Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hova rice tenrec Oryzorictes hova

  

  The Hova rice tenrec occurs in Madagascar. In the 1996 Marojejy survey, adults were collected in lowland forest and montane mossy forest.

• Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax

  Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo is an uncommon visitor to Singapore in winter and during migration.

• South American coati Nasua nasua

  A coati of South American forests, with an elongated flexible snout and a long ringed tail.

• Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri

  The Mexican Chickadee has a black cap and bib, white cheeks, and a gray back. It searches branches for insects and other food in high-elevation pine-oak forests.

• Red Viscacha Rat Tympanoctomys barrerae

  The red viscacha rat burrows in dune belts around saline lakes and feeds on salt-tolerant plants. It has a yellow-brown back, white underside, and long, bicolored tail.

• Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

  The Peruvian Pelican is a large pelican of the Pacific coast along the Humboldt Current. It catches fish near the surface and also uses areas around fishing ports.

• 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.

• Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer

  This large stork lives south of the Sahara in Africa. It scavenges in grasslands and savannas and may also search for food around villages and rubbish dumps. Sparse head and neck feathers and a large throat pouch give it a distinctive profile.

• Desert Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus

  The desert warthog lives in dry savannas and is a separate species from the common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus.

• Kea Nestor notabilis

  The Kea is a parrot of the mountains of New Zealand’s South Island. It has olive-green feathers edged in black and orange-red underwings. It eats both plants and animals, and the elevations it uses vary by season.

• Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus herbertensis

  This marsupial has a black body with white markings on its chest and belly. It is mainly arboreal, active at night, and eats leaves.

• Indian Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonota

  This small bird searches tree trunks for insects. It has spotted and barred plumage and uses a slender curved bill to pick prey from bark.

• Huemul Hippocamelus bisulcus

  The huemul is a mountain-adapted deer that lives in the Patagonian forests of Argentina and Chile.

• Blue-footed booby Sula nebouxii

  A booby with striking blue feet that dives into the sea to catch fish.

• Alpine Musk Deer Moschus chrysogaster

  This deer relative lives in Himalayan mountain forests. Males have long upper canine teeth that can show below the mouth.

• Mayotte Drongo Dicrurus waldenii

  This species is endemic to Mayotte. It is recorded in humid natural forest at about 200–350 m, as well as secondary forest, plantations, and forest margins.

• Hispid Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus hispidus

  The hispid pocket mouse has an olive-buff back and a pale underside. It stores food in grassland burrows and mainly eats seeds.

• Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex

  The Green Tinkerbird is a small bird with dull olive-green plumage, a yellow rump, and yellow wing bars. It uses dense forest undergrowth and edges in eastern Africa, eating fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Burmeister’s Porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis

  Burmeister’s porpoise lives along the coasts of South America. Small, thorn-like bumps line the front edge of its dorsal fin.

• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus

  This medium-sized bird's male has a black facial mask, and the species catches insects in flight. It wanders through dry regions and sometimes forms flocks.

• Mesopotamian Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys citellus

  This mouse opossum is recorded in a habitat mosaic in northeastern Argentina. Its taxonomy has been debated.

• Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii

  The Antillean Nighthawk has long, pointed wings and catches insects in flight. It is a familiar sight over Caribbean evenings, and moves south after breeding.

• Tapanuli Orangutan Pongo tapanuliensis

  An orangutan of the Tapanuli region in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, where its forest habitat is fragmented; fruit is a major food.

• Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis

  Endemic to Puerto Rico, this bird occurs from lowlands to higher elevations. It is found in forests and plantations and may visit gardens where fruit grows.