Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-browed Tit Aegithalos bonvaloti

  

  A 2013 Indian BIRDS paper reports photographs of this tit near Namti and Walong in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. The observed group held six to seven birds and used an open area with ferns and scattered pines.

• Pig-tailed Langur Simias concolor

  The pig-tailed langur lives in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands. A study of wild groups on Siberut found that adult males were larger on average than females and that the three groups studied averaged about nine animals.

• Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

  An Australian stilt that gathers at salt lakes filled by rain. In breeding plumage, a chestnut band stands out across the breast.

• Giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla

  An ant- and termite-eating mammal with a long narrow snout and a large bushy tail.

• New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis

  The New Zealand Kaka is a forest parrot that searches for food in trees.

• Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus

  A small bat found across Europe and parts of Asia, hunting insects above towns and in natural habitats.

• Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae

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

• Robust Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tuconax

  The robust tuco-tuco lives in highland grassland in Tucumán Province, northwestern Argentina. It digs underground tunnels and feeds mainly on grasses.

• Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus

  The Pallid Honeyguide is a small bird about 13 cm long. It is active by day in woodland and forest edges, where it feeds on invertebrates such as insects.

• Serval Leptailurus serval

  An African cat with long legs, large ears and black spots and stripes on a tawny coat.

• Southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius

  A rainforest bird with a black body, blue neck and a hard crest on top of its head.

• White-nosed coati Nasua narica

  A long-tailed coati that searches for insects with its snout close to the ground.

• White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos

  The black bird has a white wing patch, red eyes and a slightly curved bill. It forms groups in eastern and southeastern Australia and forages on the ground.

• Layard's beaked whale Mesoplodon layardii

  This beaked whale is recorded in cold-temperate seas of the Southern Hemisphere. It has a spindle-shaped body and slender beak, with a bluish-black to dark-purple body and white patches, according to a university species account.

• Ecuadorian Seedeater Amaurospiza aequatorialis

  This bird is recorded in bamboo stands in Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Recent Ecuadorian and Peruvian records describe feeding on seeds and insects in bamboo.

• 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.

• Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri

  A gray, ground-dwelling bird with long legs and tail, it often runs while searching for food.

• Atlas Gundi Ctenodactylus gundi

  The Atlas gundi is a rodent of rocky, dry places in North Africa. Its compact body, large eyes, and tiny tail are useful clues.

• Western Bristlebird Dasyornis longirostris

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

• Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus

  The eastern mole digs underground tunnels and feeds on earthworms and beetle larvae. Its broad front feet are adapted for digging.

• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus

  The Olive-backed Oriole lives in semi-open woodland and eucalypt forest. It has an olive back, red eye, and streaked pale underparts.

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx

  The short-nosed fruit bat occurs in Hong Kong woodlands and parks, feeds at night on fruit and nectar, and males make tent-like shelters beneath palm leaves.

• Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina

  The Tennessee Warbler is a small bird that breeds in Canada’s boreal forests. Breeding males show a gray head and pale eyebrow, while females and nonbreeding birds look more yellow-green overall.

• Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons

  A wombat that digs underground burrows in dry southern Australia.