Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bolivian Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) ignitus

  

  The Bolivian squirrel lives in trees in South American mountain forests. It has an ocher or brown back, orange lower face and belly, and a rusty-red tail.

• Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos

  This large vulture occurs in dry parts of Africa south of the Sahara. It has a dark body, white down on the belly and thighs, and a bare head with prominent folds of skin.

• California Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) californicus

  The California myotis is a small North American bat. Its coat varies with location, including between dry regions and high elevations.

• Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata

  The Capped Wheatear has striking black-and-white head and breast markings and occurs in southern and eastern Africa. It is resident in some areas and seasonal or erratic in others; its movements are not well understood.

• Dekeyser's Nectar Bat Lonchophylla dekeyseri

  Dekeyser's Nectar Bat is a small bat native to Brazil's Cerrado. It uses nectar and pollen, and a field study also recorded fruit and insect feeding.

• Bronze-tailed Comet Polyonymus caroli

  This hummingbird lives on the Pacific slope of the Peruvian Andes. It has bronzy-green upperparts and a white spot behind the eye, and takes nectar from flowering agaves and cacti.

• Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana

  A monkey of montane forests in central and western China; leaves are a major part of its diet, alongside seeds and fruit.

• White-bearded Flycatcher Phelpsia inornata

  This flycatcher appears in records from Venezuela. A female described in a 1937 field record had a deep-yellow underside and was noted at small groves and near lagoons. The paper uses an earlier taxonomic name.

• Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana

  This small antelope occurs in dry areas of Ethiopia, Somalia, and northeastern Sudan. Coat color varies among subspecies, and it browses mainly on acacia.

• Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius

  The Mulga Parrot is an Australian parrot whose male has striking yellow and red head markings. It searches for seeds on the ground and in low plants, and nests in tree hollows.

• Matthey's Mouse Mus (Nannomys) mattheyi

  This small mouse has a short tail and a clear contrast between its light-brown back and whitish belly. It lives in moist savanna and grassland in West Africa.

• Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps

  This fulvetta ranges from the Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It has a chestnut crown and pale eyebrow, and searches the forest understorey for insects.

• Kam Dwarf Hamster Cricetulus kamensis

  A highland hamster recorded in western China, where the account describes valleys with grassland, scrub, and cultivated fields.

• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis

  A boldly marked woodpecker of high-elevation Himalayan foothill forest. Its belly is finely yellow-streaked, and males have a red patch on the rear crown.

• Pallid Ground Squirrel Spermophilus pallidicauda

  This ground squirrel occurs in Mongolia and nearby parts of China. The paper describes appearance and daytime behaviour for the genus as a whole.

• Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii

  Wallace’s Fairywren lives in lowland and foothill rainforest on New Guinea. It has a long bill and short tail, and has been observed in forests with abundant vines and ground cover.

• Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus

  The pallid bat lives in dry areas of western North America and listens for ground-dwelling insects before swooping down to catch them.

• Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus

  The Palm Cockatoo is a large black parrot of forests in New Guinea and northern Australia; it eats nuts and fruit.

• Ursine Colobus Colobus vellerosus

  The ursine colobus is marked by a white ring around its face, white thighs, and a long pale tail. It moves through West African forests by day and eats leaves and seeds.

• Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris

  This small bird occurs widely across Australia. Its short tail and stubby bill are distinctive, and it searches among tree leaves for food.

• Maxwell’s Duiker Philantomba maxwellii

  Maxwell’s duiker is a small antelope of West African forests and wooded patches in savannah. It stays close to cover and feeds on leaves and fruit.

• Bonin White-eye Apalopteron familiare

  The Bonin White-eye is a small bird endemic to the Ogasawara Islands and now lives on Hahajima and nearby small islands. Historical records also describe a population with yellow, green, and black markings.

• Greater Stick-nest Rat Leporillus conditor

  The greater stick-nest rat is an Australian rodent that builds large nests from piled sticks.

• Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca

  The Rock Partridge is a mountain-dwelling pheasant relative with a white throat patch bordered in black. Its range is limited to European mountain regions.