Meet the world’s animals.

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• Javan Trogon Apalharpactes reinwardtii

  

  The Javan Trogon lives in mountain forests in western Java. Males have a green-blue back and yellow belly, and the bird searches the lower forest for insects and figs.

• Davis's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma evotis

  Davis’s Round-eared Bat is recorded in lowlands from southern Mexico to northeastern Honduras. It flies in the forest understory and feeds mainly on insects.

• MacGregor's Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae

  The male MacGregor's Bowerbird has a conspicuous orange head plume. He builds and decorates a bower of sticks to court females. The species lives in mountain forests of central and eastern New Guinea.

• Roloway Monkey Cercopithecus roloway

  The Roloway monkey lives in groups in mature forests of West Africa. Its gray coat, red rump patch, pale chest fur, and long beard stand out.

• White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae

  This tiny bird is about 8–10 cm long and lives in high-mountain scrub. It eats insects and other invertebrates and may move between elevations.

• Beach Vole Microtus (Mynomes) breweri

  This vole is known only from Muskeget Island, Massachusetts, an island of about 2.6 km². It lives in sandy grassland.

• Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus

  The Iberian Chiffchaff is a small leaf warbler, 11 to 12 cm long. It breeds in western Europe and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Hoogstraal's Gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hoogstraali

  Hoogstraal's Gerbil is a gerbil with fur on its feet. It has been recorded in southern Morocco, where a 2011 survey found it at one site near the Sous River.

• Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus

  This barbet ranges from West to East Africa. Two prominent tooth-like projections mark the upper bill. It eats flying termites as well as fruit and nuts.

• Sulawesi Rousette Rousettus celebensis

  A fruit-eating bat recorded on Sulawesi. A 2021 phylogenetic study proposed placing the species formerly called Rousettus celebensis in Pilonycteris; a 2025 field study also used Pilonycteris celebensis.

• Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus

  The Magellanic Penguin breeds along southern South American coasts and islands. It catches fish and squid at sea and raises chicks in nests on land.

• North American Hoary Bat Aeorestes cinereus

  This bat is widespread in North America. It roosts alone in foliage in summer and is recorded flying above treetops and over water.

• Crimson-collared Grosbeak Rhodothraupis celaeno

  This thick-billed grosbeak is red and black in adult males and yellow-olive in females. It often stays low in dense cover in northeastern Mexico, where it can be difficult to see.

• American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

  A squirrel of North American coniferous forests. In summer it collects spruce cones and stores them for winter.

• Brown-winged Schiffornis Schiffornis turdina

  About 17 cm long, both sexes are brownish birds. It occurs in lower layers of humid forest and in shaded secondary growth.

• 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.

• Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis

  The Socotra Buzzard is resident only on Socotra Island. A 2010 paper described it as a distinct species, noting brown upperparts, pale underparts and differences from related buzzards.

• Geoffroy's Tailless Bat Anoura geoffroyi

  This bat is brown above and gray-brown below, sometimes with silvery gray on the neck and shoulders. It eats fruit, nectar, pollen, and insects.

• Black-eared Wood Quail Odontophorus melanotis

  The Black-eared Wood Quail is an elusive bird of humid forests from Honduras to eastern Panama.

• East Javan Langur Trachypithecus auratus

  The East Javan langur moves through trees with its long tail and mainly eats young leaves. Its coat occurs in black and reddish forms.

• Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys

  This tit is marked by a black-and-yellow face, a strong dark eye-stripe, and white spots on the wings. Small groups search the middle and upper parts of forests.

• Northern Mole Vole Ellobius (Ellobius) talpinus

  The northern mole vole is a burrowing rodent whose coat color varies among populations studied in different regions.

• Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra

  A heron that feeds along rocky shores and estuaries. It occurs in dark gray and white plumage forms and lives along coasts.

• Common Oenomys Oenomys hypoxanthus

  The common Oenomys has a red nose and a white-to-orange underside. At Mount Kupe in Cameroon it was also caught in a village and fallow land; its coat color and body size vary geographically.