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• Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea

  

  This small gnatcatcher includes several regional forms. In Peru it has grey upperparts, whitish to greyish underparts, and a black-and-white tail that it often cocks.

• Franklin's Ground Squirrel Poliocitellus franklinii

  

  Franklin's ground squirrel prefers tall grass where prairie meets woodland and digs underground burrows. It eats both plant and animal foods. In Missouri, populations have declined with habitat loss and fragmentation.

• Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor

  

  This bushshrike lives in forests of western and central Africa. It has several plumage forms, including birds with orange or red underparts.

• Andean White-eared Opossum Didelphis pernigra

  

  The Andean white-eared opossum is a marsupial with white ears and distinctive facial markings. It is associated mainly with mountain forests, but records also include riparian and human-modified habitats in parts of its range.

• Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola

  

  Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler is a small brown bird. It breeds in parts of Central Asia and Siberia and winters in Singapore.

• Blanford's Madromys Madromys blanfordi

  

  Surveys in Gujarat, western India, recorded Blanford's Madromys at multiple sites in 2015–2016. White hairs at the tail tip help distinguish its appearance.

• Ornate Tinamou Nothoprocta ornata

  The Ornate Tinamou has spots on the head and neck, an unspotted gray breast, and lower-belly plumage that grades from buff to rufous.

• Black-capped Fruit Bat Chironax melanocephalus

  This small bat has a dark head and yellow-to-orange hair on the sides of the neck and shoulders. It is recorded in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Black Robin Petroica traversi

  Endemic to the Chatham Islands, the Black Robin is black in both sexes and active in the lower forest strata. It relies on continuous forest interior and is reluctant to venture into open areas.

• Southern Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak

  The southern red muntjac is a deer in which males have small antlers and long upper canine teeth, while females have hair tufts and small bony knobs where antlers would be. Under the current taxonomy, it occurs on the Malay Peninsula and Sunda Islands.

• Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella

  The Crested Auklet breeds on rocky islands in the Bering Sea and dives underwater for crustaceans and other prey.

• Emperor tamarin Tamarinus imperator

  An Amazonian forest monkey distinguished by a long white moustache.

• Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa

  Dark Newtonia occurs in eastern Madagascar. Adults have grey-brown backs and pale, tan-tinged undersides, and the species uses low rainforest and nearby secondary growth.

• Tayra Eira barbara

  A climbing mustelid with a dark body and a lighter-colored head.

• White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina

  The New Zealand breeding population of the White-faced Storm Petrel is marked by a white face and a bounding, pattering way of feeding at the sea surface.

• Steppe Lemming Lagurus lagurus

  The steppe lemming is a small rodent that eats grasses and herbs in Eurasian grasslands and uses burrows in the ground. A dark stripe runs down the middle of its back.

• Madagascar Cuckooshrike Coracina cinerea

  An endemic cuckooshrike of Madagascar. It uses dry forest, humid evergreen forest and gallery forest, and may join mixed-species flocks in the canopy.

• Coastal Black-handed Titi Callicebus melanochir

  This titi monkey lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, forming pairs in which males carry the young.

• Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius

  This large parrotbill occurs in the eastern Himalaya and neighboring regions. A bird photographed at Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh, in 2024 showed a robust body and large curved bill.

• Red-necked wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus

  Recognized by reddish fur on the neck and shoulders, it rests under cover and grazes in nearby open areas.

• Millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris

  This reed-warbler occurs naturally on Nihoa Island. This entry describes the currently extant subspecies, A. f. kingi.

• Amami Rabbit Pentalagus furnessi

  The Amami rabbit is a short-eared, short-legged rabbit found in the forests of Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima. It eats grasses, young shoots and fruit, and usually lives alone.

• Black crowned crane Balearica pavonina

  A crane with a golden crown of stiff feathers. Adults have a dark body and red and white cheek patches.

• Dun Tube-nosed Bat Murina recondita

  A small tube-nosed bat collected in Taiwan. Its original description reports forest-associated records, mostly below 1,400 m elevation.