Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cauca Climbing Mouse Rhipidomys caucensis

  

  The Cauca climbing mouse is a small rodent known from the Andes of western Colombia. It has been collected in high-elevation cloud forest.

• Phylloscopus sibillatrix

  The Wood Warbler breeds in woodland in Britain and Ireland. Its yellow throat and silvery-white underside stand out; the BTO describes oak woods in western Britain.

• Russet Ground Squirrel Spermophilus major

  The russet ground squirrel digs burrows in grassland and river valleys. It forages by day and hibernates in winter.

• Japanese Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata

  This summer visitor breeds only in Japan, using moist woodland edges and scrub. A male's yellow-green head and the white eye ring of both sexes help identify it.

• Common Asiatic Myotis Myotis (Myotis) horsfieldii

  Horsfield's Myotis has brown fur that is lighter underneath and long ears with rounded tips. It roosts in caves, abandoned tunnels, and buildings.

• Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

  A fox-brown bird with dark streaks, bright yellow eyes, and a long bill.

• White-cheeked Macaque Macaca leucogenys

  This macaque was described from Medog in southeastern Tibet, China. White cheek and chin whiskers stand out, and its neck has long, thick hair. The species-description abstract lists records in forests at several elevations.

• Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps

  The Asian Stubtail is a small summer visitor that lives in dark, dense thickets in Kyoto Prefecture's low hills. The sexes have the same plumage color.

• Stone's sheep Ovis dalli

  Stone's sheep is a subspecies of Dall's sheep found in the mountains of northern British Columbia and Yukon.

• Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris

  The Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo occurs in New Guinea, the Aru Islands, and northeastern Australia. Adults have gray upperparts and chestnut underparts.

• Cape Spiny Mouse Acomys (Subacomys) subspinosus

  The Cape spiny mouse is a small spiny mouse of rocky areas and fynbos in southwestern South Africa. Seeds make up most of its recorded diet.

• Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus

  The Yellow-bellied Tit is a small tit that forms flocks in mountain forests. Males have black-and-white heads and yellow underparts; females are duller greenish grey.

• Naked-soled Conyrat Reithrodon typicus

  This rodent has sparsely haired soles and a mostly uniform-colored tail. It occurs in grasslands of Argentina, Uruguay, and nearby areas; Argentine records describe it as nocturnal.

• African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus

  The African Openbill is a dark stork with a greenish gloss. Its bill has a gap between the upper and lower parts, which helps it feed on shelled mollusks.

• Yellow-bellied Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) flaviventris

  The yellow-bellied marmot has a yellowish belly and reddish-brown back. Yellowstone National Park's account describes it feeding on plants in rocky grassland and hibernating.

• Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus

  The Hair-crested Drongo has black plumage, red irises and a forked tail.

• Allen's Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis

  This bat ranges through mountains from the southwestern United States to central Mexico. Its large ears and ear flaps reaching the forehead stand out.

• Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies

  The Red-faced Barbet lives in wooded and open landscapes with scattered trees in eastern Africa. Its red face contrasts with dark plumage.

• Selangor Silvery Langur Trachypithecus selangorensis

  The Selangor Silvery Langur occurs along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Adults have dark gray fur with a silvery sheen, black facial skin, hands and feet, and long straight gray whiskers. Its classification within the silvered langur group has changed and remains treated differently by some authors.

• Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

  The Common Poorwill rests on the ground or low branches by day and catches flying insects at night.

• Ruwenzori Duiker Cephalophus rubidus

  MDD treats the Ruwenzori Duiker as the species Cephalophorus rubidus. A 2025 IUCN Antelope Specialist Group guide still follows the Red List and lists it as a subspecies of the Black-fronted Duiker, so sources do not yet agree on its rank.

• Taliabu Grasshopper-warbler Locustella portenta

  This warbler is restricted to the highlands of western Taliabu Island, Indonesia. Field observations in 2012 described a brown bird with a clear white eyebrow.

• Yellow-necked Field Mouse Apodemus flavicollis

  Apodemus flavicollis is described in a British mammal atlas as mainly a woodland mouse. The yellowish band below its neck joins the brown upper fur, and many British records are near ancient woodland.

• Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta

  This small swallow flies near cliffs and gorges, catching insects in the air. It ranges from northern Africa through Arabia to southern Pakistan.