Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca

  

  The bohor reedbuck is an antelope with yellowish-brown to gray-brown fur. It hides among tall grasses and mainly eats grass.

• Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis

  On Dominica, male Lesser Antillean Bullfinches are black with an orange chin and throat. Females are olive-brown above and grey-brown below.

• Durango Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) durangae

  A chipmunk of the Sierra Madre Occidental in western Mexico. It inhabits mountain forests containing pine, oak, and juniper.

• Azure Dollarbird Eurystomus azureus

  The Azure Dollarbird has dark purple-blue plumage and pale azure wing patches. It lives in forests of Indonesia's northern Moluccas.

• Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus

  The soprano pipistrelle is a small brown bat. After sunset it catches insects while flying near water and woodland.

• Abert’s Towhee Melozone aberti

  Abert’s Towhee lives year-round in brush along waterways in the Sonoran Desert. Its sandy body and rusty undertail help identify it.

• Kemp's Akodont Deltamys kempi

  This small mouse ranges from southern Brazil through Uruguay to northeastern Argentina. It has been recorded in coastal wetlands and grasslands.

• Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma

  The Grey-headed Albatross has a bluish-gray head and neck and a white body. It breeds on subantarctic islands and forages in surrounding waters.

• Dryad Monkey Chlorocebus dryas

  The Dryas monkey is a forest-dwelling primate known only from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Surveys in the Lomami region recorded it in areas that included dense understory and forest edges.

• Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri

  Major Mitchell's Cockatoo is a white and pink cockatoo with a large crest. When raised, the crest shows red-pink and orange bands. The bird lives in Australia's dry interior.

• Common Tent-making Bat Uroderma bilobatum

  The common tent-making bat chews leaf veins to create a resting place beneath a drooping leaf. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus

  The Scarce Swift occurs patchily in African highlands and gorges. Its long, deeply forked tail is distinctive, and it catches insects in flight.

• Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus angolensis

  This fruit bat has white shoulder tufts in males. It lives in riverine woodland and open woodland and is active at night.

• Black-backed honeyeater Ptiloprora perstriata

  This honeyeater lives in New Guinea's montane forests. It has dark upperparts and a streaked underside, and searches for insects, fruit, and nectar.

• Blick's Arvicanthis Arvicanthis blicki

  Blick’s grass rat is a rodent specialized for Ethiopia’s high-elevation grasslands. Its skull has a downward-twisted snout region and enlarged eye sockets, and records span 2,750–4,050 m.

• Tristram's Storm Petrel Hydrobates tristrami

  Tristram’s Storm-Petrel has long, pointed wings and a notched tail, and glides low over the sea. It nests in island rock recesses and burrows, then ranges widely across the Pacific outside the breeding season.

• Mountain Reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula

  This antelope lives in dry mountain grasslands. Only males have horns, and grass is its main food.

• Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii

  Clark's Grebe is a diving bird with a long neck and pale face. During courtship, pairs run side by side across the water.

• Damara Ground Squirrel Xerus (Geosciurus) princeps

  Geosciurus princeps is a ground squirrel recorded in western Namibia and southern Angola. It has a pale cinnamon back, a white underside and legs, and a white stripe along each side.

• Yungas Warbler Basileuterus punctipectus

  A warbler of humid Andean forests, ranging from southeastern Peru to central Bolivia.

• Inland Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens balstoni

  The inland broad-nosed bat has a broad, bare muzzle and short, dense fur. It roosts in tree hollows or buildings and catches flying insects over water.

• Speckle-chested Piculet Picumnus steindachneri

  White spots mark this small woodpecker’s black breast, and black bars cross its white belly. It lives in the mountain forests of northwestern Peru and searches for food among shrubs and vines.

• Cleft-headed Juliomys Juliomys rimofrons

  This small rodent is known from southeastern Brazil. It has long ochre-brown fur and an orange rump; known specimens came from ground-level traplines.

• Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari

  This small wren lives in high Andean wetlands of Colombia. It has dark streaks on its brown back and searches among marsh plants for insects and other small prey.