Meet the world’s animals.

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• Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus

  

  The Violaceous Coucal is a large coucal found only on New Britain and New Ireland. It searches for insects and small animals in trees in humid lowland forest.

• Marco Polo Argali Ovis polii

  Ovis polii is a wild sheep described from the dry Pamir steppe. Males have long, winding horns, and the sheep use rolling hills, broad valleys, and gradual mountain sides.

• Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea

  This large cockatoo has a black body set off by yellow cheek and tail markings. It feeds in flocks in eucalypt woodlands and pine plantations.

• Isabelle's Serotine Eptesicus (Cnephaeus) isabellinus

  Eptesicus isabellinus is recorded from southern Iberia into northwestern Africa. Its account lists environments from Mediterranean woodland to semidesert.

• Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus

  This shrike has a grey back and white underparts and searches for prey in dry grassland.

• Green monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus

  The green monkey occurs widely in West Africa. It has golden fur with a green tint and a long tail, and moves on all fours on the ground and in trees.

• Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha

  A small bird recorded in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Males and females have different patterns on the chest and wings.

• Turkish spiny mouse Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus

  A 2017 paper reported two isolated populations between Silifke and Erdemli in southern Turkey from a 2013–2016 survey; capture sites ranged from sea level to 510 m.

• Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus

  The Hoary-headed Grebe is a diving bird of fresh and brackish waters in Australia. Breeding adults show fine pale streaks on the head.

• Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus

  The Barbary ground squirrel is a striped, ground-dwelling squirrel of rocky northwestern Africa. It digs burrows and can live socially.

• Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficollis

  This laughingthrush uses scrub and forest growth across the eastern Himalayan region, from south-central Nepal through Bhutan and northeastern India to northern Myanmar and adjacent southern China.

• Colorful Pericote Auliscomys pictus

  The colorful pericote occurs in the high Andes of central and southern Peru and western Bolivia. Its account reports high-elevation grassland and rocky habitats.

• Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos

  The Little Pied Cormorant is a small cormorant of Australia and nearby regions, with contrasting dark upperparts and a white underside.

• Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia

  A wild sheep of the dry mountains of North Africa.

• White-winged Cotinga Xipholena atropurpurea

  The White-winged Cotinga is a fruit-eating bird of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. The male stands out with a black body and white wings.

• Big-footed Myotis Myotis (Myotis) macrodactylus

  The big-footed myotis roosts in caves and unused tunnels in Japan. Its back is grayish to blackish brown, with paler fur underneath.

• Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis

  This nightjar hides on the ground in damp grassland and wetlands, then catches flying insects from dusk onward. Its African range is broad but patchy.

• Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata

  The bonnet macaque is a monkey native to southern India. The hair on its head spreads like a bonnet.

• Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi

  The Pechora Pipit is marked by bold white stripes on its back and fine streaks on the chest. It hides in dense grass and flushes only at close range.

• 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.

• Isabella Oriole Oriolus isabellae

  The Isabela Oriole is an oriole recorded on Luzon in the Philippines.

• Mentawai Squirrel Callosciurus melanogaster

  This dark squirrel is found only on the Mentawai Islands. It is active by day, mostly in trees, and eats fruit and young leaves.

• Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis

  This small falcon hunts in open grassland and farmland in Indonesia. Its prey includes insects, small birds, lizards, and small mammals.

• Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) ochrognathus

  The Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat uses high-elevation grasslands and rocky slopes, where it makes nests and burrows.