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• Black-headed Penduline Tit Remiz macronyx

  

  The Black-headed Penduline Tit is a Central Asian migrant.

• 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.

• Little Buttonquail Turnix velox

  

  The Little Buttonquail is a small ground-dwelling bird of Australian grasslands and woodlands. In breeding plumage, the sexes differ in head pattern, and males incubate the eggs.

• Bat-eared fox Otocyon megalotis

  

  A canid of African grasslands with enormous ears, a yellow-brown body, a dark face mask and black feet.

• American Black Swift Cypseloides niger

  

  The American Black Swift is a large swift that breeds in mountains of western North America. It moves south for winter, but its winter range is poorly known.

• Rothschild's Rock Wallaby Petrogale rothschildi

  

  Rothschild's rock wallaby occurs in Western Australia's Pilbara and Ashburton regions. It uses deep rocky crevices as refuge from daytime heat.

• Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii

  This bird is recorded in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Its dark face, pale eyes, and long, pointed bill stand out. The account describes lowland settings that include riverside forest, forest edges, secondary growth, and cacao plantations.

• True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus

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

• Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus

  The Black Scimitarbill is an African bird with a long curved bill and tail that searches tree trunks and branches for food.

• Manchurian Hare Lepus mandshuricus

  This hare has thick, long fur, a gray to rust-brown back, and pale underside. Some individuals become paler in winter.

• Gray-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula

  This small honeyeater is endemic to Australia. It feeds on nectar and is marked by a pale grey front and a yellow tuft near the ear coverts.

• Grand Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros grandis

  Surveys in central Vietnam recorded this bat in forests and orchards near limestone areas. The paper says that its taxonomy and distribution still need clarification.

• Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans

  The Yellow-throated Bunting is an East Asian bunting. The male has a striking black-and-yellow head, and a tracking study recorded males migrating to China.

• Black-and-orange Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) formosus

  This medium-sized bat has light yellow-brown fur on its back and pale yellow fur underneath. The 2014 review included the Taiwanese population as a subspecies of this species.

• Appert's Greenbul Xanthomixis apperti

  This small bird is restricted to forests in southwestern Madagascar. Species accounts describe it searching for arthropods on the ground and low branches, sometimes in small family groups.

• Andean mountain cat Leopardus jacobitus

  A high-Andes cat with dark body markings and a thick, ringed tail.

• Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus

  A tiny bird with a long tail that searches for food on fine branches.

• Golden-crowned Sifaka Propithecus tattersalli

  A sifaka with mostly white fur and a golden crown. It lives in limited forests in northeastern Madagascar and leaps between trees.

• Cocoa Thrush Turdus fumigatus

  The Cocoa Thrush is dark rufous-brown above and paler rufous-brown below. It forages on or near the ground and uses forests and plantations.

• Senegal galago Galago senegalensis

  A small nocturnal primate of sub-Saharan Africa. It has large ears and searches for food in trees.

• Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae

  A flower-visiting spiderhunter of the highlands of Borneo.

• Mexican Giant Shrew Megasorex gigas

  The Mexican giant shrew is known only from Mexico. A small number of collection records place it along damp streams and in forests with fallen logs and rocks.

• Przevalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii

  This nuthatch occurs in western China and northeastern Tibet. It uses spruce and fir forest, parkland, and places with scattered trees at roughly 2,200–4,000 m.

• Iberian ibex Capra pyrenaica

  A sturdy wild goat of the Iberian mountains, with large horns. Its horns and coat differ by sex and season.