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• Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus

  

  The Ochraceous Wren is a small wren about 9.5 cm long and 9.5 g. It is recorded in Costa Rica’s humid mountain forest, nearby second growth and pastures with scattered trees.

• Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa parvula

  This small bat has yellowish-looking dorsal fur. Records come from Mexico's Pacific coast and the Marías Islands, and roosts include caves and tree hollows.

• Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema

  This francolin occurs on mountaintops in the Ethiopian highlands, in Afroalpine and sub-Afroalpine environments.

• Giles's Planigale Planigale gilesi

  Giles's planigale is a small marsupial with a flattened triangular head. It shelters in cracks in clay soil and eats arthropods.

• White-bellied Nothura Nothura boraquira

  The White-bellied Nothura is a small tinamou recorded in Bolivian savannas and grasslands. The source gives a body length of 22–24 cm.

• Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys compactus

  The Gulf Coast kangaroo rat lives in sandy areas from southern Texas, United States, to northeastern Mexico. It carries seeds in cheek pouches and is active at night.

• Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps

  This cormorant occurs along the coasts and islands of southern South America. Breeding adults show striking blue eye-rings and black-and-white plumage, and dive at sea mainly for fish.

• Fulvous Pocket Gopher Megascapheus fulvus

  This pocket gopher ranges across the western and southwestern United States and Mexico. A specimen obtained by its describer near San Francisco Mountain had reddish-brown upperparts, a whitish underside, and long, flattened foreclaws.

• 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.

• Hausa Genet Genetta thierryi

  The Hausa genet is a small viverrid found in West African savannas and moist woodlands. A reddish line along its back and alternating light and dark rings on its tail help identify its coat pattern.

• Knobbed Hornbill Rhyticeros cassidix

  The Knobbed Hornbill lives in forests on Sulawesi and nearby islands. A large casque rises above its bill.

• Crete Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) minous

  This spiny mouse lives on Crete. It has a gray back, reddish-yellow flanks with fine spines, and uses dry scrub and rocky crevices.

• Long-tailed Wood Partridge Dendrortyx macroura

  A quail of Mexico’s high-elevation forests, notable for its long tail and red bill and legs.

• Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium

  A fruit-eating bat studied in Brazil’s montane Atlantic Forest. Its back fur ranges from dark gray to reddish brown, with a paler underside; a study in Brazil's montane Atlantic Forest found a fruit-only diet, mostly Solanaceae.

• Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus

  The male Tiger Shrike has a gray head, a black facial mask, and a reddish-brown, barred back. Most individuals migrate seasonally.

• Common Punaré Thrichomys apereoides

  This spiny rat is known from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Studies report insects and seeds in its diet and suggest it may help disperse some small seeds.

• Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti

  Abbott’s Booby is a seabird that nests high in forest trees on Christmas Island and catches fish and squid at sea.

• Miller's Saki Pithecia milleri

  Miller’s saki lives in humid forests of southwestern Colombia and northeastern Ecuador and mainly eats seeds and fruit.

• Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer

  The Western Rock Nuthatch forages on cliffs and rock faces and builds a mud nest in a crevice.

• Carpathian Chamois Rupicapra carpatica

  This chamois lives in Romania's Carpathian Mountains. It grazes in alpine areas in summer, rests in shade during the hottest part of warm days, and uses lower grassland and forest edges in winter.

• Great Barbet Psilopogon virens

  A large, colorful barbet that lives in tall trees in Hong Kong. Several birds may gather at fruiting trees.

• Black Spider Monkey Ateles paniscus

  The black spider monkey moves through the canopy with its long arms and tail. Fruit is its main food, with other plant foods added when fruit is scarce.

• Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler Horornis acanthizoides

  This small warbler breeds in highland forests of mainland China; a separate subspecies is recorded in Taiwan. It stays hidden in dense bamboo undergrowth during the breeding season, when its song can reveal its presence.

• Beddome's Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus beddomei

  Beddome's woolly horseshoe bat is known from South Asia, and a 2010 paper added a specimen from Thailand. The Thai record is a single animal and may not represent the usual population there.