Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sunda leopard cat Prionailurus javanensis

  

  The Sunda leopard cat is a small wild cat of Southeast Asian islands. Its orange-yellow coat has dark spots, and it hunts mainly small mammals on the ground at night.

• Masoala Sportive Lemur Lepilemur scottorum

  

  Scott's sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur with reddish-brown fur and a black tail tip. The 2020 assessment knew it only from Masoala National Park in northeastern Madagascar.

• Caucasian Badger Meles canescens

  

  The Caucasian badger ranges from the Caucasus through Southwest and Central Asia. Its face has broad dark bands over the eyes and ears, with a white band between them.

• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus

  

  A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.

• Common Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus maculatus

  

  The common spotted cuscus is a marsupial with a long tail that can grip branches. It lives in lowland tropical forest in New Guinea and also in mangroves in northeastern Australia, feeding mainly on leaves.

• 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.

• Haviside's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

  This small dolphin lives off southwestern Africa. Its grey body has a dark cape and white markings, and it is observed in shallow coastal and shelf waters, usually in small groups.

• Northern Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) americana

  The Northern Three-striped Opossum has three black lines on its back. Close relatives share the same pattern, so appearance alone may not distinguish them.

• Gee's Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei

  Gee's golden langur occurs in Assam, India, and neighbouring Bhutan. It lives in trees in forested habitats.

• Visayan spotted deer Rusa alfredi

  The Visayan spotted deer is a small deer with pale spots on a dark coat. It is native to a few islands in the central Philippines.

• Peruvian Armored Tree-rat Toromys rhipidurus

  This is an arboreal spiny rat recorded in the Peruvian Amazon. A live animal captured near Iquitos showed pale cream patches behind its ears.

• Lesser Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis

  The lesser dog-like bat is a small bat with long ears and a pouch-like structure on the wing. It flies at night and eats small beetles, flies, and other insects.

• Thomas's Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus dorsalis

  This bat has a white stripe along its back. A survey in western Ecuador recorded specimens at several lowland sites.

• Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza coquereli

  This nocturnal lemur has large eyes and a long rusty tail. It moves through trees to forage in western Madagascar’s dry forests.

• Variegated Spider Monkey Ateles hybridus

  The variegated spider monkey lives in forests of northern South America and uses its long limbs and grasping tail to move through the canopy.

• Transcaucasian Water Shrew Neomys teres

  The Transcaucasian Water Shrew is a semiaquatic shrew found in the Black Sea highlands of Turkey. It usually favors the edges of small streams and creeks.

• Asian Wild Buffalo Bubalus arnee

  The Asian wild buffalo is a large wild bovine associated with water. Nepal's Red List says it favors low-lying alluvial grassland and riparian forest, feeding mainly on grasses.

• North African Hedgehog Atelerix algirus

  A hedgehog of North Africa that uses scrub, grassland and gardens; it searches for food on the ground at night.

• 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.

• Abyssinian Hare Lepus habessinicus

  The Abyssinian hare lives in open parts of East Africa. Its coat differs somewhat between Somali and Ethiopian animals.

• Mongolian Pika Ochotona (Pika) pallasi

  The Mongolian Pika is a small pika whose coat is lighter in summer and darker in winter. It is active by day around its burrow and stores gathered grasses as food for winter.

• Karoo Rock Sengi Elephantulus pilicaudus

  This sengi is restricted to the Nama-Karoo of South Africa. It has a tuft at the end of its tail, and the species description reports it from rocky habitat.

• 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.

• Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa Stylodipus telum

  This jerboa occurs in a broken belt of dry country from the lower Dnieper to Lake Zaysan.