Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida

  

  This brown-toned dove has white tips on its tail. It uses humid forest and older secondary growth, walking on the ground to feed on plant seeds and other material.

• 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.

• Pygmy Drongo Chaetorhynchus papuensis

  The Pygmy Drongo is a sedentary small bird of New Guinea's mountain forests. Adults have dark plumage, a blue-violet crest, and a blue sheen.

• 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.

• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting

  The blue-eared kingfisher is a small kingfisher of rivers and hill streams that hunts small fish from the water's edge.

• Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii

  Tamiops rodolphii has been recorded in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. It has dark and pale stripes on the back and head and uses the understory and lower canopy.

• Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri

  This albatross has a white body, dark grey wings, and a yellow ridge on its bill. It breeds on subantarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean and ranges widely at sea.

• Paraná Akodont Akodon (Akodon) paranaensis

  This small rodent occurs in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Its back is grayish olive and its underside gray to creamy; it uses forests and grasslands.

• New Guinea Thornbill Acanthiza murina

  This small bird is about 10 cm long and weighs around 8 g. It lives in New Guinea moss forest in mountains above 2,150 m and searches for small invertebrates in trees.

• Mount Kilimanjaro Vlei Rat Otomys zinki

  This vlei rat is recorded on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Its dark coat has ochre bands and black hair tips.

• Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus

  In NParks' Singapore account, the yellow-orange head and rich voice stand out. The bird seeks fruit and insects in riverside woods and forest edges.

• Bangs's Mountain Squirrel Syntheosciurus brochus

  Bangs's mountain squirrel is a tree squirrel reported from the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama. A study in Costa Rica observed it feeding on flowers, sap, and bromeliads.

• Peruvian Wren Cinnycerthia peruana

  The Peruvian Wren is rufous with dark bars and a noticeable grey eyebrow. It searches the understory in pairs or family groups in humid mountain forest on Peru's eastern Andean slope.

• California Deermouse Peromyscus californicus

  The California deermouse is a relatively large mouse with a white underside and feet. It is active at night and often eats California bay seeds in woodland.

• Madanga Anthus ruficollis

  The 2015 paper uses the name Madanga ruficollis, while the pool lists Anthus ruficollis. It describes a Buru forest bird that searches for food on tree trunks and branches.

• Large North African Gerbil Dipodillus (Petteromys) campestris

  This large gerbil ranges across North Africa. It has reddish-brown upper fur, a white underside, and a long tail with a dark tuft. The Spanish ministry account records it in rocky and open Mediterranean habitats.

• Black-eared Oriole Oriolus bouroensis

  A large gray-brown oriole with a faint dark facial mask. It occurs in lowland and foothill forest, forest edge, mangroves, and woodland on Buru Island.

• Inornate Squirrel Callosciurus inornatus

  The inornate squirrel is marked by an olive-toned back, a bluish belly, and a black tail tip. It is active by day and is recorded in Laos in forest edges and secondary forest.

• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin

  The Garden Warbler breeds in Europe and migrates south of the Sahara for winter. Its upperparts are brown and its underside is pale.

• Steppe Lemming Lagurus lagurus

  The steppe lemming is a small rodent that eats grasses and herbs in Eurasian grasslands and uses burrows in the ground. A dark stripe runs down the middle of its back.

• Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii

  This cuckoo has rufous-brown, finely streaked plumage and a long white-tipped tail. The museum account describes the Indian nominate subspecies walking and feeding on the ground in dry scrub.

• Great Gerbil Rhombomys opimus

  A large gerbil that burrows in dry parts of Central Asia, feeds on plants, and stores food in its burrows.

• White-fronted Tern Sterna striata

  A medium-sized tern common along New Zealand’s coast. It catches small fish around the sea, lagoons, and river mouths, and nests in colonies on open coastal ground.

• Père David's Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) davidianus

  Père David's rock squirrel is a diurnal squirrel of rocky habitats in China. Pale eye-rings are distinctive, and it burrows under rocks and stores seeds.