Meet the world’s animals.

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• Himalayan tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus

  

  A sure-footed hoofed mammal of the steep Himalayan mountains.

• Brush Rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani

  

  The brush rabbit is a small rabbit of brushy places in California. It has brown fur, short ears and a small tail.

• Black-flanked Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis

  

  The black-flanked rock wallaby lives among rocky outcrops in western and south-central Australia. A dark flank stripe and use of rock crevices are characteristic.

• Red-bellied Tamarin Tamarinus labiatus

  

  This tamarin has white moustache-like facial hairs and a rusty-red chest and belly. It is active by day in the middle canopy of Amazonian forests in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.

• Novaes' Bald Uakari Cacajao novaesi

  

  This uakari is restricted to western Amazonas, Brazil. Its back is white to yellow, while the belly and limbs are reddish orange. It has been recorded in both seasonally flooded and non-flooded forest.

• Mexican Gray Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) aureogaster

  

  The Mexican gray squirrel lives among forest trees and is notable for its reddish-brown belly and flanks. Its coat varies across its range.

• 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.

• Phou Khao Khouay Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros khaokhouayensis

  This bat has records from forests in Laos and Vietnam. In Laos, surveys captured it in both intact and disturbed evergreen forest.

• Desert Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys deserti

  The desert kangaroo rat digs burrows among the dunes of arid southwestern North America and is mainly active at night.

• Beddome's Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus beddomei

  Beddome's woolly horseshoe bat is known from South Asia, and a 2010 paper added a specimen from Thailand. The Thai record is a single animal and may not represent the usual population there.

• Jaliscan Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) mascotensis

  The Jaliscan Cotton Rat occurs in western Mexico. It has coarse brown fur above and a pale underside, and it is commonly associated with grasslands and farmland.

• Montane Javan Niviventer Niviventer lepturus

  The montane Javan niviventer is a rodent of Java's highlands. Its back is described as soft gray-brown, with a white to cream underside.

• Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus

  The grey long-eared bat has very long ears and catches moths and other prey in flight over open grassland.

• Rüppell's Fox Vulpes rueppellii

  Rüppell’s fox lives in deserts. Its large ears and white tail tip are distinctive.

• Sunda Clouded Leopard Neofelis diardi

  A forest-dwelling cat of Borneo and Sumatra, known for its cloud-shaped coat markings.

• Nilgiri Marten Martes gwatkinsii

  A marten recorded in the Western Ghats of southern India.

• Comoro Black Flying Fox Pteropus livingstonii

  This flying fox occurs on Anjouan and Mohéli in the Comoros. A 2006 species account reports that it eats fruit, leaves, nectar and pollen, and roosts in native evergreen forest.

• Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei

  A stocky, short-beaked dolphin that lives in deep offshore waters.

• Southern Four-eyed Opossum Philander quica

  The southern four-eyed opossum is a medium-sized marsupial of Brazil's Atlantic Coastal region. It feeds mainly on invertebrates, small vertebrates, and fruit, and is active at night.

• Siberut Macaque Macaca siberu

  The Siberut macaque lives only on Siberut Island in Indonesia. It eats mainly fruit and travels both in trees and on the ground.

• Southern Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak

  The southern red muntjac is a deer in which males have small antlers and long upper canine teeth, while females have hair tufts and small bony knobs where antlers would be. Under the current taxonomy, it occurs on the Malay Peninsula and Sunda Islands.

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat Cormura brevirostris

  This small bat lives in humid forests of Central and South America and has been recorded roosting in tree hollows.

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat Diphylla ecaudata

  A tailless, dark brown bat that mainly lives in forests. It roosts in caves and other shelters and is known for feeding on bird blood.

• Colombian Small-eared Shrew Cryptotis colombianus

  This shrew is recorded in the central Colombian Andes. It has a dark-brown back, a short tail, tiny eyes and ears, and records in moist montane cloud forest.