Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cave Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) velifer

  

  This myotis has a bare patch between the shoulder blades and mainly roosts in caves. Females give birth to one young per year.

• Orange-footed Megapode Megapodius reinwardt

  

  The Orange-footed Megapode has dark gray plumage, orange legs, and a crest at the back of its head. It uses scrub, rainforest, shores, and city parks, feeding on fallen fruit and seeds and laying eggs in large mounds.

• Thomson's gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii

  

  An African grassland gazelle with a bold dark stripe along each side.

• Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus

  

  The Eared Quetzal lives in mountain forests of northwestern Mexico. Males have black ear tufts and a red belly, while females have grey-brown heads and breasts and a paler pink belly.

• Assam Rabbit Caprolagus hispidus

  

  The Assam rabbit is a hare with short, broad ears and a coarse outer coat. It feeds on grass roots and shoots in tall-grass country.

• Jobi Manucode Manucodia jobiensis

  

  The Jobi Manucode is a bird-of-paradise with blue-violet iridescence and red eyes. It feeds on fruit and arthropods in lowland forest on northern New Guinea and Yapen Island.

• 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.

• Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna

  A finch of northwestern Australia. Adults have a pale gray head and yellow-brown rump, unlike the brown head and rump of juveniles.

• American badger Taxidea taxus

  A stocky badger of North America with a black-and-white face. Strong forelegs and long claws help it dig underground burrows.

• Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii

  Tristram's Starling is a starling whose orange wing panels stand out in flight. It uses rocky ravines and wadis, feeding on fruit and small animals.

• 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.

• Indochinese Cuckooshrike Coracina polioptera

  This cuckooshrike uses semi-open habitats and lower mountains in the Indo-Malay region. Oiseaux.net lists the pool name Coracina polioptera as Lalage polioptera.

• Proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus

  A monkey of riverine and coastal forests on Borneo. Males have conspicuously large noses.

• Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae

  In breeding plumage it is entirely white, with long plumes from the head down the nape. Birds from Madagascar migrate to mainland Africa after breeding.

• Pale Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus discolor

  The pale spear-nosed bat is a medium-sized, robust bat found in Central and South America. It often uses nectar and pollen, but its diet varies by place and season.

• Baikal Bush-warbler Locustella davidi

  The 2014 paper summarizes breeding from north-central China to Siberia and wintering in northern Southeast Asia. It also documents three records in Assam, India, in 2012–2013.

• Crowned Shrew Sorex coronatus

  The crowned shrew is a medium-sized shrew with three areas of color on its back, sides, and underside. In northern Iberia, it searches for small invertebrates in forests and open places with moist soil.

• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

  A sparrow of North American grasslands and fields. It often sings at twilight, and white tail feathers flash in flight.

• 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.

• White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis

  This large ground bird has a white face and belly and long legs. Males have black on the head, while females have a paler brown neck.

• Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus

  The silky pocket mouse is a small rodent with soft fur and short ears. It searches for seeds at night and carries them back to its burrow for storage.

• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi

  Richard's Pipit is a pipit recognized by its long hind claw. Hong Kong observations often record it in grassland.

• Sonoma Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) sonomae

  It occurs in northwestern California, in chaparral, open woodland, and brushy forest edges.

• Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea

  This migratory bird lives in the grasslands of southern South America. Its breeding range includes Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil; after breeding it moves north to central Brazil and other areas.