Meet the world’s animals.

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• Ceram Flying Fox Pteropus ocularis

  

  The Ceram flying fox is known from only a small number of recorded individuals in the Moluccas. A 2015 study reported a new record from western Seram.

• Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis

  

  The Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow is a small sparrow, about 12–14 cm long.

• Seurat’s Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) seurati

  

  Seurat’s spiny mouse lives in rocky desert in southern Algeria. It rests beneath rocks or in crevices by day and is active at night.

• Green Junglefowl Gallus varius

  

  This junglefowl is endemic to Indonesia. The male's glossy dark green plumage contrasts with the female's brown plumage.

• Sun-tailed Monkey Allochrocebus solatus

  

  The sun-tailed monkey lives only in the forests of central Gabon. It uses both the ground and trees and is associated with dense forest undergrowth.

• African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus

  

  The African Gray Hornbill is a hornbill of woodland and savanna in sub-Saharan Africa. It feeds in trees and shrubs on insects, fruit, and other foods.

• Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

  The lesser long-nosed bat ranges from Mexico into the southwestern United States and farther south in Central America. It feeds at flowers such as cacti and agaves.

• Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii

  Livingstone's Turaco is green, with a white-tipped crest and red on the inner wings. It eats fruit and berries.

• Wyoming Ground Squirrel Urocitellus elegans

  The Wyoming ground squirrel lives in grasslands and shrublands of the western United States. Its brown-gray fur is dappled, and it hibernates underground from late summer into spring at a Colorado study site.

• Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui

  The Little Tinamou is a small bird of the ground in humid tropical lowland forest. It is rarely seen and usually runs for cover rather than flying when disturbed.

• 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.

• Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis

  The Blue-throated Roller is a West and Central African roller that catches flying insects on the wing. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a reddish-brown back and a pale blue throat.

• Tricolored Bat Perimyotis subflavus

  Each hair of the tricolored bat has three color bands. It roosts among deciduous leaves during its active seasons and hibernates in winter.

• Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris

  A breeding-plumage male Zanzibar Red Bishop shows a red crown and forehead above mostly black underparts. It feeds on seeds in wet grass, and nest and female records are documented in Tanzania.

• Mountain goat Oreamnos americanus

  A white-coated ungulate that lives on steep North American mountains.

• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

  The Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a ground-dwelling bird of open grasslands from India to East Asia. It eats both plant matter and small animals.

• Greater Musky Fruit Bat Ptenochirus jagorii

  This fruit-eating bat is endemic to the Philippines. It feeds in forests and was frequently captured in a lowland forest survey on Mount Makiling, Luzon.

• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

  A shrike with a long tail and dark facial mask. Several plumage forms are recorded in Hong Kong.

• Afroalpine Vlei Rat Otomys orestes

  The Afroalpine Vlei Rat occurs on Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range in central Kenya. It has shaggy tawny-brown fur and creamy-buff patches behind the ears, and lives in open heath and grassland above the tree line.

• Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra

  This small brown bird is recorded in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. It moves through low and middle levels of the forest, searching mainly for insects.

• Gabon Talapoin Miopithecus ogouensis

  The northern talapoin is one of Africa's smallest monkeys and lives in lowland forest near rivers and lakes. It is active by day and forages for fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca

  The Dark-backed Sibia is a slender, long-tailed bird of mountains in Myanmar, northwestern and western Thailand, and northwestern Laos. It has a black head and white underparts.

• Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) lituratus

  This large fruit-eating bat has fur ranging from light to dark brown. It flies among trees at night and forages with other bats for fruit.

• 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.