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• Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera

  

  The nominate subspecies of Gould's Petrel is a small seabird that breeds on islands off New South Wales.

• Alcathoe Myotis Myotis (Myotis) alcathoe

  This small whiskered bat is found in damp deciduous woodland, often near water.

• Casqued Cacique Cacicus oseryi

  This cacique uses the canopy of Amazonian forests. Its regional species page describes it as rare to uncommon in várzea and terra firme forest and reports small foraging flocks of the same species.

• Little Long-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis dolichura

  This small marsupial has a tail longer than its body. It lives in two separated parts of southwestern Australia, in dry woodland and shrubland.

• Capped White-eye Zosterops fuscicapilla

  This white-eye is recorded in New Guinea, in forest and cultivated areas at about 1,200–2,100 m. This entry is limited to New Guinea Island records.

• European badger Meles meles

  A badger with a sturdy body and conspicuous black-and-white facial markings.

• Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus

  A common sparrow of dry grassland and woodland in southern Africa. It mainly eats seeds, but also takes insects, fruit and nectar.

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat Diphylla ecaudata

  A tailless, dark brown bat that mainly lives in forests. It roosts in caves and other shelters and is known for feeding on bird blood.

• Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides

  This small bird lives in dry woodland and scrub in southwestern Madagascar. It searches among foliage and leaf litter for insects and spiders.

• Black-faced Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus caissara

  Black, mane-like fur frames its face, and much of its body is golden. This small monkey lives in coastal forests of southeastern Brazil.

• Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum

  This ground-dwelling bird of central Australia has different breast and wing patterns in males and females. Family groups hold territories in dry scrub and stony plains.

• Obi Cuscus Phalanger rothschildi

  The Obi cuscus is an arboreal marsupial from islands in North Maluku. A survey around Obi recorded fruit in its diet and trees used as nesting sites.

• D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii

  D'Arnaud's Barbet lives in open woodland and savanna in East Africa. Its orange head spots and black, yellow, and orange pattern stand out.

• Bhutan Takin Budorcas whitei

  This is the Bhutan form of takin. Large adult males in Bhutan have been reported to appear slightly brighter orange than darker females.

• Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

  A large seabird named for the dark line above its eye. It breeds on Antarctic and subantarctic islands and catches krill and fish near the sea surface.

• Black-bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon

  Males may grow a black beard seasonally. Groups roost in caves, rocky places, or unused buildings, and the bats use sound to find flying insects.

• Ash-throated Gnateater Conopophaga peruviana

  The Ash-throated Gnateater feeds on small arthropods in humid lowland forest. The described male has brown upperparts and white tufts behind the eyes.

• Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis

  A wolf found only in Ethiopia's highlands, with a bright reddish coat and long legs.

• Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix

  The Whistling Heron searches for food in open grasslands and shallow water. In Bolivia it is recorded from the lowlands to the southern Andean foothills.

• Southern Highland Yellow-toothed Cavy Galea comes

  This cavy is known from the southern Bolivian and northern Argentine Andes. Its back is mottled olive, brown, and tan, while its underside mixes yellow and white. At one Bolivian valley site, a colony was observed foraging by day near burrows.

• Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys

  This ground-dwelling partridge has a long tail and short crest. It walks through undergrowth in moist mountain forest and secondary growth in Costa Rica.

• Gerbe's Vole Microtus (Terricola) gerbei

  This small vole lives around the Pyrenees. It is found in forest clearings and edges beside subalpine or hay meadows.

• Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi

  A small hornbill of West Africa and lands west of the Congo River, marked by a broad gray-white eyebrow stripe.

• Emilio's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys emilianus

  Emilio's tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent known from dune areas in Neuquén, Argentina. Its pale fawn back contrasts with whitish sides and belly.