Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pelzeln's gazelle Gazella pelzelni

  

  Pelzeln's gazelle was recorded on the northern Somaliland coastal plain. Late nineteenth-century descriptions report a fawn-colored coat and animals using dry stony or sandy ground with low shrubs.

• Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus

  

  The northern flying squirrel lives in northern coniferous forests and has white-and-gray belly fur and reddish fur along its back.

• Dark Bolo Mouse Necromys obscurus

  

  The dark bolo mouse is recorded in separated areas of eastern Argentina and coastal Uruguay. It uses grassland and damp shore habitats and is often active on the ground by day.

• Spinifex Hopping Mouse Notomys alexis

  

  The spinifex hopping mouse lives in sandy areas from central Australia into the west. It is active at night, moves by hopping, and digs deep burrows in the sand.

• Whitehead's Woolly Bat Kerivoula whiteheadi

  

  Whitehead's woolly bat is a small bat with a broad distribution in the Philippines. Its reddish-brown back and banded hairs are distinctive.

• Ursine Colobus Colobus vellerosus

  

  The ursine colobus is marked by a white ring around its face, white thighs, and a long pale tail. It moves through West African forests by day and eats leaves and seeds.

• Schmidt's Big-eared Bat Micronycteris (Leuconycteris) schmidtorum

  Schmidt's big-eared bat is a small bat with conspicuous ears and a leaf-like nose feature. It gleans insects from leaves at night and roosts in tree hollows.

• Zambezi Kudu Strepsiceros zambesiensis

  This is a historical form of kudu described from specimens north of the Zambezi River in 1894. The account records an adult male and female, a juvenile, and a fetus from Leschumo Forest.

• Mutable Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus mutabilis

  The Mutable Sun Squirrel occurs in forests and savannas of eastern Africa. It is active by day and forages both in trees and on the ground.

• Long-clawed Mole mouse Geoxus valdivianus

  The long-clawed mole mouse is a small rodent with tiny eyes and ears and long foreclaws. The forest-dwelling nominate form in southern Chile is nocturnal and uses both underground spaces and leaf litter.

• Persian Jird Meriones (Parameriones) persicus

  The Persian jird lives in dry parts of western Asia, using rocky hills and grasslands. A tuft of fur marks the tip of its tail.

• Velvety Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) simus

  The velvety myotis is a South American bat with short, dense reddish fur. It searches for insects soon after sunset and roosts in tree holes, caves, and other sheltered places.

• Celebes Crested Macaque Macaca nigra

  A macaque of the humid tropical forests of northeastern Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.

• Thomas's Nectar Bat Hsunycteris thomasi

  This small nectar bat is distinguished by the arrangement of skin papillae on its chin. It has been recorded from Panama across much of northern South America, although the current species may include unresolved lineages.

• Siberian ibex Capra sibirica

  A wild goat of Central Asian mountain ranges, both sexes have horns, but those of males grow especially long and large.

• Variegated Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides

  The variegated squirrel is a long-tailed tree squirrel whose coat color and pattern vary greatly among subspecies. It lives in forests and open woodland in Central America.

• White-footed Deermouse Peromyscus leucopus

  The white-footed deermouse has reddish-brown upperparts and a white underside and feet. The Texas account describes it as mostly nocturnal and living in woodlands and river bottoms.

• Red Spiny Rat Maxomys surifer

  This nocturnal rat lives in Southeast Asian forests and nearby areas. Short, stiff, reddish-brown hairs stand out among the fur on its back.

• Large Myotis Myotis (Myotis) chinensis

  Large Myotis is a large mouse-eared bat recorded in Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.

• Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileatus

  The capped langur has a cap-like tuft of hair on its crown. In one group studied in northeastern India, leaves made up most of the observed feeding time.

• Chestnut Long-tongued Bat Lionycteris spurrelli

  The chestnut long-tongued bat is a small bat with chestnut to dark brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Cuvier's gazelle Gazella cuvieri

  Cuvier's gazelle is a North African gazelle found in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

• Andean Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) pucheranii

  The Andean Squirrel lives in mountain forests of Colombia. It is active by day and searches for tree seeds and fruits on the ground and in the canopy.

• Eastern Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) floridana

  This rodent has a long tail with contrasting colors above and below. It builds a nest from sticks and other materials and stores food there.