Meet the world’s animals.

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• Gerbilliscus (Taterona) kempii

  

  Gerbilliscus (Taterona) kempii is a gerbil recorded in West Africa. Its back is pale brown darkened by black hairs, and its underside is white. A 2026 survey in southeastern Sierra Leone recorded it in a plantation, a forest reserve, and grassland.

• Grey-crowned Crocias Laniellus langbianis

  

  The Grey-crowned Crocias is confined to a small area around Vietnam's Da Lat Plateau. It has a gray crown and long tail and searches the middle and upper forest layers for small invertebrates.

• North American Hoary Bat Aeorestes cinereus

  

  This bat is widespread in North America. It roosts alone in foliage in summer and is recorded flying above treetops and over water.

• Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus

  

  This lapwing occurs in separated areas of the East African highlands and southern Africa, where it forages on open ground.

• Bushy-tailed Mongoose Bdeogale crassicauda

  

  The bushy-tailed mongoose has a short muzzle and a bushy tail. It is active alone at night and feeds mainly on insects.

• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis

  

  The Rufous-faced Warbler is a small bird of forests from the eastern Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It quietly searches for insects in the middle and lower canopy.

• Culpeo Lycalopex culpaeus

  This fox is recognizable by its large ears and reddish fur. The Andean regional account describes it foraging alone over a broad area.

• Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus

  The Spotted Honeyguide is an African bird with an olive back and a spotted breast. It searches forest canopies for beeswax and insects.

• Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou melanurus

  The black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine ranges from eastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil. It is nocturnal and arboreal, using mainly the canopy of lowland rainforest.

• Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis

  In the Shark Bay area of Western Australia, this grasswren uses shrublands and is recorded foraging on the ground in pairs or family groups.

• Mainland leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis

  A small wild cat of mainland Asia and some nearby islands. It has dark body spots, with coat colour and pattern varying by region.

• Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca

  The Bonin Petrel is a seabird that catches fish and squid offshore. It breeds in winter and lays one egg in a sandy burrow.

• Antafia Sportive Lemur Lepilemur aeeclis

  Lepilemur aeeclis occurs in northwestern Madagascar. A forest survey in the Antrema protected area reported this mainly leaf-eating lemur more often in closed-canopy forest and less often in shrub, dune, and wooded agricultural sites.

• Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami

  The south-eastern form often feeds on she-oak seeds and raises its young in hollows in old eucalypts.

• Sable Martes zibellina

  A marten of northern Asian forests, with fur ranging from light to dark brown.

• Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis

  This small nuthatch searches bark for insects in forests and scrub.

• Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus crypturus

  Peters's epauletted fruit bat flies through southern African savanna and riverine forest, feeding on fruit. It travels to fruiting trees at night.

• Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor

  In Bangladesh, this is a rare winter visitor recorded in eastern hill forests. Its wider range extends across South, East and Southeast Asia.

• White-handed gibbon Hylobates lar

  A gibbon of Southeast Asian forests. It swings between branches using its long arms.

• Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa

  A small bird found in Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea and Pacific islands. It has a grey body, white eyebrow and throat patch, and a long tail that it often fans.

• Obi Cuscus Phalanger rothschildi

  The Obi cuscus is an arboreal marsupial from islands in North Maluku. A survey around Obi recorded fruit in its diet and trees used as nesting sites.

• Goldcrest Regulus regulus

  A very small woodland bird with a yellow crown stripe.

• Maule Tuco-tuco Ctenomys maulinus

  The Maule tuco-tuco is a burrowing rodent of Andean grasslands. Its coat ranges from pale brown to olive or dark brown, with pale underparts and white hairs at the tail tip.

• Hepatic Tanager Piranga hepatica

  This tanager ranges from the United States to Nicaragua. The Texas atlas distinguishes P. hepatica from the older broad treatment as P. flava and describes its Texas breeding habitat in dry juniper-pinyon or pine-oak woodland.