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• Slaty Bristlefront Merulaxis ater

  

  This bird lives in the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil. Males are slate-grey and females brown, with fine bristles at the base of the bill. It searches for insects among leaf litter close to the forest floor.

• Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens

  The species has been recorded in forests in northeastern Australia. A 2025 study examined fur from one young male collected on the Atherton Tablelands, and a camera survey reported in 2026 recorded the species in reference forest and restored corridors.

• Bay-crowned Brush Finch Atlapetes seebohmi

  The Bay-crowned Brush Finch occurs along the western Andes of southern Ecuador and north-western Peru. Its grey plumage is marked by a rufous crown and pale throat; it forages in montane scrub, dwarf forest, and forest edges.

• Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei

  A stocky, short-beaked dolphin that lives in deep offshore waters.

• Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani

  In Bolivia, this ground-dwelling bird is found along montane-forest edges and in tall scrub. It occurs alone or in pairs and skulks in dense vegetation near the ground.

• Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus

  The lesser Egyptian jerboa is a small rodent that bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night in deserts and semi-deserts.

• Red-billed Pied Tanager Lamprospiza melanoleuca

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

• Armored Rat Hoplomys gymnurus

  This rodent has spines on its back. In wet streamside forest, it hides in a burrow by day and searches for food at night.

• Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides

  This small bird lives in dry woodland and scrub in southwestern Madagascar. It searches among foliage and leaf litter for insects and spiders.

• Cape genet Genetta tigrina

  A southern African genet with dark spots on a pale coat and rings on its tail. It is active at night and climbs well.

• Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi

  Forbes's Plover occurs in open grasslands and other open habitats in parts of western and central Africa. It searches the ground for insects and small invertebrates to eat.

• Ground Cuscus Phalanger gymnotis

  This cuscus has a dark stripe down its back and a tail suited for gripping branches. It searches for fruit at night and can climb.

• Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius

  The Sulphur-rumped Myiobius lives in the lower and middle levels of humid forest. Males have a dark olive back and pale yellow rump; the yellow crown patch is often hidden.

• Arabian Jird Meriones (Pallasiomys) arimalius

  This jird occurs on the Arabian Peninsula. Genetic work leaves some Arabian identifications uncertain.

• Timor Friarbird Philemon inornatus

  This honeyeater occurs on Timor. A study in West Timor recorded it taking nectar at forest edges in the morning.

• Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus herbertensis

  This marsupial has a black body with white markings on its chest and belly. It is mainly arboreal, active at night, and eats leaves.

• Visayan Broadbill Sarcophanops samarensis

  The Visayan Broadbill stands out for the blue fleshy skin around its eyes and its purple crown. It lives in lowland forest in the central Philippines and is reported to eat insects.

• Lowland Streaked Tenrec Hemicentetes semispinosus

  The lowland streaked tenrec is a small mammal with striking yellow-and-black quills and stripes. It lives in eastern Madagascar’s lowland rainforests.

• Arctic Loon Gavia arctica

  A waterbird that breeds on large lakes in northern Europe and Asia. Its breeding plumage is boldly patterned, and outside the breeding season it also uses sheltered coastal waters.

• Javan Porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica

  This porcupine lives on Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and nearby islands. Its back and sides look dark and speckled, while species-specific natural-history records remain limited.

• Creamy-bellied Antwren Herpsilochmus motacilloides

  This small antwren lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. Males have a black cap and broad white eyebrow, and the species is reported at 900–2,100 m.

• Giant Armadillo Priodontes maximus

  It is the largest living armadillo and digs burrows with its powerful front claws.

• Black Inca Coeligena prunellei

  This hummingbird is endemic to Colombia's eastern Andes. Males have black plumage with a green-blue sheen and hover while feeding at flowers.

• Sijin Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) sikimaria

  This small pika is recorded in the mountains of Sikkim. Its winter coat is brown, with mixed brown and grey underneath. Surveys in 2010–2014 sampled it in subalpine Rhododendron forest and farmland.