Meet the world’s animals.

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• Siberian Flying Squirrel Pteromys volans

  

  A small squirrel of southern and central Finland that glides between trees on a membrane joining its front and hind legs.

• Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea

  The Little Corella is a mostly white cockatoo with a blue ring around each eye and a pale rose-pink patch between the eye and bill. It is widespread in Australia and feeds on grass seeds and grains in large flocks.

• Turuchan Pika Ochotona (Pika) turuchanensis

  The Turuchan Pika eats plants and gathers them into stores. Research describes its coat and feeding choices, while taxonomists continue to debate whether it should be treated as a separate species.

• Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus

  A pointed-winged falcon with a long tail, well known for hovering. In Britain it uses grassland, farmland and open spaces in towns.

• Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps

  The Golden-headed Quetzal lives among trees in humid mountain forests. Its iridescent green plumage and red belly are striking.

• Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

  A civet recognized by its dark facial markings and back stripes; it is recorded from forests to built-up areas in Singapore.

• Lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris

  The lowland tapir lives in South American forests and wetlands, preferring sites near water where it swims well.

• Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala

  This endemic tanager inhabits lowland and mountain forests in Jamaica. Males and females differ in head and breast color.

• Southern Woolly Lemur Avahi meridionalis

  The southern woolly lemur is nocturnal. Researchers studied its leaf-eating behavior in the lowland rainforest of Tsitongambarika in southeastern Madagascar. During the season with more young leaves, feeding time and daily travel distance increased.

• Sand Martin Riparia riparia

  A small martin with a grey-brown back, pale underside, and dark chest band. In Britain it arrives from Africa in spring to breed, digging nest burrows in sandy banks near water.

• Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens

  The Yellow-breasted Chat has an olive back, yellow breast, and white face markings. During the spring breeding season, males sing with a varied set of sounds.

• Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma hardwickii

  This long-tailed bat occurs from the Middle East into South Asia. It roosts in rock fissures, caves, and abandoned structures; a study in northern India found it using historical buildings and feeding on insects.

• Long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis

  A long-tailed monkey that lives in forests and mangroves around Singapore and nearby parts of Southeast Asia.

• Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis

  This white-eye occurs on mountains in central Kenya. Its recorded habitats include highland forest and forest edge, bamboo stands, wooded gardens, eucalyptus and conifer woods.

• Thomas's Bushbaby Galagoides thomasi

  Thomas's bushbaby is a small primate that forages in trees at night.

• Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo

  A large bird native to North America. Wild males have dark iridescent plumage; females are smaller and duller.

• Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae

  This warbler occurs in western Cuba and on the Isle of Pines and nearby islands. Its gray body and yellow hood are distinctive, and it searches for food in lower and middle forest layers.

• Eastern Sucker-footed Bat Myzopoda aurita

  The eastern sucker-footed bat lives in eastern Madagascar and clings to leaves using suction-like pads on its wrists and ankles.

• Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus

  A forest bear of Asia with a pale crescent- or V-shaped chest marking on its dark body.

• Spot-winged Falconet Spiziapteryx circumcincta

  A small raptor with short wings and a long tail. It occurs in dry and scrubby habitats of southern South America and takes prey ranging from insects to small birds.

• Pacarana Dinomys branickii

  The pacarana is a large rodent of Andean rainforest slopes and valleys from Colombia to Bolivia, with conspicuous pale markings on its back and flanks.

• European robin Erithacus rubecula

  A small bird seen in British gardens and parks. Adults have reddish breasts, and males and females look alike.

• Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel

  The Lesser Frigatebird is a seabird with long narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It ranges over tropical oceans and is recorded as a vagrant in New Zealand.

• Spectral Bat Vampyrum spectrum

  A large carnivorous bat of tropical forests in Central America and northern South America.