Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus

  

  This parrot lives in woodlands and savanna across northern Australia. Its black head and back contrast with yellow cheeks and underparts, while blue shows on the wings and tail.

• Luis's Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira luisi

  Luis's Yellow-shouldered Bat may have yellow, orange, or red patches on its shoulders. It is nocturnal and is expected to feed mainly on fruit.

• Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos

  The Black-and-white Bulbul lives in forests and forest edges in Southeast Asia. Its plumage differs by sex and age.

• Flavescent Colilargo Oligoryzomys flavescens

  This small rodent has a tail longer than its body and is recorded along grassland and wetland edges in Paraguay.

• Rockwarbler Origma solitaria

  This small bird is restricted to the Sydney region of New South Wales. It occurs in sclerophyll forest and tall woodland associated with sandstone outcrops.

• Rodrigues Flying Fox Pteropus rodricensis

  The Rodrigues flying fox is a fruit-eating bat found on Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean. Golden-looking fur may cover its head, neck, and shoulders, and males and females differ in their reported roosting patterns.

• Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus

  This sunbird occurs in East-Central Africa. Dave Richards's 2013 Wildlife of East Africa guide uses the former genus name Nectarinia erythrocerca and describes waterside habitat and different male and female plumage.

• Mindanao Bullimus Bullimus bagobus

  This large rodent is widespread in the Mindanao faunal region of the Philippines. It has dark upper fur and pale underparts. A Mt. Hamiguitan survey recorded different capture rates at different elevations.

• Blue-headed Fantail Rhipidura cyaniceps

  A fantail of forest understory on Luzon and Catanduanes in the Philippines. It catches insects in the forest and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Thomson's gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii

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

• Little Pratincole Glareola lactea

  The little pratincole is a small bird that catches insects while flying over water and farmland. It is also recorded along Thai rivers and lakeshores.

• Bocage's Banana Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) bocagii

  Bocage’s banana bat occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Specimens in a Mozambique survey had copper-to-orange backs and cream-colored undersides and were captured near water.

• Blue-tailed Trogon Trogon comptus

  The Blue-tailed Trogon occurs in humid forest from western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. Males are green, females gray, and much of its breeding behavior remains undocumented.

• Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana

  A monkey of montane forests in central and western China; leaves are a major part of its diet, alongside seeds and fruit.

• Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa

  The Chinese Nuthatch is a small nuthatch with a blue-grey back and white brow. It lives in temperate forests, mostly in hills, and also eats pine seeds in winter.

• Boehm's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus boehmi

  Boehm's bush squirrel is a small squirrel with orange and dark side stripes. It moves through trees and eats fruit and insects.

• Glossy Antshrike Sakesphorus luctuosus

  This antshrike occurs in Amazonian Brazil. The white tips of its tail feathers vary geographically, tending to be more extensive in northern populations.

• Greater Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris nivalis

  This cave-dwelling bat migrates seasonally to Mexico. In the United States, it is recorded in southwestern New Mexico and western Texas during summer.

• 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.

• Hirsute Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) hirsutus

  The hirsute cotton rat occurs in grasslands and agricultural areas from Central America into northern South America. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of S. hispidus.

• Harris' Sparrow Zonotrichia querula

  A sparrow that breeds in northern Canada and winters in the central United States, it has a pink bill and seasonally changing head markings.

• Indian flying fox Pteropus medius

  A large bat that roosts in trees in India and elsewhere, and feeds on fruit at night.

• Lantz's Brush-warbler Nesillas lantzii

  This brush-warbler occurs in southwestern Madagascar from sea level to about 500 m. It has a long graduated tail and searches for insects by day, alone or in pairs.

• Australian Long-haired Rat Rattus villosissimus

  This rat lives in arid Australia. Its numbers can rise after wet periods and then fall as food and water decline.