Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mexican Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus mexicanus

  

  The Mexican big-eared bat is a nocturnal bat with long ears. It occurs in Mexico’s highlands and eats insects, although detailed diet studies remain limited.

• Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua

  The Namaqua Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird of dry southwestern Africa. It eats seeds, and males carry water to chicks in their belly feathers.

• Common Tent-making Bat Uroderma bilobatum

  The common tent-making bat chews leaf veins to create a resting place beneath a drooping leaf. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis

  This large ground bird has a white face and belly and long legs. Males have black on the head, while females have a paler brown neck.

• Gelada Theropithecus gelada

  A grass-eating monkey of the Ethiopian highlands.

• Speckled Spinetail Thripophaga gutturata

  The Speckled Spinetail lives in riverside and lowland forests on the Amazonian side of the Andes. It is spotted below and is reported to eat mainly spiders and cockroaches.

• Siberian ibex Capra sibirica

  A wild goat of Central Asian mountain ranges, both sexes have horns, but those of males grow especially long and large.

• Red-vented Barbet Psilopogon lagrandieri

  The Red-vented Barbet inhabits forests in Laos and Vietnam. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a blue line above the eye, red undertail coverts, and reddish bristles at the base of the bill.

• Large North African Gerbil Dipodillus (Petteromys) campestris

  This large gerbil ranges across North Africa. It has reddish-brown upper fur, a white underside, and a long tail with a dark tuft. The Spanish ministry account records it in rocky and open Mediterranean habitats.

• Razorbill Alca torda

  In breeding plumage, this seabird is black above and white below. In Britain and Ireland, it breeds in colonies on coastal cliffs.

• Southern Big-eared Mouse Loxodontomys micropus

  The southern big-eared mouse is a sturdy rodent of southern South America. It lives in grasslands and forests and feeds mainly on plants.

• Great Snipe Gallinago media

  The Great Snipe is a medium-sized wader that breeds from northern Europe east into Russia and winters in tropical Africa.

• Gray-headed Flying Squirrel Petaurista caniceps

  This flying squirrel ranges from the eastern Himalaya into southwestern China. Specialist accounts describe a gray head and an unspotted back.

• African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster

  This medium-large eagle is profiled in a guide to Kruger National Park. Pairs fly over wooded savanna and hunt birds and small mammals.

• Western Yellow Bat Dasypterus xanthinus

  This bat occurs in dry parts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. Its back is pale yellow, and it lacks a dark facial mask.

• White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis

  Males stand out for a white throat and orange-red underparts. The species breeds in dry uplands and scrub of Southwest Asia and migrates to East Africa.

• Cuban Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla nana

  The Cuban fruit-eating bat roosts in caves in Cuba. This account focuses on its Cuban cave habitat and appearance.

• Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus

  This small hummingbird is found only on Puerto Rico, mainly in mountain forests and shade-grown coffee plantations.

• Gray-shanked Douc Pygathrix cinerea

  The gray-shanked douc lives in forests of Vietnam's Central Highlands. It has a gray coat, white cheek fur, and an orange collar marking, and feeds on young leaves in trees.

• Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens

  The Eastern Wood-Pewee is a small bird of eastern North American forests that waits on a perch and catches flying insects.

• Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx

  The Arabian oryx is a white antelope with dark markings on its face and legs.

• Bourke's Parrot Neopsephotus bourkii

  Bourke's Parrot is a small parrot of dry scrub in inland Australia. It feeds on seeds on the ground.

• Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus (Progerbillurus) paeba

  This small gerbil has fur on the soles of its feet. It lives in dry parts of southern Africa and uses burrows beneath grass or shrubs.

• Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine

  The Sooty-capped Babbler has a dark cap that contrasts with its brown body. It moves close to the forest floor in Bornean lowland forest while searching for insects.