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• Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii

  

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

• White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis

  A bee-eater with a white throat and black-and-white striped head. It breeds along the southern edge of the Sahara and moves to humid forests in western and central Africa after breeding.

• Palau Flying Fox Pteropus pelewensis

  The Palau Flying Fox has been studied on the Palau Islands. Field work there reported bats roosting in forest and leaving after sunset to feed on fruits, flowers, and other plant foods.

• 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.

• Thomas's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus thomasi

  Thomas's horseshoe bat has russet-tinged brown fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It roosts in cave colonies and is recorded from southern China and mainland Southeast Asia.

• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

  This small tern uses wetlands. In breeding plumage, its black head and dark grey underside stand out. It makes a nest from vegetation, floating or anchored, and both sexes care for the young.

• Taczanowski's Oldfield Mouse Thomasomys taczanowskii

  Taczanowski's oldfield mouse is a medium-sized rodent recorded in montane forests of Ecuador and Peru. Its fur is soft, and some individuals have a white tail tip. Ecological observations are limited.

• Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera

  This falcon is marked by a chestnut-red head and cheek stripe. The account here covers the nominate subspecies in South Asia.

• Chinese Hare Lepus sinensis

  This hare occurs in southeastern China and Taiwan. Its account describes chestnut fur, triangular black ear tips, and records at grassland edges and scrubby hillsides.

• Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea

  This flycatcher ranges widely from West to East Africa. It searches for insects in forest and woodland, along rivers and in farmland, and builds a low nest.

• Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin Cebus aequatorialis

  The Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin uses mature forest, especially near streams, and also enters degraded forest. Coat color varies with age and among individuals.

• Red-keeled Flowerpecker Dicaeum australe

  A Philippine flowerpecker that feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps

  A small water-associated cat with a narrow head and a flattened forehead.

• Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola

  A large duck of tropical South America. It is black and white, with a finely speckled head and neck; the male has a large fleshy knob above the bill.

• Townsend's Ground Squirrel Urocitellus townsendii

  A ground squirrel of grasslands and sagebrush in southeastern Washington. It is gray and unspotted, with reddish coloring beneath its short tail.

• Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi

  This large black bird bears a blue-gray helmet-like casque on its forehead. Pairs and small groups walk the floor of mature mountain forest in search of fruit and seeds.

• Black Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) nigricans

  This bat was studied at Paracou in French Guiana. Fur color and texture varied among specimens, and captures came from streamside forest, clearings, and above roadside puddles.

• Cliff Parakeet Myiopsitta luchsi

  This parakeet lives in the dry inter-Andean valleys of central Bolivia. It moves in flocks and builds large stick nests on cliff faces.

• Mule deer Odocoileus hemionus

  Large ears and a black-tipped tail help identify this deer.

• Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis

  This whistler lives in Australian mallee shrubland. The New South Wales factsheet describes known populations around Round Hill and Nombinnie in central New South Wales.

• Merriam's Pocket Mouse Perognathus merriami

  Merriam’s pocket mouse has smooth, silky fur and a white belly. It is active at night and uses burrows in the ground.

• Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

  A small, grayish warbler. In Britain, breeding birds head south in autumn while birds from central Europe arrive for winter.

• Black-shouldered Opossum Caluromysiops irrupta

  The black-shouldered opossum is a South American marsupial with dark markings from its shoulders down the forelegs and back, and fur over most of its tail. It is active high in the canopy at night.

• Maui Honeycreeper Pseudonestor xanthophrys

  This Hawaiian honeycreeper lives only in high-elevation forest on east Maui. It has a large curved bill, and pairs defend territories year-round.