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• Small Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus montanus

  

  The small big-eared brown bat has large ears and gray-brown fur. Chile's biodiversity account reports winter torpor as temperatures fall and describes the ears folding.

• Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi

  

  Males are turquoise, with violet on the chin, throat, upper chest, and center of the belly. Females are dusky with white spots and buff patterning below.

• Northeast African Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) cahirinus

  

  The Northeast African Spiny Mouse has a yellow-brown back with stiff, spine-like hairs from the shoulders to the rump and a white underside. It uses rocky shelters; along Egypt's Nile Valley it has also been recorded in buildings and tombs.

• Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus

  

  A raptor of East African highlands, it searches for prey while gliding above wooded slopes.

• 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.

• Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix

  

  This wren is endemic to western Mexico. A white eyebrow, black-and-white flecking on the face and neck, and a rufous crown and upper back distinguish it. It lives in second growth and forest edges, feeding mainly on invertebrates.

• Black-and-rufous sengi Rhynchocyon petersi

  This small mammal probes leaf litter with its long snout and eats insects. Its reddish and black fur and white eye-rings are striking.

• Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus

  The Striated Grasswren lives in open mallee woodland in South Australia. This entry follows the sandplain subspecies described in the state fact sheet.

• São Tomé Shrew Crocidura thomensis

  The São Tomé shrew is known only from São Tomé Island. It has a long snout and large ears, and field observers have seen it feeding in wet places.

• Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus

  This chunky, short-tailed bird walks on the forest floor to forage. Its underparts are rufous, and it sometimes gathers near army-ant swarms.

• Northern Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur occidentalis

  The Northern Bamboo Lemur occurs in northeastern and northwestern Madagascar. It is said to show little difference in appearance between sexes, but field studies remain limited.

• Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus

  The Chalk-browed Mockingbird ranges across eastern and southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. It has a grey body, pale eyebrow, and white tail tips, and forages on the ground or in low bushes.

• African Taphozous Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus

  A tomb bat with specimen records from India and Pakistan. Sources describe its gray-brown coat and, in a genus account, large roosting groups.

• Heuglin's Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus

  Heuglin's Courser has bands of rufous, black, and white across its neck and breast. It is hard to see by day and searches for insects at dusk.

• South-eastern Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetis

  The southeastern pocket gopher spends much of its life underground in sandy soil, digging tunnels and eating roots and tubers.

• Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques

  The Rufous-collared Robin is a large thrush of Central American highlands, including forest edges near farmland and villages.

• Blond Capuchin Sapajus flavius

  This capuchin lives in remaining Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. One group studied in a forest fragment in Paraíba ate fruit as well as sugarcane stalks and animal food.

• Black-masked Finch Coryphaspiza melanotis

  This finch is reported from Bolivian grasslands. Adults show a black facial mask and white tail tips, and forage on the ground. A field study recorded it at the Beni Biological Station.

• Phayre's Langur Trachypithecus phayrei

  This forest monkey moves through trees and feeds mainly on leaves. Adults are dark blue-gray, while young are born with yellowish fur.

• Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus

  A social bird that probes tree trunks with a long, curved red bill.

• Chacoan Mara Pediolagus salinicola

  A large rodent of the Chaco, it occurs in Paraguay, southern Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina, in dry scrub and woodland.

• Little Woodswallow Artamus minor

  The Little Woodswallow is a small woodswallow of mainland Australia’s open inland. It glides in smooth circles while taking flying insects.

• Black-and-gold howler monkey Alouatta caraya

  A howler monkey of central South American forests. It grips branches with its long tail and mainly eats leaves.

• Compact Weaver Ploceus superciliosus

  This small weaver is about 12 cm long. The account lists moist open grassland and a seed-based diet. Sound recordings include Gwarimpa in Abuja, Nigeria.