Meet the world’s animals.

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• Goldman's Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys goldmani

  

  This small pocket gopher is reported from the plateau of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. A regional mammal guide describes its short, soft yellowish-brown to dark reddish-brown coat and gives general habits for pocket gophers as a family.

• Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis

  

  It breeds only on a plateau on Amsterdam Island and normally breeds every other year.

• Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin Cebus malitiosus

  

  This capuchin lives around the Santa Marta mountains of northern Colombia. Its dark coat contrasts with pale fur on the head and shoulders.

• Eastern Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus frugivorus

  

  A chocolate-brown back and bright yellow skin around the eye help identify this bird. In Hispaniola's mountain forests, it searches leaf litter for small animals and seeds.

• Shepherd's Beaked Whale Tasmacetus shepherdi

  

  Shepherd's beaked whale is a beaked whale with functional teeth in both upper and lower jaws in both sexes. It lives in deep, cool offshore waters of the Southern Hemisphere, but is rarely seen at sea and much about its biology remains unknown.

• Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus

  

  The Red-backed Mousebird lives in western Angola, including forest edges, and feeds on fruits, buds, and leaves. A brown-red patch on its lower back is distinctive.

• Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus ascanius

  This monkey is marked by a white nose spot and pale cheek fur on a black face; chestnut fur beneath its tail is another distinctive feature.

• Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii

  Adult Australian Logrunners differ in throat color by sex. On the floor of moist eastern Australian forests, they use their stiff tails for support while scratching through leaf litter for food.

• Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus

  A raccoon of southern Central and South America, living in forests and grasslands near water. It is active from dusk through the night and into the early morning.

• Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii

  The Red-faced Crombec is a small bird with a very short tail. In Zimbabwean miombo woodland, it moves quickly among branches and leaves while searching for insects.

• Muscat Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma muscatellum

  The Muscat Mouse-tailed Bat is a small bat whose tail is longer than its forearm. It feeds over dry, open ground and rests in rocky crevices and caves.

• Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens

  Hume's Bush Warbler is a small bird of the Himalayan region. It occurs in grassy places and bamboo thickets and has brown upperparts with a pale line above the eye.

• Malenge Babirusa Babyrousa togeanensis

  The Malenge babirusa is a pig relative from Indonesia’s Togian Islands. It has sparse, short body hair, a tufted tail, and forward-pointing upper tusks in males.

• Rufous-naped Whistler Aleadryas rufinucha

  This resident bird lives in New Guinea's mountain forests and secondary growth. It searches the ground and lower vegetation for insects, worms, and fruit.

• Javan Chevrotain Tragulus javanicus

  This small ruminant is native to Java. It has no horns, and adult males have canines.

• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

  A small yellow-olive warbler that eats insects. In Britain and Ireland it breeds in deciduous woodland, scrub, and similar habitats.

• Guanaco Lama guanicoe

  A wild camelid of open habitats across western and southern South America, from dry grasslands to cold southern regions.

• Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha

  This bird occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and feeds on ticks and flies while clinging to large mammals such as giraffes and cattle. Southern African accounts also describe nesting in tree cavities and, in some cases, helpers that assist a pair with chick care.

• Acrobatic Cavy Kerodon acrobata

  This cavy lives in the Brazilian Cerrado and has been recorded in dry-forest patches with rocky outcrops. It mainly eats leaves, and activity has been recorded across both day and night.

• Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae

  This small barbet is recorded in miombo woodland on Angola's interior plateau. It has a brown body, a pale yellow face, and similar-looking sexes.

• Mantled Howler Alouatta palliata

  The mantled howler is a monkey with black fur and, in most individuals, long yellow or brown hairs hanging along the flanks. It feeds on leaves, fruit, and flowers in the forest canopy.

• Yellow-knobbed Curassow Crax daubentoni

  This large curassow ranges through northern Venezuela and adjacent parts of Colombia. The male is black with an erect crest and a yellow knob on its bill; both sexes have a crest. It feeds on the ground and in trees on plant matter and small animals.

• Greater Blind Mole Rat Spalax microphthalmus

  This subterranean rodent has small eyes covered by a skin membrane and digs with its front teeth. It makes underground passages and food stores, and eats plant parts from below the ground.

• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus

  This wetland bird has a black head and breast, bronze-green back and wings, and a short reddish tail.