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• Waigeo Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus papuensis

  

  The Waigeo spotted cuscus is an arboreal cuscus from islands west of New Guinea. It lives in forest and eats fruit, leaves, and insects.

• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

  

  The Tree Pipit is a small, streaked brown bird. In the breeding season, a male rises high from a tree, sings, and then descends slowly in a display flight.

• Somali Hedgehog Atelerix sclateri

  

  The Somali hedgehog is known from a small number of sites in northern Somalia. Dark spines on its back contrast with pale belly fur, while details of its life in the wild remain poorly documented.

• Black-bellied Seedeater Sporophila melanogaster

  

  This seed-eating bird inhabits the highland grasslands of southern Brazil. A study recorded a rare male color form that differs from the usual plumage; it is not a separate species.

• Massoia's Lutrine Opossum Lutreolina massoia

  

  This opossum lives in the South American Yungas montane forests. It is active at dusk and night, eats small mammals, fish, invertebrates, bird eggs, and fruit, and can climb and swim well.

• Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki

  

  Beck's Petrel is a small seabird with contrasting dark-brown and white plumage. It has been recorded at sea, but its breeding grounds have not been found.

• Black-tailed Marmoset Mico melanurus

  The black-tailed marmoset is a small monkey with a conspicuously dark tail. It eats tree gum and fruit and lives in forests of west-central Brazil and eastern Bolivia.

• White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger

  A forest flycatcher with a bright white throat, it searches for small invertebrates low in the undergrowth.

• Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus myurus

  The eastern rock elephant shrew is a small mammal with a mobile, slender snout. It forages among rocky outcrops in southern Africa.

• Maroon-backed Whistler Coracornis raveni

  Males are sooty grey with a maroon back. Females and juveniles are rusty brown above and olive below. It is shy and stays low in Sulawesi's montane forest, usually alone or in pairs.

• Camas pocket gopher Megascapheus bulbivorus

  This pocket gopher lives underground in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Its coat ranges from dark brown to reddish brown, and some individuals have a white throat patch.

• Philippine Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster

  This pitta searches for food near the ground in forests and scrub. Typical adults show a blue breast band and red belly; the species occurs across the Philippines and on Indonesia's Talaud Islands.

• San Joaquin Pocket Mouse Perognathus inornatus

  The San Joaquin pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches. It searches for food on the ground at night and stays in a burrow by day.

• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii

  The male Orange-bellied Leafbird has a green body, orange underparts and a purplish-blue throat. It feeds on insects and fruit in forest from the Himalaya toward Assam.

• Mindanao Squirrel Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) mindanensis

  This tree squirrel is centered on Mindanao. Its 1890 original description notes a dark-gray back and reddish areas around the nose and feet; later surveys also recorded specimens on nearby islands.

• Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus

  This bushshrike has glossy blue-black upperparts and tail, with white spots on the rump. It eats insects and spiders as well as small vertebrates.

• Unadorned Rock Wallaby Petrogale inornata

  Its coat shifts between gray and brown with season and local rock or soil color. In observations of a low-density colony, individuals stayed close to rocky outcrops while foraging. The current recorded range is central coastal Queensland.

• Red-headed Tanager Piranga erythrocephala

  This tanager inhabits mountain forests in western Mexico. Males have a red head and throat; females lack the red areas.

• Peters' Mouse Lemur Microcebus myoxinus

  Peters's mouse lemur is a small primate of western Madagascar. At night it searches for fruit and insects in trees, usually foraging alone.

• Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii

  The Red-fronted Coua is often active on the ground in forests of eastern Madagascar. Its rufous head and blue-green wings are distinctive.

• Alpine Pika Ochotona (Pika) alpina

  Ochotona alpina occurs in mountain regions of Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China. Summer coat color varies among populations from yellowish gray to reddish brown.

• Little Swift Apus affinis

  The Little Swift catches food in the air. In southern Africa it also nests in colonies on bridges and buildings.

• Gobi Jerboa Allactaga (Orientallactaga) bullata

  This jerboa ranges across northern China and Mongolia. It lives in open sandy desert, uses burrows alone, and has a tail tuft with white and black markings.

• White-cheeked Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis

  This nuthatch has a black crown and nape that contrast with its white face. It is resident in the conifer forests of Gilgit-Baltistan.