Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Philippine Honey Buzzard Pernis steerei

  This honey-buzzard occurs on the main Philippine islands, excluding Palawan. In 2004 on Panay, observers recorded a bird flying above primary-forest canopy and performing a wing-quivering display flight.

• Norway lemming Lemmus lemmus

  A small rodent of cold mountains and tundra from Norway toward the Kola Peninsula.

• Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa

  The Chorister Robin-Chat is marked by its black hood and orange underparts. In southern Africa it lives in moist forests and searches for food on the ground and in trees.

• Upland Squirrel Sundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tahan

  This squirrel lives in montane and lower montane forest on the Malay Peninsula. Its tail has alternating brown bands, and the tips of its long guard hairs are buff.

• Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae

  The male is a small hummingbird with a blue-violet throat and bronzy-golden tail. It feeds mainly on nectar and also takes small arthropods.

• Root Vole Microtus (Alexandromys) oeconomus

  This vole occurs across northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, using moist grasslands in tundra and taiga regions. It favors places with abundant sedges and cover.

• Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis

  This seasonal migrant appears in northwestern Peru from December to June. It uses semi-open woodland and scrub, and has a gray head, white throat, and yellow underparts.

• Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel Tamiops swinhoei

  Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel is a diurnal, arboreal squirrel of East Asian forests and gardens. Yellow side stripes and white ear tips help identify it.

• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

  A green parakeet whose adult males have a black-and-rose neck ring that females and juveniles lack.

• Gerbe's Vole Microtus (Terricola) gerbei

  This small vole lives around the Pyrenees. It is found in forest clearings and edges beside subalpine or hay meadows.

• 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.

• Mount Topapu Squirrel Prosciurillus topapuensis

  This squirrel occurs in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Records span tropical lowland evergreen to upper montane forest at 350–2,800 m. It is often found high in primary-forest crowns or woody vines, but has also been observed on the ground where the canopy is broken.

• Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus

  This small woodpecker searches among branches and leaves for invertebrates in humid forests.

• Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) hispidus

  This cotton rat makes runways through dense grass. Its tail has sparse hair, and its coat color varies across the range.

• Rufous-crowned Emu-wren Stipiturus ruficeps

  This small bird lives in stony spinifex habitat in the southern deserts of Australia’s Northern Territory. It has a blue face and wispy tail, and flits between tussocks.

• California Ground Squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi

  A North American ground squirrel that digs burrows and is active by day.

• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus

  A bird of open Australian country, recognized by its crest, long pointed tail and orange cheek patches.

• Baker's Small-toothed Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys bakeri

  Baker's Small-toothed Harvest Mouse was described from the mountains of central Guerrero, Mexico. The original paper records it in pine-oak and cloud forest.

• Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis

  The Fernwren is a small bird of wet upland forest in northeastern Australia. It probes leaf litter with its fine bill while searching for small animals.

• Svynnerton's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus vexillarius

  Swynnerton's bush squirrel is recorded from mountains in Tanzania. Specimens from the West Usambara Mountains are noted for orange feet and a tail tip.

• Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps

  The Striated Yuhina moves through the middle storey and undergrowth, sometimes in groups with other birds. The account also uses Staphida and notes subspecies differences in crest colour.

• 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.

• Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul

  The male has a striking red crest and differs greatly in color from the female; both forage on the forest floor.