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• 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.

• Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii

  This woodpecker occurs in forests of western and central Africa. Red on the rear crown is a male trait; females lack it.

• 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.

• Grey Grasswren Amytornis barbatus

  This account follows the Bulloo subspecies described by the New South Wales government. Records along the lower Bulloo River are associated with wetlands of dense tall vegetation.

• 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.

• Citron-crested Cockatoo Cacatua citrinocristata

  This white cockatoo is restricted to Sumba Island, Indonesia. Its crest and ear-coverts are golden orange, and the iris differs in color between males and females.

• Fennec fox Vulpes zerda

  A small fox of sandy areas such as the Sahara. It has strikingly large ears and a pale coat.

• Biak Gerygone Gerygone hypoxantha

  This small bird is confined to Biak Island, Indonesia. It has greyish-brown upperparts, a broken whitish eye-ring, and white lores, and uses lowland forest and forest edges.

• North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatus

  A rodent with quills among its fur that feeds on plants, including tree bark.

• Mindanao Ibon Lophozosterops goodfellowi

  This forest bird occurs on Mindanao in the Philippines. Sources use different generic combinations, including Heleia, Lophozosterops, and Apoia.

• Roman Mole Talpa romana

  The Roman mole digs underground tunnels with broad forefeet shaped for moving soil. It occurs in central and southern Italy and eats earthworms and insect larvae.

• Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps

  This partridge lives in the hills and mountains of Borneo. Its crimson head and breast stand out, while the rest of the plumage differs between males and females.

• Somali Bushbaby Galago gallarum

  This small nocturnal primate has a pale face, dark eye rings, black ears and tail, and a light buff back.

• White-chinned Jacamar Galbula tombacea

  This jacamar uses riverine forest and the edges of seasonally flooded forest in the Amazon Basin. Its metallic green plumage and white chin patch are distinctive; it catches flying insects in the air.

• Amazon Weasel Neogale africana

  This South American mustelid occurs in the Amazon Basin. In 2023, one individual was observed hunting a rodent and using a nearby burrow in a shade-grown coffee plot in Bolivia’s Yungas montane forest.

• Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis

  This antthrush lives on the forest floor. It is often seen with its tail cocked while turning leaves to search for food.

• Sabah Grizzled Langur Presbytis sabana

  The Sabah grizzled langur occurs in Sabah in northeastern Borneo. It is currently treated as Presbytis sabana, while some descriptions of its appearance and ecology were published under the older name Presbytis hosei sabana.

• Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii

  A dark-brown hornbill with a white belly; the male’s large red bill is distinctive. It uses wooded, semi-arid country and river corridors in East Africa.

• Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris

  Blainville's beaked whale is a toothed whale of deep offshore waters in tropical to temperate regions. In mature males, tusk-like teeth project from the arched lower jaw.

• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons

  The Golden-fronted Leafbird lives in forests and wooded areas of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, moving through foliage in the canopy.

• Striped hog-nosed skunk Conepatus semistriatus

  A skunk with a white band that splits into two stripes along the back and a broad, hog-like nose.

• Millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris

  This reed-warbler occurs naturally on Nihoa Island. This entry describes the currently extant subspecies, A. f. kingi.

• Mountain goat Oreamnos americanus

  A white-coated ungulate that lives on steep North American mountains.

• Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri

  The Brewer's Sparrow has black streaks on its back and a slim white eye-ring. It searches dry shrublands for insects and also eats seeds in winter or during migration.