Meet the world’s animals.

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• Neumann's Arvicanthis Arvicanthis neumanni

  

  Neumann’s Arvicanthis is a medium-sized rodent included in a key to agricultural small mammals of northeastern Africa. It is active by day and occurs in farmland.

• Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera

  This small forest bird has a grayish head and rufous-brown back. It stays in the lower forest growth and searches for food in pairs or small groups.

• Siberut Langur Presbytis siberu

  This langur is endemic to Siberut Island, Indonesia, and the current MDD treats it as a separate species. It lives in trees and is active by day, though field research dedicated to the species remains limited after its separation from related forms.

• Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana

  This greenbul was recorded in a survey of the Tchabal Mbabo massif in Cameroon. It is uniformly yellow-olive and occurs in montane forest, secondary forest, and scrub.

• Bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus

  A forest antelope with pale stripes that shelters in dense undergrowth.

• Robust Woodpecker Campephilus robustus

  This large woodpecker occurs in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It uses humid forests, including Araucaria forest, and males and females differ in cheek markings.

• Particolored Flying Squirrel Hylopetes alboniger

  This squirrel glides among trees and uses tree hollows. A Phu Quoc Island survey found four animals—an adult female and male and two young males—in one hollow.

• Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia

  The Mourning Warbler is a small warbler that breeds in North America and migrates through Central America to South America. Breeding males have a gray hood and black chest patch.

• Big-eared Woolly Bat Chrotopterus auritus

  The big-eared woolly bat is a large bat with long dark-brown fur and large ears. It is active at night and catches small vertebrates and insects.

• Starred Wood-Quail Odontophorus stellatus

  This lowland Amazonian wood-quail has white spots on its breast and wings. It forages on the forest floor in family groups and is often heard before it is seen.

• Northern Pygmy Mouse Baiomys taylori

  This small mouse lives in grassy cover from the Mexican lowlands north into southern Texas.

• Ceylon Bush-Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri

  This bush-warbler lives in the mountains of Sri Lanka. It stays among low vegetation in damp forest and bamboo.

• Findley's Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) findleyi

  Findley’s Myotis is a small bat endemic to the Tres Marías Islands off Mexico’s Pacific coast. It has dark fur and feeds on insects.

• Mindanao Pygmy Babbler Dasycrotapha plateni

  A small bird distributed on Mindanao in the Philippines. It has fine white streaks on a brown body and is described moving through forest in mixed flocks.

• Buffoon Lemniscomys Lemniscomys macculus

  This striped grass mouse was common at a savanna study site in Ethiopia. Broken pale stripes run along its flanks.

• Short-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda

  The Short-tailed Paradigalla is a bird-of-paradise from New Guinea's mountain forests. It has a stocky black body and bright yellow bare skin on the forehead and face.

• White-headed Langur Trachypithecus leucocephalus

  A primate known from limestone country in southwest China. Its white head contrasts with a dark body, and leaves make up most of its diet.

• Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum

  The Bar-tailed Trogon lives in humid African mountain forest. By day it searches for caterpillars and other insects.

• Carpathian Chamois Rupicapra carpatica

  This chamois lives in Romania's Carpathian Mountains. It grazes in alpine areas in summer, rests in shade during the hottest part of warm days, and uses lower grassland and forest edges in winter.

• Java sparrow Lonchura oryzivora

  In its wild form, this small bird has a striking black head and white cheeks.

• Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel Notocitellus annulatus

  This ground squirrel lives in forests along Mexico’s Pacific coast. It is active in the morning and climbs shrubs and trees as well as using the ground.

• Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea

  The Glaucous-blue Grosbeak lives in wetlands and nearby scrub in southern South America. Males are pale blue, while females are reddish brown.

• Cozumelan Golden Bat Mimon cozumelae

  Cozumelan golden bats have been reported mainly in Central America. Coat color alone may not separate them reliably from close relatives, and one Belize specimen is the basis for a published DNA diet record.

• Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus

  This skilled diver pursues fish in the Pacific waters of North America. In breeding plumage it shows a blue throat patch and wispy white head feathers.