Meet the world’s animals.
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- Malay Weasel Mustela nudipes
Photo: Dan L. · CC BY 4.0 The Malay weasel has a pale head and a slender reddish-brown to orange body. It searches for small animals on the ground during the day.
- Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
Rüppell’s Parrot is a dark brown parrot with yellow markings. Its diet changes with the season and includes seeds, buds, and fruits.
- African Savanna Hare Lepus victoriae
This hare ranges from northwestern Africa across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Coat color and habitat vary among populations, including those in mountains.
- Brazilian Laniisoma Laniisoma elegans
This bird inhabits humid forests in southeastern Brazil and forages from the understory into the subcanopy.
- Amazon Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus flaviventer
The Amazon dwarf squirrel has a brownish back, orange chest, and pale-tipped tail shorter than its body. By day it moves along forest trunks and vines while searching for insects and palm fruits.
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
This small woodland raptor is marked by a white rump. It darts among trees while hunting small birds and other small animals.
- Andean Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus leucogenys
This saddle-back tamarin occurs in forests east of the Andes in Peru. Records include primary and secondary forest, forest edge, and riparian forest.
- Eastern Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus
The Eastern Striolated-Puffbird may sit motionless for long periods in the canopy or at the edge of humid forest. Its pale eyes and white chin are distinctive.
- Rock Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus intermedius
The rock pocket mouse is a small rodent of rocky areas in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its back is grey-brown, its underside is white, and its tail has a tuft at the tip.
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
The Pallid Honeyguide is a small bird about 13 cm long. It is active by day in woodland and forest edges, where it feeds on invertebrates such as insects.
- Alcathoe Myotis Myotis (Myotis) alcathoe
This small whiskered bat is found in damp deciduous woodland, often near water.
- Black-and-cinnamon Fantail Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea
This fantail is endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines. It has a black head with a white eyebrow and cinnamon-colored back and rump. It lives in montane forest, feeds mostly on insects, and sometimes joins mixed-species feeding flocks.
- Jelski's Altiplano Mouse Abrothrix jelskii
This altiplano mouse lives in the high grasslands of the central Andes. Its coat and activity period vary.
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
A brown songbird marked by white around the eye, it forages near the ground in shrubs and bamboo and sings loudly.
- Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii
This small carnivorous marsupial has a gray-brown back and large, thin ears. It lives in forests and woodlands of northern and eastern Australia and searches for insects at night.
- Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
The Puff-throated Bulbul is a bulbul of the forest understory. Its rufous crest and conspicuous, puffy white throat stand out.
- Sela macaque Macaca selai
This macaque is reported from western and central Arunachal Pradesh, India. An official ZSI announcement describes its heavy build, long dorsal hair, brown coat, pale face, and variation in how troops respond to people.
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
The Yellow Rail is a small rail that hides among wetland grasses. It probes the ground and vegetation for small animals and seeds; males give faint clicking calls on spring nights.
- 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.
- Round-tailed Manakin Ceratopipra chloromeros
The male is black with a red head, while the female is green. Both have a rounded tail and forage in the understory of unflooded forest.
- Brock's Yellow-eared Bat Vampyriscus brocki
This small bat lives in South American rainforests east of the Andes. It eats fruit and prefers primary and riverine forests.
- Blue-banded Pitta Erythropitta arquata
This pitta has glittering blue bands and lives in hill and montane forest on Borneo. It moves near the ground and searches for food around leaf litter and fallen trees.
- Southern Blossom Bat Syconycteris australis
This small bat lives in forests of eastern and north-eastern Australia and feeds on flower nectar and pollen. It may land on blossoms or hover in front of them while feeding.
- Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris
The Emerald Starling is a West African starling with a restricted range in savanna woodland and open woodland.