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• Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis

  

  The Sri Lanka Bay Owl is a small nocturnal owl found in forests of southwestern India and Sri Lanka.

• Brazilian Brown Bat Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis

  

  This bat is recorded from Mexico south to southern South America. It catches insects while flying over tropical streams and habitat edges.

• Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides

  

  The Plain Honeyeater lives in New Guinea's forests and feeds on fruit and nectar. Plumage ranges from gray-green to brown among its subspecies.

• Guianan Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) aestuans

  

  A squirrel from the northeastern part of Amazonia, recorded in southern Venezuela, northern Brazil, and the Guianan region.

• Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

  

  The Saddle-billed Stork is a large African stork of wetlands. It catches fish and small animals in shallow water.

• Blue-eyed Black Lemur Eulemur flavifrons

  

  Blue-eyed black lemurs show a strong difference in coat color between the sexes: males are black and females range from reddish brown to orange. In the dry season, they eat leaves and flowers as fruit becomes scarce.

• Common Tetraka Bernieria madagascariensis

  The Common Tetraka is a forest bird of Madagascar. It has dark brownish-green upperparts, a yellow throat, and a long bill. It gleans arthropods from branches and leaves, also eats seeds, and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Urial Ovis vignei

  Urials are wild sheep of Asian grasslands and hills; males carry large spiraling horns.

• White-striped Warbler Myiothlypis leucophrys

  A Brazilian endemic warbler, recorded mainly in the Cerrado and also in transitional areas and parts of the Atlantic Forest.

• Andean mountain cat Leopardus jacobitus

  A high-Andes cat with dark body markings and a thick, ringed tail.

• Nazca Booby Sula granti

  The Nazca Booby is an eastern Pacific seabird with a white body and black tail. It plunges into the sea to catch fish.

• 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.

• Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus

  The Hoary-headed Grebe is a diving bird of fresh and brackish waters in Australia. Breeding adults show fine pale streaks on the head.

• Golden-faced Saki Pithecia chrysocephala

  The male has golden to reddish-brown fur framing a black face. This saki spends the day in trees and eats fruit and seeds.

• Visayan Broadbill Sarcophanops samarensis

  The Visayan Broadbill stands out for the blue fleshy skin around its eyes and its purple crown. It lives in lowland forest in the central Philippines and is reported to eat insects.

• 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.

• Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis

  The Blue-throated Roller is a West and Central African roller that catches flying insects on the wing. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a reddish-brown back and a pale blue throat.

• Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus

  The trefoil horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater of forest understories. Its noseleaf and wing membranes are yellowish brown, and its fur is long and soft.

• 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.

• Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus

  A North American fox that can climb trees.

• Black-and-white Triller Lalage melanoleuca

  A triller of the Philippines. The source's detailed color description is specifically for a male of the nominate subspecies.

• Patagonian mara Dolichotis patagonum

  A long-eared, long-legged rodent of Argentina’s open country.

• Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides

  This secretive, ground-dwelling forest rail is endemic to Madagascar. The paper records one subspecies in eastern humid forest and another in the northwestern transition between humid and dry deciduous forest, with regional plumage differences.

• Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris

  The marsh rabbit is a wetland rabbit of the southeastern United States that eats grasses and other marsh plants.