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• Lesser Mouse-deer Tragulus kanchil

  

  It has no antlers; males have long canine teeth. This small ungulate lives alone or in pairs and eats leaves and fruit.

• Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus

  

  Centered in southeastern Peru, this jacamar also occurs in the lowland Amazon of Brazil and Bolivia. It launches from waterside or forest-edge perches to catch flying insects.

• Malayan pangolin Manis javanica

  

  A mammal with scales covering its upperparts and a long tongue for eating ants and termites. On Borneo it is recorded in forests and cultivated areas, including gardens.

• Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei

  

  This Cuban endemic lives in coastal scrub. An older specimen account records a fine black line from the eye toward the ear-coverts, bluish-grey upperparts, and ashy-white underparts.

• Large Asian Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros lekaguli

  

  This bat has a large noseleaf. In 2019, six were caught and released after measurements near a cave on Negros Island, Philippines.

• Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix

  

  The Long-billed Murrelet is an alcid that breeds along the Siberian coast and also spends time at sea. It is recorded only rarely as a vagrant in North America.

• White-fronted Brown Lemur Eulemur albifrons

  The male's white face makes the sexes easy to distinguish. This lemur lives in forests of northeastern Madagascar and mainly eats fruit, young leaves, and flowers.

• Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens

  The Plumbeous Ibis is a grey ibis with a long, curved bill. In Argentina it uses wetlands with trees and nests in trees.

• Baja California Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus rudinoris

  It has a yellowish gray-brown back, a white underside, and a tail longer than its body. It is active at night and carries seeds in cheek pouches to store in its burrow.

• Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus

  The Black-headed Oriole occurs in Africa. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black head and bright yellow plumage; the species account describes the bird as diurnal and omnivorous in open woodland and forest.

• Central American squirrel monkey Saimiri oerstedii

  The Central American squirrel monkey is a small primate restricted to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama. It lives in humid forest.

• White-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps

  This parrotbill ranges from northeast India east of Sikkim to Bhutan and adjacent Tibet. It uses bamboo near broadleaf evergreen forest and may be seen in small groups.

• American Shrew Mole Neurotrichus gibbsii

  The American shrew mole has tiny eyes and a flat, elongated nose. It digs shallow tunnels beneath leaf litter and sometimes climbs low bushes above ground.

• Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus

  This small southern African coastal cormorant forages for benthic prey in inshore kelp beds.

• Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis

  The Brazilian free-tailed bat has a tail tip that projects beyond the tail membrane. Groups that arrive in central Texas each spring are well documented.

• Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda

  The Rufous-vented Chachalaca has brown to olive plumage and a bare, reddish-brown throat. It moves in small flocks, active in the morning and evening, and eats fruit and leaves.

• Gray African Climbing Mouse Dendromus melanotis

  Its gray coat has a dark stripe down the back, and its long tail helps it climb grass stems. It is active at night, builds grass nests, and eats seeds and insects.

• Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata

  The Nepal Cupwing is known from records in central Nepal. A 2010 field note reports hearing at least four birds in northern India and later observing one individual.

• Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus formosae

  This bat has silky, glossy fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It is endemic to Taiwan, but much of its natural history remains unknown.

• Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus

  A Togian Islands survey reported sightings and a nest-related observation of the Sulawesi Drongo. The source concerns a limited survey area off central Sulawesi.

• Azara's Broad-headed Oryzomys Hylaeamys megacephalus

  Short ochre, yellow or orange fur with dark ticking covers its back, while the underside is gray. It is mainly ground-dwelling and ranges through forested parts of northern and central South America.

• Brown Tit-Babbler Macronus striaticeps

  This babbler is endemic to the Philippines. The nominate subspecies has black-and-white crown stripes and pale streaks above; the Mindanao survey found it in several kinds of forest.

• Müller's Rat Sundamys muelleri

  Müller's rat has long, rough brown fur and a dark tail longer than its body. It is mainly nocturnal and ground-dwelling, but also climbs into low vegetation.

• White-bellied Nothura Nothura boraquira

  The White-bellied Nothura is a small tinamou recorded in Bolivian savannas and grasslands. The source gives a body length of 22–24 cm.