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• Scarlet-crowned Barbet Capito aurovirens

  

  This barbet is about 18.5 cm long. Males have a red crown and females a pale one; both have an olive body with an orange throat and breast.

• Andrew's Three-toed Jerboa Stylodipus andrewsi

  Andrew's Three-toed Jerboa occurs from Mongolia's Gobi region into northern China. Stylodipus species have relatively shorter hind limbs than some related jerboa genera.

• Thick-billed Berrypecker Rhamphocharis crassirostris

  The Thick-billed Berrypecker is a berrypecker described from the Arfak Mountains of north-western New Guinea. The early description of the adult male records olive-green upperparts and pearly-grey underparts. The species account classifies it as a forest-dwelling fruit eater.

• Sinaloan Mastiff Bat Molossus sinaloae

  The Sinaloan mastiff bat has dark brown fur above and paler brown fur below. It hunts moths, beetles, and other insects in flight at night.

• Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus

  This small African finch searches for seeds low in mountain forests. Males are black and yellow, while females are mostly greenish.

• Desert hedgehog Paraechinus aethiopicus

  The desert hedgehog is a hedgehog of dry country, including northwestern Saudi Arabia.

• Hooded Cuckooshrike Coracina longicauda

  This bird is about 33 cm long and lives in dense highland forest. It is active by day and searches the trees for small invertebrates.

• Brazilian Guinea Pig Cavia aperea

  The Brazilian guinea pig is a wild guinea-pig relative of South American grasslands and savannas. It feeds mainly on plants and moves under cover in dense vegetation.

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula

  A tiny, active North American bird that searches for insects among leaves and branches and flicks its wings often.

• Spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus

  A quoll with white spots extending onto its tail.

• Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata

  The Capped Wheatear has striking black-and-white head and breast markings and occurs in southern and eastern Africa. It is resident in some areas and seasonal or erratic in others; its movements are not well understood.

• Gee's Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei

  Gee's golden langur occurs in Assam, India, and neighbouring Bhutan. It lives in trees in forested habitats.

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana

  This small bird has a rounded head and long tail; adults are orange-brown with rufous wing patches. It is social and uses habitats from woods and gardens to reedbeds and scrubby farmland.

• Gray African Climbing Mouse Dendromus melanotis

  Its gray coat has a dark stripe down the back, and its long tail helps it climb grass stems. It is active at night, builds grass nests, and eats seeds and insects.

• Clicking Shieldbill Peltops blainvillii

  The Clicking Shieldbill lives in lowland New Guinea forest and also uses clearings and gardens. It waits on a perch before sallying after flying insects.

• Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sedulus

  The lesser woolly horseshoe bat is recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Few specimens are known, but it has been reported roosting in a culvert at a Malaysian national park.

• Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni

  Hutton's Vireo is a small gray-green bird with pale markings around its eyes. It searches among leaves for insects and ranges from western North America into northern Central America.

• Davies’s Big-eared Bat Glyphonycteris daviesi

  Davies’s big-eared bat is a relatively large leaf-nosed bat from humid forests of Central and South America. It is the largest species in its genus, but its food habits are not well documented.

• Yellow-breasted Brush Finch Atlapetes latinuchus

  The Yellow-breasted Brush Finch lives in Andean forest and highland grassland. Its crown and nape are rufous, the face has a broad black mask, and the belly is bright yellow. It searches foliage for fruit, fresh leaf buds, and insects.

• Hawk's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur tymerlachsoni

  Hawk’s sportive lemur is confined to forest on Nosy Be. Gray fur frames its large eyes, and a dark stripe runs from its head down its back.

• Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos

  The Rufous-fronted Bushtit lives in forests and scrub from central Nepal east through the Himalayas. In the nominate form, a broad black mask and buff crown stripe are distinctive; outside the breeding season it forages in flocks.

• Fawn-footed Melomys Melomys cervinipes

  This small rat lives in forests of eastern Australia. Coat color varies with age; it has pale feet and a long, mosaic-patterned tail.

• Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla

  Adults have black-and-white plumage. In the nominate subspecies, males have red to reddish-orange eyes and females orange to yellow-orange eyes. It searches for insects in the canopy.

• Transcaucasian Water Shrew Neomys teres

  The Transcaucasian Water Shrew is a semiaquatic shrew found in the Black Sea highlands of Turkey. It usually favors the edges of small streams and creeks.