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• Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula

  

  This egret forages mainly in shallow wetlands of northern Botswana. Adults are blue-grey, though they can look black in poor light.

• Severtzov's Jerboa Allactaga (Allactaga) severtzovi

  Severtzov's jerboa is a jerboa of Central Asia. It runs bipedally, and a speed of about 40 km/h is reported for this species.

• Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata

  The Chestnut-headed Tesia is a round, nearly tailless bird with a white eye-ring, chestnut head, and yellow throat. It searches for insects close to the ground.

• Pallas' Free-tailed Bat Molossus molossus

  Pallas's free-tailed bat is a medium-sized bat recorded in several habitats in Argentina. It roosts in groups in tree hollows and buildings and eats insects.

• Ceara Gnateater Conopophaga cearae

  The Ceara Gnateater is a small bird of northeastern Brazil. It was first described as a subspecies of Conopophaga lineata, then treated as a separate species following genetic research.

• Sandhill Dunnart Sminthopsis psammophila

  The sandhill dunnart is a marsupial of arid Australia. Its back is gray to buff, its underside is white, and its tail has stiff black hairs near the tip. It has been recorded in patches of vegetation on sand dunes and sandplains.

• Arabian Scops Owl Otus pamelae

  The Arabian Scops Owl is a resident owl of the southern Arabian Peninsula that hunts invertebrates at night.

• Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus

  A baboon of southern Africa's grasslands, savannas and wooded highlands.

• Bornean Frogmouth Batrachostomus mixtus

  The Bornean Frogmouth is a Borneo endemic usually associated with lower montane and montane forest. Lowland records have also been reported at Kubah National Park; one observed male had yellow eyes and long facial bristles.

• Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus formosae

  This bat has silky, glossy fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It is endemic to Taiwan, but much of its natural history remains unknown.

• Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus

  The Black-headed Grosbeak is a songbird of western North America. Adult males are black, white, and cinnamon, and both parents care for the young.

• Jamaican Flower Bat Phyllonycteris (Reithronycteris) aphylla

  This Jamaican endemic bat has short, pale fur and dark wing membranes. It eats nectar and fruit, and roosts in hot caves, sometimes in mixed colonies with other bats.

• White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus

  This jay has a blue-green body, a black facial pattern, and a white collar. It moves in small groups and forages at different forest levels in the humid Andes.

• Bushy-tailed Jird Sekeetamys calurus

  A jird of rocky, arid places. Its long-haired tail is especially full and noticeable in males.

• Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela

  A social bird widely distributed from Central to South America. It has glossy black plumage with yellow patches on the wings and rump.

• Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicaudus

  This short-tailed shrew ranges from southern Canada into eastern and central parts of the United States. It is most numerous in damp woods and wetlands and makes runways close to the ground.

• Rufous-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula leymebambae

  A small antpitta of Andean forests. Its back is brown, with rufous coloring across the chest and sides.

• Manchurian Hare Lepus mandshuricus

  This hare has thick, long fur, a gray to rust-brown back, and pale underside. Some individuals become paler in winter.

• Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris

  The current eBird name for this taxon is Yellow-chinned Sunbird. It ranges from Sierra Leone to Ghana in West Africa; the related gray-chinned taxon is now listed separately.

• Robinson's Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Exulomarmosa) robinsoni

  Robinson's Mouse Opossum is a small marsupial with large ears and dark markings around the eyes. Current records extend from western Panama through Colombia to northern Venezuela and nearby islands.

• Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota

  This diurnal nuthatch uses cliffs and rocky gorges and searches tree bark for invertebrates. Where it overlaps with the Western Rock Nuthatch, the black eye-stripe widening behind the eye is a useful clue.

• Stoliczka's Asian Trident Bat Aselliscus stoliczkanus

  Stoliczka's trident bat has a three-pointed noseleaf and has been recorded roosting in caves in Yunnan.

• Sumatran Drongo Dicrurus sumatranus

  The Sumatran Drongo lives in humid forests on Sumatra and catches insects by sallying from a perch. This account places the former Mentawai subspecies with Hair-crested Drongo.

• Black-crowned Dwarf Marmoset Mico humilis

  The black-crowned dwarf marmoset is a small monkey known from a limited area of central Amazonian Brazil. The Mammal Diversity Database lists it in Mico but notes that this placement remains tentative.