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• White-bellied Slender Opossum Marmosops (Marmosops) noctivagus

  

  The white-bellied slender opossum has dull reddish-brown dorsal fur. In a lowland Peruvian rainforest study, it was recorded in both terrestrial and lower arboreal small-mammal communities.

• Mona Monkey Cercopithecus mona

  

  The mona monkey is an arboreal monkey of West and Central African forests. It searches for food in the middle and upper parts of trees.

• MacConnell's Bat Mesophylla macconnelli

  

  Among the smallest fruit-eating bats, it uses leaf tents as roosts. It has a broad range across humid forests of Central and South America.

• Horsfield's Shrew Crocidura horsfieldii

  

  This shrew occurs in India and Sri Lanka, where it is recorded in moist forests and grasslands. It is terrestrial and feeds on insects.

• Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus

  

  The northern bushbuck is an antelope ranging from the Sahel to eastern and parts of central-southern Africa. Its white spots and stripes vary by region, and males have spiralled horns.

• Annamite Striped Rabbit Nesolagus timminsi

  

  This rabbit inhabits Annamite rainforest, is nocturnal, and rests in burrows made by other animals.

• Ifola Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus notatus

  This tree kangaroo lives in Papua New Guinea's central highlands. Its very dark chocolate coat has yellow rings at the tail base and silvery-tipped hairs on the back and limbs.

• Jentink's Squirrel Sundasciurus (Sundasciurus) jentinki

  Jentink's squirrel has pale-speckled brown upperparts, a creamy underside, and a long, thin tail. It is active by day and uses the crowns of small trees in montane forest.

• Stephens' kangaroo rat Dipodomys stephensi

  Stephens' kangaroo rat is a nocturnal rodent of grasslands and sparse scrub in southern California. It has long hind legs and carries seeds in cheek pouches.

• Mexican Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) mexicanus

  Its dorsal fur ranges from brown to cinnamon orange, and its tail is longer than its head and body. It uses forests and other vegetated areas, is mainly nocturnal, and eats seeds and plant material.

• Lesser Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus (Gerbillus) gerbillus

  The lesser Egyptian gerbil has sandy to pale orange fur and a long, two-colored tail ending in a tuft. It lives in dry sandy places, where it spends the day in burrows and is active at night.

• Izecksohn's Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) izecksohni

  Specimen records of this bat extend from southeastern Brazil to northeastern Argentina. Its long, silky dorsal fur has dark bases and brown tips. In Argentina's Misiones Province, two females were collected in a region of grass savanna, scrub, and forest.

• Asian small-clawed otter Aonyx cinereus

  A small otter of South and Southeast Asian wetlands. It probes mud and beneath rocks with its forepaws to find crabs and shellfish.

• Greater Musky Fruit Bat Ptenochirus jagorii

  This fruit-eating bat is endemic to the Philippines. It feeds in forests and was frequently captured in a lowland forest survey on Mount Makiling, Luzon.

• Agile Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus agilis

  The agile gracile opossum is a small marsupial with long digits and a grasping tail. It forages both in trees and on the ground.

• Upper Guinea Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius

  A red colobus monkey of forests along the Gulf of Guinea. Coat colours and patterns vary among populations.

• Dekeyser's Nectar Bat Lonchophylla dekeyseri

  Dekeyser's Nectar Bat is a small bat native to Brazil's Cerrado. It uses nectar and pollen, and a field study also recorded fruit and insect feeding.

• North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parvus

  A small shrew of North America, recorded in tall grass, brush and fallen logs, and soft soils around wetlands.

• Pyrenean Chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica

  The Pyrenean chamois is a bovid with a dark band across the eyes and hooked horns. The plants it eats change with the seasons.

• Mexican Cottontail Sylvilagus cunicularius

  The Mexican cottontail is a wild rabbit of Mexico. It is described as the largest rabbit native to the country, and it uses grassland patches from dusk into the night.

• Gray Dorcopsis Dorcopsis luctuosa

  The Gray Dorcopsis is a lowland marsupial of southern and southeastern New Guinea. Its smoky-gray back has a yellow patch around the cloacal opening.

• Kinabalu Squirrel Callosciurus baluensis

  This squirrel lives in the mountains of northern Borneo. It is active by day in trees, and its coat varies, often appearing reddish brown.

• Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys pictus

  The painted spiny pocket mouse ranges from Mexico to northwestern Guatemala. It has a reddish-brown back, white underside, and spiny coat, and stores seeds in caches.

• Galapagos Rice Rat Aegialomys galapagoensis

  This rice rat lives in open habitats of the Galápagos. Its known living population and records from other islands need to be described separately.