Meet the world’s animals.

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• Grey-banded Babbler Robsonius sorsogonensis

  

  This ground-dwelling bird inhabits forests in southern Luzon, Philippines. It has long legs and a long tail, with dark brown upperparts and rufous-brown wings and tail.

• Toque Macaque Macaca sinica

  A macaque endemic to Sri Lanka; the shape of its crown tuft varies by region.

• Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius

  This colorful parrot has a red head, white cheeks, and blue shoulders. It feeds on the ground in open woodland and grassland in southeastern Australia, eating seeds and fruits among other foods.

• Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus titthaecheilus

  The Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat is described as the largest member of its genus and occurs in forests, plantations, and settlements.

• Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea

  The Vinaceous Dove is marked by a black patch on the back of the neck edged in white, with a pale pink-grey head and breast. It uses dry scrub and savanna south of the Sahara, foraging on the ground for seeds and other vegetation.

• Black-tailed Thallomys Thallomys nigricauda

  The Black-tailed Thallomys is an arboreal rodent with a black tail, living in dry Acacia savanna.

• Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae

  The male Victoria’s Riflebird is black with an iridescent blue-green crown and breast. Females are brown, and the species eats small animals and fruit.

• Long-legged Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) volans

  Long-legged myotis is a western North American bat with a ridged spur at the ankle and fur on the underside of the wing extending to the line between elbow and knee. It hunts insects over water, beneath tree canopies, and along cliffs.

• 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.

• Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira parvidens

  This small fruit-eating bat ranges from Mexico to northern Costa Rica. It roosts in mature forest and is also often recorded in disturbed areas where pioneer plants grow.

• Kikau Foulehaio procerior

  The Kikau, or western wattled honeyeater, lives on islands of Fiji. It uses forests and mangroves and mainly eats flower nectar and insects, often foraging in or just below the canopy. This account follows the current species treatment of Foulehaio procerior.

• Korrigum Damaliscus korrigum

  The korrigum is an antelope recorded in West African savannas. In northern Benin’s Pendjari National Park, observers documented herds moving in the dry season toward fresh grass and remaining water.

• Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus

  The Bolivia species account records this becard in humid forests from Amazonian lowlands to lower mountain forests. It is often alone or in pairs in the canopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Jelski's Altiplano Mouse Abrothrix jelskii

  This altiplano mouse lives in the high grasslands of the central Andes. Its coat and activity period vary.

• Blyth's Frogmouth Batrachostomus affinis

  Blyth's Frogmouth has plumage ranging from rufous-brown to grey. It hunts insects at night from low perches in lowland and hill forests, including Borneo.

• Thomas's Flying Squirrel Aeromys thomasi

  Thomas’s Flying Squirrel lives in Borneo’s forests. Its coat has no conspicuous markings, and it is nocturnal and eats forest fruits.

• Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides

  The Southern Fulmar is a seabird with pale plumage and a pink bill tipped in black. It nests on cliffs on islands in the Southern Ocean and searches for food near the sea surface.

• Red-bellied monkey Cercopithecus erythrogaster

  The red-bellied monkey is a forest-dwelling primate found from southern Nigeria into Benin and Togo.

• Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri

  This bird ranges from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. It has a black body, chestnut head, neck and rump, and a yellow tail with dark central feathers.

• Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia peronii

  The Western naked-backed fruit bat occurs in Indonesia and Timor-Leste in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The life-history details here are mainly from field observations on Timor.

• Teardrop White-eye Rukia ruki

  The Teardrop White-eye is recorded on four islands in the Faichuk group of Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia. It has been observed in old native forest and secondary forest, where it gleans insects from foliage.

• Common Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster

  The common water rat is a large rodent adapted to life near water. It has webbed feet and a thick tail with a white tip.

• Desert Sparrow Passer simplex

  The Desert Sparrow is a small, sandy-colored sparrow. Males have a black bib and black lores, and the species occurs in desert scrub and around oases.

• Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis

  The evening bat has dark brown to black fur and broad ears. It roosts in tree hollows and under loose bark, and sometimes uses buildings.