Meet the world’s animals.

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• Papillose Woolly Bat Kerivoula papillosa

  

  This bat has tiny projections on its wing membrane. It flies through the lower forest at night and catches flying insects.

• Hamadryas baboon Papio hamadryas

  

  A baboon of dry grasslands and rocky areas; the adult male’s long mane looks like a cape around the shoulders.

• Western Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga morenoi

  

  This bat has pale-based, dark-tipped fur and a long muzzle and tongue for reaching nectar. It is recorded in dry forests and scrub across parts of Mexico.

• Thomson's gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii

  

  An African grassland gazelle with a bold dark stripe along each side.

• Pallas's squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus

  

  Pallas’s squirrel is a tree-dwelling squirrel native from Taiwan and southern China through parts of Southeast Asia.

• Blackish Grass Mouse Thaptomys nigrita

  

  The blackish grass mouse is a small rodent that uses tunnels beneath leaf litter. A survey in southern Brazil recorded it in deciduous forest with pitfall traps.

• Northeast African Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) cahirinus

  The Northeast African Spiny Mouse has a yellow-brown back with stiff, spine-like hairs from the shoulders to the rump and a white underside. It uses rocky shelters; along Egypt's Nile Valley it has also been recorded in buildings and tombs.

• Amber Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris fulvida

  This small bat was recorded in bamboo groves in Assam, India. It has golden-brown dorsal fur, a flattened head, and pale pads on its thumbs.

• Cat Ba Langur Trachypithecus poliocephalus

  The Cat Ba langur is recognizable by its golden head and dark body. It lives in forest on the limestone hills of Cat Ba Island in Vietnam and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Davis's Tent-making Bat Uroderma davisi

  A 2026 study recorded one male at Tolapa in Nicaragua's León Department. The individual had clear facial stripes and was captured in an area the study classed among its lowland dry and arid-forest sites.

• Urial Ovis vignei

  Urials are wild sheep of Asian grasslands and hills; males carry large spiraling horns.

• American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

  A squirrel of North American coniferous forests. In summer it collects spruce cones and stores them for winter.

• Eva's deer mouse Peromyscus eva

  Eva's deer mouse occurs on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and Carmen Island. Its coat varies, and the island population is darker.

• Sahyadris Forest Rat Rattus satarae

  This rat was found alongside the black rat in high-altitude forest in the Nilgiri Mountains. A 2011 study distinguished a second form, usually with a pure white belly, as Rattus satarae.

• Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus

  A small bat found across Europe and parts of Asia, hunting insects above towns and in natural habitats.

• Dryad Monkey Chlorocebus dryas

  The Dryas monkey is a forest-dwelling primate known only from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Surveys in the Lomami region recorded it in areas that included dense understory and forest edges.

• Silky Short-tailed Bat Carollia brevicaudum

  Carollia brevicauda occurs across parts of Central and South America. A study in the Colombian Andes followed one colony that used an artificial refuge.

• Mithun Bos frontalis

  Mithun, also called gayal, are cattle relatives kept in parts of northeastern India. A study in Arunachal Pradesh recorded free-ranging, semi-domesticated herds searching the forest for food plants.

• Douglas's Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii

  In conifer forests it eats seeds and fungi and stores food. It does not hibernate and remains active through the year.

• Social Vole Microtus (Microtus) socialis

  The social vole is a small rodent that digs burrows in steppe and semi-desert. Field studies report family groups sharing burrow systems.

• Desert Pseudomys Pseudomys desertor

  The Desert Pseudomys is a medium-sized rodent. Its chestnut fur is overlaid by long, dark guard hairs, and pale orange rings surround its eyes. The tail is brown above and lighter along the sides and below.

• Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta

  This small bat has bright orange fur and black wings. It hunts spiders and insects while flying through cluttered spaces close to the ground.

• Delacour's Langur Trachypithecus delacouri

  Delacour's langur lives in remnant forests among the limestone mountains of northern Vietnam. Its black-and-white coat, crest, and long tail stand out, and leaves form most of its diet.

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat Carollia castanea

  The chestnut short-tailed bat is a nocturnal fruit-eating bat. In a study, it relied on the scent of ripe Piper fruit when foraging and used more echolocation when that scent was absent.