Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Maned Three-toed Sloth Bradypus torquatus

  

  The northern maned three-toed sloth occurs in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Sergipe. A field study confirmed that it eats leaves, especially young leaves.

• Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta

  This forest bird is endemic to New Zealand. Its naturally surviving population is on Little Barrier Island; managed populations have been translocated elsewhere.

• South African springhare Pedetes capensis

  A nocturnal animal of southern Africa that makes long leaps and hides in burrows it digs itself.

• White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis

  The White-rumped Sandpiper is a small shorebird that breeds in the Arctic and migrates to South America. In flight, white feathers covering the base of the tail stand out.

• Burmeister’s Porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis

  Burmeister’s porpoise lives along the coasts of South America. Small, thorn-like bumps line the front edge of its dorsal fin.

• 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.

• Podolsk Blind Mole Rat Spalax zemni

  It has a cylindrical body, eyes and ears that are difficult to see, and strong front teeth for digging. It burrows beneath grasslands and similar habitats in Ukraine and eats underground plant parts.

• Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata

  The Pin-tailed Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird of dry steppe-like areas. In the European account, males have elongated central tail feathers and differ from females in breast and facial markings.

• Eastern Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax validus

  An arboreal hyrax of East Africa. A survey on the Kenyan coast recorded animals identified as Dendrohyrax validus using trees as well as caves and rocky places.

• African Hoopoe Upupa africana

  The African Hoopoe uses open woodland, short grass, and places with exposed ground. A southern African species account describes it probing the ground with its long bill to find insects.

• Wolverine Gulo gulo

  A mustelid of cold northern regions, with a robust body, a large head and small rounded ears.

• Yemen Warbler Curruca buryi

  The Yemen Warbler is a small warbler found in the highlands of Yemen. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates.

• Indus river dolphin Platanista minor

  The Indus river dolphin is a freshwater dolphin of the Indus River system. A 2021 study treated it as a species separate from the related Ganges river dolphin.

• Hall's Babbler Pomatostomus halli

  This bird has conspicuous white eyebrow and breast markings and lives in flocks in dry Acacia scrub of central-eastern Australia.

• Verreaux's Sifaka Propithecus verreauxi

  Verreaux's sifaka is a day-active lemur of forests in western and southwestern Madagascar. It is known for clinging upright to tree trunks and leaping between branches.

• Kozlov's Accentor Prunella koslowi

  This accentor lives in scrub on arid mountains and semi-deserts. The China account records it in Ningxia's Helan Mountains and Inner Mongolia; its sandy plumage is streaked with black.

• Peruvian Armored Tree-rat Toromys rhipidurus

  This is an arboreal spiny rat recorded in the Peruvian Amazon. A live animal captured near Iquitos showed pale cream patches behind its ears.

• Gray-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus

  The Gray-breasted Seedsnipe lives on the ground in the high Andes. Males are gray, while females have mottled brown plumage.

• Naked-rumped Tomb Bat Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris

  This insect-eating bat also lives in dry regions. It has a hairless area on the rear underside and catches insects while flying at night.

• Western Bristlebird Dasyornis longirostris

  A secretive small bird of heathland in southwestern Australia. It searches for small foods while moving on the ground.

• Geoffroy’s spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi

  A spider monkey that lives high in forest trees, using long limbs and a long tail.

• Northern Shrike Lanius borealis

  The Northern Shrike is a large shrike that catches small birds and animals with its hooked bill. It breeds in far northern North America, with some birds moving south for winter.

• Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii

  This cottontail has a grey-brown back, white underside, and black-tipped ears. It hides in brush on western North American mountainsides and riverbanks.

• Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae

  This small bird lives in forest and shrubland on New Zealand's South and Stewart Islands. A chattering flock moving high through the trees is often the first sign of its presence.