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• Planalto Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes platyrostris

  

  Two subspecies with different plumage are described: dark-form D. p. platyrostris and pale-form D. p. intermedius. The first has a blackish crown and buff streaks; the second has a browner crown and brighter rufous wings and tail. A nesting study in northeastern Argentina found nests in natural tree cavities and nest boxes.

• Japanese badger Meles anakuma

  A badger native to Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and nearby parts of Japan. Thick, long foreclaws help it dig dens in the ground.

• Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus

  The Jamaican Vireo is a small, rounded bird with gray-green to olive plumage, a white iris, white wing bars, pale yellow underparts, and bluish-gray legs. It hides in dense vegetation, eats insects and small fruit, and occurs at forest edges and roadsides across elevations in Jamaica.

• Eastern Mole Vole Ellobius (Ellobius) tancrei

  The eastern mole vole is a burrowing rodent recorded in Mongolia's dry steppes and semideserts. Its short tail and other features are shared within the genus and do not identify this species by themselves.

• Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami

  The Australian Brush-turkey is a large bird with dark plumage, a bare red head, and a yellow wattle. It rakes leaf litter for food, and males use mounds of vegetation to warm the eggs.

• Pacific Townsend's big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii

  This bat folds its large ears back over its head while resting. It flies at night and catches moths and other insects.

• Berlepsch's Tinamou Crypturellus berlepschi

  Berlepsch's Tinamou is a ground-dwelling bird about 29–32 cm long. It lives in humid forests of northwestern South America, is active by day, and eats both plant and animal matter.

• Butler's Dunnart Sminthopsis butleri

  This small carnivorous marsupial has a reported head-and-body length of 88 mm and a tail about 90 mm long. The report gives an average mass of 15–30 g.

• Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei

  A small lark of open grassland from Turkey through Central Asia to southern Mongolia. It is partly migratory and is classified as an omnivore.

• Chihuahua Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus eremicus

  The Chihuahua pocket mouse is a small rodent of dry country in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

• Black-necked crane Grus nigricollis

  A crane that breeds in high mountain regions and descends to lower wintering areas.

• Caquetá Titi Plecturocebus caquetensis

  This titi monkey occurs in lowland forests of southern Colombia. It feeds on fruits, seeds, and young leaves in remaining forest, with reddish fur around the face and throat like a beard.

• Guadalupe Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus

  This small seabird is dark above and white below. It nests on islands off western Baja California and differs from Scripps's Murrelet by having more white around the eye.

• Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

  A bat with a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf; British accounts describe roosts in caves and buildings.

• Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami

  The south-eastern form often feeds on she-oak seeds and raises its young in hollows in old eucalypts.

• Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira parvidens

  This small fruit-eating bat ranges from Mexico to northern Costa Rica. It roosts in mature forest and is also often recorded in disturbed areas where pioneer plants grow.

• Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii

  Diard's Trogon lives in Southeast Asian forests. Males have a black head and breast with a red belly, while females are mainly brown.

• 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.

• African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis

  A yellow face and belly, with a narrow white eye-ring, help identify this small bird. It searches leaves and flowers for insects, nectar, and fruit.

• Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris

  The marsh rabbit is a wetland rabbit of the southeastern United States that eats grasses and other marsh plants.

• Australian Hobby Falco longipennis

  The Australian Hobby catches small birds and large flying insects in the air. Its plumage varies somewhat by sex and region.

• Mithun Bos frontalis

  Mithun, also called gayal, are cattle relatives kept in parts of northeastern India. A study in Arunachal Pradesh recorded free-ranging, semi-domesticated herds searching the forest for food plants.

• Schneider's Pitta Hydrornis schneideri

  Males have orange heads and blue backs. In Sumatra's mountain forests, the bird searches near the forest floor for large cockroaches and snails.

• Cape Spiny Mouse Acomys (Subacomys) subspinosus

  The Cape spiny mouse is a small spiny mouse of rocky areas and fynbos in southwestern South Africa. Seeds make up most of its recorded diet.