Meet the world’s animals.

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• Macquarie Shag Leucocarbo purpurascens

  

  This seabird is endemic to Macquarie Island and the nearby Bishop and Clerk islets. It fishes in inshore water and breeds in colonies on rocky shores and stacks.

• Whitehead's Sundaic Maxomys Maxomys whiteheadi

  Whitehead's Sundaic Maxomys ranges from the Malay Peninsula through Sumatra to Borneo. It is mainly nocturnal and terrestrial, and has short spines mixed into the fur on its back.

• Hooded Berryeater Carpornis cucullata

  The Hooded Berryeater lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Males have a black hood extending onto the chest and upper back, above vivid yellow underparts. A southern study recorded fruit feeding throughout the year.

• Speckled Ground Squirrel Spermophilus suslicus

  The speckled ground squirrel occurs in open grasslands in eastern Poland. Its yellowish-brown coat is flecked with white, and it digs underground burrows with strong forefeet.

• Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii

  The Antillean Nighthawk has long, pointed wings and catches insects in flight. It is a familiar sight over Caribbean evenings, and moves south after breeding.

• Cotton Deermouse Peromyscus gossypinus

  The cotton deermouse is one of the larger members of its genus in the United States. It is native to the southeastern region and forages at night on fruits, seeds, and insects.

• Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula

  The Pangani Longclaw is 19–20 cm long. The male has a yellow-orange throat and black cheek stripes, and searches for prey while walking through grassland.

• Cape Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus

  A bushbuck studied in KwaZulu-Natal, eastern South Africa. The sexes differ in coat colour, and only males have horns.

• Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus

  The Green-headed Oriole has green across its head, throat, upper breast, and lower mantle. A forest survey in Tanzania often recorded pairs feeding on fruit high in the trees.

• Small Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus montanus

  The small big-eared brown bat has large ears and gray-brown fur. Chile's biodiversity account reports winter torpor as temperatures fall and describes the ears folding.

• Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis

  The Bat Falcon hunts in forests and at forest edges in Central and South America. Despite its name, it eats bats but mainly preys on small birds and large insects.

• Cyprus Mouse Mus cypriacus

  This mouse was described as an endemic species of Cyprus. It has agouti-patterned fur on the back, and the original description recorded captures in abandoned cultivated plots in the island's south.

• Kalkadoon Grasswren Amytornis ballarae

  This grasswren lives on rocky hills near Mount Isa, moving on the ground through spinifex clumps. Its range and biology remain incompletely studied.

• Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) granatensis

  The red-tailed squirrel is an arboreal squirrel with variable coat and tail colors; fruits, nuts and seeds make up much of its diet.

• Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus

  The Vieillot's Black Weaver lives along forest edges and in grassland in western and central Africa. Plumage differs by sex and subspecies, and birds may forage in flocks.

• Steppe Lemming Lagurus lagurus

  The steppe lemming is a small rodent that eats grasses and herbs in Eurasian grasslands and uses burrows in the ground. A dark stripe runs down the middle of its back.

• Red-spectacled Amazon Amazona pretrei

  The Red-spectacled Amazon is a South American parrot with red feathers on a mostly green body. It is centered in southern Brazil, and its grouping and food sources vary between breeding and nonbreeding periods.

• Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah

  The scimitar-horned oryx is an antelope of arid lands, with a pale coat and long, backward-curving horns.

• Sulphur-throated Finch Sicalis taczanowskii

  A finch of northwestern Peru's tropical savanna. It has gray-brown upperparts, light-brown underparts, and a yellow face and throat.

• Northern Hairy-legged Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) pilosatibialis

  A 2014 study supported treating this former subspecies of Myotis keaysi as a distinct species. Its coat is buffy-brown, with hair on the hind feet and uropatagium.

• Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura

  This bunting is marked by a black-and-white face and yellow breast. It is found in dry savanna and scrub, often in pairs.

• Common Australian Rock Rat Zyzomys argurus

  The common Australian rock rat is a small-to-medium rodent associated with rocky outcrops. A juvenile was recorded at a sandstone outcrop in southern Queensland.

• Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens

  The Crimson Shining Parrot lives in forests and farmland on Fiji's islands. It has a red head and belly, with a broad blue band around the neck.

• Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis

  The Indian giant flying squirrel lives in tree cavities and canopies, gliding between trees on a membrane that stretches from its forelegs to its hind legs.