Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii

  The Square-tailed Drongo is a black bird of forests and thickets in eastern and southern Africa. It catches insects by flying out from a perch.

• 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.

• Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus

  This small African barbet lives in western and central African forest. The plumage described here is that of subspecies flavisquamatus.

• Derby Eland Taurotragus derbianus

  A large antelope of western and central Africa's savannas and sparse woodlands. Its sandy-gray coat has pale vertical side stripes, and it feeds in grassland during cooler mornings and evenings. The current MDD name is Tragelaphus derbianus.

• Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi

  The Buff-collared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird marked by a cinnamon-colored neck collar. It uses its huge mouth to catch flying insects in the dark.

• Western Pseudomys Pseudomys occidentalis

  This mouse from Western Australia has a rounded snout and a long, marked tail. By day it stays in a group burrow and feeds mainly on plants.

• Long-billed Bush-Warbler Locustella major

  The Long-billed Bush-Warbler was described as a pale-brown bird with a monotonous song. In June 2022 it was observed along grassy terraces in Naltar Valley, northern Pakistan.

• Pine Vole Microtus (Pitymys) pinetorum

  A small vole that moves through leaf litter and soil in deciduous forests. In autumn it stores roots and shoots in burrows for winter shortages.

• White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis

  A swallow restricted to southern Ethiopia's Acacia–Commiphora woodland. A study recorded many nests in homes occupied by villagers.

• Hoary Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) caligata

  The hoary marmot is a large rodent of high mountains, marked by gray shoulders and a white nose.

• Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis

  The Rufous-throated Solitaire is a year-round resident of Caribbean mountain forests. It is mostly gray, with a rufous throat and white outer tail feathers; plumage varies among islands.

• Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans

  The silver-haired bat is a North American bat with silver-white tips on black fur. It flies at night and may roost alone under loose bark or in tree cavities.

• Southern Scrub Robin Drymodes brunneopygia

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in scrub in southern Australia. It searches among leaf litter for small prey.

• 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.

• Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella

  It occurs in dry savanna, mostly among acacia trees, where pairs and small groups feed actively in the canopy. Its legs and bill are pink.

• Goldman's Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) goldmani

  Goldman's woodrat has dark-tipped back hairs and cream-buff fur as an adult. It inhabits rocky deserts on the Mexican Plateau.

• MacGregor's Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae

  The male MacGregor's Bowerbird has a conspicuous orange head plume. He builds and decorates a bower of sticks to court females. The species lives in mountain forests of central and eastern New Guinea.

• 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.

• Chestnut Wood Quail Odontophorus hyperythrus

  The Chestnut Wood-Quail lives in the understory of humid montane forest in Colombia. Its chestnut and black mottling is set off by a white throat and red forehead patch.

• Big-footed Myotis Myotis (Myotis) macrodactylus

  The big-footed myotis roosts in caves and unused tunnels in Japan. Its back is grayish to blackish brown, with paler fur underneath.

• Rufous-crowned Bee-eater Merops americanus

  This bee-eater occurs in the Philippines. Adults have a rufous crown and upper back and an almost entirely green underside. The species profile identifies it as a diurnal, sedentary invertivore of woodland and semi-open habitats.

• False Water Rat Xeromys myoides

  A small rodent recorded along northern and eastern Australia and in western New Guinea. It uses coastal saltmarsh and mangroves, as well as nearby freshwater wetlands.

• Inca Tern Larosterna inca

  Adults are marked by a red bill and white cheek feathers that curl like a moustache. Young birds are brown and lack these features. It breeds along rocky coasts of Peru and Chile.