Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger

  

  The Black Guineafowl is a ground-dwelling bird of forests in western and central Africa. It has black plumage and a bare red head, and occurs in small groups.

• Greater Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma microphyllum

  

  This bat has a long tail that extends beyond the tail membrane, and its fur ranges from gray to reddish brown. It eats insects and roosts in caves and old buildings in dry regions.

• Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus

  

  This small tapaculo lives year-round in the Andean-Patagonian forest of northwestern Patagonia. It uses humid forest, forest transitions, and dense marsh vegetation.

• Masoala Woolly Lemur Avahi mooreorum

  

  The Masoala woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur known from northeastern Madagascar. Its mottled back and reddish-brown tail are distinctive.

• Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni

  

  Hodgson's Treecreeper is a small bird of mountain regions from Pakistan east to China. It has a brown back and pale underside, and searches tree bark for insects and spiders.

• Kultarr Antechinomys laniger

  

  The kultarr is a nocturnal marsupial of Australia's arid and semi-arid regions. It bounds on long hind feet and feeds mainly on insects and spiders.

• Andaman Barn Owl Tyto deroepstorffi

  A barn owl endemic to the Andaman Islands. It is nocturnal, and a 2013 field paper recorded an individual roosting in a cave on an island in Middle Andaman.

• Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

  The golden-rumped elephant shrew searches the ground for small prey with its long snout and lives along Kenya’s coast.

• Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii

  Adult Australian Logrunners differ in throat color by sex. On the floor of moist eastern Australian forests, they use their stiff tails for support while scratching through leaf litter for food.

• Southern River Otter Lontra provocax

  A South American otter found in southern Chile and parts of Argentina.

• Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata

  A small diver with grey-brown plumage and a slightly upturned bill. The throat becomes red in summer breeding plumage.

• Maule Tuco-tuco Ctenomys maulinus

  The Maule tuco-tuco is a burrowing rodent of Andean grasslands. Its coat ranges from pale brown to olive or dark brown, with pale underparts and white hairs at the tail tip.

• Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus

  The Yellow-billed Oxpecker occurs in savannas with large mammals. In the southern African accounts, hosts bearing ticks are described as essential to its presence.

• Common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula

  A tree-dwelling nocturnal marsupial with large eyes and rounded ears.

• Sumba Myzomela Myzomela dammermani

  The Sumba Myzomela is a small bird of Sumba Island, Indonesia, where it forages from the forest mid-storey to the canopy.

• Small-eared Colilargo Oligoryzomys microtis

  This small rodent occurs in the Amazon Basin. Its upper fur is yellowish brown with fine black tips, its underside is white, and it is described as terrestrial in lowland rainforest edge habitat.

• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

  The Black-necked Stork has a glossy black head and neck, a white body and long legs. It waits to ambush prey in shallow water.

• Spectacled African Dormouse Graphiurus (Graphiurus) ocularis

  The spectacled African dormouse has a bushy tail and a striking black-and-white face mask. It lives among rocky areas in southwestern South Africa and uses crevices for shelter.

• Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides

  This small bird lives in dry woodland and scrub in southwestern Madagascar. It searches among foliage and leaf litter for insects and spiders.

• Hispaniolan Greater Funnel-eared Bat Natalus major

  This bat has yellowish or grayish fur and pointed-looking ear tips. It roosts in humid caves on Hispaniola and catches insects at night.

• Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons

  The Rufous-capped Warbler has a striking rufous-and-white head and a yellow throat and breast. It searches for insects in low brush and builds a domed nest on the ground.

• Little Pygmy Possum Cercartetus lepidus

  A small marsupial with gray fur and a curled tail. It nests in tree hollows or under grass and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

  A large seabird of tropical oceans around the world. Adults have a brown back and white belly; they dive for fish and squid and breed in colonies on islands.

• De Winton's Golden Mole Cryptochloris wintoni

  An underground golden mole from sandy ground on South Africa's west coast. It was confirmed alive in 2023 after decades without a record.