Meet the world’s animals.

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• Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis

  

  The golden-mantled ground squirrel lives from woodlands to alpine meadows in western North America and makes burrows in rocks or underground.

• Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus

  The Scarce Swift occurs patchily in African highlands and gorges. Its long, deeply forked tail is distinctive, and it catches insects in flight.

• North American Hoary Bat Aeorestes cinereus

  This bat is widespread in North America. It roosts alone in foliage in summer and is recorded flying above treetops and over water.

• Rufous-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus speciosus

  Rufous-breasted Wood-Quails inhabit humid forest on the eastern Andes and forage on the ground in family groups. Adult males have rufous underparts, while female plumage differs among the populations described.

• 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.

• Black Caracara Daptrius ater

  Adults are almost entirely black, with a white rump, bright bare facial skin, and bright legs. They use forest edges and rivers and travel in pairs or groups, sometimes near human activity.

• 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.

• Wied's Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma aurifrons

  This manakin occurs in moist forests of eastern Brazil. Its face and chest are olive-gray, with a pale lemon belly.

• Australian Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes

  This Australian rat has rounded ears and a relatively short tail. It is nocturnal and uses the understorey, with burrows under logs or rocks.

• Andaman Barn Owl Tyto deroepstorffi

  A barn owl endemic to the Andaman Islands. It is nocturnal, and a 2013 field paper recorded an individual roosting in a cave on an island in Middle Andaman.

• North American Water Vole Microtus richardsoni

  A vole that lives near water in western North American mountains. It burrows by water and is mostly active at night, though daytime activity has also been recorded.

• Black-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis margaritae

  The Black-headed Parrotbill is recorded in southern Annam, in southern Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. It has a black cap and pale cheek area, and small flocks move through scrub along forest edges from lower vegetation to the canopy.

• Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx

  A monkey of equatorial African rainforests, with adult males known for brightly coloured faces.

• White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis

  The White-thighed Hornbill is a large hornbill of lowland forests in western and central Africa. It feeds mainly on fruit in the canopy and often travels in small groups.

• Finlayson's Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii

  Finlayson's squirrel has a wide range of coat colors, including white, red, and black. In its native range it lives in wooded places and spends most of its time in trees.

• Greater Antillean Bullfinch Melopyrrha violacea

  This resident tanager occurs in the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. BirdLife lists records from 0–2,000 m.

• Alcathoe Myotis Myotis (Myotis) alcathoe

  This small whiskered bat is found in damp deciduous woodland, often near water.

• Peruvian Tyrannulet Zimmerius viridiflavus

  This small tyrant flycatcher lives in Peru's montane forests. Its yellow face, eyebrow, and washed-yellow underparts stand out as it forages high in the forest.

• Impala Aepyceros melampus

  The impala is a reddish-brown antelope inhabiting African grasslands and woodland.

• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

  A bunting that stays on farmland in Britain year-round; males have a bright yellow head.

• Davies’s Big-eared Bat Glyphonycteris daviesi

  Davies’s big-eared bat is a relatively large leaf-nosed bat from humid forests of Central and South America. It is the largest species in its genus, but its food habits are not well documented.

• Western Fieldwren Calamanthus montanellus

  Western Fieldwren is recorded from the Stirling Range in Western Australia. Milligan's original account describes it running through stony ground and singing from the ground or low bushes.

• Blanford's Madromys Madromys blanfordi

  Surveys in Gujarat, western India, recorded Blanford's Madromys at multiple sites in 2015–2016. White hairs at the tail tip help distinguish its appearance.

• Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus

  This cotinga ranges through the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It has a grey body, dark head, wings, and tail, a brown crest that it rarely raises, bright red eyes, and a white tail band visible in flight.