Meet the world’s animals.

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• Palmer's Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) palmeri

  

  This chipmunk is restricted to the Spring Mountains of Nevada. It is often found in high-elevation conifer forests and forages on canyon floors and rocky outcrops.

• Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera

  The Undulated Antpitta lives in humid Andean forest and searches the ground for invertebrates.

• Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus

  The grey long-eared bat has very long ears and catches moths and other prey in flight over open grassland.

• Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Harpactes orrhophaeus

  The male has a black head and cinnamon back, while the female has a brown-toned head and pale underparts. This trogon uses forest understory and feeds mainly on insects.

• Australian Pale Field Rat Rattus tunneyi

  This rat lives in wetter parts of northern and eastern Australia. It has a pale brown back, a yellowish-grey to cream underside, and uses shallow burrows at night.

• Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis

  The Long-tailed Koel is a long-distance migrant. It breeds in New Zealand and spends the southern winter on Pacific islands.

• Gapper's Red-backed Mouse Myodes gapperi

  This small mammal lives in cool forests and other habitats in northern North America. A reddish-brown stripe runs along its back, and it nests around roots, stumps, and fallen logs.

• Dunlin Calidris alpina

  A visiting shorebird of tidal flats and other watersides that sometimes gathers in large flocks.

• Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps

  Its coat changes with region and season, and the tail tip is black. From southern Myanmar through Thailand, it uses forests as well as bamboo-rich places and gardens.

• Flame Bowerbird Sericulus ardens

  The Flame Bowerbird lives in forests of southern New Guinea. Males are brightly coloured and build a narrow avenue of sticks as a courtship display site.

• Sardinian Long-eared Bat Plecotus sardus

  This long-eared bat occurs in forests on Sardinia. Its 2002 original description highlights brown dorsal fur and a notably long, broad tragus.

• Berlepsch's Tinamou Crypturellus berlepschi

  Berlepsch's Tinamou is a ground-dwelling bird about 29–32 cm long. It lives in humid forests of northwestern South America, is active by day, and eats both plant and animal matter.

• Wagner’s Gerbil Dipodillus (Petteromys) dasyurus

  Wagner’s Gerbil is currently listed as Gerbillus dasyurus. A Saudi Arabian field guide describes it in rocky terrain and limestone escarpments, where it shelters among rocks or under bushes and feeds mainly on seeds and succulent plants.

• Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides

  An adult Javan Munia has a black face, throat, and upper breast that contrast with its white underparts.

• Baker's Small-toothed Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys bakeri

  Baker's Small-toothed Harvest Mouse was described from the mountains of central Guerrero, Mexico. The original paper records it in pine-oak and cloud forest.

• Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum

  A dark waterbird widespread around lakes and coasts in North America. It dives for fish and is often seen spreading its wings to dry them.

• 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.

• Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris

  The Miombo Tit is a black, white, and grey member of the tit family. In Zimbabwean miombo woodland it forages on large trees and sometimes joins other small birds.

• Dun Tube-nosed Bat Murina recondita

  A small tube-nosed bat collected in Taiwan. Its original description reports forest-associated records, mostly below 1,400 m elevation.

• Splendid Astrapia Astrapia splendidissima

  Adult males shimmer green, blue, and copper, while females are dark brown. This bird of paradise feeds mainly on fruit in New Guinea's mountain forests.

• Ethiopian Arvicanthis Arvicanthis abyssinicus

  The Ethiopian arvicanthis lives in grasslands of the Ethiopian Highlands. It is active on the ground by day and is thought to feed mainly on plants.

• Antipodes Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor

  This uniformly green parakeet is endemic to the subantarctic Antipodes Islands. Its diet shifts with the seasons, and it sometimes preys on seabirds.

• Cerrado Red-nosed Mouse Wiedomys cerradensis

  This rodent occurs in the semiarid zone of northeastern Brazil. The 2017 HMW 7 account reported a few scattered localities; it has a grizzled brown back, orange rump, eye-rings, muzzle, ears, and upper feet, and a white underside.

• Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula

  The Cinnamon Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling pigeon with a golden patch of breast feathers. It walks on the forest floor in rain and monsoon forests of New Guinea and nearby islands.