Meet the world’s animals.

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• African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori

  

  This African bird spirals up trunks in open woodland while searching bark for insects; it has spotted and barred plumage and a thin down-curved bill.

• Australian Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus nudicaudatus

  

  This cuscus occurs in Cape York, Australia. It spends time in the canopy and has been seen wrapping palm fronds around its body to hide its fur.

• Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus

  

  The Sharp-tailed Starling is a glossy starling of open woodland in central and southern Africa.

• Max's Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys maxi

  

  This small erinaceid is recorded in forests on Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. It is reported more often in hill and montane forest.

• Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius

  

  It lives in rocky mountain grassland and searches the ground for insects and other small invertebrates. The male has bold facial and chest markings.

• Kellen's African Dormouse Graphiurus (Graphiurus) kelleni

  

  Kellen's African dormouse is a small dormouse recorded patchily across sub-Saharan Africa. The name in current accounts may cover more than one species.

• Blue Cuckooshrike Coracina azurea

  This cuckooshrike occurs in forests from West Africa into parts of Central Africa. Adult males are blue, while females are duller.

• Andean White-eared Opossum Didelphis pernigra

  The Andean white-eared opossum is a marsupial with white ears and distinctive facial markings. It is associated mainly with mountain forests, but records also include riparian and human-modified habitats in parts of its range.

• Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa

  The Northern Jacana lives in wetlands from Mexico to Panama and on some Caribbean islands. Its long legs and toes help it walk over floating plants.

• Black Tamarin Saguinus niger

  The black tamarin is a small monkey with golden-brown streaks in its black coat. It moves through the canopy by day, feeding mainly on fruit in family groups.

• Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria

  A large wetland bird of northern Colombia and eastern Venezuela. Its gray body, black neck and white band around the head stand out.

• Karoo Rock Sengi Elephantulus pilicaudus

  This sengi is restricted to the Nama-Karoo of South Africa. It has a tuft at the end of its tail, and the species description reports it from rocky habitat.

• Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana

  The Great-billed Heron is a large heron with a massive bill. It lives around coastal rocks and shallow water near mangroves.

• Northern California Pocket Gopher Megascapheus laticeps

  Megascapheus laticeps, the Northern California Pocket Gopher, occurs in California and Oregon. Its original description records a broad head and large feet, reddish-yellow-brown fur with dark tips along the back, and a grayish-white tail that is darker above.

• Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

  A black New World vulture found from North to South America. It feeds on carrion and may share food with relatives.

• Javan Porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica

  This porcupine lives on Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and nearby islands. Its back and sides look dark and speckled, while species-specific natural-history records remain limited.

• Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii

  A mountain-stream bird that dives underwater for insects and small fish.

• Nelson's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys nelsoni

  Records from northern Mexico include juniper woodland and places with salt-tolerant plants.

• Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus

  A mousebird with a red face and long tail. Flocks use trees in dry regions and feed on leaves and fruit.

• Caspian Seal Pusa caspica

  The Caspian seal lives only in the Caspian Sea. Newborn pups have a white coat, and many are born on winter ice in the north.

• African Hoopoe Upupa africana

  The African Hoopoe uses open woodland, short grass, and places with exposed ground. A southern African species account describes it probing the ground with its long bill to find insects.

• African Palm Squirrel Epixerus ebii

  The African palm squirrel is a forest squirrel with a patchy range in West and Central Africa. It is recognizable by its gray back, orange to red underside, and patterned tail.

• Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus

  The Puerto Rican Tody lives only in Puerto Rico. Its green back, red throat, and yellowish-white underside stand out.

• Northern Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea unguifera

  The northern nail-tail wallaby is a small wallaby with a claw-like projection at the tip of its tail. It is nocturnal and lives in lightly wooded and grassy places near water in northern Australia.