Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mona Monkey Cercopithecus mona

  

  The mona monkey is an arboreal monkey of West and Central African forests. It searches for food in the middle and upper parts of trees.

• Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara

  This ibis occurs in African forests. Adults have a crest and a slightly downcurved red bill. Pairs occur in Semliki Forest, western Uganda.

• Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi

  The Taiwan subspecies, Dremomys pernyi owstoni, has a yellow belly and long snout. It searches the ground by day for fallen fruit and seeds.

• Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus

  A lapwing with a black head, white facial markings and a long crest. The bill is red with a black tip and the legs are pink. It lives in dry grassland, sandy areas and other open habitats in Africa.

• Pond Bat Myotis (Myotis) dasycneme

  This bat catches food while flying close to the water surface. Records from northwestern Germany include seasonal passage and wintering.

• Cinereous Mourner Laniocera hypopyrra

  This mourner occurs in Amazonian lowland forest and elsewhere. A nest was reported in mature floodplain forest in Peru, and a Brazilian study documented a distinctive juvenile plumage.

• Western Hartebeest Alcelaphus major

  A large West African hartebeest described with short, slightly glossy fawn-brown fur, dark markings on the legs, and black horns that form a U when viewed from the front.

• Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola

  The Malabar Woodshrike is endemic to India's Western Ghats. It is found at evergreen-forest edges and clearings, often in pairs or small groups.

• Carriker's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma carrikeri

  Carriker's round-eared bat is recorded in Bolivia. A Bolivian species account reports insect feeding and termite mounds used as roosts.

• Rufous-tailed Fantail Rhipidura phoenicura

  It has a gray head and back, a white eyebrow, and orange-chestnut belly and tail feathers. Endemic to Java's moist mountain forests, it is active by day and catches insects and other invertebrates in the air.

• Large Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus speciosus

  The large Japanese field mouse has a reddish-brown back and a white underside. It moves over the ground and fallen logs at night and sometimes stores food underground.

• Olive Tanager Chlorothraupis frenata

  Here, Olive Tanager refers to the separate species *Chlorothraupis frenata* of the eastern Andean foothills. Its nest study examined Peruvian birds formerly called *C. carmioli frenata*.

• Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) megalotis

  The western harvest mouse is a small rodent of western North America, often recognized by a dark stripe along its back.

• Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

  A large seabird named for the dark line above its eye. It breeds on Antarctic and subantarctic islands and catches krill and fish near the sea surface.

• Miller's Langur Presbytis canicrus

  Presbytis canicrus is a langur of East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. A field report identified it by its dark head, white forehead, and gray back, and recorded an individual active in a karst-forest tree while eating fruit.

• 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.

• Mexican Ground Squirrel Ictidomys mexicanus

  This ground squirrel has rows of white spots along its back. Records from Mapimí Biosphere Reserve in Mexico showed it active during the hottest part of the day.

• Bornean Bulbul Rubigula montis

  The Bornean Bulbul inhabits hill and foothill forest on Borneo. It has an olive-yellow back, bright yellow throat and underparts, and a black head with an upright crest. It also occurs in degraded or regenerating forest and often perches in open areas.

• Azorean Bat Nyctalus azoreum

  This bat is endemic to the Azores. A 1993 morphological comparison found it smaller than the related Leisler's bat, and a 2026 study confirmed its presence on Flores.

• Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum

  Blyth's Reed Warbler is a small reed warbler that lives among grasses and shrubs. It breeds across northern Eurasia and migrates to South Asia for winter.

• Tibetan gazelle Procapra picticaudata

  A small gazelle of the high Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it has a slender body and long legs. It is usually seen alone or in small herds.

• Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus

  A drongo of forests across South and Southeast Asia. Its black plumage has a bronze sheen, and its tail is forked.

• Schulz's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma schulzi

  Schulz's round-eared bat occurs on the Guiana Shield. It was recorded in high forest at Brownsberg Nature Park in Suriname.

• Long-crested Myna Basilornis corythaix

  This myna lives on Seram Island. Its long crest and green sheen on black plumage are distinctive.