Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sinaloan Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus pernix

  

  The Sinaloan pocket mouse lives on sandy lowlands along Mexico's western coast. Records come from coastal dunes, thornscrub, seasonal dry forest, and river valleys.

• Brown Falcon Falco berigora

  

  This Australian falcon varies widely in the darkness of its plumage. It scans from a perch in grassland or farmland, then dives on prey when it spots an opportunity.

• Mexican Ground Squirrel Ictidomys mexicanus

  

  This ground squirrel has rows of white spots along its back. Records from Mapimí Biosphere Reserve in Mexico showed it active during the hottest part of the day.

• Black Imperial Pigeon Ducula melanochroa

  

  This large pigeon lives in forests of the Bismarck Archipelago. It feeds on fruit in the canopy and is seen alone or in small groups.

• Ifola Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus notatus

  

  This tree kangaroo lives in Papua New Guinea's central highlands. Its very dark chocolate coat has yellow rings at the tail base and silvery-tipped hairs on the back and limbs.

• Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus

  

  The Bolivia species account records this becard in humid forests from Amazonian lowlands to lower mountain forests. It is often alone or in pairs in the canopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus medius

  The fat-tailed dwarf lemur stores fat in its tail and uses those reserves during its season of torpor.

• Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker Dicaeum retrocinctum

  A flowerpecker distributed in the Philippines. The account’s photograph is from near Sablayan on Mindoro.

• Silky Sifaka Propithecus candidus

  A sifaka known for its long, silky white fur. It moves among trees by day in mountain forest in northeastern Madagascar.

• Indian Vulture Gyps indicus

  Adult Indian Vultures have a heavy pale bill and a rounded head covered with fine pale feathers.

• Ochotona roylii Ochotona (Conothoa) roylii

  Ochotona roylii is a pika of rocky Himalayan sites. In summer, its head, shoulders, and forebody become rufous; it uses cavities among loose rocks and stone heaps as shelter.

• White-browed Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora

  The White-browed Ground-tyrant visits the high Andes seasonally and searches for food on the ground. Peruvian records are from April to October.

• Northern Three-toed Jerboa Dipus sagitta

  The northern three-toed jerboa changes coat color with the seasons. It lives in dry grasslands and deserts and mainly eats plants and seeds.

• Bay Owl Phodilus badius

  The Bay Owl is a nocturnal owl with a heart-shaped facial disc and chestnut plumage. It hunts small animals from a perch in forest.

• New Guinea Quoll Dasyurus albopunctatus

  The New Guinea quoll is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial from New Guinea's forests. It can climb, and one field account reports a body mass of about 500–1,000 g.

• Bismarck Kingfisher Ceyx websteri

  This rarely recorded kingfisher lives along lowland rivers and forest streams in the Bismarck Archipelago.

• Southern Plains Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) micropus

  The southern plains woodrat is a rodent of dry areas from the southern United States into northern Mexico. It eats cacti and yucca and may store food in its den.

• Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

  The Whiskered Auklet is a small seabird with a crest and white plumes that stand out in the breeding season.

• Pallas's cat Otocolobus manul

  A Central Asian cat with long, dense fur. Its rounded head and low-set ears give the face a flattened appearance.

• Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania

  The black storm-petrel is a dark seabird with a long, forked tail. It flies buoyantly low over the water and picks food from the surface.

• Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose Helogale hirtula

  A small mongoose of the Horn of Africa that is active in groups by day. At night it shelters in termite mounds, dens, or rock crevices.

• Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens

  The Brown Parisoma has a pale throat and belly and narrow white tail edges, and forages for invertebrates in East African woodland.

• Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus

  A small bat found across Europe and parts of Asia, hunting insects above towns and in natural habitats.

• Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus

  A central Chinese parrotbill of high-elevation forest. It uses bamboo thickets and eats beetles and other insects; flocks may shift elevation locally when bamboo dries out.