Meet the world’s animals.

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• Espanola Mockingbird Mimus macdonaldi

  

  This mockingbird lives only on Española in the Galápagos. It has a long tail and curved bill and eats insects, fruit, and other small prey.

• Weyns's Duiker Cephalophus weynsi

  

  This small antelope is recorded in forest areas of Central and East Africa. It is brown, with grayish shoulders and no dark back stripe. A small reddish tuft sits on its head.

• Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra

  

  A 2024 taxonomic study places the nominate form from southern Somalia through Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania, and subspecies gallarum in Ethiopia. It cautions that range boundaries remain uncertain and separates the Kidepo form as another species.

• Vancouver Island Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) vancouverensis

  

  The Vancouver Island marmot lives in mountain meadows on Canada's Vancouver Island. It has brown fur with white patches and hibernates underground.

• Sandstone Shrikethrush Colluricincla woodwardi

  

  The Sandstone Shrike-thrush lives among sandstone rocks in northern Australia. It walks between rocks while searching for small lizards, grasshoppers, and spiders.

• Slender Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) gracilis

  

  The Slender Harvest Mouse ranges from Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula to northwestern Costa Rica. It is often recorded in dry areas, while its species account also lists forests, wetland edges, and fields as habitats.

• Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides

  Savi's Warbler is a plain brown bird of reedbeds with a loud, insect-like buzzing song. In the UK it breeds at a small number of wetland sites.

• Central Australian Rock Rat Zyzomys pedunculatus

  The central Australian rock rat lives among rocky sites in central Australia. Records describe a thick tail and a diet based mainly on seeds.

• Vilcabamba Tapaculo Scytalopus urubambae

  This tapaculo occurs in the highlands of Peru's Cuzco region. Adults are gray with rufous on the flanks and rump, but voice and range are especially useful for separating it from similar species.

• Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta

  This small bat has bright orange fur and black wings. It hunts spiders and insects while flying through cluttered spaces close to the ground.

• White-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha

  This small passerine occurs in separated parts of South America, from Venezuela to the southern cone. A study found resident, partly migratory, and migratory breeding populations, with seasonal plumage change in the records.

• Black-shanked Douc Pygathrix nigripes

  The black-shanked douc is a douc langur found in forests of southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia. It spends most of its time in trees and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris

  This long-tailed crow relative has pale blue plumage and a vivid yellow bill. Flocks forage noisily together.

• Brazilian Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma doriae

  The Brazilian big-eyed bat has distinctive white lines on its face and back. It is recorded in many Brazilian habitats and often feeds on wild figs.

• Red-throated Parrot-Finch Erythrura psittacea

  The Red-throated Parrotfinch is a small bird found only in New Caledonia. Its red face and tail contrast with its green body.

• Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii

  A wetland antelope adapted to life among swamp vegetation.

• Philippine Spine-tailed Swift Mearnsia picina

  This Philippine spinetail has long wings and a short tail. It catches insects while flying above forest.

• Junín Red Squirrel Sciurus (Hadrosciurus) pyrrhinus

  The Junín red squirrel is an arboreal squirrel recorded in Peru. Its back is reddish brown, while the underside ranges from white to more reddish shades.

• Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia

  The Regent Honeyeater has a black head and chest set against pale yellow plumage and yellow wing markings. It moves through southeastern Australia in search of flowering eucalypt woodland.

• Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus

  The deer mouse is a small rodent widespread in North America. Coat color varies by region, and the tail is distinctly darker above than below.

• White-eared Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis

  A white patch behind the ear and a rufous breast stand out. It perches in riverside woodland and darts out to catch flying insects.

• Cutch Cremnomys Cremnomys cutchicus

  This rat is endemic to India. It has a gray-brown back, a pale belly, and a tail longer than its body; it mainly eats plants and inhabits rocky hills with trees or scrub.

• Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

  The Whiskered Auklet is a small seabird with a crest and white plumes that stand out in the breeding season.

• Badger Bat Glauconycteris superba

  This African bat has conspicuous white markings. A 2016 study captured 10 individuals at two sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and reported individual variation in shoulder and belly patterns.