Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rondon's Marmoset Mico rondoni

  

  Rondon’s marmoset occurs only in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It eats fruits and insects in forest and also uses plant exudates as food.

• Ornate Titi Plecturocebus ornatus

  

  The ornate titi is a small monkey of forests in eastern Colombia. Its reddish-orange chest and belly, white forehead stripe, and bushy tail stand out.

• Arizona Gray Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) arizonensis

  

  This squirrel has a grey back, white underside, and a tail with black and yellow-brown areas. It lives in Arizona canyon forests and eats walnuts and acorns.

• Spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus

  

  A quoll with white spots extending onto its tail.

• 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.

• Black-eared Deermouse Peromyscus melanotis

  

  The Black-eared Deermouse is a small mouse found mainly in Mexico's highlands, with records in the higher elevations of southern Arizona. It emerges from burrows at night and feeds mostly on seeds and insects.

• Ricefield Rat Rattus argentiventer

  The ricefield rat uses rice paddies and grasslands in Southeast Asia and eats both plant and animal foods.

• Russian Myotis Myotis (Myotis) petax

  The Russian myotis has brown fur above and pale fur below. In Altai, bats were seen flying low over meadows and water, and cave roosts have been reported.

• Steppe Polecat Mustela eversmanii

  The Steppe Polecat is a mustelid of dry open habitats across parts of Europe and Central Asia. Its pale coat contrasts with a dark facial mask, legs, and part of the tail.

• Fijian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat Mirimiri acrodonta

  The Fijian monkey-faced fruit bat has been recorded in upland cloud forest on Taveuni Island. It has bright orange eyes, and records of its ecology remain limited.

• Common Four-eyed Opossum Philander canus

  Philander canus has short, uniformly gray back fur and pale underparts. A 2018 revision reports that in eastern Bolivia’s Cerrado landscapes it is apparently restricted to tall evergreen gallery forest.

• Tarai Gray Langur Semnopithecus hector

  The Tarai gray langur lives in the Himalayan foothills. It has a white head, a grayish-yellow to pale orange body, and brownish limbs.

• Tailed Tailless Bat Anoura caudifer

  Anoura caudifer is a small bat ranging from northern South America through Brazil to northwestern Argentina. It has a long, narrow muzzle and an extendable tongue for taking nectar, and occurs in humid tropical forests.

• Greater Dwarf Shrew Suncus lixa

  This shrew is recorded widely in Africa. Its pale underside is sharply separated from the darker back and flanks; South Africa's regional assessment records it in riverine woodland, sandveld, and moist grassland.

• Korrigum Damaliscus korrigum

  The korrigum is an antelope recorded in West African savannas. In northern Benin’s Pendjari National Park, observers documented herds moving in the dry season toward fresh grass and remaining water.

• Alaska Hare Lepus othus

  This hare lives in western Alaska's tundra and changes coat color with the seasons.

• Godman's Rock Wallaby Petrogale godmani

  Godman's rock-wallabies tend to have pale, silvery-white tails, but tail color varied widely in the studied hybrid colony, from almost black to pale silver and reddish.

• Mottle-faced Tamarin Tamarinus inustus

  This tamarin was recorded in flooded forest during fieldwork in Brazil’s Amanã Reserve. The survey reported 11 new localities.

• Vieira's Titi Plecturocebus vieirai

  Plecturocebus vieirai occurs in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará. Its original description reports a pale gray-brown coat and white facial markings, while the ICMBio species sheet describes humid forest and streamside sites with buriti palms.

• Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans

  A nocturnal squirrel that glides from tree to tree using a skin membrane between its limbs.

• Swamp Antechinus Antechinus minimus

  The swamp antechinus is a small marsupial of wet grasslands and scrub on Tasmania and islands in Bass Strait. It is most active around dusk.

• Merriam's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami

  Merriam's kangaroo rat is a rodent that is active at night in dry country. Its strong hind legs and long, tufted tail help it move in hops.

• Rock Vole Microtus chrotorrhinus

  The rock vole has a yellow-orange nose. It uses moist forests and rocky sites and feeds on herbs and leaves.

• Tristram's Jird Meriones (Pallasiomys) tristrami

  Tristram’s jird lives in dry steppe from the eastern Mediterranean into the Middle East. Its boundary from a close relative remains debated.