Meet the world’s animals.

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• Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus

  

  The blue wildebeest is a cattle relative living and grazing in herds in eastern and southern Africa.

• Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides

  

  This secretive, ground-dwelling forest rail is endemic to Madagascar. The paper records one subspecies in eastern humid forest and another in the northwestern transition between humid and dry deciduous forest, with regional plumage differences.

• Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque

  

  The mountain tapir lives in the Andes of northern South America and has a thick coat suited to its cold mountain home.

• Caracal Caracal caracal

  

  A cat of Africa and parts of Asia, recognized by its reddish-brown to brown coat and long black ear tufts.

• Pin-tailed Manakin Ilicura militaris

  

  Males are mainly green, black, and white with a red tail, while females are olive-colored and shorter-tailed. Males perform courtship dances and make sounds with their wing feathers.

• Gray-bellied Caenolestid Caenolestes caniventer

  

  The gray-bellied caenolestid is a small marsupial with an elongated face and a grayish belly. It lives in cool, wet Andean habitats of central Ecuador and northwestern Peru.

• Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi

  Whitehead's Broadbill is a broadbill recorded in mountain forests on Borneo.

• Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus

  The pocketed free-tailed bat has a pouch-like fold of skin near the hind legs. It roosts in caves, rock crevices, and buildings in dry country.

• Frill-necked Monarch Arses lorealis

  This monarch flycatcher occurs in rainforest, vine forest, and gallery forest on eastern Cape York. Its white neck frill and blue skin around the eye are striking, and males and females differ in the face and back.

• Moholi Bushbaby Galago moholi

  The Moholi bushbaby is a nocturnal primate of southern African wooded savannas. It moves quickly through trees and gets much of its food from tree gum.

• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

  The Wallcreeper walks over rock faces to search crevices for insects. It lives in mountains during breeding and moves to lower areas in winter.

• Zulu Golden Mole Amblysomus hottentotus

  Its cylindrical body is covered in shiny fur ranging from reddish brown to dark brown, and its eyes are hidden beneath skin. It digs underground tunnels and eats worms and insects.

• Short-tailed Frogmouth Batrachostomus poliolophus

  The Sumatran Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of mountain forest on Sumatra.

• Himalayan tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus

  A sure-footed hoofed mammal of the steep Himalayan mountains.

• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis

  An olive-brown reed warbler that visits reed beds and sings loudly for long stretches.

• Brush Rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani

  The brush rabbit is a small rabbit of brushy places in California. It has brown fur, short ears and a small tail.

• African penguin Spheniscus demersus

  A penguin of the South African and Namibian coasts that breeds in large colonies.

• Bornean White-bearded Gibbon Hylobates albibarbis

  This gibbon is active in trees by day and feeds mainly on fruit. Males have pale cheek fur, and the species occurs in southwestern Kalimantan.

• Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus

  Males stand out for their bright orange plumage and large crest. The species lives in Andean forest, where males gather for courtship displays.

• Argentine Plains Viscacha Lagostomus maximus

  This large rodent is marked by a striking black-and-white face. It builds extensive communal burrow systems in grasslands and dry scrub.

• Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus

  Olive upperparts, a yellow rump, black tail, and white throat mark this flycatcher. Males have a hidden yellow crown patch. It searches for insects low in forest.

• Azara's Night Monkey Aotus azarae

  Azara's night monkey is a nocturnal primate found from southern Bolivia through Paraguay to northern Argentina. It has large white patches above its eyes.

• Ocellated Crake Rufirallus schomburgkii

  The Ocellated Crake hides in grassland and mixed grass-and-shrub habitat. In Peru, the Peru Aves account reports it from Pampas del Heath in the southeast.

• Ursine Red Howler Alouatta arctoidea

  The ursine red howler has reddish-brown fur and a long, grasping tail. It spends its days in trees and feeds mainly on leaves, with fruits and flowers also in its diet.