Meet the world’s animals.

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• Long-clawed Shrew Sorex unguiculatus

  

  The long-clawed shrew digs tunnels with large forefeet and long claws. A study in Hokkaido recorded it eating earthworms.

• Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata

  The Spectacled Warbler occurs around the Mediterranean and on Macaronesian islands. Breeding males have a conspicuous white eye ring, and the species uses dry scrub.

• Wilkins's Rock Wallaby Petrogale wilkinsi

  This wallaby lives among rocky areas of northern Australia. Its coat is dark gray-brown, with distinct stripes on the head and sides and paler limbs. The IUCN assessment lists savanna, rocky areas, and caves among its habitats.

• Finsch's Euphonia Euphonia finschi

  Finsch's Euphonia is a small bird that forages in forest canopy and fruiting trees. It is reported in pairs or small groups; males have a yellow forehead and belly, while females are dull yellow-green.

• Gray-bellied Dunnart Sminthopsis griseoventer

  This small marsupial occurs on the coastal plain and nearby lateritic ranges of south-western Western Australia. Its back is light gray-olive, and its feet are white. Records include open eucalypt and jarrah woodland and seasonal swamps.

• Versicolored Barbet Eubucco versicolor

  A barbet of montane forest on the eastern Andes. Its facial and chest colors vary between sexes and among subspecies.

• Sinaloan Mastiff Bat Molossus sinaloae

  The Sinaloan mastiff bat has dark brown fur above and paler brown fur below. It hunts moths, beetles, and other insects in flight at night.

• Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla

  The Nashville Warbler is a small bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico. Its white eye ring and foraging in shrub tangles are distinctive.

• Salim Ali's Fruit Bat Latidens salimalii

  This uncommon fruit bat lives in Tamil Nadu, southern India. It roosts in cave clusters and leaves to fly in the evening.

• Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus

  A bird with sandy, patterned plumage and large eyes. In Britain, it breeds in places with sparse vegetation.

• Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus

  The Eastern Horseshoe Bat has a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf and roosts in caves and mines. The museum account notes that northern and southern populations may be different species.

• Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

  A tall wader of Australian wetlands. It searches beneath the water for small animals with its chestnut head and neck above a long, upturned bill.

• Pinyon Mouse Peromyscus truei

  The pinyon mouse has coat colors ranging from yellow-brown to dark gray above. It ranges from central Oregon to southern Mexico and is active at night, when it can climb well.

• Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi

  This starling lives in dry bushland and wooded country in East Africa. Its recorded breeding and non-breeding areas differ, and it forages in small flocks in trees and bushes.

• Yunnan Hare Lepus comus

  The Yunnan hare lives in foothills near farmland and in hillside scrub or grassland. It forages at night on grasses and young shoots and leaves.

• Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata

  This small bird lives in grassland and scrub in southeastern Australia. It feeds on the ground on grass seeds and insects, and has a gray back, white underside, and red rump.

• Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans

  The spotted giant flying squirrel glides from tree to tree by spreading a membrane between its limbs. Coat color and spotting vary by region.

• Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha

  This pitta walks on mangrove floors and searches for small prey with its long bill. Its crown is a uniform buff-brown.

• Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi

  The lesser long-eared bat is recorded in Victoria, southeastern Australia. It roosts in tree hollows and buildings and has long ears.

• Nonggang Babbler Stachyris nonggangensis

  This babbler was described from Nonggang Nature Reserve in southwest China and depends on limestone forest. Its confirmed known range is restricted; northern Vietnam is discussed as a possible area, not confirmed range.

• Common Red Brocket Mazama americana

  The common red brocket is a small deer that eats fruit and leaves in Peru’s dense forests.

• Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta

  This spiderhunter stands out for its long, down-curved bill, olive plumage, and streaked belly. It feeds among forest canopies on nectar and other foods.

• Agile Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys agilis

  The agile kangaroo rat hops on long hind feet. It lives in dry scrub, digs burrows, and carries seeds in its cheek pouches.

• Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris

  A historical Himalayan account describes this nuthatch with a cinnamon belly and records nests in decayed bamboo and roadside walls.