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• Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis

  

  In the Shark Bay area of Western Australia, this grasswren uses shrublands and is recorded foraging on the ground in pairs or family groups.

• Banggai Cuscus Phalanger pelengensis

  The Banggai cuscus is a marsupial of the Banggai Islands, with an orange-brown back and a yellowish belly. Its behavior is described here at the genus level where the source groups two species together.

• African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus

  The African Openbill is a dark stork with a greenish gloss. Its bill has a gap between the upper and lower parts, which helps it feed on shelled mollusks.

• Mongolian Gazelle Procapra gutturosa

  The Mongolian gazelle is a steppe animal whose coat changes with the seasons. In eastern and southeastern Mongolia, large herds move seasonally in search of pasture and water.

• Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis

  The Grey-headed Batis has a pale grey crown through much of its range. It lives in semi-arid savanna and gleans ants and other insects from leaves.

• Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura gallarum

  This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.

• Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus

  The Ochraceous Wren is a small wren about 9.5 cm long and 9.5 g. It is recorded in Costa Rica’s humid mountain forest, nearby second growth and pastures with scattered trees.

• Azara's Night Monkey Aotus azarae

  Azara's night monkey is a nocturnal primate found from southern Bolivia through Paraguay to northern Argentina. It has large white patches above its eyes.

• Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis

  With long, narrow wings, this bird has a shape between a tern and a shorebird. It catches insects in flight and nests along rocky rivers and coastlines.

• Japanese raccoon dog Nyctereutes viverrinus

  A member of the dog family living in and around Japanese forests.

• Taliabu Masked Owl Tyto nigrobrunnea

  The Taliabu Masked Owl is a rare owl known from Taliabu Island. Its plumage is described, but its feeding and breeding habits remain unknown.

• Rock Cavy Kerodon rupestris

  This cavy relative lives among rocky outcrops in the dry landscapes of northeastern Brazil. It has a very short tail and feeds on plants.

• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos

  The male Pine Bunting is notable for its white head and chestnut coloring. The species has separate breeding areas in Asia, and migration differs between subspecies.

• Slender Tree Shrew Tupaia gracilis

  The slender treeshrew has a slim body and long tail. In Bornean forest it forages alone on the ground and in low undergrowth, feeding on insects.

• Sao Tome Fiscal Lanius newtoni

  The Sao Tome Fiscal is endemic to the forests of São Tomé Island. Adults have a contrasting black back and pale underparts, and hunt for prey on the ground from a perch.

• Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk Conepatus humboldtii

  Conepatus humboldtii is a Patagonian skunk from Argentina and Chile. It has a broad projecting face and one or two side stripes, and searches mainly for insects in grassland at night.

• Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus

  The Yellow-crowned Gonolek is about 23 cm long. It uses acacia thornbush savanna and woodland, searching branches and foliage for invertebrates.

• Common Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) subterraneus

  The common pine vole is a small vole that often tunnels in deep soil and eats plant roots and tubers.

• Malayan Black Magpie Platysmurus leucopterus

  A corvid with an all-black body, a white wing band, and a long broad tail; it forages in the forest canopy and mid-story.

• Falanouc Eupleres goudotii

  The falanouc is a Malagasy carnivore with a narrow muzzle and a thick tail. It searches for earthworms and other small prey at night in humid lowland forests.

• Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus

  This pardalote occurs in Australia. Gould’s early description notes a vivid orange spot before the eye, while a regional account from the southern Carnarvon Basin reports it mainly in eucalypt canopies.

• Grant's Bushbaby Paragalago granti

  Grant's bushbaby is a small nocturnal primate of southeastern African forests. It rests in tree holes by day and becomes active at night.

• Yellow-crowned Whitestart Myioborus flavivertex

  This warbler is endemic to Colombia's Santa Marta Mountains. It uses middle and upper levels of cloud forest and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Tucumán Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tucumanus

  The Tucumán Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent recorded around the city of Tucumán. It has a reddish brown back, a pale underside, and white patches near the limbs.