Meet the world’s animals.

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• Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra

  

  This small brown bird is recorded in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. It moves through low and middle levels of the forest, searching mainly for insects.

• Bobak Marmot Marmota (Marmota) bobak

  The Bobak marmot inhabits steppes from central Europe to central Asia and spends winter in underground burrows. Its coat changes with the seasons.

• Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus

  The Yellow-bellied Bulbul has olive-brown upperparts and a bright yellow belly. It forms small groups in the middle storey of forests and eats fruit and insects.

• Lesser Kudu Ammelaphus imberbis

  It lives in dry scrub and woodland in northeastern Africa and feeds mainly at dawn and dusk. White stripes line its sides; males are grayish brown and females reddish brown.

• Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla

  A wren of Amazonian forest that forages alone on the forest floor. It also occurs outside Peru, including Ecuador and Brazil.

• Bolivian Akodont Akodon (Akodon) boliviensis

  This akodont ranges from southern Peru through central Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. Records include dry Puna and humid grasslands, with dense grass tussocks and small woodland patches.

• Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

  A wagtail with a yellow underside and greenish back. It visits Britain in spring and summer and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Mayor's Mouse Mus (Coelomys) mayori

  Mayor's mouse lives in Sri Lankan forests. The lowland subspecies is described as having flattened, spiny dorsal fur and a white underside.

• Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris

  Its bill is long and slender with a slight downward curve, and a thin black line passes through the eye. A 2020 report documents a bird in temperate forest in northern Sikkim.

• Eurasian Particolored Bat Vespertilio murinus

  A bat ranging from Europe through Siberia to the Pacific coast, known for its frosted, two-coloured fur.

• Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae

  The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds on the Iberian Peninsula and winters in the Sahel south of the Sahara. A 2023 study examined both sexes at a Moroccan oasis used by the Iberian population as a spring stopover.

• Fire-footed Rope Squirrel Funisciurus pyrropus

  This squirrel lives in forests of western and central Africa. It has a reddish face and limbs and a bushy tail, and feeds by day on fruits, seeds, and other foods.

• Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini

  The Cuban Lizard-cuckoo has red skin around the eyes and a long tail. It lives in forest and scrub and eats lizards, frogs, and other small prey.

• Common Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus

  An antelope described in a Marakele National Park account from South Africa, living in open savanna woodland and nearby grassland.

• Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus

  A small gull with a thin bill, it breeds in Alaska and northern Canada. Outside the breeding season it uses Pacific coastal waters and fields, feeding on fish, insects, grain, and other available food.

• Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma (Teonoma) cinerea

  This rodent of western North America is known for its bushy tail and piles of plant material around its rocky shelters.

• Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild

  A small African finch with a red bill and red around the eyes. It also occurs in grassy places near people.

• Mitchell's Hopping Mouse Notomys mitchellii

  This small mouse of Australia’s dry country has a sandy to rufous back, white underside, and a dark tail tuft. It uses burrows or fallen timber and eats plant material, seeds, fungi, and insects.

• Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera

  The Dot-winged Crake is a small rail of wetlands and flooded grasslands in southeastern South America. It hides in dense vegetation and is active around dusk and at night.

• Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis

  The evening bat has dark brown to black fur and broad ears. It roosts in tree hollows and under loose bark, and sometimes uses buildings.

• Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus

  In the Vietnamese adult description, the male’s head and breast are dark red, while the female’s are olive-brown. A study in Thailand found it nesting in cavities in rotting wood.

• Japanese flying squirrel Pteromys momonga

  A Japanese forest squirrel that glides between trees. It is mainly active in the treetops at night.

• Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis

  The Black-eared Catbird is a bowerbird with a green body, dark head markings, and cream-colored spots. It eats both animal and plant foods.

• Nile Lechwe Kobus megaceros

  An antelope of seasonally flooded wetlands and a capable swimmer.