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• Red-billed Pied Tanager Lamprospiza melanoleuca

  

  This tanager is usually seen in groups of three to eight in the canopy of Amazonian forest.

• Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous chacoensis

  

  A small armadillo of the dry Chaco that spends much of its time underground and mainly eats ants and termites.

• Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps

  

  The Olive-headed Weaver lives in montane miombo woodland in southern Tanzania and nearby regions. Males have a bright yellow crown and rusty breast.

• Mehely's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mehelyi

  

  Mehely's horseshoe bat has a patchy Mediterranean range, roosts in caves and feeds mostly on moths.

• Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus

  

  It has been recorded in Philippine grasslands, scrub, ravine edges, bamboo-forest edges, and gardens. It is secretive and stays under ground cover.

• 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.

• Mountain Shrike Lanius validirostris

  It has a gray head and back, a black facial band, a white breast, and rufous-brown flanks. In the Philippine mountains, it watches for insects from exposed perches.

• Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou mexicanus

  This porcupine ranges from southeastern Mexico through Central America to western Panama. Long quills hide beneath coarse black hairs, and its long tail can grip branches.

• Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris

  This small bird occurs widely across Australia. Its short tail and stubby bill are distinctive, and it searches among tree leaves for food.

• Large Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus magnater

  The large long-fingered bat has dark brown to nearly black dorsal fur. Meghalaya records came from cave sites and above a river, and researchers recorded calls from bats flying in front of a cave.

• Afghan Babbler Argya huttoni

  The Afghan Babbler is a long-tailed babbler found from Iraq and Iran east through Afghanistan to southwestern Pakistan. It inhabits dry scrub and rocky hills.

• Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii

  The Tasmanian subspecies P. g. gunnii uses areas where grassland and remnant forest occur together. It probes the ground with its long nose for insects and worms.

• Southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius

  A rainforest bird with a black body, blue neck and a hard crest on top of its head.

• Niemitz's Tarsier Tarsius niemitzi

  This tarsier occurs on the Togean Islands off Central Sulawesi. It was described as a distinct species in 2019, and a characteristic duet call made by a male and female is reported.

• Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens

  This bird lives in dry habitats and woodlands of the southwestern United States and nearby areas. Males are glossy black and females gray; it perches high and eats berries and flying insects.

• Palawan Bearded Pig Sus ahoenobarbus

  Adult Palawan bearded pigs have a pale mane and a long beard that crosses the snout. The species occurs in the Palawan Faunal Region of the Philippines.

• Many-banded Aracari Pteroglossus pluricinctus

  This toucan has a long bill and a banded chest. In northwestern South America it feeds mainly on fruit and nuts, sometimes taking insects, and roosts communally in tree cavities.

• Silver-backed Chevrotain Tragulus versicolor

  The silver-backed chevrotain is endemic to Vietnam. Recent camera-trap surveys recorded it in dry and semi-dry forests in the south-central part of the country.

• Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum

  The Keel-billed Motmot is a Central American motmot with a keel-like ridge along the upper bill.

• Heart-nosed Bat Cardioderma cor

  The heart-nosed bat has a heart-shaped nose leaf and large eyes. It leaves its roost around dusk and catches insects from a low perch.

• Everett's Thrush Zoothera everetti

  A Bornean mountain thrush of mossy forest and track edges, with olive-brown upperparts, a reddish tail and pale orange, scaly-looking underparts.

• Chinese zokor Eospalax fontanierii

  The Chinese zokor is a subterranean rodent. In the studied subspecies, E. f. baileyi, researchers describe a rounded body, short snout, eyes and tail, and gray-brown fur.

• Rufous-headed Ground Roller Atelornis crossleyi

  The Rufous-headed Ground Roller searches for food on the damp forest floor of eastern Madagascar. Adults show a rufous head and underparts, a green back, and white streaks on the black throat.

• Ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta

  A lemur of southern Madagascar and nearby regions, recognizable by its long tail with black-and-white rings.