Meet the world’s animals.

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• Wagler's Toucanet Aulacorhynchus wagleri

  

  This toucanet occurs in Mexico. Its yellowish-white forehead meets an olive crown, and the underparts are pale blue-green. Species accounts report fruit eating in montane forest and related wooded habitats.

• Yuma Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) yumanensis

  The Yuma myotis is a small bat of the western United States. Its golden-brown fur is distinctive, and it catches flying insects near water.

• Eastern Crested Berrypecker Paramythia montium

  The Eastern Crested Berrypecker lives in moist montane forest in the eastern New Guinea highlands. It has a black crest and face, a blue-gray tail, and yellowish areas on the lower belly.

• Kowari Dasyuroides byrnei

  The kowari is a small marsupial with grayish fur and a black brush on its tail. It hunts alone at night on Australia's rocky inland plains.

• Schwartz's Antthrush Chamaeza turdina

  Willis's paper treats the Colombian and Venezuelan population as Chamaeza turdina. Its appearance is described for that population, while a separate species account records ground-foraging for invertebrates in forest.

• Cape Elephant Shrew Elephantulus edwardii

  The Cape elephant shrew lives in rocky parts of South Africa and feeds mainly on ants and other insects. Its long, flexible snout is a notable feature.

• Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster

  This grosbeak has a black face, yellow head and breast, and olive upperparts. In Central American lowland forest it eats insects, fruit, and seeds.

• Malayan Hollow-faced Bat Nycteris tragata

  A bat recorded in Southeast Asian forests. It has long ears and facial grooves, and roosts in small groups in caves or hollow trees.

• Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis

  The Caribbean Dove lives in forests and scrub of eastern Mexico and Caribbean islands. It has an olive-brown back, a white face, and glossy neck feathers, and searches for seeds on the ground.

• Mountain Degu Octodontomys gliroides

  The Mountain Degu lives in dry areas around the Andes. This burrowing rodent uses small holes among rocks or cactus roots and feeds on vegetation.

• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

  The Grey-backed Shrike has a grey back, a black facial mask, and a chestnut tail. It breeds at high elevations, and winter movements differ between subspecies.

• Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus chinga

  A South American skunk with a black coat, white back stripes and a broad nose.

• Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella

  The Asian fairy-bluebird is a blue-and-black bird seen alone or in pairs in the tree canopy and middle storey.

• Asian Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus fuliginosus

  The 2019 species account describes soft, velvety fur that is blackish brown to gray-brown above and slightly paler, dark gray-brown below. At Ohse-do Cave in Kyushu, Japan, emergence was synchronized with sunset and the appearance of prey. The range here covers the account’s Japanese records, excluding Hokkaido.

• Bornean Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratoides

  The Bornean Black-capped Babbler is endemic to Borneo. eBird describes it moving quickly on the forest floor and rummaging through leaf litter in lowland and foothill forest.

• Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys australis

  This pocket mouse ranges from eastern Panama through Colombia and western Venezuela to extreme northwestern Ecuador. It has dark-gray dorsal fur and lives in very wet evergreen forests.

• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

  The Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a ground-dwelling bird of open grasslands from India to East Asia. It eats both plant matter and small animals.

• Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus

  A small wild cat recorded in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

• White-eared Catbird Ailuroedus buccoides

  White-eared Catbirds live in forests in northwestern New Guinea and nearby islands. Their green backs and white ear patches stand out, and they eat fruit and insects.

• Hispaniolan Greater Funnel-eared Bat Natalus major

  This bat has yellowish or grayish fur and pointed-looking ear tips. It roosts in humid caves on Hispaniola and catches insects at night.

• Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni

  This vanga is endemic to humid evergreen forest in eastern Madagascar. It is recorded from sea level to 2,000 m, though its distribution is patchy.

• Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous chacoensis

  A small armadillo of the dry Chaco that spends much of its time underground and mainly eats ants and termites.

• Albert's Lyrebird Menura alberti

  Albert's Lyrebird is a long-tailed, chestnut-colored bird of a small area of wet forest in southeastern Australia. A displaying male spreads its tail forward and mixes other birds' calls into its loud calls.

• Ornate Titi Plecturocebus ornatus

  The ornate titi is a small monkey of forests in eastern Colombia. Its reddish-orange chest and belly, white forehead stripe, and bushy tail stand out.