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• Orange-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis

  

  The Orange-breasted Myzomela is a small, common nectar-feeding bird in Fiji. It also eats spiders and insects and is usually alone or in small groups. Larger gatherings form at flowering trees. On Lakeba in the Lau Group, a field study recorded relatively high nectarivore abundance in coastal coconut plantations.

• Bornean Slow Loris Nycticebus borneanus

  Nycticebus borneanus is a slow loris of central and southern Borneo, in Indonesian Kalimantan. EAZA material records an observation in dipterocarp forest in a protected forest area and describes its dark facial markings.

• Great Bustard Otis tarda

  The Great Bustard is a large bird of open grassland and farmland. Males and females differ in plumage and display.

• Pink Fairy Armadillo Chlamyphorus truncatus

  The lesser fairy armadillo is a small armadillo that lives in underground burrows. Its back is covered by pale pinkish-ochre armor, and it inhabits dry sandy areas of central Argentina.

• Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor

  The Grey Currawong is a large bird of southern Australia. It searches on the ground and among vegetation for animals and fruit.

• Utiariti Colilargo Oligoryzomys utiaritensis

  This small rodent is recorded from Brazil’s Cerrado–Amazon transition. It has also been captured in secondary forest and plantations near farmland.

• Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus

  The Black-whiskered Vireo has greenish plumage and a thin black moustache stripe. It searches for insects and fruit in the middle and upper parts of trees.

• Atlantic Forest Red Brocket Mazama bororo

  This deer lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Work around Intervales in São Paulo recorded activity from dusk into the night; two tracked females used well-preserved native vegetation.

• Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis

  A pale-pink flamingo of South American coasts and high-altitude lakes. It filters tiny food particles from shallow water.

• Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus

  An Iberian lynx with a short black-tipped tail, tufted ears, and facial ruffs.

• Biak Megapode Megapodius geelvinkianus

  The Biak Megapode is a dark bird of forests around Cenderawasih Bay. It scratches the forest floor with its large feet to find food.

• Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus

  A seal of cold North Atlantic and Arctic waters. It gathers on pack ice during breeding and molting seasons.

• 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.

• Emilio's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys emilianus

  Emilio's tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent known from dune areas in Neuquén, Argentina. Its pale fawn back contrasts with whitish sides and belly.

• White-throated Bushtit Aegithalos niveogularis

  This small Himalayan bird is marked by its white throat. It searches for insects in birch and pine woods and moves in flocks.

• Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose Helogale hirtula

  A small mongoose of the Horn of Africa that is active in groups by day. At night it shelters in termite mounds, dens, or rock crevices.

• King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus

  A large penguin recognized by vivid orange patches on the sides of its head.

• Petter's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur petteri

  Petter’s sportive lemur lives in the spiny forests of southwestern Madagascar. Its grayish body, pale rings around the eyes, and whitish underside are described in the original species account.

• Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris

  The Fawn-breasted Bowerbird occurs on New Guinea and in northern Australia. The male builds a stick bower and uses it in courtship.

• Bushveld Elephant Shrew Elephantulus intufi

  A small mammal with a narrow, elongated snout and long hind legs. It lives in dry scrublands of southern Africa and mainly eats ants and termites.

• Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis

  A field guide describes a small bird with grey and rufous in its crest. It lives in eastern Himalayan evergreen forest and forages in the canopy and among mossy trunks and branches.

• Southern River Otter Lontra provocax

  A South American otter found in southern Chile and parts of Argentina.

• White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps

  A white crown, olive-grey back and pale wing bars identify this flycatcher. In Chile it occurs from the north of the country to Magallanes, in woods, scrub and gardens.

• Greater Glider Petauroides volans

  This nocturnal marsupial lives in forests of eastern Australia. It glides between trees using a membrane between its limbs and eats eucalyptus leaves.