Meet the world’s animals.

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• Nubian Bustard Neotis nuba

  

  The Nubian Bustard is a large bustard of dry country along the southern Sahara. It is active by day and eats both animal and plant foods.

• 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.

• Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella

  

  The Asian fairy-bluebird is a blue-and-black bird seen alone or in pairs in the tree canopy and middle storey.

• Large Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus magnater

  

  The large long-fingered bat has dark brown to nearly black dorsal fur. Meghalaya records came from cave sites and above a river, and researchers recorded calls from bats flying in front of a cave.

• Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus

  

  Male Brewer's Blackbirds are glossy black with yellow eyes, while females are brown. The species uses open habitats from grasslands to parks and city streets.

• Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicaudus

  

  This short-tailed shrew ranges from southern Canada into eastern and central parts of the United States. It is most numerous in damp woods and wetlands and makes runways close to the ground.

• Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae

  This warbler occurs in western Cuba and on the Isle of Pines and nearby islands. Its gray body and yellow hood are distinctive, and it searches for food in lower and middle forest layers.

• Siau Island Tarsier Tarsius tumpara

  The Siau Island tarsier is a nocturnal primate from Siau Island, Indonesia. Its facial markings and a tuft at the end of its tail are described in the species account.

• Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii

  A trogon of forests from Costa Rica's Pacific slope to western Panama, the male stands out with a red belly and blue facial skin.

• Degu Octodon degus

  A rodent of dry shrublands in central Chile. Groups dig shared burrow systems and are mainly active during daylight.

• Ituri Batis Batis ituriensis

  Males have a gray head, black band, and white underparts. Females are paler gray with a white eyebrow. It uses lowland rainforest canopy in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.

• Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu

  A herd-living hoofed mammal of the Americas, recognized by the pale band around its neck.

• Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor

  Black-faced Sheathbills are terrestrial birds that forage in seabird colonies and along island shores.

• Cape Golden Mole Chrysochloris asiatica

  The Cape golden mole lives by digging underground tunnels. It has a pointed head and sturdy forefeet, and inhabits sandy areas of southwestern South Africa.

• Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis

  This fruiteater occurs in two separated parts of the eastern Andes. Males have red on the throat and breast, while females have green upperparts and scaled underparts; birds forage in humid montane forest.

• Coke's Hartebeest Alcelaphus cokii

  Coke's Hartebeest occurs in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Its coat is pale tawny, the rump patch is only slightly paler, and only the tail tuft is black. It selects grasses in grassland with scattered acacia scrub.

• Bay Owl Phodilus badius

  The Bay Owl is a nocturnal owl with a heart-shaped facial disc and chestnut plumage. It hunts small animals from a perch in forest.

• Four-toed hedgehog Atelerix albiventris

  A small, spiny-backed mammal of African grassland and woodland.

• Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera

  This bird searches for insects by working down trunks and branches, often moving among trees in flocks. Adults are grey above and white below, while their wing pattern varies across Australia.

• Sooty Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Chilonycteris) quadridens

  The Sooty Mustached Bat is a small bat of the Greater Antilles. It roosts in large groups in caves and feeds on insects.

• Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii

  Its warm ochre face and neck and thick silver bill stand out. It occurs in montane forest in Costa Rica and western Panama, foraging from the midstory to the canopy, often in pairs.

• 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.

• Lesser Rhea Rhea pennata

  The Lesser Rhea is a large, flightless bird of South American plains. Adult feather tips are white, and it uses its wings to steer while running.

• 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.