Meet the world’s animals.

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• Merriam's Ground Squirrel Urocitellus canus

  

  Merriam's ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel found in dry parts of Oregon and Idaho. Its two subspecies differ in size and coat color, and details of their habits remain limited.

• Common Vole Microtus (Microtus) arvalis

  

  The common vole is a small vole with brown-gray fur and a short tail. In grassland and farmland, it searches for plants beneath grass cover or underground.

• Wagner’s Gerbil Dipodillus (Petteromys) dasyurus

  

  Wagner’s Gerbil is currently listed as Gerbillus dasyurus. A Saudi Arabian field guide describes it in rocky terrain and limestone escarpments, where it shelters among rocks or under bushes and feeds mainly on seeds and succulent plants.

• Pacific Townsend's big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii

  

  This bat folds its large ears back over its head while resting. It flies at night and catches moths and other insects.

• Allen's Swamp Monkey Allenopithecus nigroviridis

  

  Allen’s swamp monkey lives in swamp forests in the lowlands of the Congo Basin. It searches for food in trees, on the ground and in shallow water.

• Common eland Taurotragus oryx

  

  A large antelope that lives in grassland and open woodland.

• Black-eared Squirrel Nannosciurus melanotis

  A juvenile found in West Kalimantan had a pale-gray back with black, buff, and whitish facial stripes. A nest was found among branches in nearby lowland heath forest.

• Azara's Akodont Akodon (Akodon) azarae

  Azara's Akodont lives in grasslands and wetland vegetation, and may change the sheltered sites it uses with the seasons.

• Long-tailed Pseudomys Pseudomys higginsi

  It has grayish-brown fur above, a white underside, and a slender tail longer than its body. It makes tunnels beneath the mossy floor of Tasmania’s wet forests.

• Seminole Bat Lasiurus seminolus

  This bat has rich chestnut-brown fur with pale tips. It catches insects in flight at dusk and occurs mainly in the southeastern United States.

• François' Langur Trachypithecus francoisi

  François' langur is a leaf-eating monkey that lives among limestone cliffs and caves. Infants have bright orange fur that turns black as they grow.

• Kafue Flats lechwe Kobus kafuensis

  Male Kafue Flats lechwe have a distinct shoulder patch that joins the foreleg stripe and longer horns than the typical red lechwe. The form is restricted to Zambia’s Kafue Flats.

• Black-striped Squirrel Callosciurus nigrovittatus

  A squirrel with black stripes along its sides. It is active by day in trees and eats fruit and insects. Stripe patterns vary among subspecies.

• Flavescent Colilargo Oligoryzomys flavescens

  This small rodent has a tail longer than its body and is recorded along grassland and wetland edges in Paraguay.

• Southern African Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) minutoides

  The southern African pygmy mouse is a tiny rodent with glossy reddish-brown fur. It is nocturnal and ground-dwelling, eating insects and seeds in the wild.

• Southern Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa io

  The southern little yellow bat is a small aerial insectivore. It has been recorded hunting flying insects along forest trails, in clearings, and over water, but the boundaries of this broadly defined taxon remain under review.

• Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina

  The northern pig-tailed macaque is now treated as a species distinct from the southern pig-tailed macaque. A Thai comparison found differences between the northern and southern forms in crown hair, facial markings, coat, and tail.

• Daghestan Tur Capra cylindricornis

  The Daghestan Tur is a wild goat of the rugged eastern Caucasus. Males carry large horns that sweep back, and the goats feed on grasses and shrubs.

• Alaska Marmot Marmota (Marmota) broweri

  The Alaska marmot is a large squirrel relative that makes burrows among rocky areas in northern Alaska. It eats grasses, flowers, and roots in summer and hibernates in its burrow in winter.

• Mongolian Mountain Vole Alticola (Alticola) semicanus

  The Mongolian mountain vole lives in mountain areas from Mongolia into northern China. Its gray-brown back contrasts with a pale underside.

• Namaqua rock mouse Micaelamys namaquensis

  The Namaqua rock mouse is a rodent of southern Africa. It is often recorded in rocky settings, where it uses grass nests in crevices and similar shelters.

• Bechstein's Myotis Myotis (Myotis) bechsteinii

  This long-eared bat occurs in Europe. It uses mature deciduous woodland and tree holes, including old woodpecker holes, for breeding roosts.

• Lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus

  A monkey of India's Western Ghats forests, recognized by its gray face mane and tufted tail.

• Gedemsa Tragelaphus buxtoni

  The mountain nyala, also called Gedemsa, is a large bovid of the Ethiopian highlands. The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority lists the Bale Mountains and Arsi Mountains among its localities.