Meet the world’s animals.

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• Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis

  

  This large nocturnal bird has a broad bill and a long tail. It rests by day near forest edges, and its gray-brown plumage and barring blend with its surroundings.

• Kemp's Akodont Deltamys kempi

  This small mouse ranges from southern Brazil through Uruguay to northeastern Argentina. It has been recorded in coastal wetlands and grasslands.

• Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus

  A raptor of East African highlands, it searches for prey while gliding above wooded slopes.

• Northern Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) septentrionalis

  The Northern Bat is a North American bat with long ears. It forages in forests during the warmer months and hibernates in caves or mines in winter.

• Caatinga Cacholote Pseudoseisura cristata

  The Caatinga Cacholote lives in the dry northeast of Brazil. It is bright reddish brown, with a prominent crest and yellow iris. Pairs forage on the ground for insects and plant matter in Caatinga woodland and scrub.

• Jamaican Fig-eating Bat Ariteus flavescens

  This bat is endemic to Jamaica. It has a shortened snout and white shoulder spots, occurs widely in forests, and roosts in trees.

• Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus

  This small vireo is endemic to Mexico. Adults are mainly olive and yellow, with a yellow line above the eye.

• Lesser Kudu Ammelaphus imberbis

  It lives in dry scrub and woodland in northeastern Africa and feeds mainly at dawn and dusk. White stripes line its sides; males are grayish brown and females reddish brown.

• Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus

  This brown tinamou has a round black patch on its crown and red legs. Females have crossbars on the back.

• Single-Striped Lemniscomys Lemniscomys rosalia

  The single-striped lemniscomys is a grassland mouse with one dark line along its back. A southern African assessment reports that it uses places with tall grass cover.

• White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera

  The White-winged Lark is a lark whose white wing patches stand out in flight. It uses dry steppe and fields, and may gather in flocks outside the breeding season.

• Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii

  Tamiops rodolphii has been recorded in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. It has dark and pale stripes on the back and head and uses the understory and lower canopy.

• Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba

  In breeding plumage, the Pigeon Guillemot is black with white wing patches and bright red feet. It dives for food near rocky shores.

• Moustached Guenon Cercopithecus cephus

  The moustached guenon is a monkey with a blue-white stripe below its nose and bright yellow whiskers. It mainly eats fruit and also takes seeds, leaves, and insects in the forest.

• Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffiniana

  Mostly white with yellow and orange in its plumage, this cockatoo is native to Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands.

• Reed Vole Microtus (Alexandromys) fortis

  A large vole associated with wet grasslands. Seasonal movements in the Dongting Lake area have been studied in relation to changing lake levels.

• Collared Trogon Trogon collaris

  The Collared Trogon lives in humid forests of Central and South America and eats insects and fruit. It may excavate a nest cavity in decayed wood.

• Pond Bat Myotis (Myotis) dasycneme

  This bat catches food while flying close to the water surface. Records from northwestern Germany include seasonal passage and wintering.

• Burmese Yuhina Yuhina humilis

  It lives in forests in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand, moving in small groups to feed on fruit, nectar and insects.

• California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus

  This bat has large ears and eyes and roosts in desert caves and abandoned mines. It flies low at night to catch insects.

• Gray Falcon Falco hypoleucos

  A pale gray falcon with faint dark streaks on its white underside and feathered legs, it occurs in inland Australia.

• Golden Takin Budorcas bedfordi

  The golden takin lives in the Qinling Mountains of central China. Adult males have long, shaggy coats ranging from creamy white to golden yellow, with especially golden hair on the neck and chest.

• African Pitta Pitta angolensis

  Both sexes have vivid green, blue, yellow, and red plumage, yet hide among thickets and leaf litter. Birds that migrate to southern Africa to breed forage for invertebrates in riverine woodland.

• Central Australian Rock Rat Zyzomys pedunculatus

  The central Australian rock rat lives among rocky sites in central Australia. Records describe a thick tail and a diet based mainly on seeds.