Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mentawai Flying Squirrel Iomys sipora

  

  The Mentawai Flying Squirrel has dark brown fur on its back and paler gray underparts. It occurs on Sipora and North Pagai islands west of Sumatra, in mature forest below 500 m.

• European Snow Vole Chionomys nivalis

  

  A gray vole with long, dense fur and a tail about half as long as its body. It remains active beneath snow in winter.

• African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus

  

  This rat is recorded along the Nile in Egypt. Groups use shared burrows and keep grassy runways clear around them.

• Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat Murina hilgendorfi

  

  Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat has a slightly projecting snout. A Kyoto Prefecture account says it usually hides in tree cavities by day, feeds on insects in the evening, and hibernates in winter.

• Lowe's Mona Monkey Cercopithecus lowei

  

  This monkey lives in the trees of lowland forests in West Africa. It mainly eats fruit, along with leaves, seeds, flowers, bark, and insects.

• Gerenuk Litocranius walleri

  

  The gerenuk is a long-necked, long-legged antelope of East Africa. It sometimes stands on its hind legs to reach leaves on shrubs.

• Allen's Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) alleni

  Allen's squirrel occurs in northeastern Mexico. A winter study in Nuevo León recorded it active in cold weather and caching nuts in scattered locations.

• Djungarian hamster Phodopus sungorus

  A small hamster originating in Kazakhstan and southwestern Siberia. It carries material in large cheek pouches.

• Korean Field Mouse Apodemus peninsulae

  This mouse has a reddish-brown back and white underside. It lacks the dark stripe seen in a close relative and has relatively long ears and hind feet.

• Geoffroy's Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) emarginatus

  A medium-sized bat with rusty to reddish-brown fur on its back, paler fur underneath, and a distinctive notch in the ears.

• Gabon Talapoin Miopithecus ogouensis

  The northern talapoin is one of Africa's smallest monkeys and lives in lowland forest near rivers and lakes. It is active by day and forages for fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Addax Addax nasomaculatus

  A desert antelope with spiraling horns that feeds on grasses and shrubs.

• Townsend's Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) townsendii

  It has stripes on its back and face, with ears black in front and gray behind. It lives in Pacific Northwest hardwood and conifer forests, often using riparian or shrub-rich cover and rocky slopes for nesting.

• Woolly Giant Rat Kunsia tomentosus

  The woolly giant rat is a large rodent of savannas and grasslands in Brazil and Bolivia. Its strong forefeet and long claws help it dig.

• Rock Karroo Rat Myotomys sloggetti

  Myotomys sloggetti lives in high-altitude parts of South Africa and Lesotho. It has a rounded body, short legs and tail, and dense fur. A museum account describes it as strictly diurnal and sun-basking.

• Walston's Tube-nosed Bat Murina walstoni

  This bat has its type locality in northeastern Cambodia, with additional specimen records from Vietnam. Its back is warm brown and its underside is white; the holotype was trapped on a dry streambed in semievergreen forest.

• Malbrouck Chlorocebus cynosuros

  This savanna monkey occurs in central and southern Africa. Its species profile highlights open woodland with grasses and also lists riverine and marsh forests and human-modified areas.

• Ruwenzori Duiker Cephalophus rubidus

  MDD treats the Ruwenzori Duiker as the species Cephalophorus rubidus. A 2025 IUCN Antelope Specialist Group guide still follows the Red List and lists it as a subspecies of the Black-fronted Duiker, so sources do not yet agree on its rank.

• Sierra Madre Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus madrensis

  The Sierra Madre Ground Squirrel has a pale coat with subdued dark stripes. It lives in high-elevation pine forest in northwestern Mexico, is active by day, and hibernates in winter.

• Mexican Vole Microtus mexicanus

  This vole lives in mountain meadows surrounded by pine-oak forest and changes its plant foods with the seasons.

• Cyprus Mouse Mus cypriacus

  This mouse was described as an endemic species of Cyprus. It has agouti-patterned fur on the back, and the original description recorded captures in abandoned cultivated plots in the island's south.

• Long-tailed Bat Chalinolobus tuberculatus

  A small bat of New Zealand. At dusk it flies along forest edges and catches insects.

• Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis

  The blue monkey is a forest-dwelling tree monkey. Adult females studied in Kenya's Kakamega Forest ate much fruit and shifted foods as availability changed.

• Hirola Beatragus hunteri

  The hirola is an antelope of dry grasslands in northeastern Kenya and adjacent areas. A white marking around the eyes resembles a mask, and it selectively grazes short grasses.