Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tsimlyansk Birch Mouse Sicista cimlanica

  

  The Tsimlyansk Birch Mouse is recorded around the Middle Don in western Russia and eastern Ukraine. A 2025 review shows a typical grassland habitat and one photographed individual from Tsimla Sands.

• Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus

  A montane forest bird of western Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria whose pairs duet.

• Celebes Dwarf Squirrel Prosciurillus murinus

  This small squirrel lives in Sulawesi's forests. It has a dark-brown back, a gray belly, and a pale ring around each eye; it also uses tree trunks and the ground.

• Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus

  The Black-and-yellow Broadbill is a small bird with a bright blue bill and bold black, white, yellow, and pink plumage. It catches insects by sallying from a perch in forest midlevels and canopy.

• Francis's Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus francisi

  Francis's horseshoe bat is a rarely recorded species known from Sabah and Kalimantan on Borneo. The 2015 paper listed six records available at that time.

• Black-capped Tanager Stilpnia heinei

  Black-capped Tanager occurs in the Andes. Males are blue-green and black, while females are dull green. The iridescent sheen changes with the light. It feeds on fruit and arthropods at forest edges and clearings. The account also lists its former combination, Tangara heinei.

• Appalachian Cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus

  This small cottontail lives in forests and brushy cover at higher elevations in the Appalachian Mountains.

• Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta

  The Restless Flycatcher catches insects over open woodland and farmland. When hawking prey, it can appear to hover with its head pointing down.

• Transcaucasian Water Shrew Neomys teres

  The Transcaucasian Water Shrew is a semiaquatic shrew found in the Black Sea highlands of Turkey. It usually favors the edges of small streams and creeks.

• Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla

  The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta forages near the ground in Andean forest. Its chestnut-colored head and olive upperparts contrast with a white throat.

• Hamiguitan Batomys Batomys hamiguitan

  The Hamiguitan Batomys is known from Mount Hamiguitan in eastern Mindanao, Philippines. The original survey recorded it in the transition between lowland and montane forest and in primary montane forest.

• Brown Tit-Babbler Macronus striaticeps

  This babbler is endemic to the Philippines. The nominate subspecies has black-and-white crown stripes and pale streaks above; the Mindanao survey found it in several kinds of forest.

• Robert's Spiny-rat Proechimys roberti

  This spiny rat occurs in central Brazil. In a habitat analysis at Brasília National Park, all nine individuals used for the microhabitat analysis were captured in dry gallery forest.

• Hooded crane Grus monacha

  A gray crane with a white head and neck that also winters in Japan.

• Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Sousa teuszii

  The Atlantic humpback dolphin lives in shallow coastal waters of western Africa. Its grey body has a distinct hump beneath the dorsal fin and a short, rounded beak.

• Iris Lorikeet Saudareos iris

  A lorikeet found on Timor and Wetar. It visits flowering trees for nectar and moves in small groups.

• Camas pocket gopher Megascapheus bulbivorus

  This pocket gopher lives underground in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Its coat ranges from dark brown to reddish brown, and some individuals have a white throat patch.

• Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii

  The red bare skin around its eyes and gray head help identify this pigeon. It is active by day and eats fruit in New Guinea’s mountain forests.

• Nosy Be Mouse Lemur Microcebus mamiratra

  Claire's mouse lemur has reddish-brown fur on its back and tail, with pale coloring on the muzzle and underside. Its current mapped range includes Nosy Be and adjacent mainland in northwestern Madagascar.

• Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris

  This small flycatcher uses the canopy of humid montane forest. A Peru Aves account for northeastern Peru describes a gray head, a fine rufous eyebrow, and pale cheeks.

• Eastern Wolf Canis lycaon

  The COSEWIC report describes the Eastern Wolf as an intermediate-sized canid whose coat varies from reddish brown to tawny. It identifies this population using genetic evidence as well as appearance.

• Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum

  This ground-dwelling bird of central Australia has different breast and wing patterns in males and females. Family groups hold territories in dry scrub and stony plains.

• Short-tailed Cane Mouse Zygodontomys brevicauda

  The short-tailed cane mouse lives in grass and waterside cover and is active on the ground at night.

• Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis

  It breeds only on a plateau on Amsterdam Island and normally breeds every other year.