Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus tanala

  

  This Malagasy rodent is marked by a tuft of white hair at the end of its tail. A study in eastern Madagascar found it active at night and mainly associated with trees.

• Acuminate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus acuminatus

  

  The Acuminate Horseshoe Bat is a nocturnal bat described in grayish and reddish color forms. It rests by day in caves, hollow trees, and other sites.

• Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris

  

  This semiaquatic rat uses wetlands and watersides. The balance of plant and animal foods in its diet varies by region.

• Common Field Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus

  

  A small mouse found widely across Europe and nearby regions. It uses grassland, farmland, woods, and forests, and eats seeds, fruit, vegetation, and insects.

• Common Desert Long-eared Bat Otonycteris hemprichii

  

  This large-eared bat occurs from North Africa into the Middle East. A study tracking reproductive females in the Negev Desert found that they mainly roosted in rock cracks.

• Stripe-necked Mongoose Urva vitticollis

  

  The stripe-necked mongoose is a large Asian mongoose. Cameras have also recorded it in forests in Odisha, eastern India.

• Blanford's Fox Vulpes cana

  Blanford's fox is a small fox with large ears and a bushy tail. It can also climb among rocky slopes.

• Bicolor-spined Porcupine Coendou bicolor

  The bicolor-spined porcupine has quills that are pale at the base and dark toward the tip, and is an able climber. It is mainly active at night in trees and eats leaves, fruit, and other plant parts.

• African Wildcat Felis lybica

  A wild cat found across much of Africa and parts of Asia, with coat color and markings that vary by region.

• Hawk's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur tymerlachsoni

  Hawk’s sportive lemur is confined to forest on Nosy Be. Gray fur frames its large eyes, and a dark stripe runs from its head down its back.

• American Marten Martes americana

  A member of the weasel family found in forests of Alaska, Canada and the northern United States.

• Black-bearded Flying Fox Pteropus melanopogon

  A colony of black-bearded flying foxes was recorded roosting in mangroves on Pulau Marsegu, off Seram Island, Indonesia.

• Olinguito Bassaricyon neblina

  A mammal of Andean cloud forests in Colombia and Ecuador, with long dense fur tinged with red and black. It lives in trees.

• Silvery Gibbon Hylobates moloch

  The silvery gibbon lives in forests on Java. Its long arms help it swing from branch to branch.

• Coppery Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus johnstonii

  Johnston's brushtail possum has coppery-red fur and a cream-colored underside. It lives in forests of northeastern Australia and is mainly active in trees at night.

• Flamarion's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys flamarioni

  Flamarion's Tuco-tuco is a rodent with sandy fur and long, stiff hairs on its digging fingers. It lives alone in burrows in coastal dunes of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.

• Northern Right Whale Dolphin Lissodelphis borealis

  The northern right whale dolphin has no dorsal fin, a black back and a white underside. It travels in groups in offshore waters of the North Pacific.

• Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum Thylamys karimii

  Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum has a thick tail whose size changes with seasonal food availability. Juveniles were captured in both wet and dry seasons, suggesting it might breed year-round.

• Olive baboon Papio anubis

  A baboon with an olive-grey coat that lives across African grasslands and forests.

• Lesser Brocket Mazama nanus

  The lesser brocket is a small deer of dense subtropical vegetation in southeastern South America. Its coat is reddish brown, darker along the back; an Argentine account says it eats leaves, shoots, and fruit.

• Red-crested Tree Rat Santamartamys rufodorsalis

  This arboreal rodent is known from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. In the 2017 species account, the known evidence comprised two museum specimens and one photographic record.

• Gray Sac-winged Bat Balantiopteryx plicata

  A white edge on the wing membrane contrasts with this bat's pale-gray to dark-brown back. A diet study in a fragmented dry forest in Mexico found that its prey mix differed from that of two other bat species in the same community.

• Yucatán Spotted Skunk Spilogale yucatanensis

  This skunk occurs in forests of the northern Yucatán Peninsula. Camera traps in a small urban vegetation fragment in Mérida recorded it at night.

• Green Acouchi Myoprocta pratti

  This rodent has an olive-colored back, a pale orange underside, and slender legs. It is active by day and uses trails through forest undergrowth.