Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys

  

  A shrike-vireo of forests and scrub in Mexico and Guatemala. Males and females differ in the chestnut markings on the head and breast.

• Nelson's Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus nelsoni

  Nelson's antelope squirrel is a small squirrel with a pale stripe along its side. It lives in dry grasslands and shrublands in California, searching for food by day and using burrow systems.

• Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti

  A South American penguin recognized by a dark stripe across its white front.

• White-footed Vole Arborimus albipes

  This small vole has white feet and a two-toned tail. It lives in humid coastal forests and eats plants at night both in trees and on the ground.

• White-eared Catbird Ailuroedus buccoides

  White-eared Catbirds live in forests in northwestern New Guinea and nearby islands. Their green backs and white ear patches stand out, and they eat fruit and insects.

• Chocolate Lobe-lipped Bat Chalinolobus morio

  The Chocolate Lobe-lipped Bat is an Australian bat with brown fur and short, rounded ears. It roosts in tree hollows and other structures and catches moths below the canopy.

• Burmese Yuhina Yuhina humilis

  It lives in forests in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand, moving in small groups to feed on fruit, nectar and insects.

• Himalayan Field Mouse Apodemus pallipes

  The Himalayan field mouse is a small rodent recorded around the Himalaya and Pamir ranges. Its back is described as brown or gray, with a paler underside and large ears and eyes.

• Greater Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura budytoides

  A flycatcher with a very long, white-tipped tail; it is also recorded in Argentine scrublands and protected areas.

• Urial Ovis vignei

  Urials are wild sheep of Asian grasslands and hills; males carry large spiraling horns.

• Grey-crowned Negrofinch Nigrita canicapillus

  This small bird occurs in forests from western to eastern Africa. Its silvery-grey crown and back contrast with a black face and white spots on the upper wings.

• Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista nobilis

  The Bhutan giant flying squirrel is a large gliding squirrel reported from the eastern Himalaya. It has a deep reddish-brown body and a lighter gliding membrane; its tail tip is often black.

• Rhinomyias additus

  This flycatcher is endemic to Buru. Recent accounts use the combination Eumyias additus.

• Big-eared Climbing Rat Ototylomys phyllotis

  The big-eared climbing rat has large ears and a long tail. It moves at night among trees and rocks in tropical forest, eating fruit and leaves.

• Garnet Pitta Erythropitta granatina

  The Garnet Pitta is a small pitta marked with red, blue, and black. It searches for small prey around leaf litter and damp soil.

• Ashy Tube-nosed Bat Murina feae

  This small bat is distributed in Cambodia, southern China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its soft gray coat is a useful field mark.

• Bicolored Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea

  This ground-dwelling antpitta inhabits montane cloud forest in the Colombian Andes and northeastern Ecuador. It searches for insects on the forest floor.

• Golden Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) russatus

  The golden spiny mouse has a golden-brown back and uses crevices in dry, rocky places. When alarmed, it raises its stiff hairs to look larger.

• Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii

  A small bushshrike of eastern Africa, recorded in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. It uses dry savanna and thicket.

• Common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia

  A small antelope that lives in grassland and woodland cover.

• Fulvous-chinned Nunlet Nonnula sclateri

  This bird occurs in lowland Amazonia in Peru, with many records from Ucayali and Madre de Dios. It is brown to gray-brown, has red orbital skin, and may sit motionless on a branch for long periods.

• White-cheeked Squirrel Prosciurillus leucomus

  The white-cheeked squirrel lives in forests on the northern Sulawesi Peninsula and Lembeh Island. It is active by day, foraging in the canopy for soft fruits and insects.

• Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus

  A tiny blue-and-white kingfisher of rivers, wetlands, and mangroves. It watches for prey from a perch near the water.

• Korean Red-backed Vole Myodes regulus

  Craseomys regulus occurs south of the Gaema Plateau on the Korean Peninsula. A National Institute of Biological Resources account describes a reddish-brown back, brown sides, and dark-grey underside.