Meet the world’s animals.

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• Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum viridanum

  

  A tiny tyrant-flycatcher restricted to arid northwestern Venezuela. It has subdued plumage and a long, pointed bill.

• Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus

  A large antelope of the Indian subcontinent that is active by day in grassland and woodland.

• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis

  The Rufous-faced Warbler is a small bird of forests from the eastern Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It quietly searches for insects in the middle and lower canopy.

• Badger Bat Glauconycteris superba

  This African bat has conspicuous white markings. A 2016 study captured 10 individuals at two sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and reported individual variation in shoulder and belly patterns.

• Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi

  The Slaty-breasted Tinamou searches for fruits, seeds, and ants on the floor of wet forest. Its breast is dark gray, its throat is white, and females have bars on their wings.

• Angolan Talapoin Miopithecus talapoin

  The southern talapoin occurs in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola, south of the Congo River. It spends much of its time in riverside trees but also comes down to search for food. Its face is black, and its greenish-yellow coat is speckled with gray.

• Carrion crow Corvus corone

  A crow that forages in open farmland and grassland. In Japan, the smooth profile from bill to forehead is a useful identifying feature.

• Woolly Flying Squirrel Eupetaurus cinereus

  The woolly flying squirrel has a dense coat and a gliding membrane between its limbs. In the northern Pakistan highlands, it remains active in winter and feeds on mosses and other foods.

• 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.

• California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus

  This bat has large ears and eyes and roosts in desert caves and abandoned mines. It flies low at night to catch insects.

• Vogelkop Bowerbird Amblyornis inornata

  The Vogelkop Bowerbird lives in the mountains of western New Guinea, where males build decorated structures.

• Short-nosed Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) brevirostris

  This small harvest mouse is known from separated highland populations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Adults have a reddish back and a white-looking underside.

• Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus

  It occurs in northern Australia. Several birds were confirmed in Queensland in 2020 outside its previously documented range. Much of its ecology remains poorly known.

• Geoffroy's Rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus

  Geoffroy's rousette is a fruit-eating bat that roosts in large groups in limestone caves. It moves as fruits ripen.

• Coppery-chested Jacamar Galbula pastazae

  The Coppery-chested Jacamar is a 23–24 cm jacamar of humid mountain forest. Its account classifies it as an aerial hunter of invertebrates.

• Lesser Marmoset Rat Hapalomys delacouri

  The lesser marmoset rat has a tail longer than its body, ending in a tuft. A Vietnam guide reports it using bamboo internodes.

• Sucre Antpitta Grallaricula cumanensis

  This antpitta occurs in the Turimiquire and Paria mountains of northeastern Venezuela. It stays close to the ground in dense or more open undergrowth.

• Dama gazelle Nanger dama

  A gazelle that feeds on shrubs and grasses in arid country.

• Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker Dicaeum trochileum

  Males have a bright red head, breast, and back, while females are mostly brown. The species also occurs in lowland gardens, farms, and forest edges.

• Papillose Woolly Bat Kerivoula papillosa

  This bat has tiny projections on its wing membrane. It flies through the lower forest at night and catches flying insects.

• Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni

  This large forest bird is recorded in closed-canopy forest in Sierra Leone. It has a gray head and yellow-and-black wings, and feeds on flying insects and other invertebrates in the canopy of lowland forest.

• Selangor Silvery Langur Trachypithecus selangorensis

  The Selangor Silvery Langur occurs along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Adults have dark gray fur with a silvery sheen, black facial skin, hands and feet, and long straight gray whiskers. Its classification within the silvered langur group has changed and remains treated differently by some authors.

• Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus

  The Lemon-rumped Warbler changes elevation through the year in the Himalayas. It breeds in high forests in summer and descends to lower wooded foothills in winter.

• Sanghir Squirrel Prosciurillus rosenbergii

  The Sanghir Squirrel is a squirrel from Sangihe Island, Indonesia. It is active by day, with chestnut-brown fur on its back and a black tail.