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• Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus ascanius

  

  This monkey is marked by a white nose spot and pale cheek fur on a black face; chestnut fur beneath its tail is another distinctive feature.

• White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata

  Its gray body contrasts with a black crest and wings and white on the belly and underside of the long tail. In eastern African montane evergreen forest and nearby scrub or bamboo, it feeds on flies, ants, and other small invertebrates.

• Zambezi Kudu Strepsiceros zambesiensis

  This is a historical form of kudu described from specimens north of the Zambezi River in 1894. The account records an adult male and female, a juvenile, and a fetus from Leschumo Forest.

• Japanese wagtail Motacilla grandis

  A black-and-white waterside bird that repeatedly bobs its tail.

• Bemaraha Sportive Lemur Lepilemur randrianasoloi

  Lepilemur randrianasoloi lives in dry deciduous forest in west-central Madagascar. Its grey coat has rusty red on the shoulders, back, tail, and forelimbs; it is active at night in trees.

• Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus

  This small bird lives in dry scrub and other habitats in southern Africa. Its black-and-white forehead pattern and pale-yellow belly help identify it.

• Gray Sac-winged Bat Balantiopteryx plicata

  A white edge on the wing membrane contrasts with this bat's pale-gray to dark-brown back. A diet study in a fragmented dry forest in Mexico found that its prey mix differed from that of two other bat species in the same community.

• Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia

  This lark inhabits dry plains of eastern Africa. The male has white cheeks and black markings; the account lists semi-desert and stony plains as habitat.

• 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.

• Grant's Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus granti

  A Kenyan survey report recorded birds identified as Grant's Wood Hoopoe in scrub and riverine woodland.

• Eastern Black-handed Tamarin Saguinus ursula

  This small monkey occurs east of the Tocantins River in Brazil. The EAZA guide notes forest patches toward the Cerrado and Caatinga transition.

• Red-necked Aracari Pteroglossus bitorquatus

  The Red-necked Aracari here is the eastern species Pteroglossus bitorquatus, with a red rump, nape, and chest band against green and yellow plumage. It forages in forest canopies.

• Indochinese Forest Rat Rattus andamanensis

  The Indochinese forest rat has brown upperparts, a white underside, and a tail longer than its head and body. It is nocturnal and omnivorous in forest settings.

• Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei

  This Cuban endemic lives in coastal scrub. An older specimen account records a fine black line from the eye toward the ear-coverts, bluish-grey upperparts, and ashy-white underparts.

• Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat Macronycteris commersonii

  A bat found only in Madagascar. It eats beetles and has been recorded roosting by day in caves and vegetation.

• Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus

  This brown tinamou has a round black patch on its crown and red legs. Females have crossbars on the back.

• Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha

  A nocturnal civet of Asian forests and scrub.

• Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus

  The Chinese Grey Shrike is widespread in Northeast Asia and moves to southern China for the winter. Its large white wing slash differs from the wing pattern of the separate Giant Shrike.

• Sijin Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) sikimaria

  This small pika is recorded in the mountains of Sikkim. Its winter coat is brown, with mixed brown and grey underneath. Surveys in 2010–2014 sampled it in subalpine Rhododendron forest and farmland.

• Pohnpei Kingfisher Todiramphus reichenbachii

  This kingfisher is endemic to Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It occurs at forest edges and mangroves and excavates a nest burrow in rotten wood.

• Geoffroy’s spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi

  A spider monkey that lives high in forest trees, using long limbs and a long tail.

• Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus

  The Double-banded Courser lives in open arid country. Two black breast bands stand out, and it feeds by running a short distance before pecking at insects on the ground.

• Ussuri Shrew Crocidura lasiura

  The Ussuri shrew is a small shrew of Northeast Asia. A study in the Russian Far East found it using a broad range of habitats within forest-steppe, including forest vegetation.

• Blue Crane Grus paradisea

  This crane lives in southern African grasslands. Its bluish-grey body and long trailing display feathers stand out.