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• 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.

• Javan Coucal Centropus nigrorufus

  This large coucal is recorded in Java's lowlands, where it uses mangroves and nearby wetlands.

• Rock Vole Microtus chrotorrhinus

  The rock vole has a yellow-orange nose. It uses moist forests and rocky sites and feeds on herbs and leaves.

• Red-and-white Antpitta Grallaria erythroleuca

  Both sexes have similar rufous-brown and white plumage. In southeastern Peru's moist mountain forests, it searches near the ground for beetles, ants, and spiders.

• Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta

  This small bat has bright orange fur and black wings. It hunts spiders and insects while flying through cluttered spaces close to the ground.

• Wakolo Myzomela Myzomela wakoloensis

  This honeyeater occurs on Buru and Seram in Indonesia. A male described in a museum catalogue had a scarlet body, black wings and tail, and a scarlet band across the upper wing. It feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica

  The short-tailed bandicoot rat prefers moist soil and areas near water, where it digs extensive burrows. The account reports one rat per burrow.

• Forest Batis Batis mixta

  This small bird lives in forests from south-eastern Kenya into Tanzania. Males show blue-gray, black, and white markings; females are marked mainly with chestnut.

• Collared Mangabey Cercocebus torquatus

  The collared mangabey has reddish hair on its crown and striking white eyelids against a dark face. It is active by day and spends much of its time on the ground, though it also climbs through trees.

• Yemen Warbler Curruca buryi

  The Yemen Warbler is a small warbler found in the highlands of Yemen. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates.

• Nile Lechwe Kobus megaceros

  An antelope of seasonally flooded wetlands and a capable swimmer.

• Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix

  The Whistling Heron searches for food in open grasslands and shallow water. In Bolivia it is recorded from the lowlands to the southern Andean foothills.

• Big Lutrine Opossum Lutreolina crassicaudata

  The big lutrine opossum is a marsupial found in scattered parts of South America. It can swim, but it is not specialized for an aquatic life.

• Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus

  This oriole lives in tropical Asian woodlands. The male has strongly contrasting yellow and black plumage, while the female has greener underparts.

• Hopi Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) rufus

  This chipmunk lives in rocky areas of the western United States. It favors places with juniper and pinyon pine and has reddish dorsal stripes.

• Violet turaco Tauraco violaceus

  A deep-purple bird that moves through trees by hopping along branches.

• Brown's Pademelon Thylogale browni

  This small-to-medium wallaby is native to northern and eastern New Guinea, where it occurs in forest and grassland. Populations thought to have been introduced to islands such as New Ireland have contracted.

• Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica

  The Brown Wood Owl described here is a large owl of Hong Kong's forests. It is mainly active at night and forages among the canopy.

• Buffy Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus infuscus

  This fruit-eating bat occurs in several countries of northwestern South America. One diet study was conducted in montane forest in central Peru.

• Black crowned crane Balearica pavonina

  A crane with a golden crown of stiff feathers. Adults have a dark body and red and white cheek patches.

• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus

  A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.

• Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

  The Rainbow Bee-eater has vivid green, blue, and yellow plumage. It beats captured bees against a perch to remove their stings before eating them.

• Andean Cottontail Sylvilagus andinus

  The Andean cottontail is known from Ecuador's highlands, and a 2022 study confirmed records at several sites in Peru. It has long, soft fur, a reddish rump, and a pale underside.

• Ornate Tinamou Nothoprocta ornata

  The Ornate Tinamou has spots on the head and neck, an unspotted gray breast, and lower-belly plumage that grades from buff to rufous.