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• Fijian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat Mirimiri acrodonta

  

  The Fijian monkey-faced fruit bat has been recorded in upland cloud forest on Taveuni Island. It has bright orange eyes, and records of its ecology remain limited.

• Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in humid forests from southern Mexico to central Honduras. The sexes have similar plumage: olive-brown above, black on the throat, and gray on the breast and belly. It walks on the forest floor while searching for insects and land snails.

• Fat dormouse Glis glis

  A dormouse native to Central Europe, it has gray fur, large eyes and ears, and long whiskers.

• Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis

  The female has a more vivid reddish-brown head and breast than the male. This bird searches for food in muddy freshwater wetlands.

• Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus tanala

  This Malagasy rodent is marked by a tuft of white hair at the end of its tail. A study in eastern Madagascar found it active at night and mainly associated with trees.

• Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis

  A hornbill of several central Philippine islands. The male is strongly patterned in cream and black, while the female is mostly black.

• Lesser capybara Hydrochoerus isthmius

  The lesser capybara is a species in the capybara genus, ranging from eastern Panama into northwestern South America. It has coarse, dark reddish-brown fur and uses waterside habitat.

• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii

  The male Orange-bellied Leafbird has a green body, orange underparts and a purplish-blue throat. It feeds on insects and fruit in forest from the Himalaya toward Assam.

• Ebony Glider Petaurus gracilis

  The mahogany glider is a marsupial that glides through woodlands in northern Queensland. Its buff-to-apricot belly and dark stripe from the head toward the rump are distinctive.

• African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus

  This small warbler lives in reedbeds and grassy vegetation near water in Africa and feeds on insects. Sources differ on whether baeticatus is treated as a separate African Reed Warbler species or as a subspecies of Common Reed Warbler.

• Intermediate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus affinis

  This horseshoe bat is recorded in southern China, including Xishuangbanna in Yunnan. The University of Bristol account describes caves as usual roosts and reports some individuals using tree hollows in tropical forest there.

• Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana

  The Swamp Sparrow lives in wetlands from central Canada to the eastern United States. Its rusty cap and wings stand out, and it searches for food in shallow water.

• Southern Pygmy Loris Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus

  A small slow loris that is active in trees at night and eats tree sap, nectar, and insects. Its behavior in the wild is still not well understood.

• Whitehead Mohoua albicilla

  This New Zealand endemic is naturally found on the North Island. It forages in the forest canopy while calling with its group. Some island and sanctuary populations were established by human translocation.

• Eastern Bettong Bettongia gaimardi

  The eastern bettong is a small Tasmanian marsupial that carries nesting material with its long tail. It leaves its grass nest at night to forage on fungi, seeds and other foods.

• Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castaneothorax

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in Australian grassland and shrubland. Males have a pale stripe above the eye and a conspicuous chestnut band across the breast.

• Baikal Seal Pusa sibirica

  A freshwater seal found only in Lake Baikal, with occasional records in rivers connected to the lake.

• Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus

  The Least Seedsnipe is a small ground-dwelling bird of South American grasslands and steppes. It feeds on shoots, leaves, and seeds in pairs or small groups.

• 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.

• Hooded Antpitta Grallaricula cucullata

  The Hooded Antpitta is a small bird with a reddish-brown head and orange bill. It occurs in scattered, limited mountain forest areas of Colombia and Venezuela.

• Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata

  The Indian Pangolin has an elongated body covered with scales. It feeds on ants and termites, and the studbook describes it as mainly nocturnal and ground-dwelling.

• Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus

  The male displays yellow plumes and an iridescent green breast shield in a ground court. The female is brown and looks very different.

• White-handed gibbon Hylobates lar

  A gibbon of Southeast Asian forests. It swings between branches using its long arms.

• Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis

  A pale-pink flamingo of South American coasts and high-altitude lakes. It filters tiny food particles from shallow water.