Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula

  

  This tapaculo inhabits temperate forests in Chile and Argentina. A Chilean government assessment lists records from several southern regions of Chile.

• Catalina Deermouse Peromyscus slevini

  This mouse is known only from Santa Catalina Island, Mexico. Records from the island include an animal seen active by day.

• Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana

  The Green Kingfisher is a small kingfisher that hunts fish near streams and canals.

• Emin’s Tateril Taterillus emini

  This is a gerbil species with a long tail. In Ethiopia it has been recorded in dry lowland savanna.

• Malabar Barbet Psilopogon malabaricus

  A barbet of the moist forests of India's Western Ghats. Adults are green, with red across the face and chest and blue-black bands.

• Oribi Ourebia ourebi

  The oribi is a small antelope with long, slender legs and neck. Its patchy range extends across parts of Africa, mainly in grassland.

• Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus

  This small bird feeds on nectar and fruit. Breeding males shine blue-violet and have different plumage from females.

• 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.

• Palawan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis lemprieri

  This flycatcher occurs on Palawan and nearby Philippine islands. It is found alone or in pairs in the understory of moist lowland, foothill, and secondary forest.

• Niobe Ground Squirrel Lariscus niobe

  The Niobe Ground Squirrel is a day-active squirrel of the mountains of western Sumatra and eastern Java. It uses forests and scrub, and its body length is reported at about 19 cm.

• Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca

  The Ruddy-breasted Crake is a rail that lives in waterside vegetation.

• Golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus

  A hamster with wild populations in a small part of the Middle East, including Syria. Wild animals burrow and are usually solitary.

• Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena

  The Arabian Warbler is marked by its black hood and long black tail. It moves slowly through acacia canopies in dry scrub and along wadis.

• African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus

  This rat is recorded along the Nile in Egypt. Groups use shared burrows and keep grassy runways clear around them.

• Wagler's Toucanet Aulacorhynchus wagleri

  This toucanet occurs in Mexico. Its yellowish-white forehead meets an olive crown, and the underparts are pale blue-green. Species accounts report fruit eating in montane forest and related wooded habitats.

• Uganda Kob Kobus thomasi

  The Uganda Kob is an East African kob with a white underside, eye-rings, and a throat patch. It mainly eats grasses and reeds. Females and young males form groups, move along watercourses, and graze in valley bottoms.

• Black-crested Tit-Tyrant Anairetes nigrocristatus

  This roughly 13 cm tyrant flycatcher lives at high elevations on the western Andean slope. Peru Aves associates it with Polylepis woodland and adjacent scrub at 2,100–4,000 m in Peru and also records it in Ecuador.

• Indian Pygmy Bat Pipistrellus tenuis

  Pipistrellus tenuis occurs in South and Southeast Asia. It is recorded in forests, rural areas, and towns, and uses leafy tree cover and buildings as roosts.

• Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

  A small brown bird that hides in reedbeds and dense scrub near water. It is difficult to see, but its loud, abrupt song can reveal its presence.

• Forest Giant Squirrel Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri

  This forest squirrel has a longer tail than head-and-body length in the Gabon record. The CNRS account says it often comes to the ground and eats insects, palm nuts, and leaves.

• Huayco Tinamou Rhynchotus maculicollis

  This tinamou inhabits the Andes of Bolivia. It uses tall grass and shrub-covered grassland, including herbaceous meadows and cultivated areas.

• Highlands Colilargo Oligoryzomys rupestris

  This rodent is recorded in the highland Cerrado of central Brazil. In the original study it was captured only in rocky highland grassland or along the edge of adjacent vegetation.

• Azure Jay Cyanocorax caeruleus

  This jay inhabits forests in southern Brazil. Its blue body contrasts with a black head and fore-neck, and groups cache pine seeds.

• South China Field Mouse Apodemus draco

  The South China Field Mouse lives in southern Chinese forests, where its seed-hoarding behavior has been studied.