Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Black Mastiff Bat Molossus nigricans

  

  A large bat found from Mexico through Central America to Panama. Adults occur in both black and red color forms, so the name does not describe every individual.

• Rusty-breasted Nunlet Nonnula rubecula

  A small bird of the western Amazon. Its brown body has rusty markings on the throat and breast and a white eye-ring.

• Lyle's Flying Fox Pteropus lylei

  Lyle's flying fox is a Southeast Asian bat that roosts in large groups high in trees by day and flies out at night to find fruit and other foods.

• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

  This minivet uses open forest, forest edges and secondary growth. It is recorded in mountains at 900–2,450 m and gleans invertebrates from trees.

• Mehely's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mehelyi

  Mehely's horseshoe bat has a patchy Mediterranean range, roosts in caves and feeds mostly on moths.

• Grey-chested Greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus

  This small bird occurs in forests of northern South America and the Amazon region. It uses the canopy, forest borders, and secondary woodland, where it feeds on small insects.

• Broad-faced Deermouse Peromyscus megalops

  The broad-faced deermouse has a dark streaked back and a pale underside. It has been studied in humid mountain forests of southern Mexico.

• Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis

  The Blue-throated Roller is a West and Central African roller that catches flying insects on the wing. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a reddish-brown back and a pale blue throat.

• Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris

  The marsh rabbit is a wetland rabbit of the southeastern United States that eats grasses and other marsh plants.

• Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

  This bulbul occurs in China. It has a black slightly crested crown, brown upperparts, and a yellow vent. The strength of the breast band varies by subspecies. It frequents scrub and tangles, sometimes in noisy flocks.

• Northern Amazon Red Squirrel Sciurus (Urosciurus) igniventris

  The northern Amazon red squirrel is a large tree squirrel of northwestern Amazonia. It can be difficult to distinguish from the southern Amazon red squirrel in the field, and one feeding study analyzed the two together.

• Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus

  This sandgrouse lives in dry grassland and scrub in East Africa. Males have black markings across the face and throat, while females are plainer. It feeds on plant seeds on the ground.

• Canary Long-eared Bat Plecotus teneriffae

  A long-eared bat of Tenerife and other Canary Islands. It uses woodland and feeds on moths and longhorn beetles.

• Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens

  This bustard lives mainly in South Africa. The male stands out with a blue-grey neck and underparts and a black-and-white face.

• Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis

  Muntiacus vaginalis is a muntjac listed in Nepal's mammal Red List. The account describes it in dense forest and wooded hills, feeding on fruit, buds, and new grass shoots.

• Para Foliage-gleaner Automolus paraensis

  The Para Foliage-gleaner occurs in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Its species account notes a greyish crown and rufous tail, and it uses terra firme forest as well as floodplain and secondary forest. This account follows the range of Automolus paraensis as a separate species.

• San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys nitratoides

  This small kangaroo rat has powerful hind legs and lives in valleys of central California.

• Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus

  The Blue-throated Barbet has a green body and blue throat and ranges through forests from South Asia to northern mainland Southeast Asia.

• Orange-sided Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphiops) dimidiata

  This small opossum lives in grasslands of northern Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay. Its back is gray, its underside is yellowish, and males are larger than females.

• Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica

  An auk that breeds on North Atlantic islands and spends winter at sea.

• Groves' Titi Plecturocebus grovesi

  This titi monkey was described from Mato Grosso, Brazil. The paper notes a grayish back, red-brown underside, and black tail with a pale tip.

• Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala

  Swinhoe's Snipe is a shorebird that moves between wetlands with the seasons. Its long bill and mottled plumage help it blend into grass and mud.

• Dwarf Little Fruit Bat Rhinophylla pumilio

  A small fruit-eating bat widespread in northern South America. It lacks a tail and uses folded leaves as daytime roost tents.

• Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata

  The Maroon-backed Accentor ranges from the eastern Himalayas to southern China. It has a dark gray head and chestnut wings and keeps to dense cover.