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• Mayotte Drongo Dicrurus waldenii

  

  This species is endemic to Mayotte. It is recorded in humid natural forest at about 200–350 m, as well as secondary forest, plantations, and forest margins.

• Asian parti-colored bat Vespertilio sinensis

  A bat whose dark brown fur has white tips, giving it a frosted appearance.

• White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris

  The White-lored Gnatcatcher ranges from western Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. It uses open woodland and semi-open wooded areas; its white eyebrow and black crown pattern changes with season.

• Southern Ningaui Ningaui yvonnae

  This small marsupial lives in semi-arid parts of southern Australia. It has short light-brown fur and a long, thin tail, and occurs in open heath and low mallee scrub.

• Pilbara Grasswren Amytornis whitei

  This long-tailed bird lives in the Pilbara of Western Australia. It runs among large spinifex clumps in dry, open country.

• Agile Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys agilis

  The agile kangaroo rat hops on long hind feet. It lives in dry scrub, digs burrows, and carries seeds in its cheek pouches.

• Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii

  The Sooty Gull lives along coasts around the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Breeding adults have dark, sooty gray-brown plumage and search the shore for fish and other food.

• Groves' Titi Plecturocebus grovesi

  This titi monkey was described from Mato Grosso, Brazil. The paper notes a grayish back, red-brown underside, and black tail with a pale tip.

• Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini

  This weaver ranges from the Sahel to western East Africa. It uses dry savanna woodland, thickets, scrub, and areas around farms and villages, and is thought to feed mostly on arthropods.

• Hill's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hilli

  This horseshoe bat is known from a very small area in Nyungwe National Park, southwestern Rwanda. The species treatment lists two localities.

• Tschudi's Nightjar Systellura decussata

  This nightjar uses dry open country, where its sandy plumage blends with the ground and sparse vegetation.

• Cozumelan Golden Bat Mimon cozumelae

  Cozumelan golden bats have been reported mainly in Central America. Coat color alone may not separate them reliably from close relatives, and one Belize specimen is the basis for a published DNA diet record.

• Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa

  A small bird found in Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea and Pacific islands. It has a grey body, white eyebrow and throat patch, and a long tail that it often fans.

• Mediterranean Water Shrew Neomys anomalus

  The Mediterranean water shrew is a small shrew associated with water. Its dark back and white underside stand out, while its close relative can look almost identical.

• Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca

  Its long, downcurved bill and bare black head are distinctive. It forages in wetlands and floodplains, probing shallow water, mud and grassland.

• Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus

  A hare of North America’s boreal forests, it changes coat color with the seasons. Its large hind feet help it stay atop the snow.

• Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi

  A small honeyguide of forest and forest edge. Its olive wings stand out, and it calls from regular song posts.

• Sable antelope Hippotragus niger

  An antelope with backward-curving horns and a mane along the neck.

• Espanola Mockingbird Mimus macdonaldi

  This mockingbird lives only on Española in the Galápagos. It has a long tail and curved bill and eats insects, fruit, and other small prey.

• Camiguin Forest Mouse Apomys camiguinensis

  This mouse is recorded from Camiguin Island in the southern Philippines. Its species account describes a russet-brown back with fine dark-and-pale hairs and a pale underside.

• Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae

  The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds on the Iberian Peninsula and winters in the Sahel south of the Sahara. A 2023 study examined both sexes at a Moroccan oasis used by the Iberian population as a spring stopover.

• Cotton-top tamarin Oedipomidas oedipus

  A small monkey of northwestern Colombia, distinguished by long white hair flowing from the head toward the shoulders.

• White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata

  The white-rumped munia is a small bird marked by its white rump. Wild birds eat grass seeds and form flocks near grassland and farmland.

• Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea

  The Lesser Dawn Bat has a long, narrow muzzle and large eyes. It feeds on nectar and pollen and roosts in large colonies in caves and other sheltered places.