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• Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus

  

  The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture is a vulture of the Americas recorded in wetlands along Guatemala's Pacific coast. It feeds mainly on carrion, but may also take live fish, reptiles, and insects.

• Thailand Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus thailandensis

  The Thailand horseshoe bat is confirmed from northern Thailand, with records from other parts of Thailand and southern Cambodia also assigned to it. Recent comparisons leave uncertainty about its boundary with related species and about a record from southern Vietnam.

• Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena

  In North America, it breeds on shallow lakes in Canada and Alaska and winters mainly along the coast. It dives for fish and crustaceans.

• Island flying fox Pteropus hypomelanus

  The island flying fox is a flying fox occurring on islands from South Asia to the southwest Pacific.

• Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae

  This bird is recognized by its long, down-curved bill and yellow belly. It lives in forests on New Guinea and nearby islands.

• 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.

• Swamp Grass Babbler Laticilla cinerascens

  The Swamp Grass Babbler lives in wet grasslands from northeastern India to northern Bangladesh and searches for insects in pairs or family parties. It has a long tail, a pale spot in front of the eye, and a narrow pale eye-ring.

• Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura gallarum

  This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.

• Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli

  The Grey Penduline Tit has a black-and-white face and head, with dark gray-brown upper wings and tail. In northeastern Namibia it occurs in broadleaf woodland and sometimes gardens, where it eats insects and probes flowers for nectar.

• Gold-and-white Marmoset Mico chrysoleucos

  The gold-and-white marmoset is a small primate named for its golden-white coat and ear tufts. Groups have been recorded in flooded forests in southern Amazonia, Brazil.

• Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta

  The Melodious Warbler is a small bird with a yellowish throat and breast and a gray-green to brown back. It favors warm, open places with shrubs.

• Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys suillus

  The short-tailed gymnure occurs on Java. A recent taxonomic revision treats it as a Java species and reports seasonal changes in coat color.

• Splendid Fairywren Malurus splendens

  The Splendid Fairywren is a small bird of Australian shrublands. Breeding males stand out with bright blue and black plumage, and the birds search for insects on the ground and in low shrubs.

• Domestic Pig Sus domesticus

  People keep domestic pigs as livestock. In the Kunekune breed, coat colors vary, and the pigs can graze on pasture.

• Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus

  The Lesser Yellownape is an Asian woodpecker with green upperparts and a tufted yellow nape.

• Southern Highland Yellow-toothed Cavy Galea comes

  This cavy is known from the southern Bolivian and northern Argentine Andes. Its back is mottled olive, brown, and tan, while its underside mixes yellow and white. At one Bolivian valley site, a colony was observed foraging by day near burrows.

• Red-crowned crane Grus japonensis

  A crane of East Asian wetlands, recognized by a white body and a red patch on the head.

• North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatus

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

• Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis

  This thick-knee has large yellow eyes and long legs. It uses dry, open ground in Africa, including places near water.

• Red wolf Canis rufus

  Once widespread in the eastern United States, the red wolf now has a wild population in a limited area of northeastern North Carolina.

• African Green Pigeon Treron calvus

  The African Green Pigeon is a green fruit-eating pigeon that feeds in trees. This entry uses the West African portion of the Oiseaux.net range because that account also discusses the former broad treatment with T. delalandii.

• Juan Fernández Fur Seal Arctocephalus philippii

  The Juan Fernández fur seal lives on islands off Chile. It eats squid and fish and uses steep, rocky shores for resting and breeding.

• Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima

  Found from Mexico to Panama, this bird occurs in damp cloud forest and woodland edges. Males are mainly blue and orange, while females are mainly green.

• Nosy Be Mouse Lemur Microcebus mamiratra

  Claire's mouse lemur has reddish-brown fur on its back and tail, with pale coloring on the muzzle and underside. Its current mapped range includes Nosy Be and adjacent mainland in northwestern Madagascar.