Meet the world’s animals.

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• Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea

  

  The Indian Nuthatch has a gray back and chestnut underparts and lives in forests and woodland across parts of India. It is sometimes seen in pairs or family groups.

• White-footed Vole Arborimus albipes

  This small vole has white feet and a two-toned tail. It lives in humid coastal forests and eats plants at night both in trees and on the ground.

• Indian Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis

  The Indian Grassbird is a ground-dwelling bird of freshwater wetlands and tall grass. It has a reddish-brown back and rump and a long tail with a white tip.

• Alpine Long-eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris

  This long-eared bat occurs in mountains of the southwestern and central Palearctic. Most individuals have an inverted triangular pad below the lower lip and the species mainly eats moths. Reports of foraging habitat differ by region.

• Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

  This tiny, rather nondescript bird is easiest to recognize by its pale, bulky, curved bill. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and favors Singapore Cherry berries.

• White-tailed antelope squirrel Ammospermophilus leucurus

  A ground squirrel that moves with its tail held over its back, it lives in deserts and dry shrublands.

• Rock Shag Leucocarbo magellanicus

  This cormorant lives along the coasts of southern South America. It breeds on rocky cliffs and dives near shore for small fish, crustaceans, and other prey.

• Lesser Marmoset Rat Hapalomys delacouri

  The lesser marmoset rat has a tail longer than its body, ending in a tuft. A Vietnam guide reports it using bamboo internodes.

• Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana

  The Asian Desert Warbler is a small, sandy-brown warbler. In the UAE it is seen mainly in winter or while passing through, in dry places with sparse plants.

• Utiariti Colilargo Oligoryzomys utiaritensis

  This small rodent is recorded from Brazil’s Cerrado–Amazon transition. It has also been captured in secondary forest and plantations near farmland.

• Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola

  The Aztec Thrush has dark brown-black upperparts and a white underside. It lives in moist montane forest in Mexico and includes fruit in its diet.

• Indochinese Woolly Bat Kerivoula dongduongana

  This long-furred bat is recorded in the Annamite Mountains. Its back is dark gray, its underside paler, and it has been reported inside cluttered forest.

• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti

  A wheatear that searches the ground for small prey in dry country. Males show clear black-and-white markings, while females are sandier.

• Zanj Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus undulatus

  The Zanj sun squirrel has orange-ocher coloring on its cheeks and feet. In East African coastal and riparian forests it is active in trees by day, feeding on fruits and seeds.

• African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus

  The African Pipit is a ground-dwelling bird with streaked brown plumage and a pale eyebrow. It walks through grassland in search of small invertebrates.

• Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys gliroides

  The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse is a small arboreal rodent of Asian forests. It uses trees and bamboo, and the long tail ends in a tuft of hair.

• Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus

  This sparrow appears in wooded country, farmland, and gardens. It searches for food on the ground and may flock with other seed-eating birds.

• Eurasian Water Vole Arvicola amphibius

  The Eurasian water vole is a waterside rodent described here from British records. It has chestnut-brown fur, a rounded blunt nose, small ears, and a furry tail, and eats grasses and waterside plants.

• Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa

  This woodcreeper ranges from Mexico to northern Colombia and far northern Venezuela. It is mostly rufous and lives in humid forest, semi-open woodland, and clearings. It eats spiders and insects and may follow army-ant columns.

• Allen's Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis

  This bat ranges through mountains from the southwestern United States to central Mexico. Its large ears and ear flaps reaching the forehead stand out.

• Red-and-green macaw Ara chloropterus

  A large parrot found mainly in South America, combining a red body with green and blue wing feathers.

• 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.

• Jalca Tapaculo Scytalopus frankeae

  Aves de Peru describes the Jalca Tapaculo as endemic to two separated areas in Peru: Huánuco and Pasco in the north, and Junín farther south. Records include remaining dwarf-forest patches, rocky ground, shrubs and tall grass.

• Eastern Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) dimidiatus

  Its back is covered with spine-like hairs, and it has a white underside and a white spot below each eye. Its range extends from Sinai across the Arabian Peninsula to southern Pakistan.