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• Herbert's Rock Wallaby Petrogale herberti

  

  Herbert's rock wallaby lives among rocky sites and woodland in southeastern Queensland, Australia. A comparison describes it as grayer and less shaggy-tailed than the brush-tailed rock-wallaby.

• Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus

  

  The Black-throated Bushtit moves in small groups. It eats insects and small mollusks as well as seeds and berries.

• Stripe-faced Dunnart Sminthopsis macroura

  

  The stripe-faced dunnart has a black stripe down its face and pale underparts. It is nocturnal, mainly terrestrial, and catches insects and small vertebrates.

• Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator

  

  The Yellow-vented Warbler uses mountain bamboo and evergreen broadleaf forest during the breeding season and moves southeast in winter. The nominate subspecies described in the source is yellow with a white belly.

• Cactus Deermouse Peromyscus eremicus

  

  The Cactus Deermouse is a small mouse with a tail longer than its body. It lives in deserts and dry areas and is active at night.

• Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis

  

  Chuck-will's-widow is a nocturnal bird whose mottled brown plumage blends into woodland. It catches flying insects at night, breeding in North America and moving south for winter.

• Western Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus

  The European barbastelle is a bat whose broad ears meet above its forehead. The tips of its black fur are pale, and it uses different roosts in summer and winter.

• Chestnut-belted Gnateater Conopophaga aurita

  The Chestnut-belted Gnateater searches for food near the ground in tropical forest. Males have a black face and chestnut breast, while females are more subdued.

• Urial Ovis vignei

  Urials are wild sheep of Asian grasslands and hills; males carry large spiraling horns.

• Rufous-headed Tailorbird Phyllergates heterolaemus

  This tailorbird was described from a specimen collected on Mount Apo, Mindanao. The original account describes one adult of undetermined sex and notes that it was found among bushes.

• Allen's Jackrabbit Lepus alleni

  This large hare is notable for its big ears and occurs in dry areas of southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.

• Jamaican Parakeet Eupsittula nana

  The Jamaican Parakeet is a small green parakeet with olive coloring on the throat and upper breast. This account focuses on the Jamaican native form and on the habitat and food described for the species.

• Mariana Flying Fox Pteropus mariannus

  The Mariana flying fox is a fruit bat with black or brown fur mixed with silver hairs and a golden-looking mantle. It rests in groups in trees during the day.

• Rufous-fronted Wood Quail Odontophorus erythrops

  The Rufous-fronted Wood Quail searches through leaf litter on the forest floor in the Andes.

• Javan Rusa Rusa timorensis

  A deer recorded in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

• Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta

  A small bird of forests from the Himalayas into mainland Southeast Asia. Its black crest and red bill base are distinctive.

• Rio Mayo Titi Plecturocebus oenanthe

  This titi monkey is endemic to the San Martín region of Peru. Pale fur around the face is a characteristic feature, though it is faint in some individuals.

• Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus

  This small bird uses humid tropical forest and its edges, especially vine tangles in the mid to upper levels.

• Japanese marten Martes melampus

  A mustelid of Japanese forests and other habitats, with yellowish-brown to dark-brown fur and a white to cream throat patch.

• Rustic bunting Emberiza rustica

  A bird with a raised crown that visits river flats and farmland in winter flocks.

• Australian Pale Field Rat Rattus tunneyi

  This rat lives in wetter parts of northern and eastern Australia. It has a pale brown back, a yellowish-grey to cream underside, and uses shallow burrows at night.

• Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus

  The Black-fronted Tern breeds along rivers on New Zealand's South Island. In breeding plumage it has a black cap and orange bill, then disperses to coastal areas after breeding.

• Mount Kilimanjaro Guereza Colobus caudatus

  This black-and-white colobus occurs around Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. The catalogue uses species rank, while a 2015 field paper referred to it as the subspecies C. guereza caudatus.

• Panao Antpitta Grallaria oneilli

  This antpitta occurs on the eastern slope of the central Peruvian Andes. It is dark reddish brown, with a whitish center to the belly; at least one recorded bird ate insects and similar invertebrates.