Meet the world’s animals.

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• Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata

  

  A small bird of the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. It searches for ground-dwelling invertebrates in dense growth in humid montane evergreen and elfin forests.

• Red Acouchi Myoprocta acouchy

  The red acouchi is a diurnal rodent of forests from the Guianas to northern Brazil. Its reddish-orange flanks and legs and short, white-tipped tail are distinctive.

• Indian Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonota

  This small bird searches tree trunks for insects. It has spotted and barred plumage and uses a slender curved bill to pick prey from bark.

• Linné’s two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus

  A sloth that hangs from high branches in tropical forests, feeding and resting in the trees.

• Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schulzii

  Its dark-gray body is marked by a rusty throat and breast. In fast mountain streams in northwestern Argentina, it wades and searches among stones for larvae and insects.

• Yellow-striped Chevrotain Moschiola kathygre

  This small chevrotain is endemic to Sri Lanka. It has warm ochre-brown fur with yellow spots and stripes, and is recorded from wet-zone forests as well as paddies, plantations, and gardens.

• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus

  The Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird of dry country. It eats seeds and flies daily to water, where large flocks gather; males and females differ in plumage.

• Harbor seal Phoca vitulina

  A rounded head and short front flippers distinguish this seal. It has ears, but no external ear flaps.

• Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris

  The Alpine Accentor is a small bird seen near alpine rocks and snowfields. In the Japanese account, its head and chest are gray-black, its flanks are reddish brown, and its back is finely mottled.

• Allen's Olingo Bassaricyon alleni

  A member of the raccoon family found in forests east of the Andes. It is active in trees at night.

• Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae

  This small bird lives in moist lowland forest in West and Central Africa. It is also recorded at forest edges and clearings, in gardens, and on plantations.

• Giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla

  An ant- and termite-eating mammal with a long narrow snout and a large bushy tail.

• Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti

  This small bird is widespread across mainland Australia. Breeding males have blue heads and chestnut shoulders, while non-breeding males, females, and young birds are generally brownish gray.

• Short-tailed Mongoose Urva brachyura

  The short-tailed mongoose occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. It searches the forest floor for prey by day and is generally solitary.

• Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius

  It lives in rocky mountain grassland and searches the ground for insects and other small invertebrates. The male has bold facial and chest markings.

• Short-tailed Porcupine Coendou rufescens

  The short-tailed porcupine lives in Andean forests and has a relatively short tail. Colombian observations document it searching Cecropia trees and eating their fruit during the day.

• 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.

• Peters' Mouse Lemur Microcebus myoxinus

  Peters's mouse lemur is a small primate of western Madagascar. At night it searches for fruit and insects in trees, usually foraging alone.

• Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

  The Asian Woolly-necked Stork is a large wetland bird with a neck covered in fluffy white feathers. The current name Ciconia episcopus refers to the Asian species, distinct from the African C. microscelis.

• Bare-nosed wombat Vombatus ursinus

  A wombat of southeastern Australia, Tasmania and nearby islands. It digs burrows to rest in and feeds on grasses.

• Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi

  This forest-dwelling bird is endemic to Cuba; its species page says it is most often seen in the eastern half of the island. The crown and back are gray, with yellow on the face and breast.

• Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai

  Omura's whale is a slender baleen whale. A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded asymmetric jaw coloration and loose groupings of mostly unassociated individuals.

• Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri

  This entry follows the 2005 treatment of Batis erlangeri as a separate species. Males have a dark crown and back; females have a maroon breast-band.

• Golden-crowned Sifaka Propithecus tattersalli

  A sifaka with mostly white fur and a golden crown. It lives in limited forests in northeastern Madagascar and leaps between trees.