Meet the world’s animals.

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• Zulu Golden Mole Amblysomus hottentotus

  

  Its cylindrical body is covered in shiny fur ranging from reddish brown to dark brown, and its eyes are hidden beneath skin. It digs underground tunnels and eats worms and insects.

• White-throated Jacamar Brachygalba albogularis

  A jacamar with a white throat and facial markings and a long, pale-yellow bill; it catches flying insects along riverside forest.

• Black Bearded Saki Chiropotes satanas

  The black bearded saki lives in forests of eastern Amazonian Brazil. Its dark coat and beard are distinctive, and it often eats fruit and seeds.

• Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis

  The Sahel Paradise Whydah lives in African savanna and grassland. It feeds on seeds on the ground; breeding males grow a long tail, and the species lays eggs in Green-winged Pytilia nests.

• Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata

  The bridled nail-tail wallaby is marked by a white stripe that runs from the neck toward the forearms. It shelters by day and emerges to feed in open grassland before dusk.

• Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii

  This bird is recorded in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Its dark face, pale eyes, and long, pointed bill stand out. The account describes lowland settings that include riverside forest, forest edges, secondary growth, and cacao plantations.

• King Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus rex

  The king horseshoe bat is recorded from southern China. It has very large ears and darker fur above than below.

• Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli

  The Grey Penduline Tit has a black-and-white face and head, with dark gray-brown upper wings and tail. In northeastern Namibia it occurs in broadleaf woodland and sometimes gardens, where it eats insects and probes flowers for nectar.

• Pallid Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys pallidior

  The pallid fat-tailed opossum is a small marsupial of dry habitats and high-elevation grasslands. It stores fat near the base of its tail and is mainly terrestrial, though it can climb shrubs and small trees.

• Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus

  This small bird uses humid tropical forest and its edges, especially vine tangles in the mid to upper levels.

• Coiban Agouti Dasyprocta coibae

  The Coiban agouti is a medium-sized rodent considered endemic to Coiba Island, Panama. A camera-trap study there recorded activity during daylight.

• White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus

  The White-backed Night Heron has a white eye-ring and pale back plumes. It searches for food along riverbanks and shallows at night.

• Western Lowland Olingo Bassaricyon medius

  An olingo of forests from Panama to Colombia and Ecuador west of the Andes. It lives in trees and eats fruit.

• White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali

  The White-browed Sparrow-Weaver has a bold white eyebrow stripe. It lives in dry woodland and forms year-round colonies with other birds.

• Mainland leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis

  A small wild cat of mainland Asia and some nearby islands. It has dark body spots, with coat colour and pattern varying by region.

• Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli

  Schlegel’s Asity is a forest bird restricted to northwestern and western Madagascar. It eats more fruit in the rainy season and also takes nectar and insects toward the end of the dry season.

• Bearded Pig Sus barbatus

  A wild pig with bristles around the mouth and chin. Group movement varies with forest continuity.

• Black-capped Siskin Spinus atriceps

  A siskin with a black cap and yellow-green body. It occurs in highlands from southern Mexico to Guatemala.

• Mexican Giant Shrew Megasorex gigas

  The Mexican giant shrew is known only from Mexico. A small number of collection records place it along damp streams and in forests with fallen logs and rocks.

• Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus

  The Black-tailed Treecreeper hops up tree trunks while searching bark for invertebrates. It occurs in northern Australia, and the throat and chest pattern differs between the sexes.

• African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus

  The African brush-tailed porcupine is a nocturnal rodent of West and Central African forests. It uses burrows during the day.

• Five-colored Barbet Capito quinticolor

  The Five-colored Barbet combines a black back with a red head and yellow markings. It feeds mainly on fruit, also taking insects, in forests and at their edges.

• Botta's Pocket Gopher Megascapheus bottae

  This rodent digs underground tunnels with its large front claws and incisors. It carries food in cheek pouches outside its mouth.

• Metallic-winged Sunbird Aethopyga pulcherrima

  This sunbird occurs on several Philippine islands. Clements now includes the Luzon and Bohol birds, formerly treated as separate species, within A. pulcherrima. Males on Mindanao are described with metallic blue-green markings and a broad throat patch.