Meet the world’s animals.

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• Spinifexbird Megalurus carteri

  

  The Spinifexbird occurs in Australia's arid regions and is associated with grasslands. A Barrow Island bird guide describes its reddish-brown plumage, spinifex habitat, and diet of insects and seeds.

• Heller's Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus helleri

  This broad-nosed bat is recorded from Mexico through Central America to northern South America west of the Andes. A 2010 revision separated species from the older broad P. helleri complex.

• Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani

  The Lark-like Bunting lives in dry areas of southern Africa. Both sexes have pale buff-brown streaked plumage, and the birds may move as conditions change.

• Northern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys leucogaster

  The Northern Grasshopper Mouse is unusual among mice because most of its diet consists of animals, including insects and scorpions. It rests in burrows by day and is active at night.

• Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis

  A stout gray shorebird, it breeds in the Arctic and winters farther north than many other shorebirds. It searches for food on rocky shores and mudflats.

• Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus wahlbergi

  Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat has a dog-like face and eats fruit. Males use white shoulder tufts in courtship, and groups rest by day in hollow trees or under large leaves.

• Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster

  This roller occurs in western and central Africa. Its pale-blue belly and vivid blue tail stand out, and it dives from trees to the ground to catch prey.

• Indian Bush Rat Golunda ellioti

  The Indian bush rat is a medium-sized rodent with a stocky body and short, thick tail. It lives in varied habitats from forests to grasslands and eats grass stems and roots, seeds, and fruit.

• Brown Teal Anas chlorotis

  The Brown Teal is endemic to New Zealand. Breeding males show a green sheen on the head and a dark chestnut breast; the species is now mostly restricted to the northern North Island.

• Mongolian Gazelle Procapra gutturosa

  The Mongolian gazelle is a steppe animal whose coat changes with the seasons. In eastern and southeastern Mongolia, large herds move seasonally in search of pasture and water.

• Indochinese Fulvetta Fulvetta danisi

  The Indochinese Fulvetta is a small bird of mountain forest in Laos and Vietnam. It searches for small invertebrates in the lower forest and bamboo. The account used here gives no breeding information.

• Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat Murina ryukyuana

  The Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat lives on Japan's southwestern islands. It has a tubular nose and dark fur, and uses tree cavities or dry leaves as daytime roosts.

• Pririt Batis Batis pririt

  This small bird lives in dry woodland and scrub in southern Africa. Its main range is split into northern and southern populations across Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa.

• De Brazza’s monkey Cercopithecus neglectus

  An African monkey with a white beard that lives in forests near rivers.

• Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii

  This large bustard lives in dry open country and semi-arid savanna. The male has a dark face and pale crown.

• Striped Bush Squirrel Paraxerus flavovittis

  A squirrel found in southern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and northern Mozambique. It is active by day and nests in tree hollows.

• Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii

  The Helmet Vanga is a large vanga of eastern Madagascar’s humid evergreen forests. It is notable for its huge blue bill; a field study recorded insects as its main prey and both parents sharing incubation.

• Northern Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat Tonatia bakeri

  Individuals have been captured in premontane forest in eastern Caldas, Colombia. The noseleaf, lower-lip warts, and skin around the mouth are lighter in color, and the dorsal fur is paler and nearly uniform.

• Angola Lark Amirafra angolensis

  This lark occurs mainly in Angola. Its rufous crown and pale tail are useful identification marks, while the pattern on its back changes seasonally.

• Taczanowski's Oldfield Mouse Thomasomys taczanowskii

  Taczanowski's oldfield mouse is a medium-sized rodent recorded in montane forests of Ecuador and Peru. Its fur is soft, and some individuals have a white tail tip. Ecological observations are limited.

• White-fronted Scops Owl Otus sagittatus

  The White-fronted Scops-owl ranges from southern Myanmar through Thailand to the Malay Peninsula. It has a white forehead and brows and uses forest understorey.

• Ceram Flying Fox Pteropus ocularis

  The Ceram flying fox is known from only a small number of recorded individuals in the Moluccas. A 2015 study reported a new record from western Seram.

• Andaman Barn Owl Tyto deroepstorffi

  A barn owl endemic to the Andaman Islands. It is nocturnal, and a 2013 field paper recorded an individual roosting in a cave on an island in Middle Andaman.

• Common Grammomys Grammomys dolichurus

  This small, narrow-footed rodent has been described as nocturnal and arboreal in older references. Its ecology in the wild remains poorly known.