Meet the world’s animals.

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• Agricola’s Opossum Cryptonanus agricolai

  

  This is a small opossum. Ventral fur is unbanded white in most examined specimens, and little is known about its field ecology.

• Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris

  Males combine dark grey and rufous plumage, while females are grey-brown and streaked; the birds often search for insects high in trees.

• Etruscan Shrew Suncus etruscus

  The Etruscan shrew is a very small shrew that is also found in the Mediterranean region of mainland Portugal.

• Collared Inca Coeligena torquata

  This hummingbird inhabits humid Andean forests. A white chest band stands out against its dark plumage, and it feeds on nectar as well as small insects and spiders.

• Four-horned Antelope Tetracerus quadricornis

  The four-horned antelope is a solitary bovid of open, dry deciduous forests in India. Four horns are present only in adult males.

• Gray-striped Francolin Pternistis griseostriatus

  The Gray-striped Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird of forests and thickets in western Angola. Pairs and small groups keep to dense cover.

• Ethiopian Highland Hare Lepus starcki

  This hare occurs in the Ethiopian Highlands. Reports describe a noticeable outer-ear pattern and often an entirely white upper surface of the tail. At the Bale Mountains study site, habitat use changed with the seasons.

• White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis

  The White-headed Vanga is endemic to Madagascar. The male has a white head and underside with green-glossed black upperparts, and searches for food on forest branches.

• Sri Lankan giant squirrel Ratufa macroura

  A large squirrel of southern India and Sri Lanka, with a grizzled tail marked by pale hairs. It spends almost all its time in trees.

• European Herring Gull Larus argentatus

  The European Herring Gull is a large gull commonly seen in Britain and Ireland. Its grey back and pink legs help identify it.

• Beelzebub Tube-nosed Bat Murina beelzebub

  This tube-nosed bat is recorded in Vietnam. Silver guard hairs run through its dark coat, and its belly hairs have white tips.

• Giant Ibis Pseudibis gigantea

  The world’s largest ibis now remains in lowland forest in northern and eastern Cambodia. It searches for food at secluded forest pools.

• Western Amazonian Nectomys Nectomys apicalis

  Nectomys apicalis is a rodent of the western Amazon. A study recorded it in mature forest close to streams at Peru's Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve. The paper also reports the western Amazon form from eastern Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil's Juruá region.

• Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus

  The Channel-billed Toucan lives in the canopy of lowland forests in South America. It may be seen alone, in pairs, or in small flocks around fruiting trees.

• Mona Monkey Cercopithecus mona

  The mona monkey is an arboreal monkey of West and Central African forests. It searches for food in the middle and upper parts of trees.

• Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus

  The Black Solitaire occurs in humid forests of the Chocó region of Colombia and Ecuador. Its black plumage contrasts with white cheek and breast tufts and red eyes.

• Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira erythromos

  In the Argentine account, the back is dark brown to gray with three-colored hairs. The bat eats fruit in forest areas and may roost among foliage or in tree hollows.

• Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis virescens

  The Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo occurs in wooded habitats on Sulawesi and is often noticed by its calls. eBird's identification account notes buff underparts and a barred tail.

• Ceram Flying Fox Pteropus ocularis

  The Ceram flying fox is known from only a small number of recorded individuals in the Moluccas. A 2015 study reported a new record from western Seram.

• Marsh Antwren Formicivora acutirostris

  This antwren lives in flooded coastal wetlands of southern Brazil. Males have a gray-black underside, while females have black-and-white mottling underneath; the bird uses marsh vegetation.

• Greater Bandicoot Rat Bandicota indica

  It is the largest rat in Taiwan. It has coarse black hairs on its back and occurs in lowland farmland, including rice and sugarcane fields there.

• Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii

  The Golden-throated Barbet has a green body, golden throat, and red forehead. It feeds on fruit, including figs, in mountain forests.

• Rothschild's Rock Wallaby Petrogale rothschildi

  Rothschild's rock wallaby occurs in Western Australia's Pilbara and Ashburton regions. It uses deep rocky crevices as refuge from daytime heat.

• Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps

  The pale grey head and dark facial bands are distinctive. This parakeet lives in coastal forest on a small group of Nicobar Islands.