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• Buff-spotted Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus

  

  This woodpecker lives in forests of the southern Philippines. Its back is orange-red, and pale spots mark its body.

• Chiriqui brown mouse Scotinomys xerampelinus

  This singing mouse lives in the high mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. A research lab describes singing mice as diurnal insect-eaters.

• Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa

  The Golden-crowned Kinglet is a tiny bird recognized by its yellow crown and searches for small prey in conifers.

• 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.

• Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianquanensis

  The Sichuan Treecreeper is associated with old fir forest in the mountains of Sichuan. It has a long tail and very short bill, and forages on fir trunks.

• Mariana Flying Fox Pteropus mariannus

  The Mariana flying fox is a fruit bat with black or brown fur mixed with silver hairs and a golden-looking mantle. It rests in groups in trees during the day.

• Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris

  A breeding-plumage male Zanzibar Red Bishop shows a red crown and forehead above mostly black underparts. It feeds on seeds in wet grass, and nest and female records are documented in Tanzania.

• Wilkins's Rock Wallaby Petrogale wilkinsi

  This wallaby lives among rocky areas of northern Australia. Its coat is dark gray-brown, with distinct stripes on the head and sides and paler limbs. The IUCN assessment lists savanna, rocky areas, and caves among its habitats.

• Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli

  This sandgrouse feeds on seeds in dry grassland around the Kalahari. Flocks gather at waterholes, and adults carry water to chicks in their belly feathers.

• Pale Fork-crowned Lemur Phaner pallescens

  The pale fork-crowned lemur is a nocturnal lemur of western Madagascar’s dry forests. It feeds mainly on tree gum and sap.

• Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris

  The Rufous-vented Tit is a small bird of mountain forests around the Himalayas. Fresh plumage shows a black crest and a pale patch on the nape.

• Southern Giant Pouched Rat Cricetomys ansorgei

  The Southern Giant Pouched Rat is a large rodent that carries food in its cheek pouches. It often lives alone in a burrow and may store food there.

• Dot-eared Coquette Lophornis gouldii

  The Dot-eared Coquette is a small hummingbird recorded from northern Brazil and along the Amazon. Gould’s account extended its range to the upper Amazon in Peru.

• Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys castanops

  The yellow-faced pocket gopher is a burrowing rodent of the southern United States and northern Mexico. It carries food in its cheek pouches.

• Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma sulphureiventer

  The Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin occurs from eastern Peru to northern Bolivia and adjacent western Amazonian Brazil. A yellow stripe down the middle of its crown is a field mark. It uses dense undergrowth in humid forest, especially along rivers; little is known about its diet.

• Rufous Elephant Shrew Galegeeska rufescens

  This sengi has a long snout and large ears. It is mainly active by day and eats ants and termites.

• Whiskered Wren Pheugopedius mystacalis

  The Whiskered Wren is recorded in foothills and subtropical areas from Venezuela to western Ecuador. It has rufous upperparts, a striped black-and-white face, and pale gray underparts, and it keeps to thickets at forest edges.

• Andean Night Monkey Aotus miconax

  The Andean night monkey is a nocturnal primate of cloud forests in northeastern Peru. Large brown eyes and three black facial stripes are features described for the genus Aotus. A study of one group in Peru found it using tree holes and vine tangles as sleeping sites.

• Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus

  The Dusky Broadbill is a forest bird of Southeast Asia, with a heavy bill, dark plumage, and a pale throat. It gathers in small groups in the canopy.

• Bornean Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys dorsalis

  A small gymnure from Borneo, recorded in hill and montane forests from about 1,000 m elevation.

• 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.

• Fawn-colored Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cervinus

  The Queensland species profile places this bat in the north of the state and describes it hunting insects at night and roosting in caves or mines.

• Philippine Spine-tailed Swift Mearnsia picina

  This Philippine spinetail has long wings and a short tail. It catches insects while flying above forest.

• Cape Porcupine Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis

  A porcupine covered in long, stiff quills, native to central and southern Africa.