Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sumatran Drongo Dicrurus sumatranus

  

  The Sumatran Drongo lives in humid forests on Sumatra and catches insects by sallying from a perch. This account places the former Mentawai subspecies with Hair-crested Drongo.

• Welwitch's bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) welwitschii

  Welwitch's bat has a netlike pattern in its wing membrane. Records are scattered across a broad part of Africa.

• Golden Myna Mino anais

  The Golden Myna has a black head and back with a broad orange-yellow collar along the sides of the neck. It forages for fruit in the canopy of New Guinea's lowland forests.

• Fawn-footed Melomys Melomys cervinipes

  This small rat lives in forests of eastern Australia. Coat color varies with age; it has pale feet and a long, mosaic-patterned tail.

• Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris

  This medium-sized owl lives in grassland and has long legs that project beyond the tail in flight.

• Silky Short-tailed Bat Carollia brevicaudum

  Carollia brevicauda occurs across parts of Central and South America. A study in the Colombian Andes followed one colony that used an artificial refuge.

• Grey-collared Oriole Oriolus forsteni

  The Grey-collared Oriole is endemic to Seram in Indonesia’s southern Moluccan Islands. It uses primary forest from lowlands to mountains, foraging from the canopy to the middle storey.

• Zambezi Kudu Strepsiceros zambesiensis

  This is a historical form of kudu described from specimens north of the Zambezi River in 1894. The account records an adult male and female, a juvenile, and a fetus from Leschumo Forest.

• Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne

  This bird lives in moist grassland. The breeding male has a long tail, while females and males outside the breeding season are brown and streaked.

• Oustalet's Red Colobus Piliocolobus oustaleti

  Its coat color varies by region, with the back and limbs darker than the underside. Groups in Ngotto Forest in the Central African Republic have also been observed feeding on aquatic plants.

• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus

  The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater is a green bee-eater with bright blue cheeks. In Middle Eastern breeding areas it uses semidesert near water and digs a nesting tunnel in sandy banks.

• Prevost’s Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii

  Prevost’s squirrel is a diurnal, tree-dwelling squirrel whose main food is fruit. Its species account records it in lowland and secondary forest as well as plantations.

• Bukidnon Woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis

  This woodcock inhabits montane and mossy montane forest in the Philippines, as well as adjacent clearings. Records are from northern and central Luzon and mountains on Mindanao.

• Canyon Deermouse Peromyscus crinitus

  The Canyon Deermouse is a small rodent of rocky, dry country. Its back can range from brown to gray, and it is active at night.

• Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus

  Male Brewer's Blackbirds are glossy black with yellow eyes, while females are brown. The species uses open habitats from grasslands to parks and city streets.

• Felten's Myotis Myotis (Myotis) punicus

  Felten’s myotis occurs in northwestern Africa and several Mediterranean islands. It forages over semi-desert and sparsely vegetated areas and roosts underground.

• Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa

  This heron changes its head and breast plumage between breeding and nonbreeding seasons. Its white wings stand out in flight, and it moves within Southeast Asia.

• Kinabalu Rat Rattus baluensis

  The Kinabalu rat lives above 2,000 m in Sabah, northern Borneo. It has been observed licking nectar from a pitcher plant and leaving droppings inside its pitchers.

• Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis

  The Buffy Pipit lives in open grassland and searches the ground for insects and seeds. It occurs widely across southern Africa.

• Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) planirostris

  This fruit-eating bat is widespread in tropical South America. Its pale facial stripes are relatively fine, and figs are among its preferred foods.

• Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini

  Adults have a pale grey head and neck and a pale yellow ridge on the upper bill. Salvin's Albatross breeds in colonies on New Zealand islands and seeks food at sea.

• Korrigum Damaliscus korrigum

  The korrigum is an antelope recorded in West African savannas. In northern Benin’s Pendjari National Park, observers documented herds moving in the dry season toward fresh grass and remaining water.

• Red-throated Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon rufigula

  The Red-throated Cliff Swallow is a small swallow with a black and glossy blue-black back and rufous markings around the face. It catches flying insects in flocks and nests in colonies near cliffs and gorges.

• Golden-bellied Mangabey Cercocebus chrysogaster

  The golden-bellied mangabey is notable for orange fur on the front of its body. In forests and wetlands of the central Congo Basin, groups travel through trees and on the ground to find food.