Meet the world’s animals.

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• African Striped Weasel Poecilogale albinucha

  

  The African striped weasel has a long, slim body marked with black and white stripes. It is active around burrows at night and mainly eats small mammals.

• Peters's Fruit Bat Cynopterus luzoniensis

  

  Peters's fruit bat is a small fruit-eating bat. Its ears have pale edging along the front, and it is reported from the Philippines and Sulawesi.

• Alston's Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Micoureus) alstoni

  

  Alston's mouse opossum has a dull gray-brown back. The 2021 revision places the specimens and photographs it could confirm in Costa Rica's central highlands.

• Bengal Sacred Langur Semnopithecus entellus

  

  A large monkey found mainly in the northern Indian plains south of the Ganges and north of the Godavari.

• Central American Red Brocket Mazama temama

  

  The Central American red brocket is a small deer of Central America. This study examines regional variation in its form and environment.

• Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii

  

  Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat is a medium-to-large bat with large ears and a noseleaf. Bahamian records describe cave roosts and insect gleaning from surfaces such as the ground.

• Common Shrew Sorex araneus

  The common shrew occurs from Europe east to Lake Baikal. It has a differently colored back, flanks, and underside, and searches woodland, grassland, and other habitats for invertebrates.

• Himalayan Goral Naemorhedus goral

  A member of the bovid family native to the Himalayas. It uses forested and scrub-covered slopes and has gray-to-brown fur with short horns that curve backward.

• Antelope Rabbit Lepus callotis

  This jackrabbit lives in high plateau grasslands of southwestern New Mexico and northern and central Mexico. It mainly eats grasses, and its white flanks are a useful field mark.

• Eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus

  A kangaroo of eastern Australian woodland and grassland that moves by hopping on its hind legs.

• Eastern Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella niveiventris

  A tiny monkey of gallery forests in the upper Amazon region. It feeds mainly on tree sap and gum, making small holes in trunks to reach them.

• Gray Monk Saki Pithecia irrorata

  The gray monk saki lives in South American forests. Its gray coat and white hands and feet stand out.

• Speckled Ground Squirrel Spermophilus suslicus

  The speckled ground squirrel occurs in open grasslands in eastern Poland. Its yellowish-brown coat is flecked with white, and it digs underground burrows with strong forefeet.

• Müller's Three-striped Dasyure Myoictis melas

  Müller's three-striped dasyure is a dasyurid marsupial from New Guinea's forests. Specimens assigned to the species vary in color, from nearly black to reddish brown.

• Nelson's Coarse-haired Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni

  Nelson's coarse-haired pocket mouse occurs in the Chihuahuan Desert of the Mexican Plateau. This long-tailed pocket mouse feeds on seeds and insects in rocky or sandy habitat.

• Mozambican Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mossambicus

  The Mozambican horseshoe bat is a small horseshoe bat recorded at six sites in Mozambique and northwestern Zimbabwe. The authors infer a lowland savanna distribution but say more records are needed to establish its full range.

• Campbell's hamster Phodopus campbelli

  A small hamster with a narrow dark stripe down its back that lives in dry steppes and deserts.

• Camiguin Forest Mouse Apomys camiguinensis

  This mouse is recorded from Camiguin Island in the southern Philippines. Its species account describes a russet-brown back with fine dark-and-pale hairs and a pale underside.

• Hawaiian Hoary Bat Aeorestes semotus

  This bat is naturally found only in the Hawaiian Islands, on the main islands except Niihau.

• Japanese badger Meles anakuma

  A badger native to Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and nearby parts of Japan. Thick, long foreclaws help it dig dens in the ground.

• Common Samoan Flying Fox Pteropus samoensis

  A flying fox with dark brown body and wings and variable lighter fur on the head and shoulders. It lives in forests of Samoa and Fiji and is active by day.

• Brazilian Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus microtarsus

  The Brazilian gracile opossum is a small marsupial from forests and savanna in southeastern Brazil. It uses branches and vines but also searches for food on the ground.

• Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus

  This macaque lives in the mountains of Morocco and Algeria and has a very short tail that is barely visible.

• Mesopotamian fallow deer Dama mesopotamica

  A deer with wild populations remaining in southwestern Iran; males have antlers that do not flatten into a broad palm.