Meet the world’s animals.

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• Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius

  

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

• 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.

• Horse-tailed Squirrel Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus

  This diurnal squirrel occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Its back is reddish brown, its head and shoulders are grey, and its tail has alternating dark and grey bands.

• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor

  This cuckooshrike occurs in Australia. Breeding males show a sharp black-and-white pattern, and the species searches for insects in open woodland and scrub.

• 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.

• Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus

  The Chinese Grey Shrike is widespread in Northeast Asia and moves to southern China for the winter. Its large white wing slash differs from the wing pattern of the separate Giant Shrike.

• Rock Mouse Peromyscus difficilis

  The Rock Mouse is listed from Mexico in the current mammal database. A 2010 species account describes large ears and a bicolored tail slightly longer than the head and body.

• Tasmanian Thornbill Acanthiza ewingii

  The Tasmanian Thornbill is a small brown bird found on Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. Its white undertail helps distinguish it from a similar thornbill.

• Van Gelder's Bat Bauerus dubiaquercus

  This bat is notable for its large ears and spiral-shaped nostrils. In Mexico, records come from several forest types.

• White-cheeked starling Spodiopsar cineraceus

  A bird of settlements and towns with trees in East Asia. In Japan, flocks gather at shared roosts after breeding.

• Paulina’s Limestone Rat Saxatilomys paulinae

  Paulina’s limestone rat was described from a karst region in Khammouane Province, central Laos. The original account records captures on rocky forested slopes among degraded deciduous forest, scrub and bamboo.

• White-eared Catbird Ailuroedus buccoides

  White-eared Catbirds live in forests in northwestern New Guinea and nearby islands. Their green backs and white ear patches stand out, and they eat fruit and insects.

• 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.

• Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea

  A bird found in Japanese mountain woodland. It has a short tail and may perch on trees with its head pointing down.

• 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.

• Short-tailed Parrotbill Suthora davidiana

  The Short-tailed Parrotbill has a very short tail and a deep-based bill. It moves quickly through bamboo and forest edges, feeding on small larvae and plant matter.

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel Urocitellus undulatus

  The long-tailed ground squirrel is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asia. A Mongolian study found several genetically distinct regional groups.

• Yellow-crested cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea

  A white cockatoo from Indonesia, with a yellow crest that can be raised.

• Geoffroy's Tailless Bat Anoura geoffroyi

  This bat is brown above and gray-brown below, sometimes with silvery gray on the neck and shoulders. It eats fruit, nectar, pollen, and insects.

• Madagascan Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii

  The Madagascar Grebe is a small diving bird endemic to Madagascar. In breeding plumage it has a black head and reddish-brown sides to the upper neck.

• Dark Bolo Mouse Necromys obscurus

  The dark bolo mouse is recorded in separated areas of eastern Argentina and coastal Uruguay. It uses grassland and damp shore habitats and is often active on the ground by day.

• Karoo Bustard Heterotetrax vigorsii

  The Karoo Bustard has a gray-brown body, a black throat, and a black patch on the nape. It walks through stony Karoo shrubland while foraging.

• Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat Murina ryukyuana

  The Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat lives on Japan's southwestern islands. It has a tubular nose and dark fur, and uses tree cavities or dry leaves as daytime roosts.

• Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

  It has long wings with white patches and hunts flying insects at dusk and dawn. It lays its eggs on open ground or flat gravel rooftops.