Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii

  

  This cottontail has a grey-brown back, white underside, and black-tipped ears. It hides in brush on western North American mountainsides and riverbanks.

• Brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata

  

  A wallaby with a brush-tipped tail that shelters among rocks.

• Miller's Saki Pithecia milleri

  

  Miller’s saki lives in humid forests of southwestern Colombia and northeastern Ecuador and mainly eats seeds and fruit.

• Mexican Ground Squirrel Ictidomys mexicanus

  

  This ground squirrel has rows of white spots along its back. Records from Mapimí Biosphere Reserve in Mexico showed it active during the hottest part of the day.

• San Diego Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus fallax

  

  The San Diego pocket mouse is a small rodent that comes out at night to gather seeds.

• Achallo Chinchillula sahamae

  

  Chinchillula sahamae is a medium-sized rodent of the high Andes. It is known for its black, white, and brown pattern and for a report of nesting with its own hair among rocks.

• Common Metad Millardia meltada

  The common metad has a finely grizzled gray back and a tail that is dark above and pale below. Nepal's account describes life in lowland fields and grasslands.

• Cape Hairy Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) tricolor

  A bat recorded widely in Africa. A southern African field guide describes reddish-brown fur and roosts in caves and old mine adits.

• Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana

  The hairy-nosed otter has short fur across the nose pad. Records come from wetlands and shallow coastal waters in Southeast Asia, and fish are a common food.

• Vanuatu Flying Fox Pteropus anetianus

  The Vanuatu flying fox lives on islands in Vanuatu. It roosts in small groups and eats fruit and flowers. The factsheet says it is seen flying by day more often than other flying foxes in Vanuatu.

• Guianan White-eared Opossum Didelphis imperfecta

  The Guianan white-eared opossum occurs in northern and central South America. It was separated from close relatives in a recent taxonomic split, and species-specific information on its appearance and ecology remains sparse.

• White-headed Langur Trachypithecus leucocephalus

  A primate known from limestone country in southwest China. Its white head contrasts with a dark body, and leaves make up most of its diet.

• Dwarf Little Fruit Bat Rhinophylla pumilio

  A small fruit-eating bat widespread in northern South America. It lacks a tail and uses folded leaves as daytime roost tents.

• Bicolored Shrew Crocidura leucodon

  The bicolored shrew has a dark back and a pale underside. It hunts small animals in dry grasslands, woods and roadside brush.

• Four-horned Antelope Tetracerus quadricornis

  The four-horned antelope is a solitary bovid of open, dry deciduous forests in India. Four horns are present only in adult males.

• Allen's Jackrabbit Lepus alleni

  This large hare is notable for its big ears and occurs in dry areas of southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.

• Allied Rock Wallaby Petrogale assimilis

  The allied rock-wallaby lives on rocky terrain in northern Queensland, Australia. It forages at night and shelters under rocks during the day.

• Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans

  The spotted giant flying squirrel glides from tree to tree by spreading a membrane between its limbs. Coat color and spotting vary by region.

• Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens

  The plains pocket mouse is a small rodent of the North American Great Plains. It carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches and stores food in its burrow.

• Sumichrast's Vesper Rat Nyctomys sumichrasti

  This arboreal rodent lives in forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Its orange-tinged back and brush-like tail tuft stand out.

• Cape Spiny Mouse Acomys (Subacomys) subspinosus

  The Cape spiny mouse is a small spiny mouse of rocky areas and fynbos in southwestern South Africa. Seeds make up most of its recorded diet.

• Ashy Tube-nosed Bat Murina feae

  This small bat is distributed in Cambodia, southern China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its soft gray coat is a useful field mark.

• Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata

  The Smooth-coated Otter ranges across South and Southeast Asia. It has short, smooth brown fur and uses waterside habitats such as rivers, wetlands, and mangroves.

• Island flying fox Pteropus hypomelanus

  The island flying fox is a flying fox occurring on islands from South Asia to the southwest Pacific.