Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sapphire Quail-Dove Geotrygon saphirina

  

  This dove spends much of its time near the forest floor. Its blue-gray to bronzy head and white marks around the eye stand out in evergreen forest and nearby regrowth.

• Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus

  

  The fringe-lipped bat has wart-like bumps on its lips and chin. It lives in lowland forests of Central and South America and roosts in hollow trees or caves.

• Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus

  

  The Rock Wren is a wren of dry rocky places in western North America. It probes rock crevices and searches for insects on the ground and among rocks.

• Apennine Chamois Rupicapra ornata

  

  The Apennine chamois lives in central Italy. It uses high grasslands and steep rocky slopes, descending into valley woodland in winters with heavy snow.

• Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis

  

  The Western Orphean Warbler is a migratory warbler that breeds around the Mediterranean. The male has a gray head and back, a white throat, and pale pinkish underparts.

• Townsend's Ground Squirrel Urocitellus townsendii

  

  A ground squirrel of grasslands and sagebrush in southeastern Washington. It is gray and unspotted, with reddish coloring beneath its short tail.

• Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae

  The Montezuma Quail lives in grasslands and oak woodland in the Mexican highlands and the southwestern United States. It digs in the ground for underground foods and nuts.

• Roborovski hamster Phodopus roborovskii

  A small hamster of sandy habitats in Mongolia and northern China.

• White-faced Robin Tregellasia leucops

  The White-faced Robin was studied in tropical rainforest at Iron Range on Cape York, northern Australia. In the banding study, most recaptures were close to the release site, and some marked birds were encountered again as late as 18 years later.

• Caucasus Field Mouse Apodemus ponticus

  This field mouse is currently treated as a species of Apodemus and is recorded across the Caucasus region. A study also documented it in the Zagros Mountains of northwestern Iran.

• Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii

  The Trumpet Manucode is a bird-of-paradise of tropical forests around New Guinea. It has glossy blue-black plumage and elongated feathers around the neck and nape.

• Southern Yellow Bat Dasypterus ega

  This bat is recorded in the lowlands of Bolivia. Its short, woolly coat is dark gray to cinnamon on the back, with a strongly contrasting belly. It catches insects while flying in open spaces.

• Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis

  The Bahama Swallow is most often found on Andros in the Bahamas and uses both open fields and forest.

• Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus

  A monkey of eastern and southern Africa that forages in groups by day.

• Striped Owl Asio clamator

  This owl has long ear tufts and vertical streaks on its body. It is active at dusk and night, hunting small animals in open country and along woodland edges.

• Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) jamaicensis

  The Jamaican fruit-eating bat has pale facial stripes and a leaf-shaped noseleaf. It is active at night, eats fruit, and may fold leaves into a tent-like roost.

• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

  A waterbird with red eyes and a slender, slightly upturned bill.

• Pelzeln's gazelle Gazella pelzelni

  Pelzeln's gazelle was recorded on the northern Somaliland coastal plain. Late nineteenth-century descriptions report a fawn-colored coat and animals using dry stony or sandy ground with low shrubs.

• Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor

  Its sandy plumage, long legs, and black-and-white eye stripe are distinctive. It runs over dry, open ground while searching for small invertebrates.

• Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus

  This ground squirrel occurs in dry parts of Africa, including open woodland, savanna, grassland, and rocky country. A pale stripe runs along each side from shoulder to hindquarters.

• Ash-throated Crake Mustelirallus albicollis

  This crake walks cautiously among wetland grasses and reeds while searching for insects and seeds. In Iberá, it is more often detected by its voice than seen.

• Blackish Deer Mouse Peromyscus furvus

  The blackish deer mouse lives in cloud forests along the Sierra Madre Oriental in eastern Mexico. It is described with dark fur, large ears, and a long, slightly scaled tail.

• Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus

  The Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird is a small barbet, marked by a yellow rump and white facial stripes.

• Spinifex Hopping Mouse Notomys alexis

  The spinifex hopping mouse lives in sandy areas from central Australia into the west. It is active at night, moves by hopping, and digs deep burrows in the sand.