Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina

  

  The Cape May Warbler is a small bird that breeds in boreal forests of Canada and the northern United States. It uses varied woods and shrublands during migration and winter.

• Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca

  The bohor reedbuck is an antelope with yellowish-brown to gray-brown fur. It hides among tall grasses and mainly eats grass.

• Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia

  The Rock Sparrow is a sparrow found mainly around the Mediterranean. It may gather near mountain villages and grasslands and nests in cavities in rocks or buildings.

• Cutch Cremnomys Cremnomys cutchicus

  This rat is endemic to India. It has a gray-brown back, a pale belly, and a tail longer than its body; it mainly eats plants and inhabits rocky hills with trees or scrub.

• Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra

  Male and female Cape Robin-Chats look alike, with a pale orange breast and a white eyebrow-like marking. In South Africa they use thickets, stream edges, forest margins, gardens, and parks, and feed near the ground on insects and other invertebrates.

• Andean Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) pucheranii

  The Andean Squirrel lives in mountain forests of Colombia. It is active by day and searches for tree seeds and fruits on the ground and in the canopy.

• Giant Coot Fulica gigantea

  The giant coot has a red bill and legs and a yellow frontal shield. It lives on high Andean lakes and builds a large nest platform from aquatic plants.

• Angolan colobus Colobus angolensis

  This monkey has a striking black-and-white pattern and a long tail. It moves among trees using its tail for balance and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi

  It is recorded in dry bush country from Somalia through southern Ethiopia, southeastern Sudan, eastern Uganda, and Kenya to northeastern Tanzania. The field guide describes it as local and uncommon.

• Northern Rock Deermouse Peromyscus nasutus

  This mouse has white feet and a long, two-colored tail. It is recorded in rocky mountain areas of western Texas and northwestern New Mexico.

• Collared Puffbird Bucco capensis

  A forest bird with a cinnamon head, large bill, and a black collar across the neck and chest, it waits to ambush sizable prey.

• Little Brown Bat Vespadelus vulturnus

  A small bat with paler fur underneath, it catches flying insects in the forests and woodlands of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

• Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii

  Godlewski’s Bunting is a bunting found on rocky slopes and forest edges. Males show a gray hood, chestnut crown stripe, and white wing bars.

• Striped Hairy-nosed Bat Gardnerycteris crenulatum

  The striped hairy-nosed bat uses tree cavities as daytime roosts in lowland rainforest. It mainly eats insects and spiders, although fruit has also been recorded in its diet.

• Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima

  The Crimson-backed Sunbird is a small bird endemic to India's Western Ghats. A breeding male has a purple throat and crimson rump, and the species feeds on nectar and small prey.

• Kafue Flats lechwe Kobus kafuensis

  Male Kafue Flats lechwe have a distinct shoulder patch that joins the foreleg stripe and longer horns than the typical red lechwe. The form is restricted to Zambia’s Kafue Flats.

• Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni

  This ground-dwelling antpitta is recorded in the Andean foothills of Colombia and Ecuador, where it uses dense undergrowth in wet forest.

• Western Mediterranean Mouse Mus (Mus) spretus

  The western Mediterranean mouse is a wild mouse of the western Mediterranean. It was once treated as a subspecies of the house mouse but is now recognized separately.

• Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii

  Abdim's Stork occurs in eastern and southern Africa. It eats insects, and some populations move south after breeding.

• Colorado Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) quadrivittatus

  The Colorado chipmunk occurs in the southwestern United States, including Colorado and Utah. It forages on the ground and around logs, and stores food.

• Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii

  An ocean-going shearwater that nests in burrows on islands. It is treated separately from Cory's Shearwater.

• King Colobus Colobus polykomos

  The king colobus is a West African forest monkey with a black body and conspicuous white chest, whiskers, and tail.

• Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

  This sandgrouse feeds on seeds in dry, open country. The black belly belongs to the male; females have fine barred and speckled plumage.

• White-eared Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) leucotis

  The White-eared Cotton Rat was one of five cotton rats compared in a 1971 study. In the captive young studied, growth was rapid until about 40 days of age and then slowed.