Meet the world’s animals.

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• Southern Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus magellanicus

  

  The southern big-eared brown bat is recorded in southern Chile and Argentina. Its appearance is described, while species-specific behavior remains poorly known.

• Everett's White-eye Zosterops everetti

  Everett's White-eye has greenish upperparts, grayish underparts, and broad white spectacles. It forages in flocks along forest edges and in gardens across parts of the Philippines and the Talaud Islands of Indonesia.

• Little Yellow-eared Bat Vampyressa pusilla

  The little yellow-eared bat is small, with yellow-edged ears and no tail. It roosts in leaf tents and mainly eats small fruits.

• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus

  This ground-dwelling pheasant relative moves through grasslands and shrublands. Males are black and chestnut, while females are golden-brown with black and white spots, so the sexes look very different.

• Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata

  The bonnet macaque is a monkey native to southern India. The hair on its head spreads like a bonnet.

• Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus

  Centered in southeastern Peru, this jacamar also occurs in the lowland Amazon of Brazil and Bolivia. It launches from waterside or forest-edge perches to catch flying insects.

• Wild Yak Bos mutus

  A wild yak of the high Tibetan Plateau, it is a species distinct from the domestic yak.

• White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus

  The White-crowned Hornbill has a conspicuous white crest and long tail. Adult males have white necks and underparts, while females are black; both forage in tropical forest canopies.

• Red Spiny Rat Maxomys surifer

  This nocturnal rat lives in Southeast Asian forests and nearby areas. Short, stiff, reddish-brown hairs stand out among the fur on its back.

• Saipan Reed-warbler Acrocephalus hiwae

  This reed-warbler lives on Saipan. A 1998 report records it in reed marshes, forest edges, thicket-meadow mosaics and forest openings on the island.

• Mauritian fruit bat Pteropus niger

  The Mauritian fruit bat is a large fruit-eating bat with golden fur, endemic to Mauritius.

• Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus

  The lark sparrow walks through open grassland and scrub, searching on the ground for seeds and insects.

• Gray Red-backed Vole Myodes rufocanus

  This vole occurs across northern Eurasia. It has a reddish-brown back and gray sides; in northern Europe it is common in conifer forest and also lives in scrub and meadows.

• Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea

  This bird is about 24 cm long and has a heavy bill. Near Mindo, it was observed repeatedly thrusting its bill sharply into the soil of a muddy forest trail.

• Panamint Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) panamintinus

  Neotamias panamintinus occurs in isolated mountain populations of southeastern California and southwestern Nevada. Its summer coat is tawny, while the winter fur is longer and paler.

• Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana

  The Raggiana Bird-of-paradise has strongly different male and female plumage. Males display red flank plumes in courtship, while females care for the nest and young.

• Leaf-winged Bat Glauconycteris variegata

  Its wing membranes have a leaf-like net pattern, and the bat hides among foliage while roosting. It is widely but patchily recorded across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii

  Livingstone's Turaco is green, with a white-tipped crest and red on the inner wings. It eats fruit and berries.

• Luis's Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira luisi

  Luis's Yellow-shouldered Bat may have yellow, orange, or red patches on its shoulders. It is nocturnal and is expected to feed mainly on fruit.

• Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis

  This swift occurs in Madagascar and the Comoros. It inhabits open lowland secondary vegetation, uses palms for nesting, and catches insects in flight.

• Black-and-white Langur Presbytis bicolor

  This langur occurs in central Sumatra. Field visits from 2016 to 2022 recorded it in forest and rubber-growing landscapes and documented feeding on rubber-tree and leaves of mango (Mangifera sp.).

• Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nubicola

  This small owl lives in cloud forests from western Ecuador into Colombia. It may be active by day or night and is seen alone or in pairs.

• Blesbok Damaliscus phillipsi

  Damaliscus phillipsi is a South African antelope with reddish-brown fur and a white facial blaze usually divided by a brown band between the eyes. It feeds mainly on grass.

• White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis

  The White-necked Raven is a large corvid of African highlands. Its broad diet includes animal matter and carrion.