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• Philippine Pied Fantail Rhipidura nigritorquis

  

  This fantail is endemic to the Philippines. It searches for insects in lowland woodland, coastal vegetation, and green spaces in towns.

• Philippine warty pig Sus philippensis

  The Philippine warty pig has one subspecies associated with the Greater Luzon Faunal Region and another with the Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Their head hair differs, while many details of the species' diet and behavior remain unknown.

• Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis

  The Rock Pratincole is a small, dark bird with white rump and underwing markings. It breeds by fast, rocky rivers; the southern African population moves seasonally.

• Tayra Eira barbara

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

• Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans

  The Elegant Trogon lives in Central American forests. Males have bronzy-green upperparts and a red belly, while females are gray-brown and differ in color.

• Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus nippon

  Rhinolophus nippon is a large horseshoe bat recorded in Japan. In a 2003 study, adult females in Yamaguchi Prefecture foraged in open forest areas and along woodland paths.

• Blue Nuthatch Sitta azurea

  The Blue Nuthatch is a small bird that moves along trunks and branches in mountain forest.

• Northern pygmy marmoset Cebuella pygmaea

  A very small tree-climbing monkey of the upper Amazon basin.

• Acre Antshrike Thamnophilus divisorius

  This antshrike is known from Serra do Divisor in Acre, Brazil. Males are dusky grey; females are grey above and tawny-rufous below.

• Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii

  A small molossid bat that is widespread in South America. It catches insects while flying in open areas.

• Tawny-breasted Myiobius Myiobius villosus

  This flycatcher ranges from Nicaragua and Panama south through the Andes to Bolivia. It lives in montane forest near streams and attends ant swarms.

• Pyrenean Chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica

  The Pyrenean chamois is a bovid with a dark band across the eyes and hooked horns. The plants it eats change with the seasons.

• Mayotte Drongo Dicrurus waldenii

  This species is endemic to Mayotte. It is recorded in humid natural forest at about 200–350 m, as well as secondary forest, plantations, and forest margins.

• Common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula

  A tree-dwelling nocturnal marsupial with large eyes and rounded ears.

• Sooty Fox Sparrow Passerella unalaschcensis

  This entry concerns the Pacific Sooty group within the broader Fox Sparrow account. It has dark upperparts and uses different habitats during breeding and winter.

• Japanese pipistrelle Pipistrellus abramus

  A small bat that roosts in buildings and flies over familiar places after sunset.

• Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens

  The Blunt-winged Warbler is a small reed warbler of wetlands and mountain grasslands. Some populations migrate seasonally.

• Kit fox Vulpes macrotis

  A small fox of dry grasslands and deserts in the American Southwest. Its large ears are easy to recognize.

• Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus

  The Scaly-throated Honeyguide has fine streaks on its throat and feeds in forests and dense woodland on beeswax, bees, and other insects.

• Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock

  A gibbon of forests in northeastern India and nearby areas; males and females have different coat colors.

• Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus

  This small bird lives in Australian forests and woodlands. It has a white eyebrow and a yellow spot in front of the eye, and searches canopy leaves for insects and larvae.

• Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin Sousa plumbea

  A dolphin of the western Indian Ocean coast, with a small dorsal fin set on a large hump and a gray body.

• Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus

  The Eurasian Dotterel is a plover that breeds in uplands from Europe to Siberia and winters from North Africa toward Iran. In breeding plumage, females are more colorful than males.

• Daraina Sportive Lemur Lepilemur milanoii

  The Daraina sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur of northern Madagascar. It rests in tree holes by day.