Meet the world’s animals.

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• Olive Bulbul Iole viridescens

  

  Yellowish-olive sides of the head and paler ear-coverts help identify the Olive Bulbul. It uses moist evergreen broadleaf forest and tall secondary growth, and mainly eats berries.

• Northern Rock Deermouse Peromyscus nasutus

  This mouse has white feet and a long, two-colored tail. It is recorded in rocky mountain areas of western Texas and northwestern New Mexico.

• Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus

  The Malabar Trogon inhabits forests in India and Sri Lanka. The male has a blue bill and reddish belly; the female has an olive-brown head and golden belly.

• Black Wildebeest Connochaetes gnou

  A bovid of open grasslands and the Karoo in southern Africa. It mainly grazes short grass and uses open country.

• Ocellated Thrasher Toxostoma ocellatum

  This large thrasher is endemic to Mexico, with records from Guanajuato south to Oaxaca. It forages on the ground in dry montane forest and scrub.

• Germain's Langur Trachypithecus germaini

  This langur has a silvery gray coat, a black face, and a crown-like crest. A study in Vietnam's karst region found that leaves were its main food.

• Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa

  This cuckooshrike occurs across islands of the southwest Pacific. A Niue regional guide describes it in vegetated habitats, where it searches leaves of trees and shrubs for insects.

• Inland Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens balstoni

  The inland broad-nosed bat has a broad, bare muzzle and short, dense fur. It roosts in tree hollows or buildings and catches flying insects over water.

• Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus

  This tinamou has reddish-brown plumage. In the eastern Andes of Peru it uses the undergrowth of humid montane forest and is reported to eat mainly seeds.

• Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus

  The northern flying squirrel lives in northern coniferous forests and has white-and-gray belly fur and reddish fur along its back.

• Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus

  The Cuban Crow is a large crow found mainly in Cuba. It uses forests as well as farmland and eats a varied diet.

• Cape Gerbil Gerbilliscus (Taterona) afra

  The Cape gerbil lives in sandy areas of southwestern South Africa. It digs burrows and eats grasses, roots, seeds, and bulbs.

• Marail Guan Penelope marail

  This arboreal guan ranges from the Guianas to northern Brazil. A diet study in French Guiana recorded fruit feeding in both the canopy and lower forest.

• Chihuahuan Deermouse Peromyscus polius

  The Chihuahuan Deermouse is a small rodent reported only from west-central Chihuahua, Mexico. A 2023 state-level mammal chapter says its ecology is poorly known and records are sparse.

• Burmese Nuthatch Sitta neglecta

  An early bird reference described the Burmese Nuthatch as Sitta castaneiventris neglecta. It noted that birds from the Karen Hills had a paler throat and breast than belly and flanks.

• Asian Wild Buffalo Bubalus arnee

  The Asian wild buffalo is a large wild bovine associated with water. Nepal's Red List says it favors low-lying alluvial grassland and riparian forest, feeding mainly on grasses.

• Striped Wren-Babbler Kenopia striata

  The Striped Wren-Babbler is a small bird with white streaks on its dark head and chestnut back. It searches for small insects close to the ground in moist lowland forest, especially swampy areas.

• Black-crested Sumatran Langur Presbytis melalophos

  This leaf monkey is marked by a black crest and a two-toned tail. By day it leaps among forest trees and eats mainly leaves, along with fruit.

• Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile

  The Thick-billed Flowerpecker ranges from the Indian subcontinent into Southeast Asia. This small bird takes fruit and nectar with its thick bill and forages in tree canopies and village groves.

• Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi

  Gould's Long-eared Bat has long ears and short, broad wings. It roosts in tree hollows and catches insects close to the ground.

• Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps

  This cormorant occurs along the coasts and islands of southern South America. Breeding adults show striking blue eye-rings and black-and-white plumage, and dive at sea mainly for fish.

• Central American Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus alfari

  Alfaro's pygmy squirrel ranges from Central America into Colombia. It lives hidden in forest undergrowth, and little direct information is available about its diet.

• Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans

  The Eastern Subalpine Warbler is a small warbler that breeds around the Mediterranean and moves to the Sahara region for winter. Males are grey and brick-red, while females are brownish.

• Bushveld Gerbil Gerbilliscus (Taterona) leucogaster

  A gerbil of grasslands and open woodland in eastern and southern Africa. A dark line runs along the upper side of its long tail.