Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus tanala

  This Malagasy rodent is marked by a tuft of white hair at the end of its tail. A study in eastern Madagascar found it active at night and mainly associated with trees.

• Cuckoo Roller Leptosomus discolor

  It lives in woodland and forest in Madagascar and the Comoros. Males have iridescent green upperparts, while females are brown above.

• South-eastern Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetis

  The southeastern pocket gopher spends much of its life underground in sandy soil, digging tunnels and eating roots and tubers.

• Grey-lored Broadbill Serilophus rubropygius

  This bird occurs in parts of northeastern India and nearby countries. The 2023 eBird taxonomy update distinguishes it from the Silver-breasted Broadbill by its gray lores and rounded wing tips with only tiny white tips.

• Bushveld Elephant Shrew Elephantulus intufi

  A small mammal with a narrow, elongated snout and long hind legs. It lives in dry scrublands of southern Africa and mainly eats ants and termites.

• Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster

  This waterbird swims with its long neck above the surface and spears fish underwater with its bill. After leaving the water, it perches on rocks or other supports and spreads its wings to dry.

• Brumback's Night Monkey Aotus brumbacki

  Brumback’s night monkey is a nocturnal primate described as endemic to Colombia’s Llanos. It sleeps in cavities in both living and dead trees.

• Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus

  In Peru, the Andean Swift flies over dry Andean slopes and valleys. It has gray-brown upperparts and white neck and rump bands; underpart coloration differs on the eastern slope.

• Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys suillus

  The short-tailed gymnure occurs on Java. A recent taxonomic revision treats it as a Java species and reports seasonal changes in coat color.

• Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus

  The yellow crest makes the Macaroni Penguin easy to notice. It breeds on sub-Antarctic islands and elsewhere nearby, and feeds on krill and fish at sea.

• Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu

  A herd-living hoofed mammal of the Americas, recognized by the pale band around its neck.

• Pemba White-eye Zosterops vaughani

  This white-eye occurs on Pemba Island and nearby offshore islets in Tanzania. A regional taxonomic review records it throughout Pemba.

• Southern tamandua Tamandua tetradactyla

  An anteater that forages both in trees and on the ground, with a tail that can grip branches.

• Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata

  The Peruvian Tern occurs along the Humboldt Current, from southern Ecuador to northern Chile. It is a small tern whose breeding sites also include dry plains inland from the coast.

• Schneider's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros speoris

  A leaf-nosed bat found in India and Sri Lanka. A study in dry-zone Sri Lanka recorded bats foraging at dusk and dawn.

• 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.

• Brown Hyena Parahyaena brunnea

  A hyena of southern Africa's dry regions that is mostly active at night.

• Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri

  A gray, ground-dwelling bird with long legs and tail, it often runs while searching for food.

• Cape Blesmol Georychus capensis

  The Cape blesmol is a thick-furred underground mammal that feeds on roots, tubers and bulbs below ground.

• Grey-headed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus hyogastrus

  The Grey-headed Fruit Dove combines green plumage with gray, claret, and yellow areas. It occurs in small groups in forest canopy and edges in the northern Moluccas.

• Indonesian Porcupine Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila

  This porcupine lives on islands in the Palawan region and has dark bristles and rattling tail quills.

• Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon

  The Lesser Green Leafbird blends with foliage, while the male has a black face and blue throat. It searches for food in the canopy of Southeast Asian lowland forest.

• North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatus

  A rodent with quills among its fur that feeds on plants, including tree bark.