Meet the world’s animals.

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• McGregor's Cuckooshrike Coracina mcgregori

  

  It lives in montane forest above 1,000 m on Mindanao and appears in small or mixed-species groups in the canopy. It has a black throat and white wing patch.

• Silky Short-tailed Bat Carollia brevicaudum

  Carollia brevicauda occurs across parts of Central and South America. A study in the Colombian Andes followed one colony that used an artificial refuge.

• Ornate Pitta Pitta concinna

  The Ornate Pitta occurs on Indonesia’s Lesser Sundas. It is more frequent at forest edges and in selectively logged forest, with striking blue-green and reddish-buff plumage.

• Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia

  A wild sheep of the dry mountains of North Africa.

• Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni

  This small warbler occurs from the Himalayas to Indochina, using damp montane forest and bamboo undergrowth to find insects.

• Pine Vole Microtus (Pitymys) pinetorum

  A small vole that moves through leaf litter and soil in deciduous forests. In autumn it stores roots and shoots in burrows for winter shortages.

• Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis

  This small babbler forages in the understory of lowland forest in Southeast Asia. Bold dark streaks on the underside and active insect foraging are noted as characteristic.

• Bolivian Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) ignitus

  The Bolivian squirrel lives in trees in South American mountain forests. It has an ocher or brown back, orange lower face and belly, and a rusty-red tail.

• Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi

  Hartlaub's Turaco is a green bird of the East African highlands. It moves by hopping through the canopy and making short flights between trees.

• Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus

  A forest-dwelling monkey of the Malay Peninsula, known for pale eye markings and a leaf-based diet.

• Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps

  A ground-walking cuckoo of northwestern Madagascar, it is recognizable by its red crown and searches the forest floor for insects and fruit.

• Black-eared Flying Fox Pteropus melanotus

  The black-eared flying fox lives in forests and wetlands on small islands. It may roost in daytime groups of several hundred bats.

• White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons

  The White-fronted Falconet is a tiny falcon about 15 cm long. The male has a white forehead, while the female's is buff.

• Ryukyu Mouse Mus (Mus) caroli

  The Ryukyu mouse has a dark grey back and pale underside. A Taiwan museum record describes it in lowland fields, feeding on seeds and plant roots.

• Tablas Drongo Dicrurus menagei

  This drongo is treated as endemic to Tablas Island in the Philippines. Its outer tail feathers are very long and curve outward at the tips; most field observations were in mature, closed-canopy forest.

• Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis (Myotis) myotis

  The greater mouse-eared bat is a large bat found in western, central and southern Europe and Asia Minor.

• Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii

  Hoffmann's Woodpecker inhabits dry forest and also uses trees near human settlements along the Pacific slope. Males have a red crown and yellow nape; females have a white forehead and crown.

• Pale Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus discolor

  The pale spear-nosed bat is a medium-sized, robust bat found in Central and South America. It often uses nectar and pollen, but its diet varies by place and season.

• Kolombangara Monarch Symposiachrus browni

  A forest monarch found in the New Georgia group of the Solomon Islands. Adults are black and white, but the extent of white varies among island subspecies.

• Peters's Gazelle Nanger petersii

  This gazelle occurs along the coast of Kenya through northeastern Somalia. Its horns are relatively short and straight. A specialist catalogue describes a coastal-plain habitat and tolerance of drier conditions.

• Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi

  Böhm’s Bee-eater is a small bee-eater about 16 cm long. It uses riverine woodland, savanna, and scrub, and catches flying insects by day.

• European hamster Cricetus cricetus

  A wild hamster that carries plants and grains in its cheek pouches and stores them underground.

• White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi

  The White-faced Ibis probes wet mud with its long bill for food. Its plumage can shine green and purple.

• Carruther's Mountain Squirrel Funisciurus carruthersi

  Carruther's mountain squirrel has an olive-green and black back, a pale belly, and a light ring around the eye. It occurs in central African mountain forests.