Meet the world’s animals.

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• Short-snouted Sengi Elephantulus brachyrhynchus

  

  The short-snouted sengi has a long, narrow snout and a faint white eye ring. In southern Africa it uses grassland with trees or shrubs.

• Yap Monarch Monarcha godeffroyi

  

  The Yap Monarch is a monarch flycatcher endemic to Yap in Micronesia. It uses lowland forest, mangroves, and coastal scrub, moving slowly as it searches leaves and branches for food.

• Kiang Equus kiang

  

  A wild ass that lives on the Tibetan Plateau.

• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea

  

  The Apostlebird has a gray body and long black tail and occurs in eastern Australia. It forages for seeds and insects on the ground, often in groups.

• South American Gray Fox Lycalopex griseus

  

  A fox with brindled gray fur, large ears, and a long bushy tail. It is nocturnal, and its food varies with the season.

• Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora

  

  This toucanet has green upperparts and tail, chestnut tail tips and a red-and-black bill. It ranges from southeastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil north of the Amazon and eats fruit and insects.

• Degu Octodon degus

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

• Greater Green Leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati

  The male is green, with a black throat patch and blue moustachial stripe that can blend into the leaves. In the canopy it eats fruit, nectar, and insects.

• Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides

  The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise is a distinct species from the narrow-ridged finless porpoise. It has a bumpy back ridge instead of a dorsal fin and feeds in shallow coastal waters.

• White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus

  A South American wetland stilt. Adults often show a white crown and a white bar across the upper back. A Brazilian study documented nests made with salt-marsh vegetation, mud, and shells.

• Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis

  A common wallaby of northern Australia, with sandy fur and distinctive facial and thigh stripes.

• Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis

  This weaver lives in African highland forest. It moves along moss-covered branches while searching for insects and fruit.

• 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.

• Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata

  The Nepal Cupwing is known from records in central Nepal. A 2010 field note reports hearing at least four birds in northern India and later observing one individual.

• Gray-tailed Hare Lepus oiostolus

  This hare lives in highlands such as the Tibetan Plateau, using grassland and scrub and feeding on grasses and leaves. Its coat varies with age and place.

• Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus

  This plover occurs in southern South America. Breeding adults have two black bands across the breast.

• Pendlebury's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros pendleburyi

  This bat is recorded in peninsular Thailand. Its noseleaf has three supplementary leaflets, and surveys recorded it at limestone outcrops, caves, and forest sites.

• Whitehead Mohoua albicilla

  This New Zealand endemic is naturally found on the North Island. It forages in the forest canopy while calling with its group. Some island and sanctuary populations were established by human translocation.

• Little Brown Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) lucifugus

  The little brown bat is widespread across North America. It hibernates in caves and similar sites in winter, while females gather at summer maternity roosts to raise young.

• Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis hypoxantha

  The Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity is a small bird of eastern Madagascar's mountain forests. In breeding plumage, the male has a glossy blue-black back, yellow underparts, and bright eye wattles.

• Philippine Tarsier Carlito syrichta

  The Philippine tarsier is a small primate with very large eyes and ears and long hind limbs. It moves through trees at night and catches insects and other prey.

• Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus

  It hides in dense coastal vegetation and sometimes runs across open clearings. Its loud song can reveal where it is.

• Maghrebian Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus maghrebensis

  The back is chestnut to dark grayish brown, and the underside is pale brown. The species account lists Mediterranean scrub, dry forest, and other habitats. The 2019 HMW account confirms Morocco and Tunisia in its range; Algeria is only a possible occurrence.

• Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus

  This medium-sized laughingthrush is found in Taiwan. The museum account describes it in thickets and broadleaf woodland, where it takes insects, seeds, and fruit.