Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera

  

  A chachalaca with a brown body and rufous head and upper neck. Family groups use the forest mid-canopy but also come to the ground.

• 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.

• Bar-backed Hill Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus

  A hill partridge of evergreen forest and bamboo. The nominate subspecies recorded in China has a barred back and chestnut breast.

• Spinifex Hopping Mouse Notomys alexis

  The spinifex hopping mouse lives in sandy areas from central Australia into the west. It is active at night, moves by hopping, and digs deep burrows in the sand.

• Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii

  The Somali Bee-eater is a small bee-eater with green upperparts and a blue rump. In dry scrub and open grassland, it makes short flights from low perches to catch small insects in the air.

• Olympic Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) olympus

  The Olympic marmot lives only in Olympic Mountain meadows. It eats flowering plants, stores fat and hibernates for a long period.

• Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii

  Males show a strong contrast between a red cap and breast and a black face. They drop from a perch to search the ground for insects and other prey.

• California Vole Microtus californicus

  The California vole occurs along the Pacific Coast and uses grassy runways and underground burrows. It eats grasses and roots, and its coat varies across its range.

• Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus

  The Brownish Twistwing uses terra firme forest in the northern Bolivian Amazon, especially dense understory. It has shaggy plumage, a pale lower mandible, ochre edges on the wing feathers and a rufous-brown tail; it is usually solitary.

• Japanese serow Capricornis crispus

  The Japanese serow is a cattle relative from Japan’s mountain forests. Both sexes hold territories and live alone.

• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

  A diving duck with a long, thin bill and shaggy crest. It catches and eats fish.

• Chocolate Lobe-lipped Bat Chalinolobus morio

  The Chocolate Lobe-lipped Bat is an Australian bat with brown fur and short, rounded ears. It roosts in tree hollows and other structures and catches moths below the canopy.

• Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex

  The Green Tinkerbird is a small bird with dull olive-green plumage, a yellow rump, and yellow wing bars. It uses dense forest undergrowth and edges in eastern Africa, eating fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Gray-cheeked Mangabey Lophocebus albigena

  The nominate subspecies of the gray-cheeked mangabey is recorded from Cameroon’s Atlantic coast to central Uganda. It mainly eats fruit, along with leaves, flowers, and animal matter.

• Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus

  This trogon is often found in Amazonian floodplain forest. Both sexes share a red belly and black underside of the tail; males are iridescent green and females are grey.

• Southern Golden Bat Mimon bennettii

  The southern golden bat is recorded in Brazil. A specimen from a study in São Paulo state had reddish fur and a smooth noseleaf.

• Black-banded Crake Rufirallus fasciatus

  The Black-banded Crake forages in river-edge thickets and fallow fields near water. A Peru account reports it as common in the northeast and rare in the southeast.

• Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni

  A medium-sized mouse described as having a pure-white belly. A survey in western Guinea recorded it in gallery forest and cultivated areas at a small number of sites.

• Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons

  The Black-fronted Nunbird stands out for its coral-red bill and nearly black, dark-gray plumage. It may gather in family groups at forest edges.

• European Ground Squirrel Spermophilus citellus

  The European ground squirrel is a small ground squirrel that lives where grass is short. It comes out of underground burrows during the day.

• Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens

  The Mourning Collared Dove is an African dove that lives in forests and gardens. It is distinct from North America’s Mourning Dove despite the similar English name.

• Chaco Marsh Rat Holochilus chacarius

  This rodent uses wetlands and flooded areas in the Chaco. Species-specific accounts report swimming and diving, and grass nests in crops or flooded grassland.

• Rufous Songlark Megalurus mathewsi

  The Rufous Songlark occurs in open grassland, open woodland, and farmland in Australia. It moves south to breed in summer and returns north in colder months.

• Blesbok Damaliscus phillipsi

  Damaliscus phillipsi is a South African antelope with reddish-brown fur and a white facial blaze usually divided by a brown band between the eyes. It feeds mainly on grass.