Meet the world’s animals.

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• Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri

  

  Erect-crested penguins have yellow crests that rise obliquely above their eyes. They breed on islands near New Zealand and feed on small crustaceans and squid.

• Bhutan Takin Budorcas whitei

  This is the Bhutan form of takin. Large adult males in Bhutan have been reported to appear slightly brighter orange than darker females.

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

  A North American bird: adult males are black and white with a red breast, while females and young birds are brown and streaked.

• Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana

  The Mexican long-tongued bat uses a tongue about one-third of its body length to feed from flowers. It visits night-blooming cactus and agave.

• 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.

• Mitered Langur Presbytis mitrata

  Presbytis mitrata is a monkey of southern Sumatra. It feeds mainly on leaves and is arboreal. Its coat varies, so individuals do not all look alike.

• Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti

  This large hawk-eagle has a white-tipped crest and streaked gray cheeks. It occurs in southwest India and Sri Lanka, where it uses montane forest and woodland along streams and hunts small mammals and birds.

• Heather Vole Phenacomys intermedius

  The Heather Vole has long, soft fur. It stays active all year, using burrows in summer and surface nests beneath the snow in winter.

• Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus

  A quail of forest floors in Mexico and northern Central America, with gray-brown, white-streaked plumage that runs rather than taking flight when alarmed.

• Fea's Tree Rat Chiromyscus chiropus

  Fea’s Tree Rat is an arboreal murine with a broad orange pattern on its back and a bicolored or mottled tail. The 2014 study examined specimens from several forested localities in southern Vietnam.

• Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris

  The Rufous-vented Tit is a small bird of mountain forests around the Himalayas. Fresh plumage shows a black crest and a pale patch on the nape.

• Black-winged Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa tumida

  The black-winged little yellow bat ranges from southern Mexico into northern Central America. The edges of its range remain uncertain.

• American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

  A brown-and-buff heron that can blend into marsh vegetation by stretching its neck and pointing its bill upward.

• Santander dwarf squirrel Microsciurus santanderensis

  The Santander dwarf squirrel is a small forest squirrel from Colombia. Orange and black fur is reported, but taxonomic confusion leaves its ecology poorly known.

• Meadow bunting Emberiza cioides

  A bird of woodland edges, fields, riverbanks and other partly open habitats. It forages in grass and sings from exposed treetops.

• Peters’ Duiker Cephalophus callipygus

  Peters’ duiker is a small antelope of Central African forests. It is diurnal and is recorded in primary, old secondary, and logged forest.

• Subantarctic Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica

  The Subantarctic Snipe lives on islands south of mainland New Zealand. Its brown and blackish back feathers have buff edges, and it hides among dense vegetation during the day.

• Dwarf Little Fruit Bat Rhinophylla pumilio

  A small fruit-eating bat widespread in northern South America. It lacks a tail and uses folded leaves as daytime roost tents.

• Cape Verde Storm Petrel Hydrobates jabejabe

  This storm-petrel breeds on rocky sites and uses surrounding marine waters. The 2018 IUCN assessment treated the Cape Verde population, while a 2026 study described the São Tomé population as a subspecies of Hydrobates jabejabe.

• Guinea Baboon Papio papio

  A West African baboon whose wild ecology has been studied in a Senegalese national park.

• Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi

  The Bornean Stubtail is a small bird with an almost invisible tail. It moves like a mouse through leaf litter and undergrowth in mountain forest, searching for insects near the ground.

• Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris

  This semiaquatic rat uses wetlands and watersides. The balance of plant and animal foods in its diet varies by region.

• Plateau Lark Corypha nigrescens

  This lark is very localized on high plateaus in Tanzania and Malawi. Its natural history is poorly documented.

• Common Metad Millardia meltada

  The common metad has a finely grizzled gray back and a tail that is dark above and pale below. Nepal's account describes life in lowland fields and grasslands.