Meet the world’s animals.

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• Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii

  

  Livingstone's Turaco is green, with a white-tipped crest and red on the inner wings. It eats fruit and berries.

• Indochinese Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei

  This diurnal squirrel spends most of its time on the ground. It has a gray-brown back, a pale underside, and flank stripes that vary among subspecies.

• Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula

  A forest cuckoo found only in Jamaica. Red bare skin around the eye and a long tail with white spots are distinctive. It walks along branches while searching for lizards and insects.

• 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.

• Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea

  A large, conspicuous tit that joins mixed-species flocks in lowland forest canopies.

• Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus

  The maritime striped squirrel is a small squirrel with bold black stripes along its back. The traits described here are for the subspecies found in Taiwan.

• Russet-mantled Softtail Cranioleuca berlepschi

  This softtail occurs in the northern Peruvian Andes. It uses montane and elfin forest near the treeline, where pairs and small groups may join mixed-species flocks.

• Jalapan Pine Vole Microtus (Pitymys) quasiater

  The Jalapan pine vole is endemic to a limited part of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental. It has been recorded in mountain cloud forest as well as some fields and pastures.

• Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii

  Males have a tawny crest and reddish wings. This quail lives in scrub and secondary vegetation in western Mexico, forming small flocks that break into pairs for breeding.

• Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista

  The red giant flying squirrel spreads a membrane between its limbs to glide from tree to tree. It is nocturnal and lives among forest trees.

• Musician Wren Cyphorhinus arada

  This small wren is recorded in Bolivian Amazonian forests. It forages mainly in leaf litter and keeps to dense lower growth or the ground, alone or in pairs.

• Brazilian Marsh Rat Holochilus brasiliensis

  The Brazilian marsh rat lives in wetlands and has webbed hind feet. It eats plant material and is adapted for swimming.

• Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian White-eye is marked by a white eye-ring and occurs in small groups in wooded highlands.

• Black-capped Marmot Marmota (Marmota) camtschatica

  The black-capped marmot burrows and lives in family groups in cold mountains and tundra, spending much of the year hibernating.

• Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus

  This resident bird ranges through mountain areas from southeastern Mexico into northern Central America. Its slate-blue upperparts, black facial mask, and white underparts form a clear contrast.

• Watson's Climbing Rat Tylomys watsoni

  Watson's climbing rat has a long, white-tipped tail and large ears. It uses trees at night but is also recorded on the ground around rocks and fallen logs.

• Three-banded Warbler Basileuterus trifasciatus

  The Three-banded Warbler occurs on the western slope of the northern Andes in Peru and Ecuador. It uses the forest understory.

• Arrow Flying Squirrel Hylopetes sagitta

  This flying squirrel is reported from Java and Bangka. At Mount Ungaran in Central Java, a paper documented nighttime activity in October 2024; the three animals observed were mainly in trees.

• Curl-crested Manucode Manucodia comrii

  The Curl-crested Manucode is a bird-of-paradise with curled crown feathers and crinkled neck feathers. It lives on islands east of New Guinea and eats fruit.

• Nimble-footed Deermouse Peromyscus levipes

  The nimble-footed deermouse is a member of the deer-mouse group found in the mountains of eastern Mexico.

• Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea

  Males are black and white while females are brownish; the species lives in wet habitats and lowland forest in central and eastern Africa and eats insects.

• Red-hipped Squirrel Dremomys pyrrhomerus

  The red-hipped squirrel has striking red markings. An autumn food study found both plant and animal foods in samples.

• Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei

  The Spot-fronted Swift occurs in Costa Rica and scattered areas of northern South America. It has a short, square tail and a distinctive pale pattern around the eyes.

• Red Hocicudo Oxymycterus rufus

  The Red Hocicudo occurs in grasslands and steppes in Argentina. It has dark-lined brown fur with ochre sides and rump, and feeds on small animals in the soil near waterways.