Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus

  

  The Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike lives in forests and at forest edges in Southeast Asia. Males are black and white, while females have browner upperparts.

• Cactus Deermouse Peromyscus eremicus

  The Cactus Deermouse is a small mouse with a tail longer than its body. It lives in deserts and dry areas and is active at night.

• Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia

  This lark of tropical Africa lives in open, often dry country and searches the ground for invertebrates.

• Alpine Field Mouse Apodemus alpicola

  An Alpine mouse with limited records in Italy; its ecology is still not well documented.

• Choco Screech Owl Megascops centralis

  The Choco Screech-Owl is a small owl found from Panama through Colombia to western Ecuador. It occurs in gray and rufous phases, and a row of white spots is visible on the folded wing.

• Formosan Serow Capricornis swinhoei

  A serow native to the mountains of Taiwan that feeds on young leaves and buds.

• Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops

  The Ashy-faced Owl has a gray facial disk and tawny plumage marked with darker spots. It takes small mammals and other prey.

• Common Noctule Nyctalus noctula

  A large bat with reddish-brown fur and rounded ears. In Britain, it roosts in tree holes and emerges early in the evening to catch insects.

• Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus

  The Pheasant Cuckoo has a long tail and rufous crest and searches for food on the forest floor.

• Gabon Talapoin Miopithecus ogouensis

  The northern talapoin is one of Africa's smallest monkeys and lives in lowland forest near rivers and lakes. It is active by day and forages for fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus

  The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is a tiny barbet marked by a yellow forehead. It eats mistletoe and other fruits in broadleaved woodland, and both sexes excavate a nest hole in a dead branch.

• Busuanga Squirrel Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hoogstraali

  The Busuanga Squirrel lives in forests on islands of the Calamian group in the Philippines. Its back is brown with pale-brown hair tips, and its abdomen is pale brown. Accounts also report records in trees and on the ground.

• Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana

  This very small cisticola occurs in dry scrub and grassland in East Africa. It is about 9–10 cm long and feeds on small invertebrates near the ground.

• Tschudi's Tailless Bat Anoura peruana

  This nectar-feeding bat occurs in the Andes. A 2019 study in the La Paz Valley found pollen and fecal evidence suggesting that it feeds on 14 locally native or cultivated plant species. That evidence comes from one Bolivian valley.

• Bare-throated Whistler Pachycephala nudigula

  The Bare-throated Whistler lives in forests and mountains on Sumbawa and Flores in Indonesia. Males have a bare red patch low on the throat.

• Sonoma Tree Vole Arborimus pomo

  The Sonoma tree vole is arboreal and associated with mature forests. It has a reddish-brown back, gray and rusty tones underneath, and a thick, furred tail.

• Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

  A large heron with a typical blue-gray plumage and long legs. It waits for prey near water and strikes quickly with its neck.

• Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat Rattus pelurus

  The Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat has long, coarse gray-brown fur with black guard hairs and soft spines, and a gray underside. At the time of publication, HMW knew it only from the type series.

• Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris

  Chestnut and olive feathers, a dark face, and silvery ear patches mark this small bird. It forms flocks in woodland and eats fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Beisa Oryx beisa

  An antelope of dry East African habitats. Both sexes have long horns, and it eats grasses and leaves.

• Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi

  The Clay-colored Robin is a thrush widespread in Central America. It visits forest edges, plantations, and gardens, where it eats fruit and small animals.

• Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii

  The red bat is a medium-sized bat with reddish or grayish fur. In Argentina it roosts among foliage and catches insects while flying.

• Red-throated Parrot-Finch Erythrura psittacea

  The Red-throated Parrotfinch is a small bird found only in New Caledonia. Its red face and tail contrast with its green body.

• Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus ascanius

  This monkey is marked by a white nose spot and pale cheek fur on a black face; chestnut fur beneath its tail is another distinctive feature.