Meet the world’s animals.

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• Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii

  

  This large bustard lives in dry open country and semi-arid savanna. The male has a dark face and pale crown.

• Long-tailed Tuco-tuco Ctenomys fulvus

  This burrowing rodent lives in dry areas of northern Chile and adjoining Argentina. The Chilean assessment records different habitats for named subspecies, including desert and oasis settings.

• Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in the tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland. Groups of about two to five defend year-round territories and search leaf litter for small animals.

• Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque

  The mountain tapir lives in the Andes of northern South America and has a thick coat suited to its cold mountain home.

• Ruspoli's Turaco Menelikornis ruspolii

  Prince Ruspoli's Turaco is a turaco of a restricted area in southern Ethiopia. Its green body and pale crest stand out, and red patches show on its wings in flight.

• Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus

  A monkey of eastern and southern Africa that forages in groups by day.

• Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata

  This small bird ranges widely across Africa. Breeding males vary in plumage and bill color among regional forms, and they mimic the songs of their firefinch hosts.

• Brewer's mole Parascalops breweri

  The hairy-tailed mole has eyes hidden by fur and a furry tail. It lives in underground tunnels and searches for worms and insects.

• Yellow-browed Seedeater Crithagra whytii

  This canary occurs from Tanzania west to Zambia and northern Malawi. It has a long, slightly notched tail and feeds on small seeds and other foods along woodland edges and in open country.

• Mountain Pocket Gopher Thomomys monticola

  A high-elevation rodent of California's Sierra Nevada. It occurs in meadows and open conifer forest, feeding on roots underground and herbaceous plants above ground.

• Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum

  The Bare-throated Tiger Heron is a large heron that waits for prey beside rivers and wetlands.

• North American river otter Lontra canadensis

  A North American otter that uses both land and water and shelters in burrows near riverbanks.

• Sulphur-billed Nuthatch Sitta oenochlamys

  This Philippine endemic nuthatch has violet-blue upperparts and pale orange underparts. It searches trees for insects and spiders.

• Bonobo Pan paniscus

  An ape living in forests south of the Congo River whose groups gather or split as food availability changes.

• Black-and-yellow Phainoptila Phainoptila melanoxantha

  The Black-and-yellow Phainoptila eats fruit in mountain forests, and males and females differ markedly in plumage.

• Chaco Marsh Rat Holochilus chacarius

  This rodent uses wetlands and flooded areas in the Chaco. Species-specific accounts report swimming and diving, and grass nests in crops or flooded grassland.

• Iranian Ground Jay Podoces pleskei

  The Iranian Ground Jay is a ground-living corvid restricted to eastern Iran. Its sandy body, black facial marks, and dark throat patch contrast with the ground as it runs in search of food.

• Crossley's Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus crossleyi

  Crossley's dwarf lemur is nocturnal and lives in humid forests of eastern and northern Madagascar. Its reddish-brown body contrasts with dark fur around the eyes and ears.

• White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra

  Adult males have white-spotted black underparts and a red tail. It forages on the forest floor and beside water in lowland rainforest.

• Obi Cuscus Phalanger rothschildi

  The Obi cuscus is an arboreal marsupial from islands in North Maluku. A survey around Obi recorded fruit in its diet and trees used as nesting sites.

• Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor

  A ground-dwelling bird of eastern Madagascar's evergreen rainforests, it walks through leaf litter as it searches for food.

• 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.

• Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina

  A 19th-century account describes this hummingbird in the mountains of New Granada and Ecuador and reports that it visits flowers. The plumage and behavior below come from that historical account.

• Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena

  A hyena with a mane-like ridge along its back and dark stripes across its coat.