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• Long-tailed Ground Roller Uratelornis chimaera

  

  The Long-tailed Ground Roller is a ground-dwelling bird of dry forest in southwestern Madagascar. Its long tail and patterned head are distinctive.

• Llama Lama glama

  A domestic camelid long used to carry loads in the Andes. It has a long neck and legs but no hump.

• Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanonotus

  This small parrot occurs in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. A study at Ubatuba, São Paulo, in January–February 2011 recorded birds eating unripe Clusia criuva fruit. These feeding notes come from one study area.

• Lowland Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus canescens

  The Lowland Ring-tailed Possum occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum

  The Vulturine Guineafowl is a large bird of eastern Africa's dry grasslands and scrub. It walks on the ground in groups and is striking for its blue head and long black plumes.

• European Garden Dormouse Eliomys quercinus

  The European garden dormouse is marked by a dark mask and a black-and-white tail tip. In Spain, it occurs across the Iberian Peninsula, but its distribution is uneven.

• Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii

  It ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama, using forested areas near water as well as edges and scrub.

• Atlantic Bamboo Rat Kannabateomys amblyonyx

  The Atlantic bamboo rat is an arboreal rodent of bamboo patches in the Atlantic Forest. It grips bamboo with broad digits and feeds on bamboo leaves and stems.

• Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae

  The Black Stilt is a wader found only in New Zealand. Adults are marked by all-black plumage, long red legs and a thin black bill.

• Southern Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax arboreus

  The southern tree hyrax is a tree-dwelling mammal with soft grey-brown fur, found in forests across eastern and southern Africa.

• Grey-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans

  The Grey-winged Trumpeter is a forest bird of South America that appears larger when it arches its wings.

• Parma wallaby Notamacropus parma

  A wallaby that rests in thickets by day and feeds on grasses at night.

• White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei

  The amount of white on its head varies, and its red bill and feet stand out. By day it searches tree trunks and branches for invertebrates.

• Pendlebury's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros pendleburyi

  This bat is recorded in peninsular Thailand. Its noseleaf has three supplementary leaflets, and surveys recorded it at limestone outcrops, caves, and forest sites.

• Western Thornbill Acanthiza inornata

  The Western Thornbill is a small bird of southwestern Western Australia that searches for insects in the undergrowth. It has an olive-gray back and creamy-buff underparts.

• Short-tailed Porcupine Coendou rufescens

  The short-tailed porcupine lives in Andean forests and has a relatively short tail. Colombian observations document it searching Cecropia trees and eating their fruit during the day.

• Pin-tailed Manakin Ilicura militaris

  Males are mainly green, black, and white with a red tail, while females are olive-colored and shorter-tailed. Males perform courtship dances and make sounds with their wing feathers.

• Red slender loris Loris tardigradus

  The red slender loris is a small primate endemic to Sri Lanka. A 2017 study places the species across the island's wet zone and montane areas.

• Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos

  In Hong Kong this species is mainly a winter visitor and passage migrant in wooded habitats. Males are slate-grey; females are paler and can show weak barring below.

• White-lipped Deer Cervus albirostris

  The white-lipped deer lives in high country of the Tibetan Plateau. White markings around the muzzle and throat and broad hooves are distinctive.

• Olive-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum nigrilore

  This flowerpecker is recorded in the mountains of Mindanao in the Philippines. The Mt. Kitanglad survey also records the colors of the eyes, bill, and legs in males.

• Sanford's Brown Lemur Eulemur sanfordi

  Sanford's brown lemur inhabits forests in northern Madagascar. Males have conspicuous cheek fur, and females differ in coat color.

• Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis

  The Basra Reed Warbler breeds in Iraqi wetlands and winters in eastern Africa. Its breeding sites include extensive reed beds in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys.

• Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus

  Gervais' beaked whale is a member of the beaked-whale family that lives in deep Atlantic waters. It is rarely seen at sea and is usually alone or in small, closely associated groups.