Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis

  

  An orange parrotbill with a black eyebrow and throat that forms flocks in bamboo-rich mountain forest.

• Velvety Fruit-eating Bat Enchisthenes hartii

  This fruit-eating bat ranges across Central and South America. It is often recorded in moist forests, and there are records of it eating small figs.

• Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

  The Red-eyed Vireo is a woodland songbird that searches leaves in the canopy for caterpillars and also eats fruit in its South American wintering areas.

• Great Gerbil Rhombomys opimus

  A large gerbil that burrows in dry parts of Central Asia, feeds on plants, and stores food in its burrows.

• Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni

  This small sparrow is restricted to dry upland grasslands in northeastern Mexico. It keeps low among short shrubs and feeds mostly on seeds in winter.

• Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps

  Its coat changes with region and season, and the tail tip is black. From southern Myanmar through Thailand, it uses forests as well as bamboo-rich places and gardens.

• 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.

• Mandarin Vole Lasiopodomys mandarinus

  The Mandarin vole is a vole that lives in underground tunnels and occurs in northeastern and central China and other parts of East Asia.

• White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica

  A broad white rump stands out against its black upperparts, which may shine blue. It catches insects high over forested hills.

• Muskox Ovibos moschatus

  A long-coated, herd-living bovine of Arctic tundra.

• Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus

  The Rusty-belted Tapaculo is a South American bird with a rusty back and breast band. It walks on the forest floor in search of small insects.

• Tickell's Bat Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tickelli

  This bat draws attention with fur ranging from grayish yellow to golden brown and a broad, swollen muzzle. It is recorded from South Asia into Southeast Asia.

• Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata

  An albatross of Antarctic and subantarctic seas; about 1,000 pairs breed each year on Macquarie Island. It has a dark gray head, lighter gray body, and white crescent around most of the eye.

• Olive baboon Papio anubis

  A baboon with an olive-grey coat that lives across African grasslands and forests.

• Heuglin's Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus

  Heuglin's Courser has bands of rufous, black, and white across its neck and breast. It is hard to see by day and searches for insects at dusk.

• Chestnut Long-tongued Bat Lionycteris spurrelli

  The chestnut long-tongued bat is a small bat with chestnut to dark brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Madagascan Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis

  The Madagascan Sparrowhawk occurs on Madagascar. It is about 29–42 cm long and uses forest, dry thorn forest, and scrub.

• Brants's Whistling Rat Parotomys brantsii

  This rodent occurs in southern Africa. It is mainly active around dawn and dusk and uses consolidated sandy ground in sparsely vegetated semidesert. An 1849 description records a pale yellow-brown back finely flecked with dark brown and a pale belly.

• Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris roberti

  A babbler of evergreen forests in northeast India and neighboring areas. Its dark brown plumage is spotted white, and it has a strong wedge-shaped bill.

• Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus

  The plantain squirrel lives in tree-rich habitats of Southeast Asia and is marked by black-and-white side stripes and a reddish belly.

• White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis

  This honeyeater occurs in eastern and southern mainland Australia. It is common in dry eucalypt forest and woodland, where it searches mainly for insects beneath bark and in crevices.

• Vivo's Cerradomys Cerradomys vivoi

  This rodent is recorded in eastern Brazil. The original description reports an orange-brown back, with grayish tones on the head and underside. The authors summarize records from the Caatinga and coastal forest in southern Bahia.

• Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens

  This tinamou lives in South American grasslands. It has a black crown, reddish-brown neck and chest, and finely barred back. It stays among grass clumps and eats plants and small animals.

• Bubal Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus

  A long-legged African antelope with a narrow muzzle, the hartebeest lives in herds on savanna grasslands. Coat color and horn shape vary across its range.