Meet the world’s animals.

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• Whitehead's Sundaic Maxomys Maxomys whiteheadi

  

  Whitehead's Sundaic Maxomys ranges from the Malay Peninsula through Sumatra to Borneo. It is mainly nocturnal and terrestrial, and has short spines mixed into the fur on its back.

• Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus

  An eagle with a large head and broad wings. It hovers to search for snakes and lizards on the ground.

• Slender-horned Gazelle Gazella leptoceros

  The slender-horned gazelle is marked by its pale sandy coat and long, slender horns in both sexes. It lives among the dry dunes of the northern Sahara.

• Rufous-necked Puffbird Malacoptila rufa

  This puffbird lives in Amazonian lowland forest. Its gray head, rufous neck, and white crescent on the chest stand out; it is recorded most often in the understory of várzea forest.

• White-cheeked Squirrel Prosciurillus leucomus

  The white-cheeked squirrel lives in forests on the northern Sulawesi Peninsula and Lembeh Island. It is active by day, foraging in the canopy for soft fruits and insects.

• Pohnpei Fantail Rhipidura kubaryi

  This fantail lives on Pohnpei and nearby larger lagoon islands in Micronesia. It moves through forest while fanning or wagging its white-tipped tail.

• Lesser Mouse-eared Bat Myotis (Myotis) blythii

  The lesser mouse-eared bat has a narrow, pointed muzzle and brown-grey fur on its back. It hunts insects over warm, open grassland and other open places.

• Moustached Laughingthrush Ianthocincla cineracea

  The Moustached Laughingthrush inhabits high-elevation forest and humid montane scrub in the eastern Himalayan region. It has a black crown and nape, a broad white eyebrow, and a black moustache-like cheek stripe.

• Black-eared Deermouse Peromyscus melanotis

  The Black-eared Deermouse is a small mouse found mainly in Mexico's highlands, with records in the higher elevations of southern Arizona. It emerges from burrows at night and feeds mostly on seeds and insects.

• Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Arizelocichla milanjensis

  This bulbul lives in the mountains of southern Malawi, western Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. It is about 19 cm long and uses montane and submontane forest, riverine woodland and scrub.

• Pale-thighed Langur Presbytis siamensis

  This leaf monkey lives in forests from southernmost Thailand across Peninsular Malaysia. Its greyish coat and long tail are noticeable features.

• Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata

  The Barred Rail occurs in the Philippines and Indonesia and uses wet grassland and wetlands. Its short cocked tail and rufous chest band help identify it.

• Pallas's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina

  A bat that probes flowers with a long, extendable tongue. It visits flowers at night and eats nectar, pollen, fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Snow-capped Manakin Lepidothrix nattereri

  The Snow-capped Manakin lives in lowland humid forest in Brazil and Bolivia. Males are marked by white on the crown, nape, and rump.

• Australian Long-haired Rat Rattus villosissimus

  This rat lives in arid Australia. Its numbers can rise after wet periods and then fall as food and water decline.

• Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha

  The Fairy Pitta is a brightly colored migrant that breeds in Taiwan's low-elevation, damp broadleaf forests in summer. It searches the ground for insects and earthworms.

• Soemmerring's gazelle Nanger soemmerringii

  Soemmerring's gazelle is a gazelle of the dry grasslands and scrub of the Horn of Africa.

• Grosbeak Starling Scissirostrum dubium

  This starling is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. It lives mostly in tropical lowlands and lightly wooded forest and excavates nest cavities in rotting or dying trunks.

• Horse-tailed Squirrel Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus

  This diurnal squirrel occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Its back is reddish brown, its head and shoulders are grey, and its tail has alternating dark and grey bands.

• White-bellied Dacnis Dacnis albiventris

  The White-bellied Dacnis forages in the canopy of mature terra firme forest, which is not seasonally flooded. Males have blue heads and breasts with white bellies; females have greenish upperparts and yellowish underparts.

• Velvety Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) simus

  The velvety myotis is a South American bat with short, dense reddish fur. It searches for insects soon after sunset and roosts in tree holes, caves, and other sheltered places.

• Black-capped Sparrow Arremon abeillei

  This sparrow occurs in the understory of humid Andean forests and tall scrub. Its black head and broad white eyebrow stand out, and mantle color varies between subspecies.

• Olive Grass Mouse Abrothrix olivaceus

  This small rodent varies in color across its range, from dark or olive brown to gray or pale ochre. It is partly active by day, builds grass nests, and climbs well.

• Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca

  The Sooty Albatross is a large seabird with dusky plumage that ranges over the South Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.