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• Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi

  

  The Evergreen Forest Warbler is a small bird recorded in moist forests and wet shrubland across scattered African highlands. It is about 15 cm long and weighs 15–21 g.

• Southern African Mastomys Mastomys coucha

  The Southern African Mastomys is a rodent recorded in southern Africa. A South African study trapped it more often in natural and agricultural areas than in villages.

• Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila

  In breeding plumage, the male has a chestnut head and back and a yellow belly. It breeds in the Russian Far East and northeastern China, then migrates to southern China and Southeast Asia for winter.

• Broad-footed Mole Scapanus latimanus

  The broad-footed mole is a burrowing mole of the western United States and northern Mexico. Its coat ranges from dark brown to silvery gray.

• Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger

  The Black Guineafowl is a ground-dwelling bird of forests in western and central Africa. It has black plumage and a bare red head, and occurs in small groups.

• Trinidad Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis

  The Trinidad dog-like bat catches flying insects in cluttered vegetation. Records list several roost types, including tree hollows, caves, and houses.

• Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa

  The Marbled Godwit probes mud and sand with its long upturned bill to find small aquatic animals. Its plumage changes between breeding and nonbreeding seasons.

• Northern pygmy loris Xanthonycticebus intermedius

  Its finely textured coat is reddish buff, and it has a short muzzle and somewhat longer, fluffier body hair. The brown back stripe, head markings, and crown color change with the seasons; the stripe can become almost invisible. A 2025 nighttime survey recorded 98 individuals across four counties in Guangxi, China.

• Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus

  The Puerto Rican Tody lives only in Puerto Rico. Its green back, red throat, and yellowish-white underside stand out.

• Greater Bamboo Lemur Prolemur simus

  A bamboo-eating lemur, it moves among branches with long hind legs and tail and can be active both by day and at night.

• Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus

  The Least Seedsnipe is a small ground-dwelling bird of South American grasslands and steppes. It feeds on shoots, leaves, and seeds in pairs or small groups.

• Bearded Pig Sus barbatus

  A wild pig with bristles around the mouth and chin. Group movement varies with forest continuity.

• Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus

  The Sooty Oystercatcher has a black body and a red-orange bill. Along Australian coasts it searches for shellfish and other small animals, and it may form flocks outside the breeding season.

• Giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis

  A large otter of South American rivers and lakes. It lives in family groups and hunts fish mainly during the day.

• Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus

  The Racket-tailed Roller has spatula-shaped tips on its outer tail feathers. It perches among the middle branches of trees and searches for insects and small animals.

• Mozambican Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mossambicus

  The Mozambican horseshoe bat is a small horseshoe bat recorded at six sites in Mozambique and northwestern Zimbabwe. The authors infer a lowland savanna distribution but say more records are needed to establish its full range.

• Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata

  An Australian duck that often walks on land to find food in grassland.

• Black Tamarin Saguinus niger

  The black tamarin is a small monkey with golden-brown streaks in its black coat. It moves through the canopy by day, feeding mainly on fruit in family groups.

• Green Crombec Sylvietta virens

  The Green Crombec inhabits African forest and woodland edge. The source places the nominate subspecies in a range that includes Cameroon and Gabon.

• Bristle-faced Free-tailed Bat Setirostris eleryi

  This small bat is recorded in inland Australia. Its back is light sandy in color, its underside is paler, and coarse bristles grow around its nose. The state species profile describes it as insect-eating.

• Wrentit Chamaea fasciata

  The Wrentit is a small bird of the shrubs along the western coast of the United States. It has a gray-brown body and a long tail, and searches dense brush for insects and fruit.

• Weyns's Duiker Cephalophus weynsi

  This small antelope is recorded in forest areas of Central and East Africa. It is brown, with grayish shoulders and no dark back stripe. A small reddish tuft sits on its head.

• Forest Batis Batis mixta

  This small bird lives in forests from south-eastern Kenya into Tanzania. Males show blue-gray, black, and white markings; females are marked mainly with chestnut.

• Ground Cuscus Phalanger gymnotis

  This cuscus has a dark stripe down its back and a tail suited for gripping branches. It searches for fruit at night and can climb.