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• Black-capped Fruit Bat Chironax melanocephalus

  

  This small bat has a dark head and yellow-to-orange hair on the sides of the neck and shoulders. It is recorded in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi

  The Inaccessible Island Rail is a tiny flightless rail found only on Inaccessible Island. It hides in dense vegetation, and its calls help researchers locate it.

• Congo Clawless Otter Aonyx congicus

  This otter has silver-tipped head and shoulder fur and a white-bordered dark facial patch. Reports document it in Congo Basin rainforest and waterways, with uncertain range edges and identification near related otters.

• Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine

  A laughingthrush of Himalayan forests, it is described here through the nominate form from eastern Nepal to Bhutan, whose account gives a black face and yellow outer wing and tail feathers.

• Kultarr Antechinomys laniger

  The kultarr is a nocturnal marsupial of Australia's arid and semi-arid regions. It bounds on long hind feet and feeds mainly on insects and spiders.

• Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus

  This small honeyeater lives in coastal areas of northeastern Australia and New Guinea. It is often seen in flowering trees near water.

• Chilean Red Bat Lasiurus varius

  The Chilean Red Bat occurs in Argentina and Chile and is solitary. Its long, narrow wings support fast flight, but make it less maneuverable along forest edges and in clearings.

• Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum

  The Gang-gang Cockatoo is a cockatoo of southeastern Australian forests. Males have a red head and crest, females a gray head, and the birds move between uplands and lowlands seasonally.

• 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.

• Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca

  The Bonin Petrel is a seabird that catches fish and squid offshore. It breeds in winter and lays one egg in a sandy burrow.

• Sand Gazelle Gazella marica

  This gazelle lives in deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. It uses sand dunes and coastal flats and avoids steep, rocky ground. Its coat is pale fawn, and the facial markings are faint.

• Adélie penguin Pygoscelis adeliae

  A penguin that breeds along the Antarctic coast, recognised by a white ring around each eye.

• Gray Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga leachii

  The gray long-tongued bat is a small bat that feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit, and insects.

• Giant Nuthatch Sitta magna

  The Giant Nuthatch is notable for a broad black eyestripe and rufous feathers under the tail. It occurs in southern China, Myanmar, and northwestern Thailand, using open hill forest with mature pines.

• Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus (Progerbillurus) paeba

  This small gerbil has fur on the soles of its feet. It lives in dry parts of southern Africa and uses burrows beneath grass or shrubs.

• Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre

  A southern North American bird that uses its long bill to turn leaf litter while searching for insects in dry scrub.

• Azara's Akodont Akodon (Akodon) azarae

  Azara's Akodont lives in grasslands and wetland vegetation, and may change the sheltered sites it uses with the seasons.

• Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens

  The mourning wheatear is a small bird of deserts and rocky highlands.

• Agile Mangabey Cercocebus agilis

  The agile mangabey lives in forests of central Africa, mostly north of the Congo River. Its back is darker gray-brown and its underside is lighter. It favors the forest understory and often uses the ground while feeding or travelling.

• Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus

  This small flowerpecker has a green back, a yellow striped underside, and a bright orange crown patch. It actively visits fruiting and flowering trees.

• Black-mantled Tamarin Leontocebus nigricollis

  This entry covers the nominate subspecies of the black-mantled tamarin. It inhabits humid tropical forest and edges; its described features include a black mantle, bare ears, and a gray-white muzzle.

• Unicolored Jay Aphelocoma unicolor

  This jay inhabits montane forests in northwestern Central America. It uses pine and oak forests and feeds on invertebrates, including insects.

• Burmese Hare Lepus peguensis

  This hare uses open woodland and grassy scrub, feeding on the ground from dusk into the night.

• Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus

  The Rusty Pitohui feeds on insects and fruit in forests around New Guinea. Its white eye and rufous tail help identify it.