Meet the world’s animals.

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• South-eastern Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetis

  

  The southeastern pocket gopher spends much of its life underground in sandy soil, digging tunnels and eating roots and tubers.

• Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus

  

  The Yellow-throated Bulbul is a breeding endemic of India and is about 20 cm long. It uses scrub and open forest on rocky hills.

• Merriam's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami

  

  Merriam's kangaroo rat is a rodent that is active at night in dry country. Its strong hind legs and long, tufted tail help it move in hops.

• Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

  

  It walks through shallow water on long pink legs and searches for food with a slender bill.

• Pallid Ground Squirrel Spermophilus pallidicauda

  

  This ground squirrel occurs in Mongolia and nearby parts of China. The paper describes appearance and daytime behaviour for the genus as a whole.

• Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata

  

  The Western Bowerbird is an inland Australian bird with reddish spots and a yellowish underside. Males build avenue-like bowers from sticks, decorate them with objects such as bones and shells, and display to attract females.

• Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus goodfellowi

  A climbing kangaroo of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests.

• Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus

  This small bird lives in dry scrub and other habitats in southern Africa. Its black-and-white forehead pattern and pale-yellow belly help identify it.

• Goodman’s mouse lemur Microcebus lehilahytsara

  Goodman’s mouse lemur is a small lemur that looks very similar to another mouse lemur species.

• Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris

  The Rusty-margined Guan lives in South American forests and scrub. In the Paraná forest of Argentina, pale feather edges make the adult breast look scaled.

• Helan Shan Pika Ochotona (Pika) argentata

  This pika lives in China's Helan Shan. Its coat changes with the seasons, appearing bright red in summer and silvery gray in winter.

• Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara

  This ibis occurs in African forests. Adults have a crest and a slightly downcurved red bill. Pairs occur in Semliki Forest, western Uganda.

• Southern Birch Mouse Sicista subtilis

  The Southern Birch Mouse is a small rodent recorded in dry steppe and small river valleys during a study in the South Urals.

• African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini

  The African Oystercatcher is a black shorebird of southern Africa's coasts, with a bright orange-red bill and pink legs.

• Little Long-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis dolichura

  This small marsupial has a tail longer than its body. It lives in two separated parts of southwestern Australia, in dry woodland and shrubland.

• Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi

  The flightless cormorant dives from the Galápagos coast to catch fish and octopus.

• Southern Big-eared Mouse Loxodontomys micropus

  The southern big-eared mouse is a sturdy rodent of southern South America. It lives in grasslands and forests and feeds mainly on plants.

• Yellow-spotted Bush-sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita

  A small sparrow of dry savannas and open woodland. Its white throat and hard-to-see yellow spot can help identify it.

• Flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps

  A small water-associated cat with a narrow head and a flattened forehead.

• Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus

  The Dusky Grouse lives in western North American mountain forests. In spring, males display their neck sacs and red eye combs.

• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva

  The crab-eating mongoose has a white stripe from its cheeks to its chest. A camera survey in Nepal's Bardia National Park recorded it near rivers and photographed it during the day.

• Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris

  The Southern Red-billed Hornbill is a southern African form within a red-billed hornbill complex. Compared with the Damaraland form, the study population had yellow eyes and grey facial feathers and used moister savanna woodland.

• Southern Yellow Bat Dasypterus ega

  This bat is recorded in the lowlands of Bolivia. Its short, woolly coat is dark gray to cinnamon on the back, with a strongly contrasting belly. It catches insects while flying in open spaces.

• White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster

  A large grey bird about 50 cm long, with a white belly and wing patch and a white band across the tail. It lives in East African woodland and savanna, often in small groups, and eats fruit and acacia buds and seeds.