Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila

  

  The White-tipped Plantcutter shows strong sex differences in plumage. Males have a red forehead and underparts, while females are grey with dark streaks.

• Fulvous Colilargo Oligoryzomys fulvescens

  The fulvous colilargo is a small rodent. A night survey recorded animals moving among ground-level weeds and climbing among the dry leaves of a felled tree.

• New Zealand little penguin Eudyptula minor

  A small penguin of New Zealand coasts, with a blue-toned back and white underparts.

• Allen's Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis

  This bat ranges through mountains from the southwestern United States to central Mexico. Its large ears and ear flaps reaching the forehead stand out.

• Sangihe Shrike-thrush Coracornis sanghirensis

  This bird occurs only on Indonesia’s Sangihe Island. It has dark olive-brown upperparts and pale underparts, and is found in the canopy of mature hill forest.

• Snow Sheep Ovis nivicola

  The snow sheep lives in rocky mountains of eastern Siberia. It makes short seasonal movements and eats grasses and lichens.

• Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas

  This bird occurs in the high Andes of Peru. Its account describes feeding in short, wet grass beside water; males are black with a rufous back, while females are grey-brown.

• 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.

• Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis

  The Carolina Chickadee is a small bird with a black cap and bib, gray back, and whitish underside. In winter it may forage in flocks with other small birds.

• Merriam's Ground Squirrel Urocitellus canus

  Merriam's ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel found in dry parts of Oregon and Idaho. Its two subspecies differ in size and coat color, and details of their habits remain limited.

• Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis

  This ground-dwelling quail has a conspicuous black throat and white facial lines in the adult male. It rests in small groups among grass.

• Purple-faced Langur Semnopithecus vetulus

  The purple-faced langur is an arboreal monkey endemic to Sri Lanka. It has a long tail and dark face, and several subspecies occur on the island.

• Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus

  This oriole ranges through western and central Africa and into parts of eastern Africa, including Uganda and Kenya. It feeds mostly on invertebrates, especially caterpillars.

• Southern Water Vole Arvicola sapidus

  The southern water vole is a semi-aquatic rodent. It eats plants along riverbanks and digs burrows in soft, vegetated banks.

• Alpine Pipit Anthus gutturalis

  A pipit of New Guinea's high alpine grasslands. It favors short grass and places with nearby bushes.

• Southern Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus magellanicus

  The southern big-eared brown bat is recorded in southern Chile and Argentina. Its appearance is described, while species-specific behavior remains poorly known.

• Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris

  The Rusty-margined Guan lives in South American forests and scrub. In the Paraná forest of Argentina, pale feather edges make the adult breast look scaled.

• Siberian ibex Capra sibirica

  A wild goat of Central Asian mountain ranges, both sexes have horns, but those of males grow especially long and large.

• Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus

  The Double-banded Courser lives in open arid country. Two black breast bands stand out, and it feeds by running a short distance before pecking at insects on the ground.

• Bolam's Pseudomys Pseudomys bolami

  This small mouse has yellow-brown fur and a long, heavily furred tail. It is nocturnal, shelters in burrows, and eats seeds, fruit, and small invertebrates. It occurs in southern Australia.

• Rose Robin Petroica rosea

  This small bird occurs in southeastern Australia, in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest. It often stays in the canopy alone or in pairs, catching insects and spiders in flight.

• Phayre's Squirrel Callosciurus phayrei

  Phayre's Squirrel has pale stripes along its sides and ranges from southern China into eastern Myanmar.

• Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi

  The Streak-eared Bulbul is recorded from Thailand through southern Indochina and the northern and central Malay Peninsula. Accounts describe moist lowland forest as well as open edges and human-modified places.

• Maroon Langur Presbytis rubicunda

  The maroon langur is a leaf monkey of Borneo and the Karimata Islands. Its coat ranges from reddish brown to golden, and it feeds on forest plants.