Meet the world’s animals.

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• Peter's Climbing Rat Tylomys nudicaudus

  

  Peter's Climbing Rat is a large rodent with a long, naked tail and reddish-brown back. It is active at night and around dawn in forests.

• Pale-shouldered Cicadabird Coracina dohertyi

  The Pale-shouldered Cicadabird occurs in moist forest on Sumbawa, Flores and Sumba in Indonesia’s western Lesser Sunda Islands. It forages for insects in the middle and lower canopy. The account has only a June record of breeding condition.

• Cuban Evening Bat Nycticeius cubanus

  This Cuban bat is described with a short muzzle and thick brown fur. Records include roosts in buildings and wooden streetlight poles.

• Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum

  The Bare-throated Tiger Heron is a large heron that waits for prey beside rivers and wetlands.

• Derby Eland Taurotragus derbianus

  A large antelope of western and central Africa's savannas and sparse woodlands. Its sandy-gray coat has pale vertical side stripes, and it feeds in grassland during cooler mornings and evenings. The current MDD name is Tragelaphus derbianus.

• Brown Bush-Warbler Locustella luteoventris

  The Brown Bush Warbler is a rare winter visitor in Hong Kong, where it hides in tall grass and reedbeds.

• Central Australian Rock Rat Zyzomys pedunculatus

  The central Australian rock rat lives among rocky sites in central Australia. Records describe a thick tail and a diet based mainly on seeds.

• Bolivian Brush Finch Atlapetes rufinucha

  A brushfinch of montane forest in Bolivia and far southern Peru, also using edges and second growth.

• Washington Ground Squirrel Urocitellus washingtoni

  The Washington ground squirrel lives in grasslands from eastern Washington to north-central Oregon. It has short legs and rounded ears, and spends the long winter underground.

• Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori

  The Kori Bustard is a large bird of grasslands and savannas in eastern and southern Africa. It spends much of its time on the ground and eats both animal and plant foods.

• Amazonian Marsh Rat Holochilus sciureus

  The Amazonian Marsh Rat uses waterside habitats and wet grasslands. Coat color and reported range vary, and the older broad species account includes records that its authors considered uncertain.

• Australian Pipit Anthus australis

  The Australian Pipit forages on the ground in open country across Australia.

• Finlayson's Cave Bat Vespadelus finlaysoni

  Finlayson's cave bat is a small species widespread across Australia. It occurs from deserts to high-rainfall coastal areas, often near rocky outcrops or hills.

• Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch Sporophila angolensis

  This seed finch is recorded in Amazonia, including Bolivia. It forages in tall grass by rivers, overgrown fallow fields, and scrub, and males and females look quite different.

• Günther's Dik-dik Madoqua guentheri

  Günther’s dik-dik is a small antelope of the drylands of East Africa. It selects leaves and other plant parts from shrubs and trees.

• Masatierra Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana

  The Masatierra Petrel is a seabird of the open Pacific off South America. It has a grey crown and back, a black eye patch, and a thick bill.

• Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) musculoides

  The Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse is a very small mouse. At Chappal Waddi in Nigeria, it was common in savanna grassland and less common in the forest zone.

• White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti

  This small Old World flycatcher is about 13 cm long. In southwestern Cameroon, it was recorded in primary and secondary forest at 1,100–1,300 m.

• Relict Ground Squirrel Spermophilus relictus

  The relict ground squirrel is a terrestrial squirrel of the Central Asian Tian Shan. It inhabits mountain steppe and semi-desert and has a long hibernation.

• Vogelkop Whistler Pachycephala meyeri

  This whistler is recorded from the Vogelkop mountains of western New Guinea. It occurs in lower montane forest.

• North American Water Vole Microtus richardsoni

  A vole that lives near water in western North American mountains. It burrows by water and is mostly active at night, though daytime activity has also been recorded.

• Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans

  The Elegant Pitta is notable for its blue rump and cinnamon-colored underparts. It occurs on islands from the Lesser Sundas to the Moluccas and eats beetles and small snails.

• Tickell's Bat Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tickelli

  This bat draws attention with fur ranging from grayish yellow to golden brown and a broad, swollen muzzle. It is recorded from South Asia into Southeast Asia.

• Monteiro's Bushshrike Malaconotus monteiri

  This bushshrike is documented in north-western Angola. Reports from Mount Cameroon are considered unconfirmed, so the range here stays with the confirmed Angolan records.