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• Small Mexican Small-eared Shrew Cryptotis mexicanus

  

  This small-eared shrew lives in the mountains of Mexico. It has dark brown fur above and a slightly paler underside; the account lists damp montane forests as habitat.

• Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah

  

  The scimitar-horned oryx is an antelope of arid lands, with a pale coat and long, backward-curving horns.

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog Paraechinus nudiventris

  

  The bare-bellied hedgehog is marked by short spines on its back and a white underside. A survey in southern India recorded it sheltering in shrubs by day and foraging from evening into night.

• Southwestern Texas Pocket Gopher Megascapheus baileyi

  

  Megascapheus baileyi is a small pocket gopher. A 2025 taxonomic review includes 21 subspecies; the nominate subspecies is known only from its type locality at Sierra Blanca, Texas. Other subspecies occur in New Mexico and Mexico.

• Corsican Hare Lepus corsicanus

  

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

• Greater Guinea Pig Cavia magna

  

  The greater guinea pig is a wild relative of the domestic guinea pig. It has webbed toes and lives in wetlands, with long fur forming a crest on its neck.

• Chinese Birch Mouse Sicista concolor

  The Chinese birch mouse has a brown, unstriped back and is reported to build grass nests. Recent research suggests that the group historically treated under this name includes multiple species.

• White-striped dorcopsis Dorcopsis hageni

  The white-striped dorcopsis is a macropod marsupial of lowland forests in northern New Guinea. A pale stripe on the back is a distinguishing feature.

• Santarém Marmoset Mico humeralifer

  The Santarém marmoset is a small monkey from a limited area of northern Brazil. Pale ear tufts and alternating black and silvery rings on its tail are distinctive.

• Groves' Titi Plecturocebus grovesi

  This titi monkey was described from Mato Grosso, Brazil. The paper notes a grayish back, red-brown underside, and black tail with a pale tip.

• Hausa Genet Genetta thierryi

  The Hausa genet is a small viverrid found in West African savannas and moist woodlands. A reddish line along its back and alternating light and dark rings on its tail help identify its coat pattern.

• Cliff Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis

  Neotamias dorsalis ranges across the western and southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its smoky-grey back has dark stripes, and the underside is creamy white.

• Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii

  The western quoll is a carnivorous marsupial of forests and woodlands in south-west Western Australia. It has white spots and is active at night.

• Geoffroy's Trident Leaf-nosed Bat Asellia tridens

  This bat has a short muzzle and a noseleaf with three rear projections. It inhabits desert and semidesert from North Africa through the Middle East, often near oases and dry riverbeds, and catches insects in flight.

• Black lemur Eulemur macaco

  A northwestern Madagascar lemur whose males and females have different coat colours.

• California Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys californicus

  The California kangaroo rat has large hind feet for hopping and a long tail. It is active mainly at night and eats seeds and fruit.

• Spix's White-fronted Capuchin Cebus unicolor

  This capuchin occurs in the upper Brazilian Amazon. Its specialist handbook account lists lowland and seasonally flooded forest and describes a diet of fruits and invertebrates.

• Common Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops bonariensis

  The common dwarf bonneted bat has a broad, flat muzzle and large rounded ears. It leaves its roost after sunset and catches insects in flight.

• King Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus rex

  The king horseshoe bat is recorded from southern China. It has very large ears and darker fur above than below.

• Eastern Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) humulis

  This small mouse uses grassland and early-successional habitats, is mainly nocturnal, and builds grass-fiber nests.

• Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis

  This rodent is recorded across much of sub-Saharan Africa. A study in semi-arid Tanzania found it eating plant material and seeds.

• Black Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) nigricans

  This bat was studied at Paracou in French Guiana. Fur color and texture varied among specimens, and captures came from streamside forest, clearings, and above roadside puddles.

• White-tailed mongoose Ichneumia albicauda

  A mongoose with long black-and-white hairs, it usually has a white tail tip and often uses dry areas with wooded cover.

• Pale fox Vulpes pallida

  An African fox with sandy upper fur and a bushy, black-tipped tail.