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• Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans

  

  The Crimson Rosella lives in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia. Alongside red adults, yellow and orange color forms occur in parts of its range.

• Red-shanked douc langur Pygathrix nemaeus

  The red-shanked douc langur is a tree-dwelling monkey of the tropical forests of Vietnam and Laos.

• Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus

  The Banded Broadbill is about 21–23 cm long, and males and females differ in plumage. It eats invertebrates in lowland forest and secondary growth. Recording sites in Malaysia and Thailand show only part of its range.

• Southern California Pocket Gopher Megascapheus nigricans

  This pocket gopher ranges from southern California across the Baja California Peninsula, where four subspecies are recognized in a 2025 review. The male type specimen collected at Witch Creek, San Diego County, in 1893 was described with a dark brown back and tawny sides and chest.

• Pale-legged Warbler Myiothlypis signata

  The Pale-legged Warbler searches for food in the lower growth and edges of mountain forest on the eastern Andes, including bamboo thickets.

• Malay Weasel Mustela nudipes

  The Malay weasel has a pale head and a slender reddish-brown to orange body. It searches for small animals on the ground during the day.

• Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis

  The Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow is a small sparrow, about 12–14 cm long.

• Hairy-tailed Akodont Necromys lasiurus

  The hairy-tailed akodont is a small rodent found in central South America. It lives mainly in grasslands and savannas and eats mostly seeds, though insects can become more important after dry-season fires.

• African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta

  The African Dusky Flycatcher is a small, short-tailed flycatcher with plain brown plumage that hawks flying insects.

• Diminutive Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) diminutus

  The Argentine biodiversity profile treats this bat as Neoeptesicus diminutus. Its back is golden chestnut, its underside gray-yellow to ochre, and the profile lists forests, pampas, and humid savannas as habitats.

• Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata

  It is marked by a long red bill, a gray breast, and fine white bars. It hides in thick wetland and grassland vegetation, appearing briefly at its edges.

• Kultarr Antechinomys laniger

  The kultarr is a nocturnal marsupial of Australia's arid and semi-arid regions. It bounds on long hind feet and feeds mainly on insects and spiders.

• Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas

  This bush-shrike occurs in montane forest of the Albertine Rift. This entry follows the catalogue treatment of Laniarius holomelas.

• San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys nitratoides

  This small kangaroo rat has powerful hind legs and lives in valleys of central California.

• Chaco Puffbird Nystalus striatipectus

  The Chaco Puffbird lives in dry woodland and tree formations of the Chaco. Its brown head and back contrast with black streaks across the white lower breast and belly.

• Margay Leopardus wiedii

  A forest cat with large eyes, a long tail, and strong climbing skills.

• Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla

  The Little Bunting is a small bunting that visits Britain from Russia. In Britain, most records are in autumn, and some birds are found in winter flocks of buntings.

• Urubamba Brown Titi Plecturocebus urubambensis

  A titi monkey treated as a distinct species in Peru. The 2025 update gives a type locality near the Río Sepa but questions some distant photo-based records.

• Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris

  This sunbird lives in the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania. The entry follows current Cinnyris mediocris after the related Forest Sunbird and Usambara Double-collared Sunbird were separated.

• Williams's Jerboa Allactaga (Paralactaga) williamsi

  This West Asian rodent is reported from Turkey, the South Caucasus, Iran, and Lebanon. An Iranian study recorded it on sparsely vegetated, hard soils from 350 to 2,500 m.

• Santa Marta Antpitta Grallaria bangsi

  The Santa Marta Antpitta occurs only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northern Colombia. It is a ground-dwelling bird recorded in humid montane forest and forest edges.

• Malayan Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus malayanus

  The Malayan horseshoe bat is a small horseshoe bat. Its back ranges from brown to reddish brown, and studies report geographic variation in the frequency of its echolocation calls.

• Verdin Auriparus flaviceps

  The Verdin is a tiny bird with a yellow head and grey body. It lives mainly among thorny shrubs in deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico.

• Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii

  A small molossid bat that is widespread in South America. It catches insects while flying in open areas.