Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brazilian Guinea Pig Cavia aperea

  

  The Brazilian guinea pig is a wild guinea-pig relative of South American grasslands and savannas. It feeds mainly on plants and moves under cover in dense vegetation.

• Greater Egyptian jerboa Jaculus orientalis

  

  This North African jerboa bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night and spends the day in burrows dug in sand or clay.

• Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis

  

  This short-tailed wallaby is marked by reddish fur on its neck and shoulders. It spends the day in forest and emerges near dusk to feed on plants.

• Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus fuscus

  

  Lesson’s saddle-back tamarin lives in lowland forest from southeastern Colombia to northwestern Brazil. It has a black head and face, a reddish throat and belly, and a mottled back.

• South American fur seal Arctocephalus australis

  

  A fur seal of South American waters that spends much of its time at sea and gathers on rocky shores to breed.

• Madidi Titi Plecturocebus aureipalatii

  

  The Madidi titi lives in humid forests in Bolivia. Its golden crown and orange chest and limbs stand out.

• Common Genet Genetta genetta

  The common genet is a small African mammal with dark spots and a banded tail; it is active at night.

• Inornate Squirrel Callosciurus inornatus

  The inornate squirrel is marked by an olive-toned back, a bluish belly, and a black tail tip. It is active by day and is recorded in Laos in forest edges and secondary forest.

• Buff-footed Antechinus Antechinus mysticus

  This small marsupial occurs along coastal Queensland in eastern Australia. In the southeast it occupies relatively dry, open, lowland forest; the only known mid-east population is recorded in rainforest.

• Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros hypophyllus

  The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat is known from southern India. It has broad ears and small supplementary noseleaf structures, and a cave in dry scrubland is its only reported roost.

• Black-and-white ruffed lemur Varecia variegata

  A mainly fruit-eating lemur of eastern Madagascar’s rainforests.

• Panamint Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys panamintinus

  The Panamint kangaroo rat is nocturnal and ranges from eastern California into western Nevada. It eats seeds on sandy or gravelly ground beneath desert shrubs.

• Tufted capuchin Sapajus apella

  A monkey that spends much of its time in trees but also comes down to forage on the ground.

• Northern Black Mastiff Bat Molossus nigricans

  A large bat found from Mexico through Central America to Panama. Adults occur in both black and red color forms, so the name does not describe every individual.

• Hinde's Pouched Rat Beamys hindei

  Hinde's pouched rat is a relatively large, burrowing rodent that eats a range of plant matter, including seeds and roots. It has been studied in a montane forest reserve in southern Tanzania.

• Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sinicus

  The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat ranges from South Asia through China and Vietnam. It is reported from rainy montane forests.

• White-toothed Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) leucodon

  This woodrat lives in dry areas from the southern United States to central Mexico. It has a grey-brown back and white underside, is active at night, and uses nests surrounded by plants and woody debris.

• Fawn Hopping Mouse Notomys cervinus

  The fawn hopping mouse is an Australian rodent with long hind legs for hopping. It shelters in a burrow by day and has been recorded in small family groups.

• Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii

  Gould's wattled bat has brown fur on the rear and underside, with darker fur on its head and shoulders. In southern Australia, it hibernates through winter.

• Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon

  A ground-dwelling mongoose that uses wooded areas near water.

• Tibetan fox Vulpes ferrilata

  A fox of high grasslands and rocky slopes that eats pikas and other small animals.

• Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus

  This porcupine ranges from southeastern Mexico through Central America to western Panama. Long quills hide beneath coarse black hairs, and its long tail can grip branches.

• Leopardus tilcayo

  Leopardus tilcayo is a felid described as a new species in 2026. The paper gives its type locality near Arapata in Bolivia's Nor Yungas, and a UMSA report also describes records from the Yungas forests of La Paz.

• Petter's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur petteri

  Petter’s sportive lemur lives in the spiny forests of southwestern Madagascar. Its grayish body, pale rings around the eyes, and whitish underside are described in the original species account.