Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata

  

  A hornbill with a large black casque that moves through forest trees in search of fruit.

• Panamint Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) panamintinus

  Neotamias panamintinus occurs in isolated mountain populations of southeastern California and southwestern Nevada. Its summer coat is tawny, while the winter fur is longer and paler.

• Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia

  The Philippine cockatoo is a white parrot found only in the Philippines. Orange-red feathers beneath the tail, with pale yellow and pink on the cheeks and underwings, help identify it.

• Common Field Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus

  A small mouse found widely across Europe and nearby regions. It uses grassland, farmland, woods, and forests, and eats seeds, fruit, vegetation, and insects.

• Masked Antpitta Hylopezus auricularis

  This small antpitta lives in lowland forest in northern Bolivia. Its gray head contrasts with a white underside marked by dark streaks, and it uses forest understories tangled with old vines.

• Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) megalotis

  The western harvest mouse is a small rodent of western North America, often recognized by a dark stripe along its back.

• Barking Boobook Ninox connivens

  This owl is active at night. Adults have a gray-brown back with white spots on the wings, and they hunt small to medium-sized animals.

• Yellow-bellied Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) flaviventris

  The yellow-bellied marmot has a yellowish belly and reddish-brown back. Yellowstone National Park's account describes it feeding on plants in rocky grassland and hibernating.

• Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma

  The Grey-headed Albatross has a bluish-gray head and neck and a white body. It breeds on subantarctic islands and forages in surrounding waters.

• Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys major

  The greater pencil-tailed tree mouse is an arboreal rodent recorded in northern Borneo rainforest. It is active mainly in the canopy at night and uses tree hollows and connections between trees.

• Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura

  The Green-backed Camaroptera is a small, rounded bird of thickets, with red eyes. The eastern coastal group is green-backed, while birds elsewhere are gray-backed; some authorities treat the groups as separate species.

• Crested Rat Lophiomys imhausi

  This East African rodent has fur with white stripes or spots. It is active at night and feeds on fruits and roots.

• Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus

  Males have glossy purplish upperparts that contrast with a pale head and underside. The species uses forest edges and open plantations, moving to Southeast Asia for winter.

• Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi

  Its back ranges from yellowish brown to gray, its underside is pale, and white lines surround the eyes. This is a diurnal squirrel that mainly uses trees.

• Bornean Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri

  The Bornean Peacock Pheasant is a pheasant found only on Borneo. Its iridescent eye-spots on the wings and tail stand out, and males and females have different plumage.

• Hoogstraal's Gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hoogstraali

  Hoogstraal's Gerbil is a gerbil with fur on its feet. It has been recorded in southern Morocco, where a 2011 survey found it at one site near the Sous River.

• Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi

  The Bornean Stubtail is a small bird with an almost invisible tail. It moves like a mouse through leaf litter and undergrowth in mountain forest, searching for insects near the ground.

• Cotton Deermouse Peromyscus gossypinus

  The cotton deermouse is one of the larger members of its genus in the United States. It is native to the southeastern region and forages at night on fruits, seeds, and insects.

• Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis

  The Madagascar Rail is endemic to Madagascar’s eastern wetlands. It stays hidden in dense wetland vegetation and is often heard before it is seen.

• Striped Bush Squirrel Paraxerus flavovittis

  A squirrel found in southern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and northern Mozambique. It is active by day and nests in tree hollows.

• Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula

  This woodpecker inhabits Amazonian forest, including northern Peru. It may join mixed-species flocks in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Central Australian Rock Rat Zyzomys pedunculatus

  The central Australian rock rat lives among rocky sites in central Australia. Records describe a thick tail and a diet based mainly on seeds.

• Fulvous-chinned Nunlet Nonnula sclateri

  This bird occurs in lowland Amazonia in Peru, with many records from Ucayali and Madre de Dios. It is brown to gray-brown, has red orbital skin, and may sit motionless on a branch for long periods.

• 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.