Meet the world’s animals.

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• Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus

  

  The Barbary ground squirrel is a striped, ground-dwelling squirrel of rocky northwestern Africa. It digs burrows and can live socially.

• Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata

  Its understated plumage ranges from grey to olive-green, and the orange crown patch is usually hidden by feathers. It searches low shrubs and leaves for insects.

• Prairie Vole Microtus (Pedomys) ochrogaster

  This vole lives in grasslands. Its back is grizzled brown, its underside is pale tan, and it makes runways through grass to reach food.

• Banded Quail Philortyx fasciatus

  The Banded Quail is a small quail of south-central Mexico. Adults have a short crest and rows of black bars across the underparts.

• Nelson's Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus nelsoni

  Nelson's antelope squirrel is a small squirrel with a pale stripe along its side. It lives in dry grasslands and shrublands in California, searching for food by day and using burrow systems.

• Knysna Warbler Bradypterus sylvaticus

  This secretive warbler hides in dense grass and scrub. Its plain brown plumage blends into the cover where it searches for spiders and other small invertebrates.

• Southern Water Vole Arvicola sapidus

  The southern water vole is a semi-aquatic rodent. It eats plants along riverbanks and digs burrows in soft, vegetated banks.

• White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri

  A white-eye of the eastern Himalayas and nearby regions. A Bhutan government report describes a stout bill, rufous crest, white nape, and a pale, finely streaked breast.

• Redwood Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) ochrogenys

  This chipmunk lives in coastal mountains of northern California. It occupies redwood and mixed-conifer forests, forages on the ground, and also climbs low branches.

• Black Sicklebill Epimachus fastosus

  The Black Sicklebill is a large bird of New Guinea's mountain forests. Males have a long curved bill and tail plumes, and their dark feathers can gleam green, blue, and purple.

• Bryant's Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) bryanti

  Its range extends from coastal California to the southern tip of Baja California and includes islands. A California study recorded it on a boulder-strewn hill.

• Masked Trogon Trogon personatus

  Several subspecies occur in Central and South American mountains. Plumage varies by sex and region; the adult male is used as an example.

• Siskiyou Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou

  Neotamias siskiyou ranges from the northern California coast to central Oregon. Coastal and inland populations differ in coat colour, including the back stripes and underside.

• Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla

  The Black-headed Waxbill is a 10–11 cm bird of forest clearings and lowland, partly open habitats in Central Africa.

• White-ankled Deermouse Peromyscus pectoralis

  The White-ankled Deermouse occurs in the Mexican highlands and mountains. It is active at night and eats seeds, fruits, and other foods.

• Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor

  At El Imposible in El Salvador, this species was reported as almost always associated with vegetative bamboo in the understory. A 2023 study supports treating the South American Andean aequatorialis as a separate species.

• Yellow Ground Squirrel Spermophilus fulvus

  The yellow ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel that digs burrows in dry parts of Central Asia.

• Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus

  A coastal cormorant that dives for fish; white patches appear on its face and thighs during breeding season.

• Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma (Teonoma) cinerea

  This rodent of western North America is known for its bushy tail and piles of plant material around its rocky shelters.

• Yellow-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum anthonyi

  The Yellow-crowned Flowerpecker is a small flowerpecker of Luzon's mountain forests. Current checklists treat the Mindanao Flame-crowned Flowerpecker as a separate species.

• Bangs's Mountain Squirrel Syntheosciurus brochus

  Bangs's mountain squirrel is a tree squirrel reported from the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama. A study in Costa Rica observed it feeding on flowers, sap, and bromeliads.

• Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae

  The Luzon Hornbill is a small hornbill of the northern Philippines. The male has a cream-colored head and underside with dark cheeks and throat; the female is mostly dark brown to black. It lives in tropical moist lowland forest and eats figs and other fruit.

• Blackish Deer Mouse Peromyscus furvus

  The blackish deer mouse lives in cloud forests along the Sierra Madre Oriental in eastern Mexico. It is described with dark fur, large ears, and a long, slightly scaled tail.

• White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola

  The White-browed Fantail is a small bird with a white brow and a fan-shaped tail. It catches small flying insects in woodland and open places.