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• White-browed Antpitta Hylopezus ochroleucus

  

  This antpitta occurs in northeastern Brazil. It has a white eyebrow and a second pale line below it, with rufous flanks, and searches for small invertebrates near the forest floor.

• Big-eared Opossum Didelphis aurita

  The big-eared opossum is a marsupial with bare black ears and a dark line down the middle of its forehead. It is nocturnal and uses both the ground and trees.

• Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus

  A stork with a large bill and little feathering on its head and neck. In Bangladesh it occurs around shallow wetlands, grassland and farmland.

• North Sumatran Leaf Monkey Presbytis thomasi

  This arboreal monkey lives in forests of northern Sumatra. It has a mostly black body, a pale underside and a distinctive white V-shaped pattern around the eyes.

• Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi

  The Black Butcherbird has deep bluish-black plumage and a large silver-grey bill. It occurs in rainforests, mangroves, and nearby open or settled areas.

• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula

  The yellow-throated marten lives in forests of southern and eastern Asia and stands out for its dark head and golden throat.

• 'A'o Puffinus auricularis

  Animal Diversity Web's broad treatment of Puffinus auricularis includes Newell's shearwater in Hawaii and Townsend's shearwater off Mexico. Some taxonomies split them; ʻAʻo is the Hawaiian name for the Newell's population.

• Buffy-sided Oryzomys Euryoryzomys lamia

  This rodent has few known records in central Brazil. It is documented in forest and in Cerrado environments.

• Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus

  The Spotted Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird that searches for seeds in dry, open country.

• Geoffroy's Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) emarginatus

  A medium-sized bat with rusty to reddish-brown fur on its back, paler fur underneath, and a distinctive notch in the ears.

• Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus

  This barbet ranges from southwestern Ecuador to southwestern Colombia. It occurs in humid lowland and hill forest, forest edges, and tree-rich farmland.

• White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus

  The white-footed dunnart lives in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It nests beneath leaf litter or fallen logs and mainly eats invertebrates.

• Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus

  The Desert Cisticola is a small bird of dry grassland and scrub. During breeding, males and females differ in their crown pattern and forage in low grass.

• San Quintin Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys gravipes

  The San Quintín kangaroo rat lives on a small coastal plain in Baja California, Mexico. It was rediscovered in 2017, and later surveys confirmed its presence.

• Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda

  The Dark-rumped Swift has breeding records in the eastern Himalayas and northeastern India. It nests in cliff crevices near forest.

• Atlantic Titi Callicebus personatus

  This monkey lives in Brazil's Atlantic coastal forests. It has black fur on the forehead and beside the cheeks, while coat patterns vary among subspecies.

• Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla

  The Semipalmated Sandpiper is a small shorebird with a short bill. It breeds on Arctic tundra and winters along coasts farther south in the Americas.

• Southern Golden Bat Mimon bennettii

  The southern golden bat is recorded in Brazil. A specimen from a study in São Paulo state had reddish fur and a smooth noseleaf.

• Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris

  The male has a white throat, rich rufous underparts, and an iridescent green head and back. It waits on a forest perch and catches passing insects in flight.

• Malayan Pygmy Shrew Suncus malayanus

  This small shrew occurs on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. A male captured in the Cameron Highlands had notably large ears and dark, fine fur.

• Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei

  During the Bishop Museum expedition to Mount Dayman in Papua New Guinea, it was recorded frequently above 1,400 m and used several forest strata.

• Forest Rabbit Sylvilagus brasiliensis

  This rabbit was reassessed using a neotype from Pernambuco. Older, broad South American records are not carried forward as confirmed range for this taxon; this account stays with documented coastal-forest evidence.

• Chaetornis striata

  This grassland bird often remains hidden in cover. A Kerala sighting describes a fulvous-brown back with bold streaks, while a study in Nepal recorded it in riverine grasslands.

• Domestic yak Bos grunniens

  A domestic yak kept on the Tibetan Plateau and elsewhere. Its long shaggy coat protects it from the cold.