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• Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis

  

  This swallow ranges in Mexico, Cuba, and the West Indies. The male has a sharp boundary between its blue-purple back and white belly, while the female and juvenile blend brown feathers into the white. It catches insects in flight near water.

• Ross Seal Ommatophoca rossii

  The Ross seal breeds in dense Antarctic pack ice. Six seals tracked off Queen Maud Land moved into open water after their February moult and returned to the pack ice in October.

• Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus

  The Black-faced Woodswallow occurs in Australian grasslands and open woodland. Its black face and grey body stand out, and it catches insects while flying.

• Galapagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis

  The Galapagos fur seal is found only on the rocky shores of the Galapagos Islands.

• Madagascar Red Owl Tyto soumagnei

  The Madagascar red owl is nocturnal, with reddish-brown plumage marked by black spots. It also occurs near forest edges and farmland on Madagascar.

• Touan Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) touan

  This short-tailed opossum occurs in French Guiana and northern Brazil. A Brazilian species guide records Amapá and Pará, while the Mammal Diversity Database gives French Guiana and northern Brazil.

• Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis

  Northern Schiffornis ranges from Central America to northern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. The description here follows records of the rosenbergi subspecies in northwestern Peru and nearby Ecuador.

• Anosi Mouse Lemur Microcebus tanosi

  This small lemur is recorded in the Anosy region of southeastern Madagascar. Its back is dark brown and its head is reddish. Night transects at Sainte Luce from 2011 to 2018 recorded it in all four study fragments in littoral forest.

• Parrot-billed Seedeater Sporophila peruviana

  This small seed-eater occurs along the Pacific lowlands of western Ecuador and Peru. Its unusually large, thick bill is a clear feature.

• Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros diadema

  A bat with a conspicuous leaf-shaped nose structure that roosts in tropical forests and near waterways.

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula

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

• Kloss's Gibbon Hylobates klossii

  Kloss's gibbon has black fur and long arms. It lives in the canopy of the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra.

• Malagasy Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis

  This bulbul has a gray body, a black cap, and a bright orange bill. It occurs in woodland, scrub, villages, and plantations and may join mixed flocks.

• West Javan Langur Trachypithecus mauritius

  A monkey restricted to forests of western Java. It eats leaves and shoots and spends much of the day resting.

• Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii

  Diard's Trogon lives in Southeast Asian forests. Males have a black head and breast with a red belly, while females are mainly brown.

• Diminutive Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) diminutus

  The Argentine biodiversity profile treats this bat as Neoeptesicus diminutus. Its back is golden chestnut, its underside gray-yellow to ochre, and the profile lists forests, pampas, and humid savannas as habitats.

• California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum

  The California Thrasher is a large thrasher of California chaparral. It searches for food on the ground beneath dense shrubs, sweeping leaf litter with its bill.

• Dune Tuco-tuco Ctenomys australis

  The dune tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of coastal dunes in Argentina. Animals on the dunes have been reported to have light blond fur.

• Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis

  In Hong Kong, Swinhoe's Minivet is recorded as a rare spring and autumn passage migrant. The regional bird account reports it singly or in small groups at wooded sites, and describes different plumage in males and females. It gives no local diet records.

• Mainland leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis

  A small wild cat of mainland Asia and some nearby islands. It has dark body spots, with coat colour and pattern varying by region.

• California condor Gymnogyps californianus

  A large scavenging bird that travels on broad soaring wings.

• Madagascan Flying Fox Pteropus rufus

  The Madagascan flying fox is a large fruit bat found only on Madagascar. It mainly takes juice from fruit and spits out the dry pulp and seeds, helping disperse seeds.

• Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus

  The Undulated Tinamou lives in Amazonian lowlands, and its brown plumage varies among regional forms. It uses floodplain forest, seasonally flooded várzea forest, and secondary growth, and is known for its distinctive call.

• Long-clawed Shrew Sorex unguiculatus

  The long-clawed shrew digs tunnels with large forefeet and long claws. A study in Hokkaido recorded it eating earthworms.