Meet the world’s animals.

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• Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus

  

  This nocturnal primate moves through trees in Java's forests. It mainly eats gum and insects and has a pale, striped nape.

• Bay-vented Cotinga Doliornis sclateri

  

  This cotinga is restricted to the eastern slope of the central Peruvian Andes. It uses cloud forest at or near treeline and feeds largely on fruit.

• Common dwarf mongoose Helogale parvula

  

  A small mongoose of African grasslands and woodlands.

• Crab-plover Dromas ardeola

  

  This coastal bird has black-and-white plumage and a heavy bill, and feeds on crabs. A field study in India’s Gulf of Kachchh recorded wintering birds foraging at low tide.

• Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus

  

  A North American fox that can climb trees.

• Chilean Hawk Astur chilensis

  

  The Chilean Hawk is a raptor of forests in Chile and adjacent Andean areas. In northern Patagonia, one pair nested in the upper branches of Nothofagus trees over five breeding seasons.

• Black-tailed Marmoset Mico melanurus

  The black-tailed marmoset is a small monkey with a conspicuously dark tail. It eats tree gum and fruit and lives in forests of west-central Brazil and eastern Bolivia.

• Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus

  A long-tailed brown bird of reedbeds. Males have a black facial marking that looks like a moustache.

• Swamp Rat Scapteromys tumidus

  This strong swimmer lives in wetlands in Uruguay and southern Brazil. Its partly webbed hind feet help it move around water.

• Coraya Wren Pheugopedius coraya

  This wren occurs in northern South America. It has a rufous-brown body with black-and-white markings on the head and tail, and searches for food in riverside forest undergrowth.

• Mexican Agouti Dasyprocta mexicana

  The Mexican agouti is a rodent of southern Mexican forests whose activity period varies by place.

• Black Grasswren Amytornis housei

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in the Kimberley of northwestern Western Australia. Its black underparts, white streaks, and long tail are distinctive.

• Bemaraha Sportive Lemur Lepilemur randrianasoloi

  Lepilemur randrianasoloi lives in dry deciduous forest in west-central Madagascar. Its grey coat has rusty red on the shoulders, back, tail, and forelimbs; it is active at night in trees.

• Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae

  An Australian bird with shaggy gray-brown feathers and long, powerful legs.

• Common Echymipera Echymipera kalubu

  This marsupial lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. It probes the ground with its long snout, is active at night, and eats fruits and small animals.

• Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes

  Male Somali Ostriches have blue-grey necks and legs, while females have dull pinkish necks and legs. They use dry habitats such as grassland and thorn scrub and may occur in small groups.

• Small Indian civet Viverricula indica

  A civet that uses woodland, grassland and areas near people.

• Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta

  The Horned Screamer is a large bird of freshwater wetlands in northern South America. A long, slender hornlike projection rises from its head.

• Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus

  An ape of Borneo’s tropical forests. It moves through trees using long arms and grasping hands and feet.

• Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

  The Sunbittern is reported in watery habitats in Guatemala and northern Brazil. When frightened, it spreads its wings and tail to reveal hidden orange and chestnut patches.

• Lesser Bulldog Bat Noctilio (Dirias) albiventris

  A bat of waterside habitats. Males tend to be bright red and females dull brown, and it searches for insects near the water's surface at night.

• Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

  The Sungrebe is a small aquatic bird with a long, slender bill and yellow-and-black-banded lobed toes. It hides along quiet, heavily vegetated waterways and may dive when threatened.

• Gilbert's Potoroo Potorous gilbertii

  Gilbert’s Potoroo is a nocturnal marsupial that digs with long claws and feeds mainly on fungi growing underground. By day it rests in a nest beneath sedges or bushes.

• Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis

  This antthrush lives on the forest floor. It is often seen with its tail cocked while turning leaves to search for food.