Meet the world’s animals.
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- Maranon Crescentchest Melanopareia maranonica
Photo: Thibaud Aronson · (c) Thibaud Aronson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0 This range-restricted crescentchest is documented in the middle Marañón River basin of northwestern Peru.
- Vieira's Titi Plecturocebus vieirai
Plecturocebus vieirai occurs in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará. Its original description reports a pale gray-brown coat and white facial markings, while the ICMBio species sheet describes humid forest and streamside sites with buriti palms.
- White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana
A grey head, olive upperparts, white underparts, and white wing feathers are distinctive. It feeds on seeds and insects in the mountain forests of Hispaniola.
- Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys gaumeri
Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse is endemic to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Records show it eating land snails as well as seeds.
- White-necked Picathartes Picathartes gymnocephalus
The White-necked Picathartes is a forest bird known for nesting at rocky sites. A Cornell Living Bird field account describes nest sites and ground foraging around Bonkro, Ghana.
- Brazilian Bristle-spined Porcupine Chaetomys subspinosus
This porcupine climbs trees in Brazilian forests. Most of its body has bristly hair, with stiffer spines around the head and forelegs.
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
A Signy Island study from April 1961 to April 1962 described adults as white with pink skin below the eye. There, the birds fed on shore algae and limpets and also foraged near penguin colonies.
- Giant Ground Pangolin Smutsia gigantea
The giant pangolin is the largest pangolin in Africa. It is nocturnal, terrestrial and associated with moist areas near water.
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
The Chestnut-collared Longspur is a grassland bird whose plumage changes by season. Breeding males show a chestnut nape and black belly, and the birds forage on the ground for insects and seeds.
- Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus
This armadillo has a rounded shell and can curl into a ball by fitting its head and tail shields together when threatened.
- Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
The Large Frogmouth is the largest Asian frogmouth and hides in lowland forest. It perches on branches and catches insects.
- Northern Common Cuscus Phalanger orientalis
This nocturnal cuscus has a tail that grips branches. Males and females differ in coat and in how much of the tail is white; the species occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands.
- Red-throated Ant Tanager Habia fuscicauda
This bird occurs in the understory of lowland tropical forest and woodland, often in small groups. It may join army-ant swarms. Males have a small dark mask between eye and bill, while females have a contrasting buff throat. Current eBird uses Driophlox fuscicauda; the AOU account uses Habia fuscicauda.
- Arrow Flying Squirrel Hylopetes sagitta
This flying squirrel is reported from Java and Bangka. At Mount Ungaran in Central Java, a paper documented nighttime activity in October 2024; the three animals observed were mainly in trees.
- Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
The Least Seedsnipe is a small ground-dwelling bird of South American grasslands and steppes. It feeds on shoots, leaves, and seeds in pairs or small groups.
- Brush Deermouse Peromyscus boylii
The brush deermouse has a brown back, a pale underside, and a long tail with a tufted tip. It is active at night and uses trees and rock crevices.
- Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo
A dark-blue jay with a black face and throat edged by a narrow whitish eyebrow. It inhabits humid mountain forests from Mexico into northern Central America.
- Lesser Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis
The lesser dog-like bat is a small bat with long ears and a pouch-like structure on the wing. It flies at night and eats small beetles, flies, and other insects.
- Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus
The Golden-winged Cacique has glossy black plumage with yellow patches on the rump and wings. It searches trees for fruit and insects.
- Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose Galidictis fasciata
The broad-striped Malagasy mongoose lives in forests of eastern Madagascar. It is mainly active on the ground at night.
- Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera
The Undulated Antpitta lives in humid Andean forest and searches the ground for invertebrates.
- Siberian Musk Deer Moschus moschiferus
The Siberian musk deer is a small deer relative that lives in mountain forests. Males have tusks instead of antlers.
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
The Golden-winged Sunbird lives in the mountains of East Africa. It visits flowers for nectar and may make seasonal movements between elevations.
- Red Silky Anteater Cyclopes rufus
This red silky anteater is one of the distinct silky anteater species recognized in modern taxonomic work. The specialist account confirms records in Brazil's western Amazon and says the southern range limit is unknown.