Meet the world’s animals.

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• Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii

  

  Its back has black-edged scales, its crown is black, and its eyes are yellow. In Andean montane forest it forages at several heights.

• San Diego Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus fallax

  

  The San Diego pocket mouse is a small rodent that comes out at night to gather seeds.

• Western barn owl Tyto alba

  

  An owl with a heart-shaped face, seen over farmland and grassland in Britain.

• Golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus

  

  A hamster with wild populations in a small part of the Middle East, including Syria. Wild animals burrow and are usually solitary.

• Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus

  

  The Common Buttonquail is a small bird that runs beneath grass and scrub. Adult females are larger and more brightly colored than males.

• Common Metad Millardia meltada

  

  The common metad has a finely grizzled gray back and a tail that is dark above and pale below. Nepal's account describes life in lowland fields and grasslands.

• Yellow-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus galbanus

  The Yellow-throated Laughingthrush has a black facial mask and yellow belly. Around northeast India, it searches the ground in forest undergrowth and scrub.

• Russian Myotis Myotis (Myotis) petax

  The Russian myotis has brown fur above and pale fur below. In Altai, bats were seen flying low over meadows and water, and cave roosts have been reported.

• Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus

  The Snowy Plover is a pale, sand-colored shorebird that blends into beaches and salt flats. It searches for small invertebrates as it moves across the shore.

• Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana

  The hairy-nosed otter has short fur across the nose pad. Records come from wetlands and shallow coastal waters in Southeast Asia, and fish are a common food.

• Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

  A small brown bird that hides in reedbeds and dense scrub near water. It is difficult to see, but its loud, abrupt song can reveal its presence.

• Vanuatu Flying Fox Pteropus anetianus

  The Vanuatu flying fox lives on islands in Vanuatu. It roosts in small groups and eats fruit and flowers. The factsheet says it is seen flying by day more often than other flying foxes in Vanuatu.

• Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus

  The Scaly-throated Honeyguide has fine streaks on its throat and feeds in forests and dense woodland on beeswax, bees, and other insects.

• Guianan White-eared Opossum Didelphis imperfecta

  The Guianan white-eared opossum occurs in northern and central South America. It was separated from close relatives in a recent taxonomic split, and species-specific information on its appearance and ecology remains sparse.

• Kalkadoon Grasswren Amytornis ballarae

  This grasswren lives on rocky hills near Mount Isa, moving on the ground through spinifex clumps. Its range and biology remain incompletely studied.

• White-headed Langur Trachypithecus leucocephalus

  A primate known from limestone country in southwest China. Its white head contrasts with a dark body, and leaves make up most of its diet.

• Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata

  The Broad-billed Prion is a seabird with a broad bill. Comb-like edges in the bill help it filter small organisms from the sea.

• Jamaican Fig-eating Bat Ariteus flavescens

  This bat is endemic to Jamaica. It has a shortened snout and white shoulder spots, occurs widely in forests, and roosts in trees.

• Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita

  A large white cockatoo recognized by its yellow crest.

• Bicolored Shrew Crocidura leucodon

  The bicolored shrew has a dark back and a pale underside. It hunts small animals in dry grasslands, woods and roadside brush.

• Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti

  The Algerian Nuthatch is a small bird endemic to mountain forests in northeastern Algeria. Recent breeding research has monitored nests in several forests.

• Four-horned Antelope Tetracerus quadricornis

  The four-horned antelope is a solitary bovid of open, dry deciduous forests in India. Four horns are present only in adult males.

• Miombo scrub-robin Erythropygia barbata

  A bird of broadleaf miombo woodland, with a brown back and a rufous chest.

• Allen's Jackrabbit Lepus alleni

  This large hare is notable for its big ears and occurs in dry areas of southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.