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• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus

  

  This medium-sized bird's male has a black facial mask, and the species catches insects in flight. It wanders through dry regions and sometimes forms flocks.

• Western Pseudomys Pseudomys occidentalis

  

  This mouse from Western Australia has a rounded snout and a long, marked tail. By day it stays in a group burrow and feeds mainly on plants.

• Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon

  

  The Lesser Green Leafbird blends with foliage, while the male has a black face and blue throat. It searches for food in the canopy of Southeast Asian lowland forest.

• Desert Red Bat Lasiurus frantzii

  

  Desert Red Bats live in North America and eat insects such as moths, flies, cicadas, and ants. Their fluffy amber fur and white shoulder patches are useful identification features.

• Philippine Honey Buzzard Pernis steerei

  

  This honey-buzzard occurs on the main Philippine islands, excluding Palawan. In 2004 on Panay, observers recorded a bird flying above primary-forest canopy and performing a wing-quivering display flight.

• Collared Mongoose Urva semitorquata

  

  This mongoose is found in forests on Borneo and Sumatra. Much about its ecology, including its habitat preferences, remains poorly known.

• Biak Megapode Megapodius geelvinkianus

  The Biak Megapode is a dark bird of forests around Cenderawasih Bay. It scratches the forest floor with its large feet to find food.

• Corsac fox Vulpes corsac

  A large-eared fox of the grasslands and semi-deserts of Central Asia.

• Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus

  The Hairy Woodpecker is a North American woodpecker that searches for insects while moving along tree trunks.

• Asian golden cat Catopuma temminckii

  A forest cat whose coat color and pattern vary among individuals.

• Tawny-tufted Toucanet Selenidera nattereri

  The male is a small toucanet with a black head and neck and a golden ear tuft. It feeds on fruit in the canopy of humid forest, alone or in pairs.

• Long-tailed weasel Neogale frenata

  A long-bodied weasel found in forests, fields, and other habitats in North Carolina.

• Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis

  The Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo is a Philippine endemic with a rufous breast and white belly. It eats insects, especially caterpillars, and is a brood parasite.

• Black-eared Flying Fox Pteropus melanotus

  The black-eared flying fox lives in forests and wetlands on small islands. It may roost in daytime groups of several hundred bats.

• Agami Heron Agamia agami

  The Agami Heron is a tropical heron with a long neck and bill and a chestnut belly. During breeding, blue crest and back plumes grow longer, and the bird hunts fish at the water's edge.

• Tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis

  The tucuxi is a freshwater dolphin of the Amazon basin, separate from the marine Guiana dolphin.

• Black-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus

  The Black-crowned Babbler is a small bird of moist lowland forest in the Philippines. It moves slowly through foliage while foraging.

• Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum Thylamys macrurus

  This small opossum is known from eastern Paraguay and adjacent central-western Brazil. Its mid-back is darker, becoming paler toward the flanks and belly.

• Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus

  The Silver-breasted Broadbill has a broad black eyebrow and a pale blue bill. It feeds on insects in the middle and upper levels of forest, where it often sits quietly on a high perch.

• Laos Langur Trachypithecus laotum

  The Laos langur lives in limestone forest in central Laos. At the study site, young animals showed varied coat colors, and groups were observed eating young leaves.

• White-mantled Barbet Capito hypoleucus

  This barbet lives in the north-central Colombian Andes. It uses humid montane and gallery forest and feeds on fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Philippine Brown Deer Rusa marianna

  This deer lives in the Philippines, including mountain and mossy forests. Young animals have pale spots on their backs and sides.

• Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni

  This ground-dwelling antpitta is recorded in the Andean foothills of Colombia and Ecuador, where it uses dense undergrowth in wet forest.

• Armored Rat Hoplomys gymnurus

  This rodent has spines on its back. In wet streamside forest, it hides in a burrow by day and searches for food at night.