Meet the world’s animals.

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• Maroon Langur Presbytis rubicunda

  

  The maroon langur is a leaf monkey of Borneo and the Karimata Islands. Its coat ranges from reddish brown to golden, and it feeds on forest plants.

• Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis

  The Black-winged Oriole lives in forests of western and central Africa. Adults are conspicuous in black, yellow, and olive tones, with differences in color and size among the western subspecies.

• Black Wildebeest Connochaetes gnou

  A bovid of open grasslands and the Karoo in southern Africa. It mainly grazes short grass and uses open country.

• Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta

  The Marsh Tchagra is a small bird of wetland grass and shrubs in sub-Saharan Africa. Males have a black cap and chestnut back.

• Cyprus Mouse Mus cypriacus

  This mouse was described as an endemic species of Cyprus. It has agouti-patterned fur on the back, and the original description recorded captures in abandoned cultivated plots in the island's south.

• Streak-throated Barwing Actinodura waldeni

  This barwing lives in mossy forests of the eastern Himalayas. Its short tail and barred wings and tail are distinctive, while the color of the underparts varies among subspecies.

• Drylands Laucha Calomys musculinus

  The drylands laucha is a small mouse recorded around grassland and farmland in Argentina. It eats seeds and is mainly nocturnal, though daytime activity has also been reported.

• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

  In good light, adults show maroon, green, and bronze colors. They forage in flocks in shallow wetlands, probing the mud with their bills.

• Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus

  The Barbary ground squirrel is a striped, ground-dwelling squirrel of rocky northwestern Africa. It digs burrows and can live socially.

• Guianan Trogon Trogon violaceus

  Its violet-blue head and breast, green back, and yellow belly make this trogon easy to recognize. It perches high in the tropical forests of northern South America.

• 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.

• Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris

  This entry covers records from Santa Isabel and Guadalcanal. The nominate form has a chestnut belly, and field notes record nesting in a tree fork.

• California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus

  This bat has large ears and eyes and roosts in desert caves and abandoned mines. It flies low at night to catch insects.

• Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis

  The Western Crowned Warbler breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and winters in forests on the Indian peninsula. It moves restlessly from branch to branch, searching among leaves for insects.

• Laos Langur Trachypithecus laotum

  The Laos langur lives in limestone forest in central Laos. At the study site, young animals showed varied coat colors, and groups were observed eating young leaves.

• Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea

  The Cinereous Bunting uses rocky, scrub-covered slopes and nests on the ground. Its underparts range from whitish gray to yellowish between the western and eastern subspecies.

• Przewalski's Gazelle Procapra przewalskii

  Przewalski's gazelle lives along the grassland-desert transition in China. Its current range is limited to isolated populations around Qinghai Lake.

• Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii

  The Bahama Mockingbird is an island bird with gray-brown plumage and dark streaks on the flanks. Its song has varied notes and phrases, but it does not mimic other species.

• Lesser Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) gerbillus

  The lesser Egyptian gerbil has sandy to pale orange fur and a long, two-colored tail ending in a tuft. It lives in dry sandy places, where it spends the day in burrows and is active at night.

• Philippine Bush Warbler Horornis seebohmi

  This warbler occurs in the mountains of Luzon in the Philippines. Its species account lists dense brush and undergrowth above 800 m.

• Azara's Akodont Akodon (Akodon) azarae

  Azara's Akodont lives in grasslands and wetland vegetation, and may change the sheltered sites it uses with the seasons.

• Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti

  The Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo is endemic to Puerto Rico. It has a long tail and red eye-ring, and searches forests for lizards and insects.

• Red-legged Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus rufobrachium

  The red-legged sun squirrel lives in forests of western and central Africa. Its reddish limbs contrast with a gray to brown body.

• Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus

  The Cinereous Tit has white cheeks and a black band from the chest down the belly. The Japanese account records it from towns to mountain areas and says it uses moss and animal hair in its nest.