Meet the world’s animals.

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• Neumann's Arvicanthis Arvicanthis neumanni

  

  Neumann’s Arvicanthis is a medium-sized rodent included in a key to agricultural small mammals of northeastern Africa. It is active by day and occurs in farmland.

• Grey-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus

  This small warbler occurs in the Philippines. It is greyish overall and mainly searches for insects in forest tangles and low scrub.

• Maroon Langur Presbytis rubicunda

  The maroon langur is a leaf monkey of Borneo and the Karimata Islands. Its coat ranges from reddish brown to golden, and it feeds on forest plants.

• Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs along the Pacific side of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It forages in humid forest understory.

• Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius

  A stocky, goat-like animal of the highlands of southern India.

• Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula

  This tapaculo inhabits temperate forests in Chile and Argentina. A Chilean government assessment lists records from several southern regions of Chile.

• Particolored Flying Squirrel Hylopetes alboniger

  This squirrel glides among trees and uses tree hollows. A Phu Quoc Island survey found four animals—an adult female and male and two young males—in one hollow.

• Wallace's Fruit Dove Ptilinopus wallacii

  This dove ranges from the Moluccas to the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands and nearby regions. Red and white on the head contrasts with green wings, and it feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Big-eared Woolly Bat Chrotopterus auritus

  The big-eared woolly bat is a large bat with long dark-brown fur and large ears. It is active at night and catches small vertebrates and insects.

• Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris

  In Hong Kong it flies over wetlands and fishponds. In Hunan, China, it occupies caves and uses clicks in their dark interiors.

• Northern Pygmy Mouse Baiomys taylori

  This small mouse lives in grassy cover from the Mexican lowlands north into southern Texas.

• Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis

  This puffbird inhabits humid forests from Venezuela into Colombia. It searches for invertebrates in the forest understory and near edges.

• Large Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri

  The Large Pied Bat is an eastern Australian bat associated with cliffs and caves. It has glossy black fur, long ears, and a white V-shaped fringe beneath the wings and tail membrane.

• Canvasback Aythya valisineria

  A diving duck that breeds on North American lakes and marshes. In winter it gathers on fresh and coastal waters to find aquatic plant roots and tubers.

• Buffoon Lemniscomys Lemniscomys macculus

  This striped grass mouse was common at a savanna study site in Ethiopia. Broken pale stripes run along its flanks.

• Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul

  The male has a striking red crest and differs greatly in color from the female; both forage on the forest floor.

• Mona Monkey Cercopithecus mona

  The mona monkey is an arboreal monkey of West and Central African forests. It searches for food in the middle and upper parts of trees.

• Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus

  The Collared Aracari is a toucan relative with a bright yellow belly and red rump. It moves through trees in small flocks and eats fruits, insects, and other foods.

• Goitered Gazelle Gazella subgutturosa

  The goitered gazelle lives in dry grasslands and deserts across a broad area from Central Asia to the Middle East. Its social grouping changes with the season.

• Saker Falcon Falco cherrug

  A large falcon of dry grassland and semi-desert, with plumage that varies in colour.

• Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel Notocitellus annulatus

  This ground squirrel lives in forests along Mexico’s Pacific coast. It is active in the morning and climbs shrubs and trees as well as using the ground.

• Sharp-tailed Ibis Cercibis oxycerca

  This large ibis has glossy black plumage and a long tail. In the Venezuelan Llanos, its food changes between dry and wet seasons.

• Cozumelan Golden Bat Mimon cozumelae

  Cozumelan golden bats have been reported mainly in Central America. Coat color alone may not separate them reliably from close relatives, and one Belize specimen is the basis for a published DNA diet record.

• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos

  The male Pine Bunting is notable for its white head and chestnut coloring. The species has separate breeding areas in Asia, and migration differs between subspecies.