Meet the world’s animals.

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• California Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys californicus

  

  The California kangaroo rat has large hind feet for hopping and a long tail. It is active mainly at night and eats seeds and fruit.

• Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri

  

  This hornbill lives in dry areas from Namibia into southwestern Angola. It hops along the ground to find insects, and males and females differ in bill and throat color.

• Taurus Ground Squirrel Spermophilus taurensis

  

  The Taurus ground squirrel is restricted to the Taurus Mountains of Turkey. It inhabits montane areas above 1,000 m and is active by day.

• White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis

  

  The White-cheeked Turaco is a green turaco centered in the Ethiopian Highlands. Its rounded crest, white cheek patch, and crescent-shaped white neck mark are distinctive.

• Spectacled Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes conspicillatus

  

  This small wallaby has orange rings around its dark eyes. In the dry grasslands of Australia, it hides in tall grass by day and feeds on plants at night.

• Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus

  

  This brown tinamou has a round black patch on its crown and red legs. Females have crossbars on the back.

• White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus

  The white-footed dunnart lives in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It nests beneath leaf litter or fallen logs and mainly eats invertebrates.

• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis

  A striking blue bird of open habitats in India. It scans for insects from exposed branches or power lines.

• 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.

• Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi

  This weaver is endemic to Madagascar and is associated especially with humid forest in the east and north. It is usually alone or in pairs and eats insects and spiders as well as some fruit and nectar.

• 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.

• Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax

  The Red-chested Buttonquail walks through grassland to eat seeds and small insects. Females are larger than males and have richer chestnut coloring on the breast.

• Lowland anoa Bubalus depressicornis

  A small wild buffalo of the forests and wetlands on Sulawesi and Buton, Indonesia.

• Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis

  A widespread African shrike that searches for prey from exposed perches in open country.

• Tolai hare Lepus tolai

  The tolai hare is a small hare with long ears and legs; it feeds on grasses and shrubs.

• Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus

  This is the coastal Striated Fieldwren. It is streaked with black, and males have white eyebrows and throats while females have brown ones. It is treated as a separate species from the inland Rufous Fieldwren.

• Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat Nyctimene robinsoni

  A fruit-eating bat of eastern Australian forests, with tubular nostrils and pale spots scattered across its wings.

• Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata

  The Striated Laughingthrush is a brown, flocking bird with fine white streaks, found in forests of the Himalayan foothills.

• Northern Pudu Pudu mephistophiles

  This very small deer lives in the northern Andes. It has a dark brown face, lives alone, and is found in high-altitude páramo near humid montane forest.

• Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus

  The Collared Aracari is a toucan relative with a bright yellow belly and red rump. It moves through trees in small flocks and eats fruits, insects, and other foods.

• Napo Saki Pithecia napensis

  The Napo saki is a saki monkey of northwestern South American forests. Its long, coarse coat mixes gray, cream, and black hairs. A survey in northern Peru recorded it in both flooded forest and terra firme forest.

• Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula

  The Tody Motmot is a small motmot found from Central America to northwestern Colombia. It lives in wet forest and often moves its tail from side to side.

• Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah

  This weasel has dark brown fur on its back and tail and a yellowish belly. It lives in mountain forests and catches small animals such as rodents.

• Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis

  This thrush occurs on the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands. Adults have gray-brown upperparts and a short tail, and forage on the ground for insects and worms. It uses open or scrubby habitats rather than dense forest.