Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brewer's mole Parascalops breweri

  

  The hairy-tailed mole has eyes hidden by fur and a furry tail. It lives in underground tunnels and searches for worms and insects.

• Mountain Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles albertisi

  

  The Mountain Owlet-nightjar lives in New Guinea's mountain forests and is active at night. It has rufous and brown plumage forms and roosts in hollows by day.

• North-western Free-tailed Bat Ozimops cobourgianus

  

  This free-tailed bat occurs along the coast from Western Australia to the Northern Territory. Records associate it with mangroves in the west and woodland farther north.

• Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii

  

  Livingstone's Turaco is green, with a white-tipped crest and red on the inner wings. It eats fruit and berries.

• Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus tanala

  

  This Malagasy rodent is marked by a tuft of white hair at the end of its tail. A study in eastern Madagascar found it active at night and mainly associated with trees.

• Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana

  

  The Buff-crested Bustard lives in dry scrub and open woodland. Males have a reddish buff crest and a black throat stripe.

• Pearson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pearsonii

  This horseshoe bat ranges across parts of South and Southeast Asia. Its back is brown and underside paler.

• Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons

  This large bird forages in loose flocks in forests and agricultural land. Plumage and bill color differ between Peruvian lowland and Andean forms.

• Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris

  This semiaquatic rat uses wetlands and watersides. The balance of plant and animal foods in its diet varies by region.

• Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus

  The Pavonine Quetzal lives in the upper canopy of Amazonian forest. Adult males have a bill with an orange-red base and yellow tip, while much of the species' ecology remains poorly known.

• Common Field Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus

  A small mouse found widely across Europe and nearby regions. It uses grassland, farmland, woods, and forests, and eats seeds, fruit, vegetation, and insects.

• Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor

  The Eastern Black-headed Batis is a small, dark bird with a sharply defined white eyebrow. It searches for insects in the dry forests and savannas of East Africa.

• Common Desert Long-eared Bat Otonycteris hemprichii

  This large-eared bat occurs from North Africa into the Middle East. A study tracking reproductive females in the Negev Desert found that they mainly roosted in rock cracks.

• Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor

  This large cotinga searches for fruit in the canopy. A 1970 study in southern Guyana recorded males displaying at forest leks and feeding on fruit and insects.

• Stripe-necked Mongoose Urva vitticollis

  The stripe-necked mongoose is a large Asian mongoose. Cameras have also recorded it in forests in Odisha, eastern India.

• Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris

  This medium-sized owl lives in grassland and has long legs that project beyond the tail in flight.

• Blanford's Fox Vulpes cana

  Blanford's fox is a small fox with large ears and a bushy tail. It can also climb among rocky slopes.

• Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii

  This small bird walks through dry grassland. Males have rufous and black-and-white markings, and only males incubate the eggs.

• Bicolor-spined Porcupine Coendou bicolor

  The bicolor-spined porcupine has quills that are pale at the base and dark toward the tip, and is an able climber. It is mainly active at night in trees and eats leaves, fruit, and other plant parts.

• Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus

  The Greater Yellow-headed Vulture lives mainly in the Amazon rainforest. It has a yellow head, a dark body, and feeds on animal carcasses.

• African Wildcat Felis lybica

  A wild cat found across much of Africa and parts of Asia, with coat color and markings that vary by region.

• African Jacana Actophilornis africanus

  The African Jacana walks on floating plants with its long toes and forages in wetlands. During breeding, the male incubates the eggs and cares for the chicks.

• Hawk's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur tymerlachsoni

  Hawk’s sportive lemur is confined to forest on Nosy Be. Gray fur frames its large eyes, and a dark stripe runs from its head down its back.

• Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni

  Actinodura egertoni lives in montane forest along the Himalayas. It has an orangish wash on the front of the face and a white belly, and forages in pairs or small flocks.