Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale

  

  A bird that searches near the ground in dry scrub and desert washes, it has a long downcurved bill and cinnamon under the tail.

• Sowell's Short-tailed Bat Carollia sowelli

  This Central American fruit-eating bat has soft gray-brown fur and a small white stripe on its head. It eats fruits including those of Piper plants.

• Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer

  This sunbird is recorded in wooded and tall-scrub habitats in southern Africa. A 1997 atlas describes the male as having a broader red breast band and a heavier bill than the smaller related species.

• Red-fronted Gazelle Eudorcas rufifrons

  The red-fronted gazelle has a reddish forehead. This account follows E. rufifrons west of the Nile and keeps eastern related gazelles separate.

• Large-footed Finch Pezopetes capitalis

  The Large-footed Finch inhabits mountain forest and páramo in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its large, powerful feet stand out, and it forages on or near the ground.

• Assam Macaque Macaca assamensis

  Its coat varies from golden brown to dark brown, and the fur on its back is dense. It uses both trees and the ground.

• Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius

  A large stork with a pinkish head and neck, a white neck ruff, and a hanging pouch on the chest.

• Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi

  The Taiwan subspecies, Dremomys pernyi owstoni, has a yellow belly and long snout. It searches the ground by day for fallen fruit and seeds.

• Dark-winged Miner Geositta saxicolina

  A ground-foraging bird restricted to a part of central Peru at 4,000–4,900 m. In flight, a dark band shows across its pale tail.

• Golden Mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli

  This small mouse has golden upper fur, a white underside and feet, and a tail it can use while climbing.

• Raso Lark Alauda razae

  The Raso Lark is a small lark known from Raso Islet in Cabo Verde. In 2018, BirdLife reported a translocation to Santa Luzia, part of its historical range.

• 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 Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi

  The White-tailed Goldenthroat has metallic green upperparts and a white-tipped tail. In eastern Colombia it uses savannas, grasslands, and forest edges, feeding on nectar and sometimes hovering at flowers.

• Plains Pseudomys Pseudomys australis

  A mouse of Australia’s arid zone. Recent records are concentrated on stony plains in South Australia, with scattered records in the Northern Territory and Queensland.

• Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata

  The Spectacled Warbler occurs around the Mediterranean and on Macaronesian islands. Breeding males have a conspicuous white eye ring, and the species uses dry scrub.

• 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.

• Masked Trogon Trogon personatus

  Several subspecies occur in Central and South American mountains. Plumage varies by sex and region; the adult male is used as an example.

• Dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas

  A gazelle of deserts and dry grassland that feeds on a variety of plants.

• Tytler's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri

  Tytler's Leaf Warbler has a noticeable eyebrow, a long slender bill, and a short tail. It breeds in coniferous forest in the northwestern Himalayas and winters in Myanmar.

• Malbrouck Chlorocebus cynosuros

  This savanna monkey occurs in central and southern Africa. Its species profile highlights open woodland with grasses and also lists riverine and marsh forests and human-modified areas.

• Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

  This plover ranges from Mexico through Central America to central Argentina and central Chile. Adults have a black breast band.

• Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

  The thirteen-lined ground squirrel has alternating dark and light stripes, with spots in the dark stripes. In Texas it uses underground burrows in grassland and pasture, and its food changes with the season.

• Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash

  This African ibis probes the soil for small prey with its long, downcurved bill. It is also known for its loud calls.

• Collared Lemming Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

  This stocky Arctic lemming has a thick coat that changes with the seasons, becoming white in winter.