Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus

  

  A sandgrouse of dry highland plains. The male has a sandy back and white belly, while the female has more barred plumage.

• Japanese marten Martes melampus

  

  A mustelid of Japanese forests and other habitats, with yellowish-brown to dark-brown fur and a white to cream throat patch.

• Jackson's Francolin Pternistis jacksoni

  

  Jackson's Francolin occurs in the highlands of western and central Kenya, using montane forest, moorland, and bamboo patches.

• 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.

• Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus

  

  This small bird lives in dry scrub and other habitats in southern Africa. Its black-and-white forehead pattern and pale-yellow belly help identify it.

• Chinese Pygmy Dormouse Typhlomys cinereus

  

  The Chinese Pygmy Dormouse is a small rodent recorded in the mountains of southeastern China. It has small eyes and a tuft at the end of its tail, and uses ultrasonic calls to move in darkness.

• Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa

  The Spotted Elachura is a brown bird marked with white spots. It searches for insects near the ground in damp forest, from eastern Nepal and northeastern India to southern China.

• Dagger-toothed Long-nosed Fruit Bat Macroglossus minimus

  This small bat feeds mainly on flower nectar and pollen, using its long snout to reach flowers. It also carries pollen between flowers.

• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

  The Wallcreeper walks over rock faces to search crevices for insects. It lives in mountains during breeding and moves to lower areas in winter.

• Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus

  A raccoon of southern Central and South America, living in forests and grasslands near water. It is active from dusk through the night and into the early morning.

• Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata

  The Whiskered Treeswift is a forest-dwelling treeswift with long, whisker-like white feathers and a long tail. Males and females differ in ear-patch color.

• Pileated Gibbon Hylobates pileatus

  The pileated gibbon occurs in forests of Thailand, Cambodia and southwestern Laos. Adult males and females have markedly different coat colors.

• Bornean Banded Pitta Hydrornis schwaneri

  This pitta is endemic to Borneo. Adult males show a yellow eyebrow, blue rump and tail, and a blue belly patch. It is now treated separately from related forms once grouped with it.

• Beecroft's Anomalure Anomalurus beecrofti

  Beecroft's anomalure moves between trees on a gliding membrane that extends between its limbs and tail. It rests in leafy nests by day and is active around dusk and at night.

• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus

  A large hornbill that walks through dry open country in search of prey.

• Small Sulawesi Cuscus Strigocuscus celebensis

  The small cuscus has pale buff fur and a partly bare tail. It lives on Sulawesi and nearby islands.

• Palmchat Dulus dominicus

  The Palmchat is a Caribbean island bird with a plain brown back and heavily streaked underparts. It also has a red iris and a strong, slightly decurved bill.

• Osvaldo Reig's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys osvaldoreigi

  A burrowing rodent of the Argentine central highlands. Its back is ochre-brown, and the tail is darker above and paler below.

• 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.

• Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin Tursiops erebennus

  This is the proposed species name for the coastal bottlenose dolphin form of the western North Atlantic. The mature skulls examined had a relatively short, narrow rostrum.

• Alpine Pipit Anthus gutturalis

  A pipit of New Guinea's high alpine grasslands. It favors short grass and places with nearby bushes.

• East African Spring Hare Pedetes surdaster

  The East African springhare's fur fluoresces orange to red under ultraviolet light. The examined specimens included animals from Kenya and Tanzania, but the ecological role of the glow remains unknown.

• Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri

  A booby of rocky islands in the eastern Pacific. Males have a whiter face and gray bill; females have a paler brown head than female Brown Boobies.

• Water Opossum Chironectes minimus

  The water opossum is a marsupial adapted for swimming. It uses webbed hind feet and a long tail to move through water and catch small aquatic animals.