Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yucatan Nightjar Antrostomus badius

  

  The Yucatan Nightjar lives in forests and at forest edges on the Yucatán Peninsula. Its camouflaged plumage helps it remain difficult to see as it hunts from perches.

• Davis's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma evotis

  Davis’s Round-eared Bat is recorded in lowlands from southern Mexico to northeastern Honduras. It flies in the forest understory and feeds mainly on insects.

• Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus

  A sandgrouse of dry highland plains. The male has a sandy back and white belly, while the female has more barred plumage.

• Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys (Lophuromys) sikapusi

  The rusty-bellied brush-furred rat is recorded in West Africa. A coastal Guinea study examined whether it may move from forest and orchards into cultivated land seasonally.

• African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus

  The African Pipit is a ground-dwelling bird with streaked brown plumage and a pale eyebrow. It walks through grassland in search of small invertebrates.

• Palmer's Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) palmeri

  This chipmunk is restricted to the Spring Mountains of Nevada. It is often found in high-elevation conifer forests and forages on canyon floors and rocky outcrops.

• African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus

  The African Golden Oriole breeds in tree-rich savannas south of the Sahara and moves seasonally between regions.

• Highlands Colilargo Oligoryzomys rupestris

  This rodent is recorded in the highland Cerrado of central Brazil. In the original study it was captured only in rocky highland grassland or along the edge of adjacent vegetation.

• New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae

  The New Zealand Falcon is endemic to New Zealand. Its regional forms differ in size and color, from a small dark forest form to a larger, paler form in dry open country.

• Derby Eland Taurotragus derbianus

  A large antelope of western and central Africa's savannas and sparse woodlands. Its sandy-gray coat has pale vertical side stripes, and it feeds in grassland during cooler mornings and evenings. The current MDD name is Tragelaphus derbianus.

• Purple-crowned Fairywren Malurus coronatus

  In breeding plumage, the male of the western subspecies has a purple crown and blue tail. The subspecies lives in thick river-edge vegetation from the Victoria River catchment to the northern Kimberley.

• 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.

• Red Bishop Euplectes orix

  The Red Bishop is a southern African bird whose breeding males turn red and black. It gathers in grassland and waterside reed beds and feeds on seeds and insects.

• Hooded Leaf Monkey Semnopithecus johnii

  The Nilgiri langur lives in the Western Ghats of southern India and mainly eats leaves. Its coat is usually glossy black, with a yellowish-brown head.

• Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis

  The Black-billed Amazon is a Jamaica-endemic parrot whose red wing feathers stand out against its green body. It gathers in flocks in the forest canopy and eats fruits and seeds.

• Cuban Fig-eating Bat Phyllops falcatus

  The Cuban fig-eating bat is a medium-sized bat recorded in Cuba and on Hispaniola. It has white shoulder patches, while information about its food comes from only a few observations of fruit and seeds.

• Tucuman Mountain Finch Poospiza baeri

  This finch occurs in the Tucuman Mountain area of Argentina and Bolivia. Its grayish body is marked with orange-rufous on the forehead, eyebrow, and throat.

• Cape York Rat Rattus leucopus

  The Cape York Rat is a small rodent from the Cape York Peninsula in northeastern Australia. A study found it active on the ground at night and nesting communally in burrows.

• Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala

  The summer male has a dark greenish-gray head and black lores and throat. It uses woodland and scrub in different seasons and moves between breeding and wintering areas, including within Japan.

• Piute Ground Squirrel Urocitellus mollis

  The Piute ground squirrel ranges around the Great Basin and nearby arid regions. It has an unstriped back and inconspicuous ears and tail.

• Edwards's Fig Parrot Psittaculirostris edwardsii

  The adult male has red cheeks and throat and a blue-black breast band. Pairs and flocks visit fruiting trees in New Guinea.

• Caatinga Laucha Calomys expulsus

  The Caatinga Laucha is a vesper mouse from central and northeastern Brazil. It occurs in open grasslands and forest edges in the Cerrado and Caatinga, as well as cultivated fields, and lives on the ground and eats seeds.

• Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla

  The male has a yellow head and olive back. It lives in the lower growth of Andean forest and feeds on fruit.

• Hirola Beatragus hunteri

  The hirola is an antelope of dry grasslands in northeastern Kenya and adjacent areas. A white marking around the eyes resembles a mask, and it selectively grazes short grasses.