Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus

  

  A bird of South Africa's mountains, marked by a silver-grey head and reddish rump, that searches rocky Fynbos for insects.

• Reticulated giraffe Giraffa reticulata

  

  The reticulated giraffe has a network of white lines and occurs mainly in northern and northeastern Kenya.

• Beautiful Woodpecker Melanerpes pulcher

  

  The Beautiful Woodpecker occurs in Colombia’s Magdalena Valley. A 2013 regional guide treats it as an endemic of that area and records it in humid forest, secondary growth and forest edges. Males have a red crown and golden-yellow nape.

• Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis

  

  The squirrel glider is a marsupial of eastern Australian forests. It travels between trees using its gliding membrane and is active at night.

• Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus

  

  The Crimson-rumped Toucanet has a green body, red rump, and large reddish-brown and black bill. It feeds mainly on fruit and nests in old woodpecker holes.

• Javan Hollow-faced Bat Nycteris javanica

  

  A 1993 study of Southeast Asian specimens recognized this bat as a distinct Nycteris species. It concluded that the species occurs mainly on Java and nearby islands.

• Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha

  This bird occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and feeds on ticks and flies while clinging to large mammals such as giraffes and cattle. Southern African accounts also describe nesting in tree cavities and, in some cases, helpers that assist a pair with chick care.

• Dusky Caenolestid Caenolestes fuliginosus

  The dusky caenolestid is a small marsupial of the cool, wet highlands of the Andes. It has an elongated face and glossy, silky fur.

• Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus

  The Red-billed Malkoha is a slender gray cuckoo with a red bill. It moves along branches near the canopy of lowland and foothill forests.

• Common Mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus

  The common mole-rat has a cylindrical body, small eyes, and a white spot on the head. It digs underground tunnels and lives in groups centered on a breeding pair.

• Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis

  The female has a more vivid reddish-brown head and breast than the male. This bird searches for food in muddy freshwater wetlands.

• Cinereus Ringtail Possum Pseudochirulus cinereus

  This marsupial lives in tropical rainforest in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a ringtail possum adapted to life in trees.

• Whiskered Myiobius Myiobius barbatus

  The Whiskered Myiobius ranges across northern and western South America. In the nominate subspecies described by the source, the back is olive green and the rump is yellow.

• 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.

• Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti

  The Dwarf Cassowary is a flightless bird of New Guinea. In a field study in Papua New Guinea’s mountains, fruit made up most of its diet throughout the year.

• Camas pocket gopher Megascapheus bulbivorus

  This pocket gopher lives underground in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Its coat ranges from dark brown to reddish brown, and some individuals have a white throat patch.

• Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis

  The Eastern Nicator lives in lowland forest and woodland from eastern to southern Africa. The tip of its upper bill is hooked, and it builds a low nest in a branch.

• Riverine Rabbit Bunolagus monticularis

  The riverine rabbit lives in separate areas of South Africa. It is active around dawn and dusk; some populations live along seasonal rivers.

• Olive-backed Tanager Mitrospingus oleagineus

  This tanager occurs in humid forests from Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil and searches foliage for small prey.

• Large-eared Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis

  The large-eared pika lives among rocky high mountains in Central Asia. Its large ears and thick fur stand out, and it is active during the day.

• Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus

  Adults in breeding plumage have a dark reddish-brown head and chest with white wings that flash as they take flight. In Hong Kong it occurs in wetlands year-round, with both migrants and resident birds.

• North African Elephant Shrew Petrosaltator rozeti

  The North African elephant shrew occurs in the Maghreb north of the Sahara. It uses rocky, boulder-strewn habitats and is described as lacking facial markings that distinguish some related genera.

• Palau Greater White-eye Megazosterops palauensis

  This white-eye is endemic to Palau. It lives in limestone forest and vine thickets, feeding in the upper canopy on insects, fruit, and nectar.

• Montane Guinea Pig Cavia tschudii

  The montane guinea pig is a cavy of the Andes and surrounding areas. Its back is gray-brown, and it uses burrows in grassland and damp rocky places.