Meet the world’s animals.

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• North Sumatran Leaf Monkey Presbytis thomasi

  

  This arboreal monkey lives in forests of northern Sumatra. It has a mostly black body, a pale underside and a distinctive white V-shaped pattern around the eyes.

• Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana

  A small bird of eastern Australia, often in open woodland and shrubland. Its yellowish underside and white cheek streaks stand out as it forages among leaves.

• Brazilian Nectar Bat Lonchophylla mordax

  Its back is cinnamon-brown and its underside paler. This Brazilian bat feeds mainly on nectar and is recorded in a limited region where the semiarid Caatinga meets the Atlantic Forest.

• Madagascar White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus

  This small white-eye occurs on Madagascar and nearby islands in the western Indian Ocean. It searches for insects beneath tree crowns and in shrubs, and also takes nectar.

• Horsfield's Fruit Bat Cynopterus horsfieldii

  This fruit bat ranges from mainland Southeast Asia to the Malay Peninsula and islands including Sumatra and Java. It has been recorded in lowland and montane forest, orchards, and agricultural areas.

• Javan Oriole Oriolus cruentus

  The Javan Oriole is a resident forest bird of Java that feeds on fruit.

• Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus (Progerbillurus) paeba

  This small gerbil has fur on the soles of its feet. It lives in dry parts of southern Africa and uses burrows beneath grass or shrubs.

• Black-browed Tit Aegithalos bonvaloti

  A 2013 Indian BIRDS paper reports photographs of this tit near Namti and Walong in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. The observed group held six to seven birds and used an open area with ferns and scattered pines.

• Arabian Gazelle Gazella arabica

  A slender gazelle with a white underside, living in deserts and other dry open habitats.

• White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas

  The White-winged Black Tit is a small bird of open acacia and broadleaf woodland. Its black body contrasts with white wing patches, and it moves in pairs or small groups.

• Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi

  Its back ranges from yellowish brown to gray, its underside is pale, and white lines surround the eyes. This is a diurnal squirrel that mainly uses trees.

• Mangrove Robin Peneoenanthe pulverulenta

  The Mangrove Robin is a grey robin known from coastal forests of New Guinea and northern Australia. A study in Australia's Northern Territory also reported a breeding population in wetland vegetation away from mangroves.

• Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii

  The red bat is a medium-sized bat with reddish or grayish fur. In Argentina it roosts among foliage and catches insects while flying.

• Orange-breasted Bunting Passerina leclancherii

  The Orange-breasted Bunting forages for seeds in dry scrub and rural areas on Mexico’s Pacific slope. Males show blue, green, orange, and yellow; females are grey-green and pale yellow.

• Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat Oecomys bicolor

  The Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat is a tree-using rodent of Central and South American forests. Its back is ochre to reddish brown, its belly is white, and its tail has a short tuft.

• Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis

  The Aplomado Falcon lives in open country from Mexico through South America. It has a long tail and sometimes hunts with another falcon.

• Red-eared Guenon Cercopithecus erythrotis

  This arboreal monkey has separate ranges in southeastern Nigeria and northwestern Cameroon, and on Bioko Island. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus

  The Variable Oriole occurs from eastern and southeastern Brazil through Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay to northern Argentina. It uses woodland, scrub, and gardens.

• Toltec Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Dermanura) toltecus

  It ranges from Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia. In Costa Rica it was captured at moist premontane forest edges and in secondary-forest remnants.

• Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria

  Southern Flores specimens are described with brown irises, black bills, and bluish-purple legs. A specimen from Tjeréng was collected in primary forest.

• Madagascan Flying Fox Pteropus rufus

  The Madagascan flying fox is a large fruit bat found only on Madagascar. It mainly takes juice from fruit and spits out the dry pulp and seeds, helping disperse seeds.

• Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster

  The Hispaniolan Trogon is the only trogon on Hispaniola. It has metallic green upperparts, a gray breast, and a red belly.

• Plains Pseudomys Pseudomys australis

  A mouse of Australia’s arid zone. Recent records are concentrated on stony plains in South Australia, with scattered records in the Northern Territory and Queensland.

• Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis

  The Black-eared Catbird is a bowerbird with a green body, dark head markings, and cream-colored spots. It eats both animal and plant foods.