Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus

  

  The male Tiger Shrike has a gray head, a black facial mask, and a reddish-brown, barred back. Most individuals migrate seasonally.

• Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans

  The spotted giant flying squirrel glides from tree to tree by spreading a membrane between its limbs. Coat color and spotting vary by region.

• Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus

  A montane forest bird of western Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria whose pairs duet.

• Golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus

  A hamster with wild populations in a small part of the Middle East, including Syria. Wild animals burrow and are usually solitary.

• New Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides

  A crow of Grande Terre in New Caledonia that uses tools to extract food from dead wood.

• Little Ground Squirrel Spermophilus pygmaeus

  The little ground squirrel is a small ground squirrel of flat steppes and semi-deserts, ranging from the lower Dnieper to Betpak-Dala in Kazakhstan.

• Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus

  This yellowish warbler searches among pine needles high in pine forests. It eats insects and also takes seeds, especially pine seeds, in colder months.

• Northern Rock Deermouse Peromyscus nasutus

  This mouse has white feet and a long, two-colored tail. It is recorded in rocky mountain areas of western Texas and northwestern New Mexico.

• Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina

  The Brown-bellied Swallow lives in the high Andes and forages above scrub, humid grassland, farmland, and settlements.

• Mutable Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus mutabilis

  The Mutable Sun Squirrel occurs in forests and savannas of eastern Africa. It is active by day and forages both in trees and on the ground.

• Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis

  This toucanet lives in humid forest from Honduras to Panama and searches for fruit and small animals in high branches.

• 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.

• Whiskered Flowerpecker Dicaeum proprium

  The Whiskered Flowerpecker occurs in forest on Mindanao. The sexes are similar, with blue-black upperparts and moustachial stripes, white chin and malar stripes, and sepia-brown underparts.

• Western Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus mimulus

  This small squirrel has reddish or olive tones mixed into its dark back. It is active by day, uses trees and the ground, and feeds on tree sap and insects.

• Hooded Dotterel Thinornis cucullatus

  The Hooded Dotterel is a plover of southern Australia. In the east it searches for small invertebrates on sandy beaches; some southwestern birds use inland salt lakes in winter.

• Bonaerense Pericote Phyllotis bonariensis

  The Bonaerense Pericote is a rodent reported as restricted to the Sierra de la Ventana in Argentina. The account notes rocky habitat but provides no published behavior or diet data.

• Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons

  The Yellow-fronted Barbet is often seen high in forest trees. Its blue face and throat and yellow forehead stand out against a green body.

• Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) granatensis

  The red-tailed squirrel is an arboreal squirrel with variable coat and tail colors; fruits, nuts and seeds make up much of its diet.

• Chaco Puffbird Nystalus striatipectus

  The Chaco Puffbird lives in dry woodland and tree formations of the Chaco. Its brown head and back contrast with black streaks across the white lower breast and belly.

• Gray Red-backed Vole Myodes rufocanus

  This vole occurs across northern Eurasia. It has a reddish-brown back and gray sides; in northern Europe it is common in conifer forest and also lives in scrub and meadows.

• Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis

  The Scarlet-chested Sunbird is notable for the red chest and iridescent head of the male in nuptial plumage. It feeds on nectar and small animals.

• Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel Lariscus obscurus

  The Mentawai three-striped squirrel is restricted to the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra. Its dark back has faint stripes, and it eats seeds, fallen fruit, and arthropods.

• Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens

  The Brown Parisoma has a pale throat and belly and narrow white tail edges, and forages for invertebrates in East African woodland.

• Northern Pygmy Mouse Baiomys taylori

  This small mouse lives in grassy cover from the Mexican lowlands north into southern Texas.