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• Demidoff's Dwarf Galago Galagoides demidoff

  

  This small galago has a white stripe from between the eyes down the nose. It moves among branches at night and rests in a leaf nest by day.

• White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris

  

  The White-bellied Tit has a white belly set against a dark head and breast. Its range is centered in eastern Africa, with a separate area farther west.

• Attwater's Pocket Gopher Geomys attwateri

  

  Attwater's pocket gopher is a burrowing rodent that excavates tunnels with its forefeet. At a Texas study site, it was recorded eating many kinds of plants and making winding underground passageways.

• Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus

  

  A barbet that lives in Singapore’s parks and residential areas. Adults are mostly green with red and yellow markings, and feed largely on figs and other fruit.

• Forest Rabbit Sylvilagus brasiliensis

  

  This rabbit was reassessed using a neotype from Pernambuco. Older, broad South American records are not carried forward as confirmed range for this taxon; this account stays with documented coastal-forest evidence.

• Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris

  

  The Beach Stone-curlew is a large shorebird that walks beaches and estuaries with a heavy bill.

• Alpine Pika Ochotona (Pika) alpina

  Ochotona alpina occurs in mountain regions of Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China. Summer coat color varies among populations from yellowish gray to reddish brown.

• Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma chrysolophum

  The Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin lives in montane Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. A 2023 paper describes its developed yellow crown patch and proposes the genus Protopelma.

• Somali Elephant Shrew Galegeeska revoili

  The Somali Elephant Shrew is a small sengi with a tail that appears much longer than its head and body. In southern Djibouti, pairs were observed sheltering beneath low bushes.

• Grey crowned crane Balearica regulorum

  An African crane with a golden crown of stiff feathers. Adults have a mainly grey body and prominent white cheeks.

• Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

  A large rodent of South American watersides. It lives in groups, grazes on land and uses water to rest or escape danger.

• Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

  The Long-billed Dowitcher probes mud and shallow water with its long bill to find small aquatic animals.

• Five-toed Dwarf Jerboa Cardiocranius paradoxus

  The five-toed dwarf jerboa is a small jerboa with 5 toes on its hind feet. It moves through dry rocky areas at night and eats plant seeds.

• Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae

  With its long neck and yellow bill, it catches fish in water and may spread its wings to dry while perched.

• Doria's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus dorianus

  It has dark brown fur without silver tipping. It lives in montane forests of southeastern New Guinea and is described as especially adapted to life in trees.

• Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus

  This is the coastal Striated Fieldwren. It is streaked with black, and males have white eyebrows and throats while females have brown ones. It is treated as a separate species from the inland Rufous Fieldwren.

• True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus

  A whale with a rounded forehead and short beak that feeds on fish and squid in deep water.

• Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus

  The Dusky Woodswallow is a grey-brown bird with a white patch on the outer wing. Flocks of about 10–30 birds gather to roost together.

• Black-tailed Marmoset Mico melanurus

  The black-tailed marmoset is a small monkey with a conspicuously dark tail. It eats tree gum and fruit and lives in forests of west-central Brazil and eastern Bolivia.

• Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni

  A green leafbird with a dark blue-black throat in males. It may join mixed-species flocks at trees bearing flowers or fruit.

• Galápagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki

  This sea lion lives along the Galápagos coast throughout the year. Its streamlined body helps it move through the water.

• Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina

  The lesser spotted eagle searches from the air on long wings and catches small mammals and amphibians.

• Brown Titi Plecturocebus brunneus

  An arboreal monkey from Brazil's Rondônia state. Its brown back, reddish limbs and belly, and black crown help distinguish it.

• Moluccan Scrubfowl Eulipoa wallacei

  The Moluccan Scrubfowl lives in forests of the Moluccan Islands. It gathers at communal nesting grounds at night and buries its eggs in sand or other loose ground.