Meet the world’s animals.

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• Arizona Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) arizonae

  

  The Arizona cotton rat is a large rodent of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It has dark brown-black fur above and silver or white fur below.

• Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis

  This large guan lives in humid forests of Colombia and Venezuela. It has a dark rufous back and an olive-brown breast.

• 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.

• Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei

  The Pallid Scops Owl is a small owl of dry regions. A winter study in southern Israel recorded individuals roosting in acacias growing in desert washes.

• Sandhill Dunnart Sminthopsis psammophila

  The sandhill dunnart is a marsupial of arid Australia. Its back is gray to buff, its underside is white, and its tail has stiff black hairs near the tip. It has been recorded in patches of vegetation on sand dunes and sandplains.

• Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

  The Barred Buttonquail is a small bird that eats grass seeds and small invertebrates. Females are described as more brightly colored than males, and the birds are often solitary or in small groups.

• Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus avunculus

  Adult Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys are known for their upturned noses and bluish facial skin. The species is recorded in limestone forests of northern Vietnam and eats leaves and unripe fruit.

• Blue Crane Grus paradisea

  This crane lives in southern African grasslands. Its bluish-grey body and long trailing display feathers stand out.

• Philippine Brown Deer Rusa marianna

  This deer lives in the Philippines, including mountain and mossy forests. Young animals have pale spots on their backs and sides.

• Slaty-headed Longbill Toxorhamphus poliopterus

  The Slaty-headed Longbill has a dark head and a long, strongly curved bill. Records from New Guinea's mountain forests include feeding on nectar and arthropods.

• Greater Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris nivalis

  This cave-dwelling bat migrates seasonally to Mexico. In the United States, it is recorded in southwestern New Mexico and western Texas during summer.

• Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs in dry Andean scrub and urban areas. It has gray-brown plumage, a black bill, and a mostly white tail.

• Bonin flying fox Pteropus pselaphon

  A large fruit-eating bat native only to the Ogasawara Islands.

• Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus

  The Yellow-throated Tinkerbird is a small bird with a glossy bluish-black crown and a yellow throat and rump. The account lists three subspecies across coastal West and Central Africa, Uganda, and Bioko Island. It eats fruit.

• Spinifex Hopping Mouse Notomys alexis

  The spinifex hopping mouse lives in sandy areas from central Australia into the west. It is active at night, moves by hopping, and digs deep burrows in the sand.

• Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus

  The Lesser Florican is a small bustard of Indian grasslands. A breeding-season study recorded males making wing-fluttering display flights in open country.

• Milton's Titi Plecturocebus miltoni

  This southern Amazonian titi monkey was described in 2014 as Callicebus miltoni; the current genus used here is Plecturocebus. Its most distinctive pattern combines a pale forehead stripe, dark orange-brown sideburns and throat, a dark gray upper body, and an orange tail.

• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

  A sandpiper with dark upperparts and a white rump, seen mainly on passage and in winter in lowland wetlands in Hong Kong.

• Red kangaroo Osphranter rufus

  A kangaroo of dry inland grasslands and other habitats in Australia. It hops on powerful hind legs and uses its long tail for balance.

• Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli

  This sandgrouse feeds on seeds in dry grassland around the Kalahari. Flocks gather at waterholes, and adults carry water to chicks in their belly feathers.

• Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sinicus

  The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat ranges from South Asia through China and Vietnam. It is reported from rainy montane forests.

• Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda

  This small warbler occurs on western Mediterranean islands. It moves through low scrub and catches insects and spiders.

• Carr's Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) carri

  This slender opossum has white forefeet. Specimens were collected in premontane and montane rainforest on mainland Venezuela; its range also includes Trinidad and Tobago.

• Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata

  Its bright orange breast and eyebrow contrast with a white throat and streaked brown back. It breeds in high-altitude forest and descends to lower scrub in winter.