Meet the world’s animals.

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• Big-eared Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) macrotis

  

  The Big-eared Woodrat is a nocturnal rodent of woodland and scrub from California into northern Mexico. It builds stick nests and feeds on plant material.

• Golden-headed Manakin Ceratopipra erythrocephala

  The Golden-headed Manakin is striking for the male's golden head and black body. Males perform courtship displays in the forest, and the birds eat fruit and small arthropods.

• Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis (Myotis) myotis

  The greater mouse-eared bat is a large bat found in western, central and southern Europe and Asia Minor.

• Grand Comoro Drongo Dicrurus fuscipennis

  The Grand Comoro Drongo is a black bird found only on Grand Comoro in the Comoros. It launches from high perches to catch large insects in the air.

• Montane Javan Niviventer Niviventer lepturus

  The montane Javan niviventer is a rodent of Java's highlands. Its back is described as soft gray-brown, with a white to cream underside.

• Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula

  The Green-tailed Jacamar is a forest bird that catches flying insects with its long, slender bill.

• Hooded Leaf Monkey Semnopithecus johnii

  The Nilgiri langur lives in the Western Ghats of southern India and mainly eats leaves. Its coat is usually glossy black, with a yellowish-brown head.

• Mountain Barbet Psilopogon monticola

  It is a stocky green bird with a bare orange-yellow patch around the eye and a heavy pale bill. In Borneo's montane forest canopy it feeds mainly on fruit and berries.

• Black lechwe Kobus smithemani

  Black lechwe are smaller and darker than other lechwe, and males have shorter horns. Along Lake Bangweulu in Zambia, they move seasonally as water levels change.

• Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

  Clark's Nutcracker is a corvid of western North American mountains. It carries conifer seeds and caches them in the ground.

• 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.

• Thick-billed Honeyguide Indicator conirostris

  This honeyguide is associated with forest in West Africa. A Cameroon tour report recorded one individual each on Mount Cameroon and Mount Kupe.

• Rufous-bellied Pademelon Thylogale billardierii

  The Rufous-bellied Pademelon is a small Tasmanian macropod with a short tail and legs and a reddish-brown belly. It shelters in dense cover by day and feeds near forest edges at night.

• Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella

  The Crested Auklet breeds on rocky islands in the Bering Sea and dives underwater for crustaceans and other prey.

• Striped Hairy-nosed Bat Gardnerycteris crenulatum

  The striped hairy-nosed bat uses tree cavities as daytime roosts in lowland rainforest. It mainly eats insects and spiders, although fruit has also been recorded in its diet.

• Indigo-banded Kingfisher Ceyx cyanopectus

  This small kingfisher lives beside waterways in the northern Philippines. Adult males of the nominate form have two blue bands across the orange chest and dive from low perches to catch prey.

• Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus

  It has a white spot at the base of each ear, and males have white shoulder tufts. It mainly eats fruit, with records of nectar feeding in Ghana.

• Crested Lark Galerida cristata

  The Crested Lark is a brown, streaked lark with a noticeable crest. In Spain it is commonly found in open places such as fields and roadsides.

• 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.

• Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii

  The Rufous Motmot is a forest bird with a rufous head and chest and a blue-green belly. The shape of its tail tip differs between subspecies.

• Baker's Small-toothed Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys bakeri

  Baker's Small-toothed Harvest Mouse was described from the mountains of central Guerrero, Mexico. The original paper records it in pine-oak and cloud forest.

• Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia

  A bird of humid Andean mountain forest, it is identified by the white tip of its tail and scaled markings below.

• Greater Broad-nosed Bat Scoteanax rueppellii

  The Greater Broad-nosed Bat is a large bat of eastern Australia. It is active at night, catches insects, and roosts in places such as tree hollows.

• Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata

  A hawk that hunts in forests and woodlands, mainly in Australia. It uses its long tail and broad wings as it pursues birds and small animals.