Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eastern Chipmunk Tamias (Tamias) striatus

  

  The eastern chipmunk is a small squirrel relative of forests and woodland edges in eastern North America. Its back stripes stop before the base of the tail.

• Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli

  

  Bell's Sparrow lives in dry scrub and has a greyish head. It searches for seeds and insects near shrubs.

• Broad-faced Deermouse Peromyscus megalops

  

  The broad-faced deermouse has a dark streaked back and a pale underside. It has been studied in humid mountain forests of southern Mexico.

• Red-crested Bustard Lophotis ruficrista

  

  The Red-crested Bustard lives in dry parts of southern Africa. During courtship, the male makes a striking display by rising steeply and rolling his body backwards.

• Large Myotis Myotis (Myotis) chinensis

  

  Large Myotis is a large mouse-eared bat recorded in Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.

• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus

  

  A small pipit that breeds in high mountain grasslands. It descends after breeding, and northern populations migrate. Adults in breeding plumage show a faint rosy wash from the throat to the belly.

• Damara Dik-dik Madoqua damarensis

  Madoqua damarensis ranges from northern and northwestern Namibia into southwestern Angola. In the northern Namibian population recorded under the former name M. kirkii damarensis, males had forehead crests reaching between the horns and browsed leaves and twigs in dense shrub thicket.

• Golden-chested Tanager Bangsia rothschildi

  A tanager of humid forests on the Pacific side of the Andes from central Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. It has a black body with a yellow breast patch and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Minute Fruit Bat Cynopterus minutus

  The minute fruit bat is a fruit-eating bat that may show pale yellow fur around the neck. Two individuals were caught along a forest trail in a protected area of Borneo.

• Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti

  Pycroft's Petrel breeds on islands off the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. It is active at night around colonies and feeds on small crustaceans and squid near the sea surface during long flights.

• Canefield Rat Rattus sordidus

  This ground-dwelling rat occurs in northeastern Australia. A survey in the Pellew Islands also recorded it in grassy open woodland.

• Black Shama Copsychus cebuensis

  The Black Shama is a Cebu Island bird with glossy black plumage and a long tail.

• Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus avunculus

  Adult Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys are known for their upturned noses and bluish facial skin. The species is recorded in limestone forests of northern Vietnam and eats leaves and unripe fruit.

• Fawn-breasted Whistler Pachycephala orpheus

  This whistler is recorded on Timor and Rote. On Timor it prefers lower elevations, although it was observed beside Pachycephala calliope on Mount Mutis up to 1,850 m. The Rote population was reported to be larger than the Timor population.

• Niceforo's Bat Trinycteris nicefori

  This small reddish-brown bat gleans prey from leaves and ranges across tropical parts of the Americas.

• Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii

  This pitta is conspicuous for its bright blue breast and red lower belly. It lives in lowland forest on a limited group of Philippine islands.

• Allen's Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) alleni

  Allen's squirrel occurs in northeastern Mexico. A winter study in Nuevo León recorded it active in cold weather and caching nuts in scattered locations.

• Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta

  The Marsh Tchagra is a small bird of wetland grass and shrubs in sub-Saharan Africa. Males have a black cap and chestnut back.

• Hirsute Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) hirsutus

  The hirsute cotton rat occurs in grasslands and agricultural areas from Central America into northern South America. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of S. hispidus.

• Rose-bellied Bunting Passerina rositae

  The male is blue with a rose-pink belly, while the female is greyish brown. The species inhabits a restricted area of Mexico's southern Pacific slope.

• Long-eared Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) evotis

  The long-eared myotis is a North American bat with long ears and pale brown fur. It is often associated with forests and catches moths and other insects at night.

• African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus

  This parasitic cuckoo occurs in Africa and is characteristically associated with the canopy of evergreen forest.

• Muskox Ovibos moschatus

  A long-coated, herd-living bovine of Arctic tundra.

• White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica

  A broad white rump stands out against its black upperparts, which may shine blue. It catches insects high over forested hills.