Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-footed Vole Arborimus albipes

  

  This small vole has white feet and a two-toned tail. It lives in humid coastal forests and eats plants at night both in trees and on the ground.

• Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis

  This raptor feeds mainly on freshwater snails. Its long, strongly curved bill fits inside the shell to pull out the animal.

• Tana River Red Colobus Piliocolobus rufomitratus

  The Tana River red colobus lives in riverine forest along the lower Tana River in eastern Kenya. It feeds in the morning and late afternoon and spends much of the day resting.

• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis

  A bird with a long curved yellow bill, a bold white eyebrow, and a chestnut breast. Hong Kong birds are thought to derive from captive stock, so local records are kept separate from the natural range.

• African Palm Squirrel Epixerus ebii

  The African palm squirrel is a forest squirrel with a patchy range in West and Central Africa. It is recognizable by its gray back, orange to red underside, and patterned tail.

• Sulawesi Heleia Lophozosterops squamiceps

  The Sulawesi Heleia is an island-endemic white-eye from Sulawesi. Its head has many fine white streaks, and it feeds on fruit in montane forest and secondary growth.

• Mexican Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus mexicanus

  The Mexican big-eared bat is a nocturnal bat with long ears. It occurs in Mexico’s highlands and eats insects, although detailed diet studies remain limited.

• Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa

  The Malachite Sunbird occurs in separate parts of East and southern Africa. It feeds mainly on nectar and has a slender body and long tail.

• Sable antelope Hippotragus niger

  An antelope with backward-curving horns and a mane along the neck.

• Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra

  This southern African bushshrike lives in scrub and at woodland edges and forages near the ground. Its plumage description here is limited to the nominate subspecies.

• Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis

  This rodent is recorded across much of sub-Saharan Africa. A study in semi-arid Tanzania found it eating plant material and seeds.

• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

  The Tawny Pipit walks through dry, open country and searches for food on the ground.

• Brazilian arboreal mouse Rhagomys rufescens

  The Brazilian arboreal mouse was redescribed in a 2004 rediscovery paper based on two specimens. Its lifestyle in that paper includes inferences from morphology rather than direct observations.

• Yap Monarch Monarcha godeffroyi

  The Yap Monarch is a monarch flycatcher endemic to Yap in Micronesia. It uses lowland forest, mangroves, and coastal scrub, moving slowly as it searches leaves and branches for food.

• Hooded Leaf Monkey Semnopithecus johnii

  The Nilgiri langur lives in the Western Ghats of southern India and mainly eats leaves. Its coat is usually glossy black, with a yellowish-brown head.

• Yellow-breasted Warbler Seicercus montis

  This small leaf warbler occurs in montane areas of the southern Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan, Flores, and Timor, in forest and bamboo.

• Damara Ground Squirrel Xerus (Geosciurus) princeps

  Geosciurus princeps is a ground squirrel recorded in western Namibia and southern Angola. It has a pale cinnamon back, a white underside and legs, and a white stripe along each side.

• Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor

  It is a small swiftlet of the Western Ghats of south-western India and Sri Lanka. It catches insects and other invertebrates in flight and builds dark nests of feathers and saliva in caves.

• Inland Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens balstoni

  The inland broad-nosed bat has a broad, bare muzzle and short, dense fur. It roosts in tree hollows or buildings and catches flying insects over water.

• Black-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus

  This quail walks along the forest floor in search of food. Its white throat and dark breast are distinctive, though its plumage pattern varies among individuals.

• Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest Connochaetes albojubatus

  It occurs from central Kenya to northern Tanzania, with its western range reaching the Gregory Rift. Its pale gray coat, creamy beard, and drooping mane are distinctive.

• White-rumped Falcon Polihierax insignis

  A small falcon found from Myanmar across mainland Southeast Asia. It uses dry, open woodland and savanna and mainly takes large insects.

• Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) musculoides

  The Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse is a very small mouse. At Chappal Waddi in Nigeria, it was common in savanna grassland and less common in the forest zone.

• Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

  This small manakin lives in lowland forest around the Amazon region. Males hang upside down from branches and twist rapidly from side to side during courtship.