Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus

  

  A bird of South Africa's mountains, marked by a silver-grey head and reddish rump, that searches rocky Fynbos for insects.

• Northern Red-backed Vole Myodes rutilus

  This small vole occurs in northern Europe, Asia, and North America. Its back has a rusty-red cast, and it stores plant and fungal foods in nests for use during winter.

• Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons

  A North American vireo marked by a bright yellow throat and yellow around the eyes.

• Central American Red Brocket Mazama temama

  The Central American red brocket is a small deer of Central America. This study examines regional variation in its form and environment.

• Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae

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

• Masai giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi

  The Masai giraffe occurs in Kenya, Tanzania and part of Zambia.

• Lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor

  A small flamingo with a long curved neck and slender pink legs, gathering on saline lakes and similar wetlands.

• Pampas cat Leopardus pajeros

  The Pampas cat is a felid found in South America. Reports describe regional differences in coat color and activity times.

• Moluccan Scrubfowl Eulipoa wallacei

  The Moluccan Scrubfowl lives in forests of the Moluccan Islands. It gathers at communal nesting grounds at night and buries its eggs in sand or other loose ground.

• Peter's Disk-winged Bat Thyroptera discifera

  This small bat roosts in groups under leaves and uses suction cups on its feet and thumbs to cling to them.

• Victorin's Warbler Cryptillas victorini

  This small bird lives in the damp fynbos of South Africa's Cape mountains. The sexes look much alike, with a gray face, pale yellow eye, and cinnamon-buff underparts.

• Harbor seal Phoca vitulina

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

• White-cheeked Bushtit Aegithalos leucogenys

  The White-cheeked Tit is a small bird, about 11 cm long. Its white cheek patch and black bib stand out; it lives in dry scrub and open woodland in northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Southern tamandua Tamandua tetradactyla

  An anteater that forages both in trees and on the ground, with a tail that can grip branches.

• Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi

  This penguin breeds on subantarctic islands around New Zealand and elsewhere in the Indian Ocean, then spends much of the non-breeding season at sea. It is treated as distinct from related rockhopper penguins.

• Himalayan Musk Deer Moschus leucogaster

  The Himalayan musk deer has no antlers; both males and females have elongated upper canines.

• Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer

  This small mountain bird has an almost absent tail and rounded wings. Nest observations in Sikkim found globular nests made mainly of moss and rootlets.

• Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons

  The yellow-winged bat has a blue-gray body and red-and-yellow wings. It uses open savanna and woodland near water, catching insects that pass its perch.

• Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana

  This bowerbird lives in upland tropical rainforest of northeastern Queensland. A Paluma Range study recorded females building nests, incubating eggs, and feeding young.

• Silky Tuco-tuco Ctenomys sericeus

  This is a subterranean tuco-tuco from Patagonia, with a short, glossy coat mixing olive and brown tones with black. Much of its field natural history remains unknown.

• Grey-throated Ibon Lophozosterops javanicus

  This white-eye relative inhabits the mountains of Java and Bali, with records up to about 1,500 m.

• Indian mongoose Urva auropunctata

  A slender mongoose with short, rounded ears. It is active by day, usually alone, and eats insects, small animals, fruit, and other foods.

• Western Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus tertius

  This long-tailed, ground-feeding bird lives in wet broadleaf forest on Hispaniola. It searches through leaf litter and stays among dense undergrowth, especially near streams.

• North Atlantic beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens

  This beaked whale lives in cold North Atlantic waters. Its reported diet is mainly squid and small fish, although its natural history remains poorly known.