Meet the world’s animals.

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• Coues' Oryzomys Oryzomys couesi

  

  Coues' oryzomys uses wetland habitat. At the southern tip of Texas, it is recorded among cattails and aquatic grasses.

• Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis

  The Sri Lanka Bay Owl is a small nocturnal owl found in forests of southwestern India and Sri Lanka.

• Tana River Mangabey Cercocebus galeritus

  The Tana River mangabey lives only along the lower Tana River in southeastern Kenya, where riverine forest occurs in patches. Its pale gray-brown fur, black face, and white eyebrows stand out. It eats fruits and seeds and sleeps in forks of tall trees.

• Brown-winged Parrotbill Suthora brunnea

  This parrotbill occurs in the mountains of southwestern China and northern Myanmar. Its chestnut head and vinous streaking across the throat and upper breast are distinctive.

• Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel Spermophilus musicus

  The Caucasian mountain ground squirrel lives in high meadows and mountain steppe of the central Caucasus and spends winter in burrows.

• Plain-pouched Hornbill Rhyticeros subruficollis

  The Plain-pouched Hornbill lives in lowland forests from south-eastern Myanmar through Thailand to northern Peninsular Malaysia. Males and females differ in head and neck plumage.

• Pacific Townsend's big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii

  This bat folds its large ears back over its head while resting. It flies at night and catches moths and other insects.

• Bay-chested Warbling Finch Castanozoster thoracicus

  It has a bluish-gray head and back with a broad rufous band along the flanks. It lives along high-elevation forest edges in southeastern Brazil.

• Goitered Gazelle Gazella subgutturosa

  The goitered gazelle lives in dry grasslands and deserts across a broad area from Central Asia to the Middle East. Its social grouping changes with the season.

• Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus minimus

  Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant is recorded in lowland forest of northeastern Peru and adjacent Amazonian areas. Its yellow-olive plumage and yellow-edged wing feathers are useful field marks.

• Large North African Gerbil Dipodillus (Petteromys) campestris

  This large gerbil ranges across North Africa. It has reddish-brown upper fur, a white underside, and a long tail with a dark tuft. The Spanish ministry account records it in rocky and open Mediterranean habitats.

• Jankowski's Bunting Emberiza jankowskii

  Jankowski’s Bunting is an East Asian bunting that spends much time on the ground in grassland. An adult male in breeding plumage shows a chestnut crown and white wing bars.

• Golden Oldfield Mouse Thomasomys aureus

  This rodent is recorded in the mountains of eastern Ecuador. It has long fur, a grizzled yellow-brown back, and a paler underside.

• Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa

  The Fairy Gerygone is a small bird about 10–12 cm long. It uses humid forest, riparian woodland and mangroves, gleaning invertebrates from foliage by day.

• Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala

  This macaque is recorded in the mountains of northeastern India. A yellow forehead patch and fur that lightens over the upper body and forelimbs help identify it.

• White Bellbird Procnias albus

  The male is white, while the female is mainly green. This large bellbird uses high-elevation forest, eats fruit, and males call from exposed perches above the canopy.

• Piute Ground Squirrel Urocitellus mollis

  The Piute ground squirrel ranges around the Great Basin and nearby arid regions. It has an unstriped back and inconspicuous ears and tail.

• Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey

  A breeding male is deep chestnut from head to body, while the female is paler brown with chestnut on the rump and wing coverts. The sparrows feed on grass seeds on the ground and occur in small groups.

• 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.

• Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens

  The Crested Guan is a large bird with a prominent crest. A Belize Zoo guide describes it in Belizean forests and as an arboreal species.

• Common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia

  A small antelope that lives in grassland and woodland cover.

• Blue Cuckooshrike Coracina azurea

  This cuckooshrike occurs in forests from West Africa into parts of Central Africa. Adult males are blue, while females are duller.

• Camiguin Forest Mouse Apomys camiguinensis

  This mouse is recorded from Camiguin Island in the southern Philippines. Its species account describes a russet-brown back with fine dark-and-pale hairs and a pale underside.

• Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus

  Adults in breeding plumage have a dark reddish-brown head and chest with white wings that flash as they take flight. In Hong Kong it occurs in wetlands year-round, with both migrants and resident birds.