Meet the world’s animals.

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• Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti

  

  Vieillot's Barbet is a daytime bird found in sub-Saharan Africa. It eats fruits and flower nectar among other foods.

• Nelson's Coarse-haired Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni

  Nelson's coarse-haired pocket mouse occurs in the Chihuahuan Desert of the Mexican Plateau. This long-tailed pocket mouse feeds on seeds and insects in rocky or sandy habitat.

• Long-billed Forest-warbler Artisornis moreaui

  This small forest bird has a long black bill. It searches leaves for small invertebrates in the mountains of eastern Tanzania.

• Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey Saimiri ustus

  A diurnal monkey from south of the Amazon River in Brazil that searches for fruit and insects in trees.

• White-vented Whistler Pachycephala homeyeri

  This whistler occurs in the southern Philippines and on Malaysia's Siamil Island. The sexes look alike, with rufous-brown upperparts and white underparts.

• Common Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas

  A monkey of savannas and open woodland in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha

  The Dimorphic Egret has dark and white plumage forms and breeds in Madagascar and along parts of the East African coast.

• Agile Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus agilis

  The agile gracile opossum is a small marsupial with long digits and a grasping tail. It forages both in trees and on the ground.

• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus

  This wetland bird has a black head and breast, bronze-green back and wings, and a short reddish tail.

• Central American Rufous Tree-rat Diplomys labilis

  An arboreal spiny rat recorded in Central America. It is active at night and uses tree cavities as resting places.

• Jungle Babbler Argya striata

  The Jungle Babbler is a social bird of the Indian subcontinent, often found foraging in cultivated areas and gardens.

• Severtzov's Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) severtzovi

  Severtzov's jerboa is a jerboa of Central Asia. It runs bipedally, and a speed of about 40 km/h is reported for this species.

• White-breasted Wood-Swallow Artamus leucoryn

  This bird has dark bluish-gray head, back, wings, and tail with white underparts. It ranges from northern and eastern Australia to New Guinea, Fiji, and the Philippines, and mainly catches insects in flight.

• Sri Lankan giant squirrel Ratufa macroura

  A large squirrel of southern India and Sri Lanka, with a grizzled tail marked by pale hairs. It spends almost all its time in trees.

• Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi

  The Orange Ground Thrush lives in mountain forests of eastern and southeastern Africa. Its orange face and chest contrast with a white belly, and it searches for small animals and fruit in the lower forest.

• Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) planirostris

  This fruit-eating bat is widespread in tropical South America. Its pale facial stripes are relatively fine, and figs are among its preferred foods.

• Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor

  The Chestnut-breasted Nigrita is a small bird of lowland forest, mangroves, and secondary growth in tropical Africa.

• Binturong Arctictis binturong

  A civet relative of South and Southeast Asian forests, with long black fur and a long grasping tail.

• Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara

  The Barbary Partridge is marked by a broad chestnut collar and blue-grey throat and cheeks. It uses scrub and woodland and eats young leaves, shoots, seeds, and fruit.

• Dice's Cottontail Sylvilagus dicei

  This rabbit has a dark brown to black back and a pale underside. It occurs in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama; evening activity has been studied only in a preliminary survey at one reserve.

• Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii

  The Maroon Oriole lives in moist deciduous and evergreen forests. The nominate male is black and maroon, while the female has a grey back and a pale, streaked belly.

• Durango Deermouse Peromyscus schmidlyi

  The Durango Deermouse was described from western Mexico. The original paper reports mountain records in Durango and eastern Sinaloa.

• Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii

  Tristram's Starling is a starling whose orange wing panels stand out in flight. It uses rocky ravines and wadis, feeding on fruit and small animals.

• Mauritian fruit bat Pteropus niger

  The Mauritian fruit bat is a large fruit-eating bat with golden fur, endemic to Mauritius.