Meet the world’s animals.

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• Uinta Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus

  

  This chipmunk occurs in mountains of the western United States. It has long, pointed ears and prefers montane coniferous forest.

• Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis

  

  The Grey-crowned Babbler has a broad grey brow and rufous marks on the breast and wings. It forages in small groups, turning over leaves and stones with its bill.

• Rothschild's Rock Wallaby Petrogale rothschildi

  

  Rothschild's rock wallaby occurs in Western Australia's Pilbara and Ashburton regions. It uses deep rocky crevices as refuge from daytime heat.

• Short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus

  

  An albatross with long, narrow wings that searches for food at the sea surface.

• Asian Garden Dormouse Eliomys melanurus

  

  The Asian garden dormouse has a dark mask around its eyes, large ears, and a bushy tail. It is nocturnal and solitary, and eats insects and other small animals.

• Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris

  

  The Large-billed Lark is marked by a thick bill and a raised crest. It walks on the ground to find food in the grasslands and scrub of southern Africa.

• Afghan Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) rufescens

  The Afghan pika is a mountain pika with a cream collar edged in russet during summer. It gathers plants, dries them, and stores them in burrows.

• Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger

  This bulbul is active by day in humid lowland forest and swamp forest, and is notable for its hooked bill.

• African White-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tricuspis

  The African white-bellied pangolin is a tree-climbing pangolin of Central African rainforests. It feeds on ants and termites.

• Carolinian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus syrinx

  The Carolinian Reed Warbler is native to the Federated States of Micronesia. It uses dry grassland, gardens, and tropical mountain forest, searching for small animals on the ground and among trees.

• 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.

• Balicassiao Dicrurus balicassius

  A Philippine drongo. The white underparts and mimicry described here apply specifically to subspecies mirabilis.

• Nelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys nelsoni

  Nelson's spiny pocket mouse is known from cool, wet montane slopes. A comparison with another species describes its longer skull, larger ears, and soft dorsal fur.

• Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus

  This longspur breeds in the Arctic and moves to central North American grasslands for winter.

• 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.

• Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea

  The Wattled Starling lives in dry grasslands and other open habitats in Africa and may move in flocks to find food. Breeding males have black wattles on the head.

• North African Elephant Shrew Petrosaltator rozeti

  The North African elephant shrew occurs in the Maghreb north of the Sahara. It uses rocky, boulder-strewn habitats and is described as lacking facial markings that distinguish some related genera.

• Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani

  It lives in East African savannas and dry forests and eats both plant matter and small invertebrates.

• Hector's dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori

  A small coastal dolphin found around New Zealand, with a rounded dorsal fin.

• Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides

  This shrike breeds in Central Asia and migrates to Africa for winter. The adult male is marked by a reddish-brown back and tail, a black facial mask, and a white eyebrow.

• Lesser capybara Hydrochoerus isthmius

  The lesser capybara is a species in the capybara genus, ranging from eastern Panama into northwestern South America. It has coarse, dark reddish-brown fur and uses waterside habitat.

• White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus

  This bird lives along mountain streams in the Andes. Its pale head and throat contrast with a dark back and belly, and it feeds on small animals near water.

• Indomalayan Bamboo Rat Rhizomys sumatrensis

  This is a large, stocky bamboo rat that makes burrows. In Malaysia it emerges in the early evening to feed on fallen fruit and other plant matter.

• Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera

  The Titicaca Grebe is a flightless grebe of high-altitude lakes around Lake Titicaca. In breeding plumage, its yellow-orange bill and white cheeks stand out; it dives for fish in shallow, vegetated water.