Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hoary Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) caligata

  

  The hoary marmot is a large rodent of high mountains, marked by gray shoulders and a white nose.

• Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens

  This forest bird is reddish brown with fine markings. It perches within humid forest or second growth and may be seen alone.

• Hairy Big-eared Bat Micronycteris (Xenoctenes) hirsuta

  The Hairy Big-eared Bat occurs in Central and South America. At a study site in Ecuador, bats carried prey to their roosts and ate mainly katydids and soft-bodied beetles.

• Blue-naped Pitta Hydrornis nipalensis

  A pitta with a reddish-brown head and body and a blue rump, living quietly in forest.

• Common Samoan Flying Fox Pteropus samoensis

  A flying fox with dark brown body and wings and variable lighter fur on the head and shoulders. It lives in forests of Samoa and Fiji and is active by day.

• Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus

  The Short-tailed Pipit is a small, ground-living bird with bold streaks on its back and breast. It ranges from Gabon through the Congo region to eastern Angola and Zambia, with a separate population in Uganda. In southern Africa it uses moist, short grassland.

• White-eared Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) leucotis

  The White-eared Cotton Rat was one of five cotton rats compared in a 1971 study. In the captive young studied, growth was rapid until about 40 days of age and then slowed.

• Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiaca

  This small bird has greenish-olive upperparts, a yellow throat, and orange legs. In Amazonian riverine forest, it searches foliage for food in pairs or small groups.

• Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus

  The grey long-eared bat has very long ears and catches moths and other prey in flight over open grassland.

• Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus

  The Spotted Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird that searches for seeds in dry, open country.

• Lesser Bandicoot Rat Bandicota bengalensis

  The lesser bandicoot rat is widespread in South Asia and also occurs near farms and settlements. It digs burrows and is active at night.

• Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa

  This small flycatcher inhabits lowland and foothill forest in West and Central Africa. Dark chocolate-brown plumage, long pointed wings, and high perches on dead trees are characteristic.

• Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx

  A monkey of equatorial African rainforests, with adult males known for brightly coloured faces.

• Flame-headed Fig Parrot Psittaculirostris desmarestii

  The Flame-headed Fig Parrot is a small New Guinea parrot with orange, blue, and green markings around the head and face. It favors figs.

• Cuvier's gazelle Gazella cuvieri

  Cuvier's gazelle is a North African gazelle found in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

• Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri

  This albatross has a white body, dark grey wings, and a yellow ridge on its bill. It breeds on subantarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean and ranges widely at sea.

• Mohave Ground Squirrel Xerospermophilus mohavensis

  This small ground squirrel lives only in California's western Mojave Desert. It is active by day and spends much of the year underground.

• Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major

  The Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler is marked by its rufous crown. It breeds in mountain scrub, then moves downslope after breeding.

• Recife Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus recifinus

  This leaf-nosed fruit bat is recorded in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. It has contrasting pale stripes on the back and face, and a field report documented leaf tents used as daytime roosts in one forest fragment.

• White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis

  The White-spectacled Warbler is a scarce winter visitor in Hong Kong. A white eye-ring broken at the front and a yellow wing bar help identify it; it searches for insects in the understory.

• Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus crypturus

  Peters's epauletted fruit bat flies through southern African savanna and riverine forest, feeding on fruit. It travels to fruiting trees at night.

• Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii

  Whyte's Barbet is a barbet about 19 cm long. It uses trees in forests and near water, and may catch insects in the air.

• East European Vole Microtus (Microtus) levis

  This vole lives in meadows and farmland from eastern Europe toward western Siberia. It avoids very short grass and dry areas and eats plant seeds and grain.

• Blue-billed Curassow Crax alberti

  The Blue-billed Curassow is a large forest bird of Colombia. It feeds mainly on the ground, and its remaining wild habitat is limited to a few small forest remnants.