Meet the world’s animals.

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• Long-tailed Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus formosus

  

  The long-tailed pocket mouse is a small rodent of dry areas in the western United States and northern Mexico. It carries seeds and other food in cheek pouches.

• Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganurus

  

  This hummingbird occurs in the Andes from near Peru and Bolivia south to central Argentina. It uses dry open habitats up to and above the treeline.

• Least Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis

  

  The least pygmy squirrel is a very small squirrel endemic to Borneo. It moves along tree trunks and lianas and feeds mainly on bark.

• Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis

  

  The Sahel Paradise Whydah lives in African savanna and grassland. It feeds on seeds on the ground; breeding males grow a long tail, and the species lays eggs in Green-winged Pytilia nests.

• Quokka Setonix brachyurus

  

  A small wallaby from southwestern Australia.

• Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii

  

  The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo is a black parrot with a conspicuous red tail. The sexes differ in plumage, and the species includes several subspecies and disjunct populations.

• Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis

  The agile antechinus is a small marsupial of southeastern mainland Australia. It forages around leaf litter and fallen logs, eating insects and small vertebrates.

• West African Batis Batis occulta

  The West African Batis uses humid forest and edges, catching small invertebrates from a perch. Plumage and range here are limited to the occulta population in an older broad-species account.

• Black-footed Colilargo Oligoryzomys nigripes

  The black-footed colilargo is a small rodent with a tail longer than its head and body combined and relatively short, broad hind feet. A southern Brazilian forest study found it associated with dense scrub.

• Demoiselle crane Grus virgo

  A crane with pale plumes behind the eyes and long black breast feathers.

• Lesser Mouse-eared Bat Myotis (Myotis) blythii

  The lesser mouse-eared bat has a narrow, pointed muzzle and brown-grey fur on its back. It hunts insects over warm, open grassland and other open places.

• Allpahuayo Antbird Percnostola arenarum

  This uncommon antbird is known from two small areas of Loreto in northeastern Peru. It is closely associated with forest growing on sandy, nutrient-poor soil.

• Golden Takin Budorcas bedfordi

  The golden takin lives in the Qinling Mountains of central China. Adult males have long, shaggy coats ranging from creamy white to golden yellow, with especially golden hair on the neck and chest.

• Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus

  The Red-bearded Bee-eater has long red throat feathers that hang like a beard. It perches in Southeast Asian evergreen forest and waits for flying insects.

• Annamite Striped Rabbit Nesolagus timminsi

  This rabbit inhabits Annamite rainforest, is nocturnal, and rests in burrows made by other animals.

• Gilded Barbet Capito auratus

  The Gilded Barbet lives in forests along the foothills of the Andes in Amazonia. It has black facial markings and golden streaks; females resemble males but have more blackish and gold streaking.

• Golden-crowned Flying Fox Acerodon jubatus

  The golden-crowned flying fox is a large fruit-eating bat found only in the Philippines. A 2026 record documented it in forest in Apayao Province.

• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

  The Red-necked Phalarope breeds in Arctic wetlands and often spends winter at sea. Females have brighter breeding plumage, while males incubate and care for the young.

• White-chested Titi Cheracebus lugens

  This titi has a dark head and limbs contrasted with white hands and chest. At one Colombian study site, its diet centered on fruit and immature seeds.

• Josephine's Lorikeet Charmosyna josefinae

  A red lorikeet with pale lilac streaks, it feeds on nectar and pollen in the mountain forests of western and central New Guinea.

• Wolverine Gulo gulo

  A mustelid of cold northern regions, with a robust body, a large head and small rounded ears.

• Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens

  This highland bird has gray-brown plumage, a white eyebrow and belly, and a soft orange wash on the chest. It often searches for food on the ground, and the male's song is another feature.

• New Holland Pseudomys Pseudomys novaehollandiae

  This small mouse has pale gray-brown fur and pink feet. Its recorded populations are scattered across grassland and woodland in southeastern Australia.

• Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti

  This small bird is widespread across mainland Australia. Breeding males have blue heads and chestnut shoulders, while non-breeding males, females, and young birds are generally brownish gray.