Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crescent-chested Babbler Cyanoderma melanothorax

  

  This small babbler lives on Java and Bali and keeps hidden in dense vegetation.

• Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat Natalus macrourus

  

  This bat occurs south of the Amazon in South America, from dry Caatinga and Cerrado to humid forests. It is known to roost in caves, but species-specific diet information is limited.

• Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis

  

  The Eastern Nicator lives in lowland forest and woodland from eastern to southern Africa. The tip of its upper bill is hooked, and it builds a low nest in a branch.

• Long-winged Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) longimanus

  

  This bat ranges from South to Southeast Asia. The nominate Indian subspecies has a tail extending beyond its narrow tail membrane, and caves were recorded as roosts in Sri Lanka.

• Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus

  

  The Brown Treecreeper has a pale brown back and black-and-buff barring across the breast and belly. It lives in dry forests of eastern Australia and searches for insects on trunks and on the ground.

• Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew Dendrogale murina

  

  The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew is a small arboreal mammal ranging from eastern India into Southeast Asia. It eats fruit and small animals.

• Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis

  A small bird with a brown crest and orange nape. It uses hilly broadleaf forest and may move with other bird species.

• Wolffsohn's Mountain Viscacha Lagidium wolffsohni

  Wolffsohn's mountain viscacha lives among rocky slopes in southwestern Argentina. It shelters in crevices and feeds on plants during the day.

• Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis

  A blue crown, dark eye mask, and long tail with racket-shaped tips make this motmot distinctive. It perches quietly and darts at prey when it spots an opportunity.

• Osvaldo Reig's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys osvaldoreigi

  A burrowing rodent of the Argentine central highlands. Its back is ochre-brown, and the tail is darker above and paler below.

• Olive-bellied Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni

  This sunbird lives in forests and more open woodland in eastern Africa. It mainly takes nectar and also gleans small prey among foliage.

• Heart-nosed Bat Cardioderma cor

  The heart-nosed bat has a heart-shaped nose leaf and large eyes. It leaves its roost around dusk and catches insects from a low perch.

• Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi

  Willard’s Sooty Boubou was described from a small series of specimens from the western Albertine Rift. The description reports collection localities in Uganda and Burundi, but the few specimens do not establish a complete range.

• Guianan Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus guianensis

  Dasypus guianensis is an armadillo described after populations on the Guiana Shield were separated from a close relative. The original paper combined genetic data and museum-specimen morphology and places the range from northern Brazil through the Guianas to eastern Venezuela.

• Yellow-breasted Pipit Anthus chloris

  The Yellow-breasted Pipit inhabits highland grasslands in southern Africa. Breeding adults are yellow below, with females slightly duller than males.

• Big hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus

  The big hairy armadillo lives in grasslands, forests and other habitats in South America. Flexible bony plates cover its back, with hair beneath the plates and along the sides of the body.

• Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla

  This monarch flycatcher occurs in Fiji. Adult males have a blue crown, slate-blue upperparts, white underparts, and a chestnut throat; females are browner above.

• Forest Giant Pouched Rat Cricetomys emini

  Study animals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were slender and had short, soft gray fur. They used underground burrows and were active both by day and at night.

• Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus

  The Lemon-rumped Warbler changes elevation through the year in the Himalayas. It breeds in high forests in summer and descends to lower wooded foothills in winter.

• Grevy’s zebra Equus grevyi

  A Grevy’s zebra has large ears and a long, narrow head. It lives in dry parts of Ethiopia and northern Kenya.

• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus

  A large hornbill that walks through dry open country in search of prey.

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey Lagothrix flavicauda

  The Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkey is a primate endemic to Peru. It lives in trees and eats fruit, leaves, and other plant foods. Its long reddish-brown coat and yellow patch beneath the tail are distinctive.

• California condor Gymnogyps californianus

  A large scavenging bird that travels on broad soaring wings.

• Southwestern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus concinnus

  The western pygmy possum is a small marsupial with a white belly and large eyes. It moves through trees at night and rests in a leaf-lined nest by day.