four white facial lines and yellow ear margins are conspicuous.

• Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops

  The Black-faced Coucal is a cuckoo family bird of Philippine forests and forest edges. By day, it searches near the ground for small invertebrates.

• Abyssinian Hare Lepus habessinicus

  The Abyssinian hare lives in open parts of East Africa. Its coat differs somewhat between Somali and Ethiopian animals.