Meet the world’s animals.

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• Piute Ground Squirrel Urocitellus mollis

  

  The Piute ground squirrel ranges around the Great Basin and nearby arid regions. It has an unstriped back and inconspicuous ears and tail.

• Red-shouldered Vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis

  The Red-shouldered Vanga is a small bird of dry, thorny scrub in southwestern Madagascar. Its reddish shoulder feathers help distinguish the sexes.

• Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii

  Savi's pipistrelle is a bat whose long back fur is dark brown at the base and golden at the tips, with a pale underside. In the Mediterranean region, it catches insects while flying.

• Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica

  This seabird forages in waters around Antarctica. Its dark wings have broad white trailing edges, and it gathers at sea and rests on icebergs.

• Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira bidens

  This fruit bat has no tail and a soft, woolly coat. It is known from the montane Andes from Venezuela to Peru; the source says its range limits remain uncertain because collections are geographically incomplete.

• Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus

  The Black-headed Oriole occurs in Africa. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black head and bright yellow plumage; the species account describes the bird as diurnal and omnivorous in open woodland and forest.

• Black-footed Gray Langur Semnopithecus hypoleucos

  This langur lives in southern India. It is active by day and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Black Boubou Laniarius nigerrimus

  A study of the Black Boubou distinguished the all-black birds of bushy savanna in northern Kenya and southern Somalia as Laniarius nigerrimus. Species accounts describe it as resident, active by day, and mainly an invertebrate eater.

• Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus

  A large antelope of the Indian subcontinent that is active by day in grassland and woodland.

• White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis

  This bird is endemic to Taiwan. A white band runs from the base of the bill to behind the ear, and groups move through the middle and upper levels of forests.

• Indian Desert Gerbil Meriones (Cheliones) hurrianae

  This gerbil is common in India’s arid zone. It digs burrows, is mainly active by day, and has a black tuft at the end of its tail.

• Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea

  An African ibis of forest and river landscapes. In southeastern Nigeria, pairs and small groups move along streams and rivers in lowland forest and mangroves.

• Beach Vole Microtus (Mynomes) breweri

  This vole is known only from Muskeget Island, Massachusetts, an island of about 2.6 km². It lives in sandy grassland.

• Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps

  The Golden-headed Quetzal lives among trees in humid mountain forests. Its iridescent green plumage and red belly are striking.

• Jentink's Squirrel Sundasciurus (Sundasciurus) jentinki

  Jentink's squirrel has pale-speckled brown upperparts, a creamy underside, and a long, thin tail. It is active by day and uses the crowns of small trees in montane forest.

• Biak Black Flycatcher Myiagra atra

  This island flycatcher has glossy black males and gray females. Its range includes islands off northwestern New Guinea.

• Large Myotis Myotis (Myotis) chinensis

  Large Myotis is a large mouse-eared bat recorded in Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.

• Grey-crowned Warbler Seicercus tephrocephalus

  The current name is Phylloscopus tephrocephalus. This small leaf warbler has gray and black crown stripes, breeds from northern Myanmar and southwestern China to northern Thailand, and winters in Indochina.

• Hairy Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma villosum

  The hairy big-eyed bat has tricolored dorsal fur and long guard hairs. A 2024 report documented the first Cozumel Island record in Mexico from one bat captured in semideciduous forest.

• White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti

  This bunting breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves toward northwestern India outside the breeding season. It gathers in flocks and searches for food on the ground during that period.

• Mitered Langur Presbytis mitrata

  Presbytis mitrata is a monkey of southern Sumatra. It feeds mainly on leaves and is arboreal. Its coat varies, so individuals do not all look alike.

• Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

  Adults are slim, long-tailed gray birds. In North American towns and grasslands, they forage for insects and eat more fruit in fall and winter.

• 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.

• Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus

  This small warbler lives in the highlands of the Sunda Islands. On Borneo it hides in scrub, sings often, and feeds on insects.