Meet the world’s animals.

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• Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii

  

  Males have a tawny crest and reddish wings. This quail lives in scrub and secondary vegetation in western Mexico, forming small flocks that break into pairs for breeding.

• White-cheeked Macaque Macaca leucogenys

  This macaque was described from Medog in southeastern Tibet, China. White cheek and chin whiskers stand out, and its neck has long, thick hair. The species-description abstract lists records in forests at several elevations.

• Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

  A shrike with a bold black face band and reddish-brown back that watches for prey from a perch.

• 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.

• Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis

  The Yunnan Nuthatch is a small bird with a blue-grey back and a bold black eyestripe. In mature pine forest in southern China, it searches for insects among pine needles.

• Chiapan Deermouse Peromyscus zarhynchus

  The Chiapan deermouse is a forest mouse from Chiapas in southern Mexico. It has large ears and a long tail, and has also been recorded as a host for a beetle.

• Red-vented Barbet Psilopogon lagrandieri

  The Red-vented Barbet inhabits forests in Laos and Vietnam. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a blue line above the eye, red undertail coverts, and reddish bristles at the base of the bill.

• Van Gelder's Bat Bauerus dubiaquercus

  This bat is notable for its large ears and spiral-shaped nostrils. In Mexico, records come from several forest types.

• Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus

  This small warbler lives in the highlands of the Sunda Islands. On Borneo it hides in scrub, sings often, and feeds on insects.

• Emin’s Tateril Taterillus emini

  This is a gerbil species with a long tail. In Ethiopia it has been recorded in dry lowland savanna.

• Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango

  Argentina's biodiversity record describes a brown caracara marked by a white patch at the wing tips. It feeds mainly on carrion and searches for food in open places and along roads.

• Brown Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) concolor

  This small fruit-eating bat lives in South America. A study in French Guiana recorded Cecropia fruit in fecal samples from this species.

• Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans

  The Caspian Gull is a gull with a white head, long pale bill and long wings. In Britain, some arrive in late summer or autumn and spend the winter.

• Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius

  A stocky, goat-like animal of the highlands of southern India.

• Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris

  A bulbul with a black crest and bright yellow underparts that searches forest for fruit and insects, sometimes in small groups.

• Black-footed Gray Langur Semnopithecus hypoleucos

  This langur lives in southern India. It is active by day and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Dusky Parrot Pionus fuscus

  The Dusky Parrot is a northern South American parrot with a slate-blue head and purple-tinged plumage that lives in humid forests.

• 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.

• Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea

  In the Singapore population, males have a blue body and conspicuous black nape; females are duller.

• Peter's Climbing Rat Tylomys nudicaudus

  Peter's Climbing Rat is a large rodent with a long, naked tail and reddish-brown back. It is active at night and around dawn in forests.

• New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus

  The New Zealand Grebe is an endemic diving bird. In breeding plumage, the neck and breast become rich rufous red.

• Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii

  The red bat is a medium-sized bat with reddish or grayish fur. In Argentina it roosts among foliage and catches insects while flying.

• Striated Wren-Babbler Ptilocichla mindanensis

  A wren-babbler of the Philippines. The nominate form on Mindanao has a fulvous-brown head and back, a white eyebrow and throat, and heavy dark streaks on the breast and belly.

• Tarabul's Gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) tarabuli

  Tarabul's gerbil is a nocturnal desert rodent that eats dry seeds. The study describes it as independent of drinking water and reliant on water produced through metabolism.