Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mexican Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus

  

  The Mexican Yellow Grosbeak occurs in Mexico and Guatemala. A research paper describes it from open, dry forest at elevations of 300–1,850 m.

• Fischer's Pygmy Fruit Bat Haplonycteris fischeri

  This small, tailless bat has a darker head and cinnamon-brown fur. It lives in Philippine forests and eats fruit, including figs.

• Layard's Warbler Curruca layardi

  This warbler ranges from western Namibia through South Africa to Lesotho. Adult males have grey upperparts and a white throat marked with black streaks. It forages low in shrubs, alone or in pairs.

• Cactus Deermouse Peromyscus eremicus

  The Cactus Deermouse is a small mouse with a tail longer than its body. It lives in deserts and dry areas and is active at night.

• White-bibbed Babbler Stachyris thoracica

  This babbler lives in the forest understory of Java. A white patch from throat to breast is distinctive, and it searches for insects in shaded thickets.

• Madeira Pipistrelle Pipistrellus maderensis

  The Madeira pipistrelle is a small bat found in the Madeira and Canary Islands. It uses habitats from forests to towns and catches flying insects.

• Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens

  The Bluish-fronted Jacamar has a metallic blue-green crown and rufous underparts. It lives in riverine forest, and its only known nest is a tunnel in a stream bank.

• Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus

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

• Sulu Hornbill Anthracoceros montani

  A hornbill with a black body and white tail, living in forests of the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines.

• Brazilian Nectar Bat Lonchophylla mordax

  Its back is cinnamon-brown and its underside paler. This Brazilian bat feeds mainly on nectar and is recorded in a limited region where the semiarid Caatinga meets the Atlantic Forest.

• Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea

  This large cockatoo has a black body set off by yellow cheek and tail markings. It feeds in flocks in eucalypt woodlands and pine plantations.

• Crested Mona Monkey Cercopithecus pogonias

  The crowned guenon is notable for its crest of hair and lives mainly in the trees of western Central African forests.

• Panao Antpitta Grallaria oneilli

  This antpitta occurs on the eastern slope of the central Peruvian Andes. It is dark reddish brown, with a whitish center to the belly; at least one recorded bird ate insects and similar invertebrates.

• Mongolian marmot Marmota (Marmota) sibirica

  The Siberian marmot hibernates through the harsh season.

• Pacific Pygmy Owl Glaucidium peruanum

  The Pacific Pygmy Owl occurs in gray-brown and rufous color forms. It ranges along the western Andes of South America and is most active around dusk and at night.

• Bush Karroo Rat Myotomys unisulcatus

  The Bush Karoo rat lives in dry shrubland and rocky areas of South Africa. Black hairs mix with its ash-gray back, and it builds mounds of twigs near its nest.

• Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida

  The Campbell Albatross feeds on fish, squid, and crustaceans in southern New Zealand waters. It breeds only on Campbell Island and a nearby islet.

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx

  The short-nosed fruit bat occurs in Hong Kong woodlands and parks, feeds at night on fruit and nectar, and males make tent-like shelters beneath palm leaves.

• Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus

  This small cisticola occurs on Socotra Island. It uses low coastal scrub and places where scattered shrubs grow in grassland.

• Brush Deermouse Peromyscus boylii

  The brush deermouse has a brown back, a pale underside, and a long tail with a tufted tip. It is active at night and uses trees and rock crevices.

• Bare-eyed Myna Streptocitta albertinae

  The Bare-eyed Myna has bare dark skin around the eyes, black-and-white plumage, and a long tail. It is restricted to Indonesia’s Sula Islands.

• Inland Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens balstoni

  The inland broad-nosed bat has a broad, bare muzzle and short, dense fur. It roosts in tree hollows or buildings and catches flying insects over water.

• Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus

  The world’s largest grouse lives mainly in pine woodland. In Britain, it remains in northern Scotland.

• Grant's gazelle Nanger granti

  A long-legged gazelle with a conspicuous pale rump patch.