Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti

  This lark occurs in eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya. It has brown streaking and a rufous crown and searches for prey on the ground in semi-arid savanna. The source's treatment includes the former Degodi Lark.

• Diana monkey Cercopithecus diana

  A West African monkey that uses the upper levels of forest trees.

• Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum

  The Rufous-crowned Babbler lives in humid lowland forests of Southeast Asia. It has a rufous crown and tail and, at Krau Wildlife Reserve in Peninsular Malaysia, foraged among foliage and suspended dead leaves 4–8 m above the ground.

• Chestnut Long-tongued Bat Lionycteris spurrelli

  The chestnut long-tongued bat is a small bat with chestnut to dark brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Flame-fronted Barbet Psilopogon armillaris

  The Flame-fronted Barbet lives in humid forests on Java and Bali. Its green body contrasts with blue and reddish colors on the head.

• Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans

  A nocturnal squirrel that glides from tree to tree using a skin membrane between its limbs.

• Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos

  The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross is a South Atlantic seabird. Adults have a yellow ridge on the dark bill and a pale head and body. It breeds on islands in the Tristan da Cunha group and takes prey from the sea surface.

• White-footed Vole Arborimus albipes

  This small vole has white feet and a two-toned tail. It lives in humid coastal forests and eats plants at night both in trees and on the ground.

• Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus

  This small vireo is endemic to Hispaniola. With a broad, flattened bill, it moves low through scrub and thickets in limestone dry forest while looking for fruit and insects.

• Northern Serotine Eptesicus (Cnephaeus) nilssonii

  It is recorded in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Its long, dark back fur has golden-yellow tips; the HMW species account describes insect hunting in flight around northern forests and their edges.

• Diademed Tapaculo Scytalopus schulenbergi

  This tapaculo occurs on the eastern Andean slope. Adults are gray, with a pale forehead and variable rufous on the flanks and rump. It feeds near the ground in humid montane forest, scrub, and Polylepis woodland.

• Weyns's Duiker Cephalophus weynsi

  This small antelope is recorded in forest areas of Central and East Africa. It is brown, with grayish shoulders and no dark back stripe. A small reddish tuft sits on its head.

• Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi

  Whitehead's Trogon inhabits moist mountain forest on Borneo and has strongly different male and female plumage.

• Antelope Rat Tatera indica

  This large gerbil has reddish fur and a black tail tip. It burrows in dry plains and eats plants and insects.

• Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri

  The Brown Sicklebill shows a strong difference between adult males and females in plumage and ornamentation. It eats fruit and small animals in New Guinea's mountain forests.

• Celebes Crested Macaque Macaca nigra

  A macaque of the humid tropical forests of northeastern Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.

• White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra

  The White-bellied Munia has a dark chestnut head and back that contrast sharply with its white belly. The Borneo field guide describes it moving and feeding in small flocks.

• Honduran Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira hondurensis

  This bat is recorded from Mexico to northern Nicaragua. Its fur is dark gray to dark brown, with a paler underside. Many individuals, especially adult males, have reddish or yellow shoulder patches. It mainly eats fruit.

• Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus

  The Lesser Blue-eared Starling has glossy blue-green plumage and violet-blue areas on the flanks and belly. It searches in trees and on the ground for fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Russet Ground Squirrel Spermophilus major

  The russet ground squirrel digs burrows in grassland and river valleys. It forages by day and hibernates in winter.

• Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris

  The Grey-chinned Minivet differs in its red or yellow plumage by sex. In Hong Kong it is recorded almost exclusively in closed-canopy woodland, and some birds appear to move to lower areas in winter.

• Zacatecan Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) zacatecae

  The Zacatecan harvest mouse has a reddish-brown back and a relatively long tail. In Jalisco, it is recorded in high temperate areas.

• Lava Heron Butorides sundevalli

  Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, this small heron lives on rocky shores, in mangroves, and at salt lagoons. Plumage varies, and bill and leg colors change with season.