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• Red-breasted Chat Granatellus venustus

  

  At Mexico’s Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, researchers caught this species in both wet and dry seasons, but recorded fewer captures in the dry season and more in deciduous than semi-deciduous forest.

• Schwartz's Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) martiniquensis

  

  Schwartz's myotis is a bat endemic to the Caribbean island of Martinique. It inhabits forested mountain areas and eats insects.

• Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae

  

  The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds on the Iberian Peninsula and winters in the Sahel south of the Sahara. A 2023 study examined both sexes at a Moroccan oasis used by the Iberian population as a spring stopover.

• Selayar Tarsier Tarsius tarsier

  

  The Selayar tarsier is marked by a black spot over the nose and a short, sparse tail tuft. It is active at night and lives in trees on Selayar Island.

• Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla

  

  The Common Firecrest is a small bird with a pale eyebrow and a bright crown. In Spain, it searches for small invertebrates in cool, humid forests.

• 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.

• Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus

  This small babbler inhabits moist evergreen forest in the eastern Himalayas. It searches for insects in dense undergrowth in steep gullies and occurs from eastern Nepal through Bhutan to northeastern India.

• Rufous Bettong Aepyprymnus rufescens

  The rufous bettong is a marsupial with reddish-brown fur and a furred muzzle. It rests in a grass-built nest by day and looks for food at night.

• White-eared Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis

  A white patch behind the ear and a rufous breast stand out. It perches in riverside woodland and darts out to catch flying insects.

• Garlepp's Pampas Cat Leopardus garleppi

  A wild cat recorded in Peru’s Eten wetlands. It has reddish fur with spots; in 2019, an individual was filmed crossing a path and moving into tall vegetation.

• Silvery-cheeked hornbill Bycanistes brevis

  A forest bird with silvery facial feathers and a large bill.

• Indri Indri indri

  A lemur of northeastern Madagascar’s rainforests. It leaps between trees and eats leaves, fruit and other plant foods.

• Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus

  The Puerto Rican Tody lives only in Puerto Rico. Its green back, red throat, and yellowish-white underside stand out.

• Somali Bushbaby Galago gallarum

  This small nocturnal primate has a pale face, dark eye rings, black ears and tail, and a light buff back.

• Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum

  The Spotted Quail-thrush blends into the ground of dry, open woodland. Males have a black face and throat with a white eyebrow, and birds are usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Malayan Pygmy Shrew Suncus malayanus

  This small shrew occurs on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. A male captured in the Cameron Highlands had notably large ears and dark, fine fur.

• White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys

  A tiny warbler of montane forests in central and eastern Africa; the source treats several subspecies together.

• Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola

  A small antelope of forests and woodlands in central, eastern and southern Africa.

• Northern Cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus

  The Northern Cassowary is a large flightless bird with a casque and neck wattles that lives in lowland New Guinea.

• Lesser False Vampire Bat Megaderma spasma

  The lesser false vampire bat is a forest bat with a large noseleaf and large ears. It is nocturnal and eats insects and small animals, but does not drink blood.

• Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita

  A large white cockatoo recognized by its yellow crest.

• Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus myoxinus

  This tufted-tail rat is endemic to Madagascar. It is nocturnal and solitary, lives mainly in trees, and feeds chiefly on fruit.

• Urubamba Antpitta Grallaria occabambae

  This ground-dwelling antpitta occurs in the southeastern Peruvian Andes. A 2020 paper treats it as a distinct species; the nominate subspecies has dark reddish-brown upperparts and paler underparts.

• Panamanian Night Monkey Aotus zonalis

  This nocturnal monkey has a coat mixed with brown, cream, and black. It lives among the trees of forests in Panama and northwestern Colombia.