Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris

  

  This helmetshrike lives in Central African forest. It is reported in family groups and mixed-species flocks, from lowland to mid-elevation forest.

• White-throated Round-eared Bat Lophostoma silvicola

  This leaf-nosed bat ranges through Central America and northern and eastern South America. On Barro Colorado Island in Panama, researchers recorded insect gleaning and males excavating roost cavities in active termite nests.

• Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi

  This lark lives in open grasslands in eastern Africa and nearby regions. Its rufous crown and small dark patch on the side of the neck stand out.

• Toltec Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) toltecus

  The Toltec cotton rat occurs in eastern Mexico. Ochre-tipped back fur and a pale underside are among its described features.

• Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum

  A small owl of northern Eurasian coniferous forests. It hunts small birds and mammals around dusk and before sunrise.

• Peters's Fruit Bat Cynopterus luzoniensis

  Peters's fruit bat is a small fruit-eating bat. Its ears have pale edging along the front, and it is reported from the Philippines and Sulawesi.

• Golden Masked Owl Tyto aurantia

  This owl lives in New Britain's tropical forests. Its plumage ranges from pale gold to rufous, and its facial disc has a finely speckled rim.

• Indian Desert Gerbil Meriones (Cheliones) hurrianae

  This gerbil is common in India’s arid zone. It digs burrows, is mainly active by day, and has a black tuft at the end of its tail.

• Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus

  A large cuckoo that walks on the forest floor of Borneo. Its blue facial skin and long tail stand out.

• Pelzeln's gazelle Gazella pelzelni

  Pelzeln's gazelle was recorded on the northern Somaliland coastal plain. Late nineteenth-century descriptions report a fawn-colored coat and animals using dry stony or sandy ground with low shrubs.

• Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea

  The Western Tinkerbird is a small African barbet recorded in several separated mountain regions. Its black back is marked by a broad yellow stripe running from crown to rump.

• Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus

  The pallid bat lives in dry areas of western North America and listens for ground-dwelling insects before swooping down to catch them.

• White-tailed Cisticola Cisticola anderseni

  A cisticola of wetlands in the Kilombero floodplain of southwestern Tanzania. Its outer tail feathers and tips are white, and its back is streaked.

• L'Hoest's Monkey Allochrocebus lhoesti

  L'Hoest's monkey is recognizable by its dark coat and white beard. It spends more time on the ground than many monkeys.

• Black-chinned Whistler Pachycephala mentalis

  The Black-chinned Whistler is a whistler of the North Maluku islands. This account is limited to the subspecies Pachycephala mentalis obiensis, described from Obi and Bisa islands in Indonesia.

• Northern Amazon Red Squirrel Sciurus (Urosciurus) igniventris

  The northern Amazon red squirrel is a large tree squirrel of northwestern Amazonia. It can be difficult to distinguish from the southern Amazon red squirrel in the field, and one feeding study analyzed the two together.

• Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi

  This large heron has a black cap, white neck, and grey back. It searches for fish and other prey in South American wetlands.

• Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba

  This small bat's fur ranges from gray to white. It has a yellow leaf-shaped nose and spends the day in a shelter made from a folded leaf.

• David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi

  David’s Fulvetta ranges from China to northern Indochina and lives in the understory of broad-leaved evergreen forest. It has been recorded in mixed flocks with other birds and feeds on insects and berries.

• Small-toothed Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) microdon

  The small-toothed harvest mouse is a small rodent with reddish fur and a long tail. It is among the more arboreal members of its genus and inhabits cool, moist mountain forests.

• Pantepui Thrush Turdus murinus

  The Pantepui Thrush is a dull grayish-brown thrush of the Guiana Shield highlands. It is restricted to middle and upper elevations on tepuis and nearby mountains.

• Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat Macroglossus sobrinus

  The greater long-nosed fruit bat has a slender snout and feeds on nectar. By visiting flowers, it also helps pollinate wild bananas.

• Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia

  This small firefinch has a pinkish body, blue-gray bill, and black under-tail markings. It is found at forest edges and near cultivation, often in pairs or small groups.

• Greater Bandicoot Rat Bandicota indica

  It is the largest rat in Taiwan. It has coarse black hairs on its back and occurs in lowland farmland, including rice and sugarcane fields there.