Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae

  

  This red-billed hornbill form was recorded in central and southern Tanzania. Its original description named ruahae as a subspecies of Tockus erythrorhynchus.

• Indian Desert Gerbil Meriones (Cheliones) hurrianae

  This gerbil is common in India’s arid zone. It digs burrows, is mainly active by day, and has a black tuft at the end of its tail.

• Spotted Wood Quail Odontophorus guttatus

  The Spotted Wood Quail lives in forests from southeastern Mexico into Central America. It walks on the ground searching for seeds and insects.

• Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba

  This small bat's fur ranges from gray to white. It has a yellow leaf-shaped nose and spends the day in a shelter made from a folded leaf.

• Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus

  A shrike whose adult male has a black face mask and orange head, while females and young birds are browner.

• Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah

  The scimitar-horned oryx is an antelope of arid lands, with a pale coat and long, backward-curving horns.

• Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea

  The Indian Nuthatch has a gray back and chestnut underparts and lives in forests and woodland across parts of India. It is sometimes seen in pairs or family groups.

• Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana

  A monkey of montane forests in central and western China; leaves are a major part of its diet, alongside seeds and fruit.

• Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii

  The Golden-throated Barbet has a green body, golden throat, and red forehead. It feeds on fruit, including figs, in mountain forests.

• Guayaquil Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) stramineus

  This squirrel lives in forests from southwestern Ecuador to northern Peru. Its coat has different forms in lowland and highland areas.

• Rufous-headed Tailorbird Phyllergates heterolaemus

  This tailorbird was described from a specimen collected on Mount Apo, Mindanao. The original account describes one adult of undetermined sex and notes that it was found among bushes.

• Southern Water Vole Arvicola sapidus

  The southern water vole is a semi-aquatic rodent. It eats plants along riverbanks and digs burrows in soft, vegetated banks.

• Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris

  The Banded Kestrel is a diurnal falcon found only in Madagascar. It has horizontal barring from the throat to the belly and hunts small reptiles and insects.

• Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi

  Gould's Long-eared Bat has long ears and short, broad wings. It roosts in tree hollows and catches insects close to the ground.

• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

  The adult Kelp Gull is a large gull with a blackish back and dull greenish-yellow legs. It is native mainly to Southern Hemisphere coasts and also occurs around lakes, rivers and saltwater wetlands.

• Common Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster

  The common water rat is a large rodent adapted to life near water. It has webbed feet and a thick tail with a white tip.

• Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni

  This bulbul ranges across central and southern Indochina and the Malay Peninsula. It is mostly brown with olive-yellow wings and tail and distinctive yellow stripes on the face and upper throat.

• Merriam's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga mutica

  This bat has brown back fur with whitish bases, and its tongue tip may show even at rest. It ranges from Mexico through Central America to northern and western Colombia.

• Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala

  The Yellow-crowned Amazon is a green parrot with yellow on its head. The extent of yellow varies among subspecies.

• Serengeti White-bearded Wildebeest Connochaetes mearnsi

  The Serengeti White-bearded Wildebeest, Connochaetes mearnsi, is restricted to the Serengeti–Mara ecosystem of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. It is a small, dark form with a longer tail and a hanging mane. Most of the population moves seasonally in the dry season.

• Sao Tome Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrochalybeia

  The Sao Tome Paradise Flycatcher is found only on São Tomé. It uses forest understory and midstory, including shaded lowland cocoa plantations, and has been recorded catching insects over rivers.

• Mitered Langur Presbytis mitrata

  Presbytis mitrata is a monkey of southern Sumatra. It feeds mainly on leaves and is arboreal. Its coat varies, so individuals do not all look alike.

• Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis

  The southern form lives on lakes in Argentina and Chile, eating small aquatic animals.

• Small Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus punctatus

  This squirrel has dark, soft fur and a long ringed tail. In West Africa, it is recorded in rainforest and forests within forest–savanna mosaics.