Meet the world’s animals.

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• Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus formosae

  

  This bat has silky, glossy fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It is endemic to Taiwan, but much of its natural history remains unknown.

• Azara's Broad-headed Oryzomys Hylaeamys megacephalus

  

  Short ochre, yellow or orange fur with dark ticking covers its back, while the underside is gray. It is mainly ground-dwelling and ranges through forested parts of northern and central South America.

• Müller's Rat Sundamys muelleri

  

  Müller's rat has long, rough brown fur and a dark tail longer than its body. It is mainly nocturnal and ground-dwelling, but also climbs into low vegetation.

• Madeira Pipistrelle Pipistrellus maderensis

  

  The Madeira pipistrelle is a small bat found in the Madeira and Canary Islands. It uses habitats from forests to towns and catches flying insects.

• Common Cusimanse Crossarchus obscurus

  

  The common cusimanse is a small mongoose relative of West African forests. It lives in groups and searches among leaf litter and rotting logs for small animals and fruit.

• Bengal fox Vulpes bengalensis

  

  A fox of India's grasslands and scrub. Its tail has a black tip, and its coat color changes with the condition of its fur.

• Short-tailed Porcupine Coendou rufescens

  The short-tailed porcupine lives in Andean forests and has a relatively short tail. Colombian observations document it searching Cecropia trees and eating their fruit during the day.

• Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus

  A small wild cat recorded in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

• Red-tailed Sportive Lemur Lepilemur ruficaudatus

  The red-tailed sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur with a gray-brown body and reddish tail. It rests in tree holes by day and feeds on leaves.

• Japanese weasel Mustela itatsi

  A weasel native to Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and nearby islands, with an elongated body, short legs and a dark mark from forehead to nose.

• Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus wahlbergi

  Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat has a dog-like face and eats fruit. Males use white shoulder tufts in courtship, and groups rest by day in hollow trees or under large leaves.

• Ringtail Bassariscus astutus

  A raccoon relative with a long ringed tail that climbs nimbly over rocks.

• Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus

  A gibbon that amplifies its loud calls with a throat sac and travels by swinging between branches.

• Mountain Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus cunninghami

  This possum lives in cool, wet mountain forests. Its short rounded ears and bushy black tail, bare underneath, stand out.

• Chacoan Tuco-tuco Ctenomys conoveri

  Conover's Tuco-tuco is a fossorial rodent of the Gran Chaco in Bolivia and Paraguay. It has a robust cylindrical body and builds branching burrows.

• Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin Sousa plumbea

  A dolphin of the western Indian Ocean coast, with a small dorsal fin set on a large hump and a gray body.

• Gray Mouse Opossum Tlacuatzin canescens

  This small opossum lives in Mexico. It is nocturnal and eats mainly insects, along with fruit and small animals.

• Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix (Hystrix) indica

  A porcupine from the Middle East to South and Central Asia, protected by long quills.

• Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana

  A monkey of montane forests in central and western China; leaves are a major part of its diet, alongside seeds and fruit.

• White-lipped Deer Cervus albirostris

  The white-lipped deer lives in high country of the Tibetan Plateau. White markings around the muzzle and throat and broad hooves are distinctive.

• Giant Atlantic Tree-rat Phyllomys thomasi

  A spiny rat known only from São Sebastião Island off southeastern Brazil. Its back bears reddish-brown spines, and much of the island is Atlantic rainforest.

• Greater Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) kappleri

  The greater dog-like bat has light and dark brown color phases, with paler fur underneath. It uses wet forests and wetlands, eats insects, and roosts in groups in caves and tree hollows.

• Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus chinga

  A South American skunk with a black coat, white back stripes and a broad nose.

• Mexican Agouti Dasyprocta mexicana

  The Mexican agouti is a rodent of southern Mexican forests whose activity period varies by place.