Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chinese Goral Naemorhedus caudatus

  

  The Chinese goral is a goat relative that lives on steep, rocky mountains. It also uses forested slopes and exposed grassy ridges.

• White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

  The White-bellied Drongo has glossy, bluish-black plumage and a forked tail. The extent of white on its belly varies among regional forms.

• Siberian chipmunk Tamias (Eutamias) sibiricus

  A chipmunk of northern Asian forests that uses both the ground and trees.

• Bounty Shag Leucocarbo ranfurlyi

  This seabird breeds only on New Zealand’s Bounty Islands. Adults are black with a blue sheen above and white below, and nest in colonies on cliff ledges.

• Little Brown Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) lucifugus

  The little brown bat is widespread across North America. It hibernates in caves and similar sites in winter, while females gather at summer maternity roosts to raise young.

• Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus

  This bird occurs in damp scrub and thickets along forest edges in the East African highlands. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a pale eyebrow and a cinnamon-colored breast band.

• European Snow Vole Chionomys nivalis

  A gray vole with long, dense fur and a tail about half as long as its body. It remains active beneath snow in winter.

• Little Thornbird Phacellodomus sibilatrix

  This ovenbird is recorded from thorny woods and open woodland in northern Argentina. It has dull olive-brown upperparts, with chestnut on the forehead and part of the wing. An old account describes a large twig-and-thorn nest placed in a tree branch.

• Kinda Baboon Papio kindae

  The Kinda baboon lives in miombo woodland in south-central Africa. It is smaller and more slender than related baboons, with notably long legs.

• Sulawesi Cicadabird Coracina morio

  It occurs in forests on Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. The male is dark slate-blue, with a darker head and black face, throat, and upper breast.

• Honduran Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira hondurensis

  This bat is recorded from Mexico to northern Nicaragua. Its fur is dark gray to dark brown, with a paler underside. Many individuals, especially adult males, have reddish or yellow shoulder patches. It mainly eats fruit.

• Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor

  Males are red from the head to the upper breast, while females have less red on the head. Juveniles are brownish, and the species feeds on grass seeds.

• Black-eared Flying Fox Pteropus melanotus

  The black-eared flying fox lives in forests and wetlands on small islands. It may roost in daytime groups of several hundred bats.

• Red-billed Curassow Crax blumenbachii

  The Red-billed Curassow is an Atlantic Forest bird in Brazil. Both sexes have a crest, but their plumage and bill colors differ.

• New Holland Pseudomys Pseudomys novaehollandiae

  This small mouse has pale gray-brown fur and pink feet. Its recorded populations are scattered across grassland and woodland in southeastern Australia.

• Mentawai Scops Owl Otus mentawi

  This island owl lives in lowland forest on the Mentawai Islands. It has reddish-chestnut and dark brown plumage morphs, with pale eyebrows and ear-tufts.

• Wild Yak Bos mutus

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

• Red-crowned crane Grus japonensis

  A crane of East Asian wetlands, recognized by a white body and a red patch on the head.

• Zanj Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus undulatus

  The Zanj sun squirrel has orange-ocher coloring on its cheeks and feet. In East African coastal and riparian forests it is active in trees by day, feeding on fruits and seeds.

• Northern Tropical Peewee Contopus bogotensis

  The Northern Tropical Peewee is a small flycatcher with a disjunct range in Central America and northern South America. It was separated from Southern Tropical Pewee and other former groups in the 2022 taxonomy.

• Eastern Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii

  This North American bat has large ears and brownish-gray fur. It leaves its roost late at night to catch moths and other insects along forest edges and waterways.

• Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies

  The Red-faced Barbet lives in wooded and open landscapes with scattered trees in eastern Africa. Its red face contrasts with dark plumage.

• Savi's Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) savii

  This vole has reddish-brown fur and a short tail. It makes underground galleries and lives in colonies in grassland and around fields.

• White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis

  This large ground bird has a white face and belly and long legs. Males have black on the head, while females have a paler brown neck.