Meet the world’s animals.

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• Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus

  

  The trefoil horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater of forest understories. Its noseleaf and wing membranes are yellowish brown, and its fur is long and soft.

• Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni

  

  A pratincole that catches insects in flight. It breeds in Eurasia and migrates to Africa.

• Long-tailed Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus formosus

  

  The long-tailed pocket mouse is a small rodent of dry areas in the western United States and northern Mexico. It carries seeds and other food in cheek pouches.

• Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

  

  A small North American songbird with a black cap and bib, white cheeks, and a familiar “chick-a-dee” call. It searches branches for insects and seeds.

• Giant Armadillo Priodontes maximus

  

  It is the largest living armadillo and digs burrows with its powerful front claws.

• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis

  

  The Yellow-throated Sandgrouse is marked by the male's yellow throat and eyebrow, framed by a dark neck band. In southern Africa, studies describe pairs nesting on the ground and using farmland.

• Falanouc Eupleres goudotii

  The falanouc is a Malagasy carnivore with a narrow muzzle and a thick tail. It searches for earthworms and other small prey at night in humid lowland forests.

• Speckled Spinetail Thripophaga gutturata

  The Speckled Spinetail lives in riverside and lowland forests on the Amazonian side of the Andes. It is spotted below and is reported to eat mainly spiders and cockroaches.

• Southern mountain viscacha Lagidium viscacia

  A member of the chinchilla family that lives among rocks, it has a tuft at the end of its long tail. It is most active in the morning and late afternoon and eats plants such as grasses and shrubs.

• Okarito Brown Kiwi Apteryx rowi

  The Okarito Brown Kiwi is a nocturnal kiwi of lowland forest on New Zealand's South Island. It has pale grey-brown, streaked feathers and a long bill.

• Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat Natalus macrourus

  This bat occurs south of the Amazon in South America, from dry Caatinga and Cerrado to humid forests. It is known to roost in caves, but species-specific diet information is limited.

• Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis

  This ground-dwelling quail has a conspicuous black throat and white facial lines in the adult male. It rests in small groups among grass.

• Brown-headed Spider Monkey Ateles fusciceps

  The black-headed spider monkey has black fur and a dark face. Long limbs and a grasping tail help it move through the canopy, where fruit is its main food.

• Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa

  The Rufous Wren lives in humid montane forest in the northern Andes. It is rich rufous with black lores and faintly barred wings and tail, usually moving in pairs or family groups.

• Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta

  A carnivore of sub-Saharan Africa, with dark spots on a pale coat, rounded ears and a back that slopes down toward the rump.

• Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis

  The Sri Lanka White-eye is endemic to the island's hills. It has a white eye-ring and moves in small groups through woodland and orchards.

• Bare-nosed wombat Vombatus ursinus

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

• Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin

  The Hoatzin has a long tail and crest; young birds have claws on their wings that help them grip branches.

• Pel's Anomalure Anomalurus pelii

  Pel's anomalure is a gliding squirrel with scaly structures on its tail. It occurs in high forest in West Africa.

• Socorro Mockingbird Mimus graysoni

  A mockingbird of Socorro Island, Mexico, that searches for fruit and small animals in the island highlands.

• Narrow-toed feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus

  A tiny gliding marsupial with a feather-like tail.

• Flame-throated Warbler Oreothlypis gutturalis

  This small warbler lives in cloud forest in Costa Rica and western Panama. The sexes look similar, with a grey back, orange throat and breast, and a pale belly.

• Black Agouti Dasyprocta fuliginosa

  The black agouti is a slim rodent whose back fur ranges from orange to almost black. It is mainly active by day, feeding on fruit and plants in forests, brush, and places near water.

• Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus

  The Great Woodswallow is the largest woodswallow, marked by a dark grey head and white rump and belly.