Meet the world’s animals.

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• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

  

  This drongo is recognized by its grey body and long, straight tail with no curled tips. It perches in forests and catches flying insects.

• 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.

• Large Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys hypoleucos

  The Large Scimitar Babbler has a long, heavy curved bill, dark brown face and back, pale throat and breast, and grey flanks. It forages low in vegetation.

• Bolivian Akodont Akodon (Akodon) boliviensis

  This akodont ranges from southern Peru through central Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. Records include dry Puna and humid grasslands, with dense grass tussocks and small woodland patches.

• Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa

  The Spotted Nothura lives in South American grasslands. It eats mostly plant matter and is also described as omnivorous.

• Yellow-pine Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus

  The yellow-pine chipmunk occurs in forests and shrublands of western North America. It gathers seeds and other foods on the ground and stores food.

• Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus

  The Little Weaver lives in African savanna and open woodland. A breeding male has a black facial mask, and the bird is often seen alone.

• Bank Vole Myodes glareolus

  A small vole recorded from Europe to Central Asia. It uses forests, scrub, and hedgerows.

• Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis

  This nightjar hides on the ground in damp grassland and wetlands, then catches flying insects from dusk onward. Its African range is broad but patchy.

• Red-tailed Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus

  Its striped back and face contrast with rufous shoulders and sides and an orange-red underside to the tail. It inhabits dense conifer forest, especially shrub-rich openings and edges.

• Loveridge's Sunbird Cinnyris loveridgei

  Loveridge’s Sunbird is restricted to the mountains of Tanzania. Males have a golden-green head, a narrow violet breast band, and an orange-red breast; they visit flowers in montane forest.

• Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) hispidus

  This cotton rat makes runways through dense grass. Its tail has sparse hair, and its coat color varies across the range.

• Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana

  The Tucuman Amazon is a large parrot of montane forest in southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. Its scaly plumage and green crown stand out.

• Least Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis

  The least pygmy squirrel is a very small squirrel endemic to Borneo. It moves along tree trunks and lianas and feeds mainly on bark.

• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus

  A small Australian parrot. Wild birds have green bodies, yellow faces and dark markings on the head and wings.

• Contreras' Juliomys Juliomys pictipes

  This mouse lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern South America and uses lower and middle levels of the vegetation.

• Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina

  The Rose-crowned Fruit Dove has a pink crown and green back and feeds on fruit. It swallows fruit whole in the canopy, where it may be detected by its call or by fruit dropping below.

• Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi

  The Taiwan subspecies, Dremomys pernyi owstoni, has a yellow belly and long snout. It searches the ground by day for fallen fruit and seeds.

• Fawn-breasted Wren Cantorchilus guarayanus

  The Fawn-breasted Wren is about 13 cm long. It uses lowland forest understory, thickets, and forest edges and eats invertebrates. A Paraguay study found three nests in riparian forest.

• Striped Dwarf Hamster Cricetulus barabensis

  A small hamster with a dark stripe down the centre of its back. Its range includes steppe from southern Siberia through Mongolia and northeastern China to the Korean Peninsula.

• African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti

  The African Desert Warbler is a small warbler of North African deserts. It is treated as distinct from the Asian Desert Warbler.

• Bobak Marmot Marmota (Marmota) bobak

  The Bobak marmot inhabits steppes from central Europe to central Asia and spends winter in underground burrows. Its coat changes with the seasons.

• Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys

  This ground-dwelling partridge has a long tail and short crest. It walks through undergrowth in moist mountain forest and secondary growth in Costa Rica.

• Labrador Collared Lemming Dicrostonyx hudsonius

  This lemming changes coat color with the seasons: white in winter and gray to brown in warmer seasons. It burrows in the tundra of northeastern Canada and eats grasses and shrub buds.