Meet the world’s animals.

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• Jameson's Wattle-eye Platysteira jamesoni

  

  This small bird lives in humid forests from eastern DR Congo into western East Africa. Blue-green eye wattles and chestnut patches along the sides of the neck are distinctive.

• Emilia's Marmoset Mico emiliae

  Emilia's Marmoset is a small monkey marked by a blackish crown, white brow, grayish-brown back, and black tail. A survey in the southern Brazilian Amazon recorded it in regenerating areas with many lianas.

• Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys

  This large wren uses humid Andean montane forest, often around bamboo patches.

• Puku Kobus vardonii

  A southern and central African antelope of grasslands and floodplains. It shifts away from flooded areas in the rainy season and stays closer to water during the dry season.

• Heuglin's Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus

  Heuglin's Courser has bands of rufous, black, and white across its neck and breast. It is hard to see by day and searches for insects at dusk.

• African Taphozous Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus

  A tomb bat with specimen records from India and Pakistan. Sources describe its gray-brown coat and, in a genus account, large roosting groups.

• Sulawesi Masked Owl Tyto rosenbergii

  The Sulawesi Masked Owl is a nocturnal owl with a pale grey, heart-shaped facial disc edged in rufous. It is thought to hunt small animals over open farmland and forest edges.

• Eurasian Water Vole Arvicola amphibius

  The Eurasian water vole is a waterside rodent described here from British records. It has chestnut-brown fur, a rounded blunt nose, small ears, and a furry tail, and eats grasses and waterside plants.

• White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti

  This bunting breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves toward northwestern India outside the breeding season. It gathers in flocks and searches for food on the ground during that period.

• Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale

  A bat of wooded foothills and mountains. It emerges at twilight to hunt moths and other insects.

• Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

  A shrike with a bold black face band and reddish-brown back that watches for prey from a perch.

• Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii

  The Himalayan striped squirrel has distinctive back stripes that connect with a pale stripe on the face. A field study in northeastern India recorded it feeding on tree trunks and bark.

• Rosy-patched Bushshrike Telophorus cruentus

  The Rosy-patched Bushshrike is about 22–24 cm long. It is active by day in dry thorn scrub and searches the ground for invertebrates.

• Mesopotamian fallow deer Dama mesopotamica

  A deer with wild populations remaining in southwestern Iran; males have antlers that do not flatten into a broad palm.

• Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei

  This large magpie-jay is native to Mexico. It uses tropical deciduous and secondary forest and shrubland, and is omnivorous.

• Abyssinian Hare Lepus habessinicus

  The Abyssinian hare lives in open parts of East Africa. Its coat differs somewhat between Somali and Ethiopian animals.

• Colima Warbler Leiothlypis crissalis

  This grey-brown bird has a distinct white eyering and a brilliant yellow base to the tail. On breeding grounds it searches foliage for insects and spiders.

• Delacour's Langur Trachypithecus delacouri

  Delacour's langur lives in remnant forests among the limestone mountains of northern Vietnam. Its black-and-white coat, crest, and long tail stand out, and leaves form most of its diet.

• Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida

  The Red-chested Swallow lives in tropical Africa and catches insects in flight. Compared with similar swallows, it has a narrower breast band and larger white panels in the tail.

• Hammer-headed Fruit Bat Hypsignathus monstrosus

  Mature males have a large, square head. The fruit-eating bat lives in central African forests and feeds mainly on figs.

• Southern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

  It occurs in montane forests of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The species-level name used here is Southern Emerald Toucanet; White-throated may refer only to the white-throated nominate subspecies and should not be generalized to every form.

• Smoky Shrew Sorex fumeus

  The Smoky Shrew changes coat color with the seasons. It stays active year-round on the forest floor and feeds on insects, spiders, and worms.

• 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.

• Doria's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus dorianus

  It has dark brown fur without silver tipping. It lives in montane forests of southeastern New Guinea and is described as especially adapted to life in trees.