Meet the world’s animals.

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• European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

  

  The European Storm Petrel is a small, dark seabird that spends much of its time at sea. In the breeding season it returns to island burrows, including in Scotland.

• Ethiopian Arvicanthis Arvicanthis abyssinicus

  The Ethiopian arvicanthis lives in grasslands of the Ethiopian Highlands. It is active on the ground by day and is thought to feed mainly on plants.

• Great Curassow Crax rubra

  A large forest bird that searches the ground for fruit, seeds, and other food. The glossy black male and chestnut female look very different.

• Indian flying fox Pteropus medius

  A large bat that roosts in trees in India and elsewhere, and feeds on fruit at night.

• Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus

  This bird walks through open, dry country to find food. Its sandy back and blue-gray hind-crown help identify it, and it eats mainly insects.

• Black-striped Squirrel Callosciurus nigrovittatus

  A squirrel with black stripes along its sides. It is active by day in trees and eats fruit and insects. Stripe patterns vary among subspecies.

• Black-throated Robin Poecilodryas albonotata

  This robin inhabits montane forest on New Guinea. The male has bluish-gray plumage with a black face and throat.

• Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta

  A macaque found in northern India, China and Myanmar that uses both trees and the ground.

• Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus

  This bulbul lives in Philippine forests and forest edges. It has a brown back, an orange-brown throat and breast with pale streaks, and short, strong whistled phrases.

• Soft Grass Mouse Akodon (Akodon) mollis

  A small rodent broadly distributed across the Andes of Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It occupies varied habitats, including grassland, shrubland, and forest, and eats plant and insect material.

• Grand Comoro Drongo Dicrurus fuscipennis

  The Grand Comoro Drongo is a black bird found only on Grand Comoro in the Comoros. It launches from high perches to catch large insects in the air.

• Tropical Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus velatus

  The tropical big-eared brown bat has large, triangular ears. Brazilian records span several biomes, including Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.

• California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica

  This small gray bird often moves its long, narrow black tail. It lives in scrubby dry habitats from southern California to Baja California, Mexico.

• White-lined Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus lineatus

  The white-lined broad-nosed bat is a South American bat marked by a white stripe on its back. It is nocturnal and mainly eats fruit.

• Sandhill Grasswren Amytornis oweni

  The Sandhill Grasswren is an Australian grasswren. Clements treated it as a species distinct from the related Pilbara Grasswren in 2024 and recognizes subspecies aenigma on the western Eyre Peninsula.

• Korrigum Damaliscus korrigum

  The korrigum is an antelope recorded in West African savannas. In northern Benin’s Pendjari National Park, observers documented herds moving in the dry season toward fresh grass and remaining water.

• Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei

  A gull with a slender bill and legs and a low forehead.

• Cheesman's gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani

  This gerbil blends into dry country with its sandy coat. It digs burrows in sand or rocky ground and stores food in them.

• Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni

  Ploceus pelzelni breeds in wetlands and also feeds in nearby trees and bushes. A breeding male has a black mask extending from the face to the throat, while the female lacks that mask.

• Columbian Ground Squirrel Urocitellus columbianus

  The Columbian ground squirrel lives in groups in western North American grasslands and alpine meadows. It is known for a long hibernation.

• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

  The Savanna Nightjar rests on the ground or rocks by day, blending into its surroundings, and catches flying insects at dusk and at night.

• Bengal Sacred Langur Semnopithecus entellus

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

• Natewa Silktail Lamprolia klinesmithi

  This bird is known only from the Natewa Peninsula on Vanua Levu, Fiji. It searches for small invertebrates on the forest floor and in low vegetation.

• Western Amazonian Nectomys Nectomys apicalis

  Nectomys apicalis is a rodent of the western Amazon. A study recorded it in mature forest close to streams at Peru's Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve. The paper also reports the western Amazon form from eastern Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil's Juruá region.