Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pond Bat Myotis (Myotis) dasycneme

  

  This bat catches food while flying close to the water surface. Records from northwestern Germany include seasonal passage and wintering.

• Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus

  This tit lives in forests of eastern Africa. Its dark plumage and bright red eye stand out, and it searches branches and leaves for small invertebrates.

• Leach's Single Leaf Bat Monophyllus redmani

  Leach's single leaf bat has a long muzzle and tongue. It roosts deep inside large, humid caves.

• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

  The Black-necked Stork has a glossy black head and neck, a white body and long legs. It waits to ambush prey in shallow water.

• Bengal Sacred Langur Semnopithecus entellus

  A large monkey found mainly in the northern Indian plains south of the Ganges and north of the Godavari.

• Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis

  Sunlight can bring a blue-green sheen to its black plumage, and its long tail is deeply forked. It hunts insects from perches in savanna and open woodland.

• Common Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus

  An antelope described in a Marakele National Park account from South Africa, living in open savanna woodland and nearby grassland.

• White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis

  The White-eared Barbet ranges from Tanzania and Kenya south to Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, and KwaZulu-Natal, using moist woodland and forest.

• Hamiguitan Batomys Batomys hamiguitan

  The Hamiguitan Batomys is known from Mount Hamiguitan in eastern Mindanao, Philippines. The original survey recorded it in the transition between lowland and montane forest and in primary montane forest.

• European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

  The European Nightjar rests on the ground by day, blending in with mottled plumage, then catches moths and other insects in flight at dusk.

• Straw-colored Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum

  Its coat ranges from straw-colored to dark gray. It eats fruit and nectar, is active at night, and may form large colonies.

• New Caledonian Thicketbird Megalurulus mariei

  This 17–18 cm ground-dwelling bird is restricted to New Caledonia. It has olive-brown upperparts, a long pale eyebrow, and creamy underparts washed rusty. It walks through grass and scrub and feeds on small invertebrates.

• 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.

• White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps

  The White-headed Saw-wing is a small, stocky swallow with a short tail. It catches insects in flight around woodland and forest edges.

• Belding's Ground Squirrel Urocitellus beldingi

  Belding's ground squirrel is active by day in mountain meadows. It eats grasses and seeds and spends the winter hibernating in burrows.

• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

  The Hermit Thrush is a forest bird with a brown back, spotted breast and reddish tail. It searches for insects on the ground and eats more fruit in winter.

• 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.

• Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous

  A small seabird with long wings and a deeply notched tail. It picks food from the ocean surface and nests in burrows on offshore islands.

• Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

  The lesser long-nosed bat ranges from Mexico into the southwestern United States and farther south in Central America. It feeds at flowers such as cacti and agaves.

• Lesser Ground Robin Amalocichla incerta

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in mid-mountain forests on mainland New Guinea. A breeding study in the YUS Conservation Area on the Huon Peninsula recorded a pair carrying food to a nestling. It has a brown head, rufous-brown upperparts, and pale underparts.

• Gee's Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei

  Gee's golden langur occurs in Assam, India, and neighbouring Bhutan. It lives in trees in forested habitats.

• Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus

  It is active at night. On Bangka Island, parents take turns warming the chick and bring it insects.

• Domestic yak Bos grunniens

  A domestic yak kept on the Tibetan Plateau and elsewhere. Its long shaggy coat protects it from the cold.

• Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus

  This warbler ranges across tropical Africa. In woodland, it spends much of its time among tall grass and shrubs below a broken canopy, and small parties fly up into the canopy when disturbed.