Meet the world’s animals.

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• House Swift Apus nipalensis

  

  The House Swift is a swift with a dark body, a white throat patch, and a broad white rump band. It catches insects in flight and forages over forests and towns.

• Ryukyu Mouse Mus (Mus) caroli

  

  The Ryukyu mouse has a dark grey back and pale underside. A Taiwan museum record describes it in lowland fields, feeding on seeds and plant roots.

• Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo

  

  This small batis occurs in dry parts of East Africa. It uses acacia scrub, woodland, and wooded grassland.

• 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.

• Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis

  

  This puffbird inhabits humid forests from Venezuela into Colombia. It searches for invertebrates in the forest understory and near edges.

• 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.

• Ja River Scrub Warbler Bradypterus grandis

  This large scrub warbler was described from Cameroon. The adult male has dark-brown upperparts with dark spots from throat to chest. A field record from eastern Cameroon documents a male calling beside a wet grassy opening.

• Big-footed Myotis Myotis (Myotis) macrodactylus

  The big-footed myotis roosts in caves and unused tunnels in Japan. Its back is grayish to blackish brown, with paler fur underneath.

• Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii

  This small toucanet lives in Amazonian forest canopy and foothill forest. Males have a golden collar against green and black plumage, while females are chestnut on the head and underparts.

• Mearns's Squirrel Tamiasciurus mearnsi

  This squirrel is restricted to the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir in Baja California, Mexico. It lives in high-elevation conifer forest and uses tree hollows for nests.

• Variable Limestone Babbler Gypsophila crispifrons

  The Variable Limestone Babbler is a medium-sized bird of limestone hills. Its dark back and broad gray-brown streaks across the breast and belly are distinctive.

• Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus

  A shaggy antelope of grassland near water.

• Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida

  Upcher's Warbler breeds in dry scrub from the Middle East into Central Asia and winters in parts of East Africa. It is thought to feed mainly on invertebrates.

• Atlantic Titi Callicebus personatus

  This monkey lives in Brazil's Atlantic coastal forests. It has black fur on the forehead and beside the cheeks, while coat patterns vary among subspecies.

• Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster

  The Black-billed Weaver lives in dense undergrowth in African montane forest. Male yellow markings vary between its geographically separated forms: the Cameroon form has a yellow breast collar, while the eastern form has yellow on the face.

• Annamite Striped Rabbit Nesolagus timminsi

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

• Black Sunbird Leptocoma sericea

  This small sunbird ranges from Indonesian islands through New Guinea. It uses forest edges and mangroves, feeding on nectar, fruit and small arthropods.

• Brazilian Nectar Bat Lonchophylla mordax

  Its back is cinnamon-brown and its underside paler. This Brazilian bat feeds mainly on nectar and is recorded in a limited region where the semiarid Caatinga meets the Atlantic Forest.

• Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis

  An older account describes male nominate Himalayan Cutias as flocking in high-elevation forest in summer and moving lower in winter.

• Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus

  This small shrew has a long, pointed snout and very small eyes and ears. In Britain it occurs in places with grass, leaf litter, or other ground cover.

• Black-necked crane Grus nigricollis

  A crane that breeds in high mountain regions and descends to lower wintering areas.

• Merriam's Pocket Mouse Perognathus merriami

  Merriam’s pocket mouse has smooth, silky fur and a white belly. It is active at night and uses burrows in the ground.

• Gould's Frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus

  Gould's Frogmouth is a small frogmouth of Southeast Asian evergreen broadleaf forest. It occurs in dark and chestnut morphs.

• Common Brown Four-eyed Opossum Metachirus myosuros

  This opossum occurs in forests from Central America into central South America. It has brown fur, small pale eye spots and a long, nearly naked tail. It is nocturnal, solitary and mainly terrestrial.