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• Greenish Schiffornis Schiffornis virescens

  

  This bird lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Recently collected specimens show vivid green plumage. A study in Misiones found nests on tree ferns near the forest floor.

• Pelzeln's gazelle Gazella pelzelni

  Pelzeln's gazelle was recorded on the northern Somaliland coastal plain. Late nineteenth-century descriptions report a fawn-colored coat and animals using dry stony or sandy ground with low shrubs.

• Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii

  This tanager is recorded in the Colombian Andes. A field guide for the Sibundoy region describes its grass-green plumage, rusty facial markings, and small-group behavior in forest.

• Brown Titi Plecturocebus brunneus

  An arboreal monkey from Brazil's Rondônia state. Its brown back, reddish limbs and belly, and black crown help distinguish it.

• Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans

  This bulbul occurs in eastern Africa. It is mostly brown and uses semi-arid scrub, dry-forest edges, and other wooded habitats; it eats insects and fruit.

• Lesser Brocket Mazama nanus

  The lesser brocket is a small deer of dense subtropical vegetation in southeastern South America. Its coat is reddish brown, darker along the back; an Argentine account says it eats leaves, shoots, and fruit.

• Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Harpactes orrhophaeus

  The male has a black head and cinnamon back, while the female has a brown-toned head and pale underparts. This trogon uses forest understory and feeds mainly on insects.

• Yucatán Gray Mouse Opossum Tlacuatzin gaumeri

  The Yucatán Gray Mouse Opossum is a small opossum of the Yucatán Peninsula. Its original description gives a muted grayish-brown back and pale cream belly and cheeks. Specimens have also been collected in sub-evergreen forest in Quintana Roo.

• Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris

  This black bird with a blue gloss lives in woodland and scrub around the Yucatán Peninsula. At Sian Ka’an in Mexico it uses coastal vegetation with palms and shrubs and feeds on fruit and other foods.

• Tarai Gray Langur Semnopithecus hector

  The Tarai gray langur lives in the Himalayan foothills. It has a white head, a grayish-yellow to pale orange body, and brownish limbs.

• White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis

  This cuckooshrike lives in woodland and forest across sub-Saharan Africa. The pool name Coracina pectoralis is listed as Ceblepyris pectoralis in the current species account.

• Hawaiian Hoary Bat Aeorestes semotus

  This bat is naturally found only in the Hawaiian Islands, on the main islands except Niihau.

• Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius

  It walks quietly on the ground in the Atlantic Forest, with gray-brown barring and a pale stripe on the side of the neck. It is secretive, so its whistled song can help reveal its presence.

• 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.

• Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris

  The Tawny-faced Gnatwren lives in the lower levels of humid forest from Central America to northwestern South America. It forages near the ground and in leaf litter, and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Zarudny's Rock Shrew Crocidura zarudnyi

  This shrew has been recorded in arid mountains and plateaus. Its back is pale gray, its belly and feet are white, and its tail is long-haired.

• Sunda Crow Corvus enca

  The Sunda Crow is a black crow with a slender bill and a purplish sheen. On Borneo it also occurs along forest edges and near the coast.

• 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.

• Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera

  A chachalaca with a brown body and rufous head and upper neck. Family groups use the forest mid-canopy but also come to the ground.

• Purple-necked Rock Wallaby Petrogale purpureicollis

  The purple-necked rock-wallaby lives among rocky country in Queensland, Australia. Its purple appearance comes from pigment on the fur, not a permanent coat colour, and varies among individuals.

• Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti

  The Algerian Nuthatch is a small bird endemic to mountain forests in northeastern Algeria. Recent breeding research has monitored nests in several forests.

• Bailey's Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus baileyi

  Bailey's pocket mouse is a small rodent of the Sonoran Desert. It is active at night and carries seeds and other food in its cheek pouches.

• Ashy-headed Babbler Pellorneum cinereiceps

  This small babbler occurs on Palawan and Balabac in the southern Philippines. It searches for food on or near the ground, usually alone or in pairs.

• Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia

  The golden lion tamarin is a small monkey recognized by its golden mane framing the face. It searches for fruit and insects in the humid forests of southeastern Brazil.