Meet the world’s animals.

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• Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros armiger

  

  The great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat is a large bat with gray-brown fur and leaf-like folds on its nose. It rests in caves by day and emerges early in the evening.

• Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus

  

  The Blue-naped Mousebird is marked by a blue nape and long tail and lives in dry parts of Africa.

• Black-and-white ruffed lemur Varecia variegata

  

  A mainly fruit-eating lemur of eastern Madagascar’s rainforests.

• Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

  

  The contrast between its grey head and yellow belly is striking. It catches insects in woodland and appears in Hong Kong during autumn and winter migration.

• Panamint Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys panamintinus

  

  The Panamint kangaroo rat is nocturnal and ranges from eastern California into western Nevada. It eats seeds on sandy or gravelly ground beneath desert shrubs.

• Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis

  

  A blue crown, dark eye mask, and long tail with racket-shaped tips make this motmot distinctive. It perches quietly and darts at prey when it spots an opportunity.

• Tufted capuchin Sapajus apella

  A monkey that spends much of its time in trees but also comes down to forage on the ground.

• White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi

  The White-winged Flufftail breeds in seasonal high-altitude wetlands. White patches on both sexes' wings show clearly in flight.

• Pallas' Free-tailed Bat Molossus molossus

  Pallas's free-tailed bat is a medium-sized bat recorded in several habitats in Argentina. It roosts in groups in tree hollows and buildings and eats insects.

• Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura

  This small bird is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. Breeding males grow long tails, and the species lays eggs in other birds' nests.

• Hinde's Pouched Rat Beamys hindei

  Hinde's pouched rat is a relatively large, burrowing rodent that eats a range of plant matter, including seeds and roots. It has been studied in a montane forest reserve in southern Tanzania.

• Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca

  This Australian bird has bold black-and-white markings. Pairs search the ground for food and build mud nests.

• Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

  A bat with a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf; British accounts describe roosts in caves and buildings.

• Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

  An aquatic bird with a long bill and a stretchy pouch beneath it.

• White-toothed Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) leucodon

  This woodrat lives in dry areas from the southern United States to central Mexico. It has a grey-brown back and white underside, is active at night, and uses nests surrounded by plants and woody debris.

• Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus

  This longspur breeds in the Arctic and moves to central North American grasslands for winter.

• Fawn Hopping Mouse Notomys cervinus

  The fawn hopping mouse is an Australian rodent with long hind legs for hopping. It shelters in a burrow by day and has been recorded in small family groups.

• Lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor

  A small flamingo with a long curved neck and slender pink legs, gathering on saline lakes and similar wetlands.

• Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii

  Gould's wattled bat has brown fur on the rear and underside, with darker fur on its head and shoulders. In southern Australia, it hibernates through winter.

• Malaita Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx malaitae

  The Malaita Dwarf-Kingfisher is endemic to Malaita in the Solomon Islands.

• Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon

  A ground-dwelling mongoose that uses wooded areas near water.

• Long-tailed Ground Roller Uratelornis chimaera

  The Long-tailed Ground Roller is a ground-dwelling bird of dry forest in southwestern Madagascar. Its long tail and patterned head are distinctive.

• Tibetan fox Vulpes ferrilata

  A fox of high grasslands and rocky slopes that eats pikas and other small animals.

• Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

  The male Satin Bowerbird builds and decorates a stick avenue with blue objects to attract females. Mature males have glossy blue-black plumage.