Meet the world’s animals.

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• Gedemsa Tragelaphus buxtoni

  

  The mountain nyala, also called Gedemsa, is a large bovid of the Ethiopian highlands. The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority lists the Bale Mountains and Arsi Mountains among its localities.

• Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi

  Forbes-Watson's Swift has a pale throat patch with fine streaks. Its breeding range includes Socotra, Somalia, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.

• Mount Topapu Squirrel Prosciurillus topapuensis

  This squirrel occurs in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Records span tropical lowland evergreen to upper montane forest at 350–2,800 m. It is often found high in primary-forest crowns or woody vines, but has also been observed on the ground where the canopy is broken.

• Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura

  This small bird is dark brown above and paler below, with a darker patch around the eye. At James Cook University's Cairns campus, it is shown feeding on umbrella-tree flowers and fruit.

• Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus

  The brown long-eared bat is noted for its extremely long ears. The British account describes it hunting moths, beetles, and other large insects in woodland, and using trees and buildings as summer roosts.

• Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera

  The Titicaca Grebe is a flightless grebe of high-altitude lakes around Lake Titicaca. In breeding plumage, its yellow-orange bill and white cheeks stand out; it dives for fish in shallow, vegetated water.

• Gray Red-backed Vole Myodes rufocanus

  This vole occurs across northern Eurasia. It has a reddish-brown back and gray sides; in northern Europe it is common in conifer forest and also lives in scrub and meadows.

• Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina

  This small warbler lives on islands in the western Caribbean. Males and females have different plumage.

• White-fronted Langur Presbytis frontata

  The white-fronted langur is a Bornean monkey with gray-brown fur and a white bare patch on its forehead. It is active by day, but its detailed ecology is poorly known.

• Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus

  The Olive Woodpecker inhabits forests and dense woodland from central to southern Africa. Its olive-gray underside and upper-canopy foraging are characteristic.

• Brazilian Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma doriae

  The Brazilian big-eyed bat has distinctive white lines on its face and back. It is recorded in many Brazilian habitats and often feeds on wild figs.

• Fasciated Wren Campylorhynchus fasciatus

  This wren occurs in Peru and Ecuador. Its upperparts have pale and dark grey stripes; photographs may show a brownish cast. It is reported west of the Andes in the north, with records also east of the Andes farther south.

• Ethiopian Arvicanthis Arvicanthis abyssinicus

  The Ethiopian arvicanthis lives in grasslands of the Ethiopian Highlands. It is active on the ground by day and is thought to feed mainly on plants.

• New Guinea Thornbill Acanthiza murina

  This small bird is about 10 cm long and weighs around 8 g. It lives in New Guinea moss forest in mountains above 2,150 m and searches for small invertebrates in trees.

• Beisa Oryx beisa

  An antelope of dry East African habitats. Both sexes have long horns, and it eats grasses and leaves.

• Sao Tome White-eye Zosterops feae

  The Sao Tome White-eye lives in forest and dense cover on Sao Tome Island. Its plumage description is limited to the island form formerly named as a subspecies.

• Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus

  The rock squirrel lives among rocky sites and burrows, eating plant foods and small animals that vary with the season.

• Raja Ampat Pitohui Pitohui cerviniventris

  This bird lives in lowland forest on Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands. Its island forms differ in the color of the underparts, and the species account reports fruit and insects in its diet.

• Zenati Myotis Myotis (Myotis) zenatius

  This bat has a small number of records from Morocco and Algeria. Adults have dark gray-brown fur on the back and whitish flanks. Most identified individuals were found at caves, including records of year-round cave use, but the species' ecology remains poorly known.

• Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus

  The Gray-headed Chickadee, called the Siberian Tit in Eurasia, lives year-round in northern forests across northern Eurasia and Alaska.

• Eastern Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) floridana

  This rodent has a long tail with contrasting colors above and below. It builds a nest from sticks and other materials and stores food there.

• Dusky Robin Melanodryas vittata

  This robin is endemic to Tasmania, where it occurs in eucalypt forest, woodland, and coastal heath. It is plain brown compared with the other local robins.

• Pig-tailed Langur Simias concolor

  The pig-tailed langur lives in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands. A study of wild groups on Siberut found that adult males were larger on average than females and that the three groups studied averaged about nine animals.

• Red-and-black Grosbeak Periporphyrus erythromelas

  The Red-and-black Grosbeak shows a marked plumage difference between the sexes: males are red and black, while females are mainly yellow. It occupies the lower and middle layers of lowland forest in northeastern South America.