Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens

  

  A small, pale lark that runs along the ground while feeding in dry, open country. It can be hard to distinguish from similar short-toed larks where their ranges meet.

• Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus

  

  The fat sand rat is a stocky gerbil-like rodent that burrows near desert shrubs and changes its activity with the heat.

• Lorentz's Whistler Pachycephala lorentzi

  

  Lorentz's Whistler is a small whistler of the central New Guinea highlands. Its grey breast band and mottled white throat are distinctive, and it searches for insects in damp highland scrub.

• Lesser Mouse-eared Bat Myotis (Myotis) blythii

  

  The lesser mouse-eared bat has a narrow, pointed muzzle and brown-grey fur on its back. It hunts insects over warm, open grassland and other open places.

• Buff-banded Bushbird Buettikoferella bivittata

  

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs on Timor Island. Its appearance is documented in an 1862 Timor account, while its habitat is listed in a 2008 regional checklist.

• Preuss's Monkey Allochrocebus preussi

  

  Preuss's monkey is a forest primate marked by a silvery-white neck collar and reddish-brown back. It is active by day and forages for fruit and young shoots in groups.

• Loja Tapaculo Scytalopus androstictus

  The Loja Tapaculo occurs in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru, in scrub near the tree line. A 2010 paper described this population under the subspecies name Scytalopus opacus androstictus.

• Tschudi's Tailless Bat Anoura peruana

  This nectar-feeding bat occurs in the Andes. A 2019 study in the La Paz Valley found pollen and fecal evidence suggesting that it feeds on 14 locally native or cultivated plant species. That evidence comes from one Bolivian valley.

• Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor

  It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of Amazonian forest. Males are blackish with a pink band on the lower throat; females are cinnamon with an extended gray cap.

• Maxwell’s Duiker Philantomba maxwellii

  Maxwell’s duiker is a small antelope of West African forests and wooded patches in savannah. It stays close to cover and feeds on leaves and fruit.

• Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki

  The Iberian Magpie is a corvid found on the Iberian Peninsula. Its blue wings and tail and black crown are distinctive.

• Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus

  The maritime striped squirrel is a small squirrel with bold black stripes along its back. The traits described here are for the subspecies found in Taiwan.

• Red-eared Parrot-Finch Erythrura coloria

  The Red-eared Parrotfinch is a small finch of the mountains of Mindanao. It has a blue forehead and face, a red crescent behind the ear, and forages low for grass seeds.

• Black-footed Colilargo Oligoryzomys nigripes

  The black-footed colilargo is a small rodent with a tail longer than its head and body combined and relatively short, broad hind feet. A southern Brazilian forest study found it associated with dense scrub.

• Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica

  Chimney Swifts catch insects in flight and cling to the inside walls of chimneys or tree cavities when they rest.

• Rudd's Bristle-furred Rat Uranomys ruddi

  This rat has a short tail and a white belly. In a Guinea survey it was recorded in escarpment forest, gallery forest, and near cultivated or fallow land.

• Eungella Honeyeater Bolemoreus hindwoodi

  The Eungella Honeyeater is restricted to a small area of rainforest around the Clarke Range. A five-site study in 2019-2020 recorded it feeding on many kinds of flowers and fruits.

• Lesser Asiatic Yellow Bat Scotophilus kuhlii

  Its back is brown and its underside is paler. It has been reported roosting in groups in buildings and trees in towns and villages, and flying early in the evening.

• Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea

  The Paradise Jacamar has dark upperparts and underparts and elongated central tail feathers. In Bolivia's Amazonian forest, pairs perch high in the canopy and may associate with mixed-species flocks.

• Angolan Talapoin Miopithecus talapoin

  The southern talapoin occurs in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola, south of the Congo River. It spends much of its time in riverside trees but also comes down to search for food. Its face is black, and its greenish-yellow coat is speckled with gray.

• Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume

  The Japanese Murrelet breeds on islands of Japan. Adults have a prominent crest during the breeding season.

• Brown Tent-making Bat Uroderma magnirostrum

  The brown tent-making bat eats fruit and roosts in tents made from leaves. It ranges from western Mexico to southeastern Brazil.

• Sao Tome Ibis Bostrychia bocagei

  An ibis of São Tomé's lowland forests, with a glossy sheen that combines bark-brown and leaf-green colors.

• Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus

  A shaggy antelope of grassland near water.