Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

  

  A large seabird named for the dark line above its eye. It breeds on Antarctic and subantarctic islands and catches krill and fish near the sea surface.

• Indian Long-tailed Tree Mouse Vandeleuria oleracea

  This small mouse has a long tail and digits suited to climbing. In eastern Indochina it has been recorded in dense shrubs and at forest edges with tangled vines and grasses.

• European Shag Gulosus aristotelis

  The European Shag is a seabird of rocky coasts. It dives after fish, and breeding adults show a raised crest.

• Bubal Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus

  A long-legged African antelope with a narrow muzzle, the hartebeest lives in herds on savanna grasslands. Coat color and horn shape vary across its range.

• Tschudi's Nightjar Systellura decussata

  This nightjar uses dry open country, where its sandy plumage blends with the ground and sparse vegetation.

• Southern Yellow Bat Dasypterus ega

  This bat is recorded in the lowlands of Bolivia. Its short, woolly coat is dark gray to cinnamon on the back, with a strongly contrasting belly. It catches insects while flying in open spaces.

• Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus

  Williamson's Sapsucker is a woodpecker of western North American mountains. Males and females look very different, and the birds eat conifer sap and insects.

• Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata

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

• Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne

  This bird lives in moist grassland. The breeding male has a long tail, while females and males outside the breeding season are brown and streaked.

• Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus

  The northern flying squirrel lives in northern coniferous forests and has white-and-gray belly fur and reddish fur along its back.

• Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger

  The Southern Black Tit lives in dry open woodland and scrub in southern Africa. It searches among branches and leaves for small invertebrates.

• Azara's Broad-headed Oryzomys Hylaeamys megacephalus

  Short ochre, yellow or orange fur with dark ticking covers its back, while the underside is gray. It is mainly ground-dwelling and ranges through forested parts of northern and central South America.

• Tapajos Hermit Phaethornis aethopygus

  Phaethornis aethopygus is a hermit hummingbird recorded along the Tapajós River in Brazil. The study examined specimens and field records from the river’s eastern bank.

• Sundevall's Jird Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus

  This jird has a sandy back with black spots and a white underside. It often leaves its burrow in the evening to feed on seeds and vegetation.

• Orange-crested Manakin Heterocercus aurantiivertex

  This manakin occurs in the Peruvian Amazon. Peru Aves describes it foraging in the midstory and understory of floodplain forest along blackwater rivers.

• Mountain goat Oreamnos americanus

  A white-coated ungulate that lives on steep North American mountains.

• Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus

  The Ochraceous Wren is a small wren about 9.5 cm long and 9.5 g. It is recorded in Costa Rica’s humid mountain forest, nearby second growth and pastures with scattered trees.

• Hovel's Myotis Myotis (Myotis) hoveli

  This account follows the southern Levantine lineage treated as Myotis hoveli sensu stricto in 2021.

• Tahiti Swiftlet Aerodramus leucophaeus

  This swiftlet occurs on Tahiti. The sexes look alike; the bird is dark with a grey rump. It catches insects in flight and nests colonially in wet, rocky, wooded valley canyons.

• Yucatan Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) yucatanensis

  This squirrel lives around the Yucatán region and forages in trees and on the ground by day.

• 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.

• White-footed Vole Arborimus albipes

  This small vole has white feet and a two-toned tail. It lives in humid coastal forests and eats plants at night both in trees and on the ground.

• Yellowish White-eye Zosterops nigrorum

  This white-eye inhabits forests and wooded areas in northern and central Philippines. Its yellowish belly helps identify it, and it feeds on tiny invertebrates and fruit.

• Little Indian Field Mouse Mus (Mus) booduga

  The little Indian field mouse is a small mouse with a gray-brown back and white underside. It is widely recorded in South Asia, but the central Myanmar population may represent a separate species.