Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus

  

  This brown tinamou has a round black patch on its crown and red legs. Females have crossbars on the back.

• Kelaart's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus ceylonicus

  This small bat is recorded across the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Its mean forearm length is 37.2 mm, and dorsal fur varies from gray-brown to chestnut, reddish, or golden brown. In 2021, one male was rescued in a village in Rajasthan, India.

• Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum

  A dark cormorant with a long neck and a tail longer than those of many other cormorants. It dives underwater to catch fish.

• Black-tailed Thallomys Thallomys nigricauda

  The Black-tailed Thallomys is an arboreal rodent with a black tail, living in dry Acacia savanna.

• White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis

  The White-winged Snowfinch lives in cold mountain habitats and moves to lower elevations seasonally.

• Schulz's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma schulzi

  Schulz's round-eared bat occurs on the Guiana Shield. It was recorded in high forest at Brownsberg Nature Park in Suriname.

• Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata

  A hornbill with a large black casque that moves through forest trees in search of fruit.

• Iberian ibex Capra pyrenaica

  A sturdy wild goat of the Iberian mountains, with large horns. Its horns and coat differ by sex and season.

• Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus

  Adult plumage differs between the sexes. This elusive quail lives on the floor of humid forest, usually in pairs or small groups.

• Kosrae Flying Fox Pteropus ualanus

  The Kosrae flying fox occurs on Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. The 2020 IUCN assessment reports records from coastal areas to the island’s peaks.

• Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis

  This shrike occurs in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. It has a gray back, black eye mask, and white eyebrow, and watches open ground from a raised perch.

• Bale Monkey Chlorocebus djamdjamensis

  The Bale monkey lives in forests of the Ethiopian highlands. Bamboo makes up an important part of its diet, and it has distinctive facial and hand-and-foot coloring.

• Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis

  The Red-breasted Nuthatch moves up, down, and around tree trunks and branches while foraging. It is most often found in coniferous woods.

• Collie's Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) colliaei

  A tree squirrel from Mexico’s Pacific slope. A study in Jalisco recorded it in tropical dry forests, where it also ate fruit.

• Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons

  The Yellow-fronted Barbet is often seen high in forest trees. Its blue face and throat and yellow forehead stand out against a green body.

• White-footed Deermouse Peromyscus leucopus

  The white-footed deermouse has reddish-brown upperparts and a white underside and feet. The Texas account describes it as mostly nocturnal and living in woodlands and river bottoms.

• Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi

  The Bornean Stubtail is a small bird with an almost invisible tail. It moves like a mouse through leaf litter and undergrowth in mountain forest, searching for insects near the ground.

• 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.

• Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides

  The Nankeen Kestrel is a small falcon with a rufous back and pale, dark-streaked underparts. It hunts in open country such as grassland and farmland.

• Acacia Thallomys Thallomys paedulcus

  The Acacia Thallomys is an arboreal rodent of African savannas. It shelters under acacia bark and builds nests among branches.

• Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata

  The Antarctic Tern occurs on southern subantarctic islands and exposed rocky areas of Antarctica. New Zealand birds belong to subspecies bethunei.

• Common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

  A bat from Mexico through much of South America that feeds on animal blood.

• Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus

  This bulbul lives in Philippine forests and forest edges. It has a brown back, an orange-brown throat and breast with pale streaks, and short, strong whistled phrases.

• Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus

  An antelope with long ears and contrasting pale and dark facial markings.