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• Ankarana Sportive Lemur Lepilemur ankaranensis

  

  The Ankarana sportive lemur is a tree-dwelling lemur active at night in forests of northern Madagascar. Its long, bushy tail is another recognizable feature.

• Heart-nosed Bat Cardioderma cor

  

  The heart-nosed bat has a heart-shaped nose leaf and large eyes. It leaves its roost around dusk and catches insects from a low perch.

• Least Weasel Mustela nivalis

  

  The least weasel is a small, slender mustelid with a short tail. The Missouri account describes it as probably present in the state’s northern counties.

• Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima

  

  The dwarf sperm whale is a small toothed whale found widely in temperate and tropical seas. It is distinct from the pygmy sperm whale.

• Laotian Rock Rat Laonastes aenigmamus

  

  The Laotian rock rat has long whiskers and a densely furred tail, and lives in limestone forests. In a study in central Vietnam, it hid in rock crevices by day and foraged on the forest floor at night.

• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

  

  A whale with long pectoral fins and distinctive markings on the underside of its tail.

• Pygmy Three-toed Sloth Bradypus pygmaeus

  The pygmy three-toed sloth is a small sloth from an island off Panama. It lives in coastal red mangroves, and its long head and shoulder fur can look like a hood.

• Tayra Eira barbara

  A climbing mustelid with a dark body and a lighter-colored head.

• False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens

  A dark, slender small whale that hunts fish and squid in warm seas.

• Bumblebee Bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai

  Kitti’s hog-nosed bat is a tiny bat about the size of a large bumblebee. It roosts in limestone caves and flies out around dusk to catch insects.

• Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis

  The Antarctic minke whale is a baleen whale with a circumpolar Southern Hemisphere range. It feeds in Antarctic waters in summer and is described as moving north to warmer waters in winter.

• Red deer Cervus elaphus

  Red deer are large deer native to Britain. In the New Forest, males call during the autumn rut.

• Malabar Spiny Dormouse Platacanthomys lasiurus

  Its back has broad, flat, stiff spines mixed through the fur, and the tail is brush-tipped. It climbs in forests of southern India and is thought to be mainly active at night.

• Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea

  The Lesser Dawn Bat has a long, narrow muzzle and large eyes. It feeds on nectar and pollen and roosts in large colonies in caves and other sheltered places.

• African wild ass Equus africanus

  A wild ass of Northeast Africa. This entry treats it as a wild species, separate from the domestic donkey.

• Mountain Coati Nasua olivacea

  A coati of Andean forests, with an elongated snout and a bushy, ringed tail.

• Southern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus siki

  The southern white-cheeked gibbon lives in forests of central Laos and Vietnam. It stays in the canopy, and its diet changes with the seasons.

• Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus

  A pig of savannas and open woodlands, the common warthog feeds on grasses and roots. Its range records include several subspecies.

• Musky Rat Kangaroo Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

  The musky rat kangaroo is a small marsupial of northeastern Australian rainforests. It eats mainly insects and searches by turning over debris while sitting on its haunches.

• Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus

  A daytime termite hunter with pale bands across its back.

• Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus

  A rare seal found in the Mediterranean and along northwest Africa; it feeds on fish, octopus and other prey.

• Pel's Anomalure Anomalurus pelii

  Pel's anomalure is a gliding squirrel with scaly structures on its tail. It occurs in high forest in West Africa.

• 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.

• Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra

  A grassland antelope whose males become darker with age.