Meet the world’s animals.

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• Lesser Melampitta Melampitta lugubris

  

  The Lesser Melampitta lives in New Guinea's montane forests. This account separates an early description of an adult male from one survey record in eastern Papua New Guinea.

• Severtzov's Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) severtzovi

  

  Severtzov's jerboa is a jerboa of Central Asia. It runs bipedally, and a speed of about 40 km/h is reported for this species.

• Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus

  

  The Black-and-yellow Broadbill is a small bird with a bright blue bill and bold black, white, yellow, and pink plumage. It catches insects by sallying from a perch in forest midlevels and canopy.

• Rufous Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus

  

  This small wallaby has soft, long fur with a reddish tinge. Its natural wild populations remain in dry scrub on islands off Western Australia.

• Black-crowned Palm-Tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum

  

  This Hispaniolan bird has a black head and gray, white, and yellow plumage. It lives across the island wherever there are trees.

• Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat Chilonatalus micropus

  

  The Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat is a small bat with pale yellow-brown fur. It is recorded on Caribbean islands and Colombian islands, where it roosts in humid caves.

• Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus

  This barbet ranges from southwestern Ecuador to southwestern Colombia. It occurs in humid lowland and hill forest, forest edges, and tree-rich farmland.

• Layard's beaked whale Mesoplodon layardii

  This beaked whale is recorded in cold-temperate seas of the Southern Hemisphere. It has a spindle-shaped body and slender beak, with a bluish-black to dark-purple body and white patches, according to a university species account.

• Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi

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

• East African Mole Rat Tachyoryctes splendens

  The East African root rat occurs in patches of fertile soil in the northeastern African highlands. It excavates extensive underground burrows and makes nests from plant material and fecal matter.

• New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis

  The New Zealand Kaka is a forest parrot that searches for food in trees.

• Geoffroy's Tamarin Oedipomidas geoffroyi

  This small monkey occurs from Colombia's Pacific coast into Panama. It uses primary and secondary forest, including secondary growth with large trees, and can be found near cultivated areas.

• Rusty-tinged Antpitta Grallaria przewalskii

  This antpitta is endemic to Peru and searches for food near the ground in montane forest. It has a brown back, with rusty coloring on the sides of the head and neck.

• Amsterdam Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis

  The Amsterdam fur seal breeds on islands north of Antarctica and moves between rocky coasts and the surrounding sea.

• Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae

  The Superb Lyrebird lives on the ground in southeastern Australia. Males display a long tail and are famous for imitating other birds and nearby sounds.

• Sloth bear Melursus ursinus

  A South Asian bear with a shaggy coat, a sparsely furred muzzle and a pale chest marking.

• American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

  A large shorebird that searches tidal flats and beaches for shellfish with its long orange-red bill.

• Isabel's Saki Pithecia isabela

  A saki recorded in the Peruvian Amazon, including the Pacaya-Samiria area.

• Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia

  The Rock Sparrow is a sparrow found mainly around the Mediterranean. It may gather near mountain villages and grasslands and nests in cavities in rocks or buildings.

• Amazon manatee Trichechus inunguis

  A manatee restricted to the fresh waters of the Amazon River system, with thick dark-gray skin and a pale belly patch.

• Oilbird Steatornis caripensis

  This South American bird flies out at night to find fruit and rests in caves or rainforest canopies. It regurgitates fruit seeds and carries them through the forest.

• Pardine Genet Genetta pardina

  The Pardine Genet is a nocturnal genet of western African moist forests and riparian woodland. It is recorded as an omnivore that eats small mammals, insects, and fruit.

• Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala

  The Bornean Bristlehead is a Borneo bird with a red head, a large bill, and bristle-like feathers around its head and cheeks. It moves through the forest in noisy groups.

• Peters's Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) oculatus

  This squirrel lives in Mexican forests. Its white ears and underside stand out against its mostly gray coat, with a black stripe running from the back toward the tail. It is most active around sunrise and before sunset.