Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hairy Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma villosum

  

  The hairy big-eyed bat has tricolored dorsal fur and long guard hairs. A 2024 report documented the first Cozumel Island record in Mexico from one bat captured in semideciduous forest.

• Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus

  

  A wild pig of western and central African forests, savannas and wetlands that becomes active after dusk.

• Southern Pygmy Loris Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus

  

  A small slow loris that is active in trees at night and eats tree sap, nectar, and insects. Its behavior in the wild is still not well understood.

• Masoala Woolly Lemur Avahi mooreorum

  

  The Masoala woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur known from northeastern Madagascar. Its mottled back and reddish-brown tail are distinctive.

• Peters' Mouse Lemur Microcebus myoxinus

  

  Peters's mouse lemur is a small primate of western Madagascar. At night it searches for fruit and insects in trees, usually foraging alone.

• Peruvian Spider Monkey Ateles chamek

  

  The Peruvian spider monkey uses its prehensile tail to move among tall trees in Amazonian forests. The Japanese name is listed by the Japan Monkey Centre.

• Nicobar Tree Shrew Tupaia nicobarica

  The Nicobar treeshrew is restricted to Great Nicobar and Little Nicobar islands in India. A study on Great Nicobar found it active in trees and feeding mainly on insects.

• Screaming hairy armadillo Chaetophractus vellerosus

  A hairy armadillo of dry regions, with fur showing between the plates of its armor. In hot summer weather it stays in burrows and is active at night.

• Baikal Seal Pusa sibirica

  A freshwater seal found only in Lake Baikal, with occasional records in rivers connected to the lake.

• Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus

  This small shrew has a long, pointed snout and very small eyes and ears. In Britain it occurs in places with grass, leaf litter, or other ground cover.

• Nyala Nyala angasii

  An African antelope whose males and females differ markedly in appearance.

• Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys suillus

  The short-tailed gymnure occurs on Java. A recent taxonomic revision treats it as a Java species and reports seasonal changes in coat color.

• Chinese Dormouse Chaetocauda sichuanensis

  The Chinese dormouse was described from subalpine forest in northern Sichuan. Its original description notes large eyes and a tail ending in a tuft of dense fur.

• Pygmy Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus mayeri

  The pygmy ringtail lives in trees in the forests of New Guinea's central highlands. It is active at night and builds nests of leaves and moss in tree forks.

• Grant's Bushbaby Paragalago granti

  Grant's bushbaby is a small nocturnal primate of southeastern African forests. It rests in tree holes by day and becomes active at night.

• Merriam's Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys merriami

  Merriam's pocket gopher is patchily distributed in the southern Valley of Mexico and nearby highlands.

• Burmese Hare Lepus peguensis

  This hare uses open woodland and grassy scrub, feeding on the ground from dusk into the night.

• Sijin Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) sikimaria

  This small pika is recorded in the mountains of Sikkim. Its winter coat is brown, with mixed brown and grey underneath. Surveys in 2010–2014 sampled it in subalpine Rhododendron forest and farmland.

• Checkered Elephant Shrew Rhynchocyon cirnei

  This large sengi has a checkered back and a long, mobile snout. It is active by day and searches on the ground for ants, termites and other invertebrates.

• Southern Mountain Cavy Microcavia australis

  This rodent has a compact body and a pale ring around each eye. It is active by day and feeds on leaves beneath thornbushes.

• Southern Birch Mouse Sicista subtilis

  The Southern Birch Mouse is a small rodent recorded in dry steppe and small river valleys during a study in the South Urals.

• Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata

  The bridled nail-tail wallaby is marked by a white stripe that runs from the neck toward the forearms. It shelters by day and emerges to feed in open grassland before dusk.

• Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus illigeri

  This saddle-back tamarin lives in lowland forests of Peru. Its mottled back, black crown, and reddish-orange rump help describe its appearance.

• Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus

  A large sea lion of the cold North Pacific. It catches fish and other prey at sea and rests ashore.