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• Cape Hare Lepus capensis

  

  The Arabian hare is recorded around AlUla in north-western Saudi Arabia. In this region, its grayish coat and black ear tips are noted.

• Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus

  A long-tailed brown bird of reedbeds. Males have a black facial marking that looks like a moustache.

• Black lemur Eulemur macaco

  A northwestern Madagascar lemur whose males and females have different coat colours.

• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

  A large wader with long legs and a down-curved bill that uses coastal wetlands and grasslands at different times of year.

• California condor Gymnogyps californianus

  A large scavenging bird that travels on broad soaring wings.

• Eastern red panda Ailurus styani

  The Eastern red panda occurs in southwestern China and northern Myanmar. Compared with the Himalayan red panda, its face is redder and its tail rings are more distinct.

• Chinese Mountain Cat Felis bieti

  A stocky wild cat of China's high grasslands and mountain scrub. Its coat changes with the season, and the tip of its short tail is black.

• Brubru Nilaus afer

  The Brubru is a bush-shrike found widely across sub-Saharan Africa. A southern African atlas account records it in savanna and acacia woodland, where it feeds in the canopy.

• Bushpig Potamochoerus larvatus

  A wild pig that forages in groups in forests and wetlands of eastern and southern Africa.

• Common Pochard Aythya ferina

  The breeding male is a diving duck with a striking reddish-brown head.

• Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

  The Sunbittern is reported in watery habitats in Guatemala and northern Brazil. When frightened, it spreads its wings and tail to reveal hidden orange and chestnut patches.

• Lesser Grison Galictis cuja

  The lesser grison is a slender mustelid found in parts of South America. It has a yellowish-brown back, a darker underside and a pale facial band whose pattern varies among individuals.

• Mountain zebra Equus zebra

  Hartmann's mountain zebras are adapted to dry, rocky country.

• Timor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus presbytes

  The Timor Leaf Warbler is a small warbler recorded on Timor and Flores. It uses forest edges and montane woodland on Flores, and lowland scrub on Timor.

• Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus luctus

  Its long, woolly fur is dark gray-brown to black with pale tips. The Sunda Island populations treated as R. luctus in the 2019 account are recorded in tropical forest.

• Grey heron Ardea cinerea

  A large heron that waits in shallow water to catch fish and other prey. In flight it draws its long neck back toward the body.

• Simeulue Parrot Psittinus abbotti

  The Simeulue Parrot is restricted to Simeulue and Siumat off northwestern Sumatra. Adult males have a blue face and green forecrown; females have an all-green head.

• Reticulated giraffe Giraffa reticulata

  The reticulated giraffe has a network of white lines and occurs mainly in northern and northeastern Kenya.

• Ringed seal Pusa hispida

  A small seal of the seasonally ice-covered seas around the Arctic. It keeps breathing holes open in the ice.

• Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys

  The Himalayan Bulbul is a bulbul with a black face and throat set off by a white cheek patch. It uses foothill woodland, scrub, gardens, and towns.

• Eastern Black-handed Tamarin Saguinus ursula

  This small monkey occurs east of the Tocantins River in Brazil. The EAZA guide notes forest patches toward the Cerrado and Caatinga transition.

• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

  The Common Snipe has a long, straight bill and mottled brown plumage. In the United Kingdom it is most numerous in northern uplands, and birds from northern Europe also arrive in winter.

• Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea

  This brood-parasitic finch occurs in southeastern Africa. Males are known to mimic the song of their host, the African Firefinch.

• Xingu Silky Anteater Cyclopes xinguensis

  The Xingu Silky Anteater is known from dense Amazonian forests in Brazil. Its coat is predominantly gray, with a yellow patch near the base of the tail and a pale yellow underside. Brazil’s species assessment says its species-specific diet and natural history are not known.