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• Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis

  

  A dark greenish-blue bird with a red bill and pale patches on its wings in flight.

• Kinabalu Squirrel Callosciurus baluensis

  This squirrel lives in the mountains of northern Borneo. It is active by day in trees, and its coat varies, often appearing reddish brown.

• Hooded Grebe Podiceps gallardoi

  The Hooded Grebe breeds in highland lakes in southern Argentina and is also recorded at Atlantic estuaries in winter.

• Eastern Roe Deer Capreolus pygargus

  The eastern roe deer lives across northern Asia and parts of central Asia. It was once treated as a subspecies of the western roe deer, but the account treats it as a distinct species.

• Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

  The Common Woodshrike lives in scrub and open woodland in southeastern India and feeds mainly on insects.

• Gray-tailed Hare Lepus oiostolus

  This hare lives in highlands such as the Tibetan Plateau, using grassland and scrub and feeding on grasses and leaves. Its coat varies with age and place.

• Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus

  The Great Green Macaw has a yellow-green body, a red forehead, and a blue-tipped red-orange tail. Pairs and small groups forage in the canopy for seeds, nuts, and other plant foods.

• Brown Palm Civet Paradoxurus jerdoni

  Jerdon's palm civet is a nocturnal civet of the Western Ghats rainforests in India. It lacks distinct facial markings and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus

  It has been recorded in Philippine grasslands, scrub, ravine edges, bamboo-forest edges, and gardens. It is secretive and stays under ground cover.

• Indian Gray Mongoose Urva edwardsii

  A mongoose of South Asia and Arabia, recognized by its silver-gray speckled coat and white-tipped tail.

• Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla

  Baillon’s Crake is a small, secretive rail. The species ranges across Eurasia, southeastern Africa, Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand; the BTO account identifies eastern Europe as its main range.

• Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur Allocebus trichotis

  The hairy-eared dwarf lemur is a nocturnal small lemur recorded in northeastern Madagascar. Tufts on its ears and a leaf nest in a tree hollow are distinctive features.

• Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola

  The Masked Gnatcatcher searches woodland and scrub for small insects. Males have a black facial mask; females have a white eye-ring and cheeks.

• Black Colobus Colobus satanas

  The black colobus is covered in glossy black fur and lives high in the rainforest canopy of western Africa.

• Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta

  This brood-parasitic whydah ranges from Upper and Lower Guinea through northeastern Zaire, now northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Payne (1991) links its distribution with the Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) and reports song phrases by a captive male that matched the host’s songs and calls.

• Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys suillus

  The short-tailed gymnure occurs on Java. A recent taxonomic revision treats it as a Java species and reports seasonal changes in coat color.

• Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus

  The Crowned Sandgrouse lives in dry areas from the Sahara into western Asia. It visits water in flocks, and the adult male has a rufous crown and a black facial band.

• Goldman's Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys goldmani

  This small pocket gopher is reported from the plateau of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. A regional mammal guide describes its short, soft yellowish-brown to dark reddish-brown coat and gives general habits for pocket gophers as a family.

• Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata

  Its bright orange breast and eyebrow contrast with a white throat and streaked brown back. It breeds in high-altitude forest and descends to lower scrub in winter.

• Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus

  The lesser Egyptian jerboa is a small rodent that bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night in deserts and semi-deserts.

• Carpentarian Grasswren Amytornis dorotheae

  This bird inhabits spinifex grassland and rocky areas in northern Australia, around the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.

• Sulawesi Rousette Rousettus celebensis

  A fruit-eating bat recorded on Sulawesi. A 2021 phylogenetic study proposed placing the species formerly called Rousettus celebensis in Pilonycteris; a 2025 field study also used Pilonycteris celebensis.

• Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis

  A stork with a red face and long yellow bill that forages in shallow African wetlands.

• Colombian Speckled Tree-rat Pattonomys semivillosus

  The Colombian Speckled Tree-rat is recorded in northeastern Colombia. Its white muzzle contrasts with an almost black crown, and some back and hind-leg spines have white tips. In Colombian dry forest, it has been recorded using termite mounds as shelters.