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• Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus

  

  The Scaly-throated Honeyguide has fine streaks on its throat and feeds in forests and dense woodland on beeswax, bees, and other insects.

• Pampas Deer Ozotoceros bezoarticus

  A slender, long-legged deer of South American grasslands. In Argentina, current populations remain in limited areas.

• Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum

  A dark waterbird widespread around lakes and coasts in North America. It dives for fish and is often seen spreading its wings to dry them.

• Burmeister’s Porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis

  Burmeister’s porpoise lives along the coasts of South America. Small, thorn-like bumps line the front edge of its dorsal fin.

• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus

  A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.

• Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec Echinops telfairi

  The lesser hedgehog tenrec is a small mammal of dry areas in southern Madagascar. Its black-and-white spines stand out, and it searches for small animals at night.

• Chiming Wedgebill Psophodes occidentalis

  The Chiming Wedgebill inhabits arid Australia. It uses mulga woodland and low shrubland in Shark Bay, picking insects from the ground and small trees.

• Rock hyrax Procavia capensis

  A mammal of rocky habitats in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It shelters in crevices and eats grasses and leaves.

• Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina

  This small hummingbird ranges across South America, including Bolivia. Its rufous throat and blue gorget help identify it.

• Corsican Hare Lepus corsicanus

  The Corsican hare is native to central and southern Italy and Sicily. The population on Corsica is considered introduced.

• Cordoba Cinclodes Cinclodes comechingonus

  This cinclodes is recorded in Córdoba Province, central Argentina. Its 1944 original description noted a ferruginous wing band and rusty tips on the outer tail feathers of the adult male type. The national parks database also lists rivers and streams among its habitat categories.

• Feline Genet Genetta felina

  This genet occurs in southern Africa. It has a pale grey coat with a continuous black line down the middle of its back, and uses grassland, open woodland and thickets.

• Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis

  Adult male Australian Golden Whistlers have a yellow belly and black head, while females have a grayish back. They search lower and middle tree levels for insects and spiders and also eat berries.

• Karoo Rock Sengi Elephantulus pilicaudus

  This sengi is restricted to the Nama-Karoo of South Africa. It has a tuft at the end of its tail, and the species description reports it from rocky habitat.

• Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus

  The Indian Stone-curlew is a ground-dwelling bird breeding from India into Southeast Asia and is mostly nocturnal.

• Common Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina

  A rodent native to northern South America that sometimes buries seeds for later.

• Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita

  The male has glossy blue-black plumage and a crest, while the female is brown. It forages on the forest floor alone or in small groups.

• Balabac Chevrotain Tragulus nigricans

  This small mouse-deer lives on Philippine islands and is marked by dark fur and three white throat stripes.

• Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus

  The Brown Treecreeper has a pale brown back and black-and-buff barring across the breast and belly. It lives in dry forests of eastern Australia and searches for insects on trunks and on the ground.

• Hawaiian Monk Seal Neomonachus schauinslandi

  A tropical monk seal that lives across the Hawaiian Islands.

• Adélie penguin Pygoscelis adeliae

  A penguin that breeds along the Antarctic coast, recognised by a white ring around each eye.

• Mountain Coati Nasua olivacea

  A coati of Andean forests, with an elongated snout and a bushy, ringed tail.

• Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus

  The Green Oriole has yellow-green plumage and reddish-brown eyes. It occurs across northern Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, and builds a cup-shaped nest high in the canopy.

• Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata

  A mongoose of open, semi-arid habitats in southern Africa that forages for insects and other small prey.