Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-tailed Marmoset Mico melanurus

  

  The black-tailed marmoset is a small monkey with a conspicuously dark tail. It eats tree gum and fruit and lives in forests of west-central Brazil and eastern Bolivia.

• Galápagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki

  

  This sea lion lives along the Galápagos coast throughout the year. Its streamlined body helps it move through the water.

• Brown Titi Plecturocebus brunneus

  

  An arboreal monkey from Brazil's Rondônia state. Its brown back, reddish limbs and belly, and black crown help distinguish it.

• Small Indian civet Viverricula indica

  

  A civet that uses woodland, grassland and areas near people.

• Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

  

  The thirteen-lined ground squirrel has alternating dark and light stripes, with spots in the dark stripes. In Texas it uses underground burrows in grassland and pasture, and its food changes with the season.

• Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew Phascolosorex doriae

  

  This marsupial occurs in western New Guinea. It has a dark line along the middle of its back and reddish fur on the underside.

• Durga Das's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros durgadasi

  It is a small bat with rounded ears and a simple noseleaf without supplementary leaflets. In Karnataka, it roosts in subterranean caves.

• Red-bellied Lemur Eulemur rubriventer

  The red-bellied lemur is a diurnal lemur whose facial and belly markings differ between males and females. It eats fruit, flowers, and leaves in eastern Madagascar’s rainforests.

• Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys gaumeri

  Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse is endemic to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Records show it eating land snails as well as seeds.

• Black Squirrel Monkey Saimiri vanzolinii

  The black squirrel monkey has a dark crown and colorful limbs. In flooded forests of northern Brazil, it moves through trees by day to find fruit and insects.

• Pyrenean Desman Galemys pyrenaicus

  The Pyrenean desman is a small mammal of mountain streams. It uses its long, mobile snout to find small aquatic animals on the streambed.

• Pallas' Free-tailed Bat Molossus molossus

  Pallas's free-tailed bat is a medium-sized bat recorded in several habitats in Argentina. It roosts in groups in tree hollows and buildings and eats insects.

• Kivu African Climbing Mouse Dendromus nyasae

  The Kivu African Climbing Mouse is recorded in central and eastern Africa. Some taxonomic treatments recognize the Kivu population as a separate species.

• Pearson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pearsonii

  This horseshoe bat ranges across parts of South and Southeast Asia. Its back is brown and underside paler.

• Pine Vole Microtus (Pitymys) pinetorum

  A small vole that moves through leaf litter and soil in deciduous forests. In autumn it stores roots and shoots in burrows for winter shortages.

• Single-Striped Lemniscomys Lemniscomys rosalia

  The single-striped lemniscomys is a grassland mouse with one dark line along its back. A southern African assessment reports that it uses places with tall grass cover.

• Red Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) ruber

  The red myotis has bright cinnamon-red fur on its back and yellowish fur underneath. It is recorded in Brazil's Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, and has been captured in forest and building settings.

• Javan Mongoose Urva javanica

  The Javan mongoose is a mongoose found in Southeast Asia. A study on Java examined traces of its varied animal prey in fecal DNA.

• Sechuran Fox Lycalopex sechurae

  This small fox lives in dry coastal areas from northwestern Ecuador to Peru. It is nocturnal; food records from northern Peru include fruit and small animals.

• Brazilian Porcupine Coendou prehensilis

  The Brazilian porcupine occurs in the northern Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Adults have three-banded quills along the back, giving a pale yellowish appearance with dark brown markings. In Pernambuco, a specimen was collected in lowland evergreen rainforest surrounded by sugar-cane fields.

• Black-footed cat Felis nigripes

  A small cat with tawny fur, dark spots and bands, and black foot pads.

• Weasel Lemur Lepilemur mustelinus

  The weasel sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur of eastern Madagascar's rainforests. Most have chestnut-brown fur, though bright orange individuals have also been observed.

• Malay Weasel Mustela nudipes

  The Malay weasel has a pale head and a slender reddish-brown to orange body. It searches for small animals on the ground during the day.

• Harpy Fruit Bat Harpyionycteris whiteheadi

  The harpy fruit bat lives in forests on islands including the Philippines. The account describes dark brown upper fur and group roosts in fruiting plants.