Meet the world’s animals.

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• Indochinese Fulvetta Fulvetta danisi

  

  The Indochinese Fulvetta is a small bird of mountain forest in Laos and Vietnam. It searches for small invertebrates in the lower forest and bamboo. The account used here gives no breeding information.

• Alpine marmot Marmota (Marmota) marmota

  An alpine marmot that eats grasses and roots in summer, then spends the long winter underground with its family.

• Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis

  The Dark-capped Yellow Warbler occurs in the Afrotropical region and uses scrub and open habitats near freshwater. It is listed at about 13 cm and 10–11 g, and gleans small invertebrates among foliage by day.

• Orizaba Deermouse Peromyscus beatae

  The Orizaba Deermouse ranges from southeastern Mexico into Central America. It has been recorded in humid mountain forests.

• Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum

  The Javan Black-capped Babbler has a black head and chestnut-brown back. On Java, it searches for small prey among leaf litter in moist forest.

• Small Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus punctatus

  This squirrel has dark, soft fur and a long ringed tail. In West Africa, it is recorded in rainforest and forests within forest–savanna mosaics.

• Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides

  This small bird occurs in forests and grasslands of southeastern Australia. It searches for insects among ground litter and branches and may forage in groups.

• Allegheny Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) magister

  This rodent occurs in the eastern United States. Its back is gray to brownish gray, its underside is white, and its long tail is distinctly two-toned.

• Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura

  A bulbul of western and central African forests. It eats fruit and other plant food and occurs in raffia-palm stands and damp forest near water.

• Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans

  A nocturnal squirrel that glides from tree to tree using a skin membrane between its limbs.

• Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus

  The Little Bee-eater is a small bee-eater widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. It catches flying insects from low perches.

• Pinyon Mouse Peromyscus truei

  The pinyon mouse has coat colors ranging from yellow-brown to dark gray above. It ranges from central Oregon to southern Mexico and is active at night, when it can climb well.

• Bolivian Tapaculo Scytalopus bolivianus

  A small, secretive bird of humid mountain forests from southeastern Peru into Bolivia. It forages on or close to the ground and uses forest understory and edges.

• Deppe’s squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei

  Deppe’s squirrel is a forest squirrel with a brown back, pale underside, and relatively short, narrow tail.

• Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus

  A Togian Islands survey reported sightings and a nest-related observation of the Sulawesi Drongo. The source concerns a limited survey area off central Sulawesi.

• Singing Vole Microtus miurus

  The singing vole occurs in alpine tundra in Alaska. The state agency's general account of voles describes related species that eat grasses and seeds and use runways and burrows.

• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

  The male has blue-gray upperparts. It nests in small colonies on its breeding grounds, and some travel to South Africa outside the breeding period.

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii

  A nocturnal flying squirrel that glides between trees in mountain forests of northeastern India.

• Red-banded Fruiteater Pipreola whitelyi

  This cotinga occurs in montane areas of southern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil. Its diet is thought to consist mainly, perhaps entirely, of fruit; it sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Fulvous Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) fulvescens

  This small mouse lives in grassland and riparian habitats and is active at night. Its tail is differently coloured above and below, while its coat and diet vary by place and season.

• Dusky-billed Parrotlet Forpus modestus

  A small parrot with different plumage in males and females. It uses forest edges and open lowland areas in northern South America, eating fruit, seeds, and berries.

• Four-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus hosei

  The Four-striped Ground Squirrel has four black stripes on its back and orange underparts. It lives on Borneo and is active by day on the forest floor.

• Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus

  The Lesser Florican is a small bustard of Indian grasslands. A breeding-season study recorded males making wing-fluttering display flights in open country.

• Heather Vole Phenacomys intermedius

  The Heather Vole has long, soft fur. It stays active all year, using burrows in summer and surface nests beneath the snow in winter.