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• Forrest's Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti

  

  Forrest's rock squirrel is a squirrel relative of rocky mountains in Yunnan, China. The taxonomic revision also describes traits shared by its genus, including a squirrel-like build and a long, bushy tail.

• Mangrove Robin Peneoenanthe pulverulenta

  The Mangrove Robin is a grey robin known from coastal forests of New Guinea and northern Australia. A study in Australia's Northern Territory also reported a breeding population in wetland vegetation away from mangroves.

• Black Wallaroo Osphranter bernardus

  The black wallaroo is a kangaroo relative of Kakadu’s rocky Stone Country.

• St. Lucia Oriole Icterus laudabilis

  An oriole endemic to St. Lucia. Black plumage is sharply set off by russet-orange patches, and it has a long, slender bill.

• Kosrae Flying Fox Pteropus ualanus

  The Kosrae flying fox occurs on Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. The 2020 IUCN assessment reports records from coastal areas to the island’s peaks.

• Caatinga Puffbird Nystalus maculatus

  A puffbird of Brazil's Caatinga. The ICMBio regional guide uses the English name Spot-backed Puffbird for the same scientific name.

• American Marten Martes americana

  A member of the weasel family found in forests of Alaska, Canada and the northern United States.

• Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus

  The Spotted Nightjar is an Australian nightjar that rests on the ground by day and becomes active at dusk and night.

• Common Yellow Bat Scotophilus heathii

  A bat recorded in forests, woodlands, plantations, and other cultivated land from lowlands to higher hills. The Kerala account describes it flying low while feeding on insects.

• Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris

  Its bill is long and slender with a slight downward curve, and a thin black line passes through the eye. A 2020 report documents a bird in temperate forest in northern Sikkim.

• Common Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus

  An antelope described in a Marakele National Park account from South Africa, living in open savanna woodland and nearby grassland.

• Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella fasciolata

  A migratory warbler that stays hidden deep in shrubs while giving a short, powerful song.

• Schmidt's Big-eared Bat Micronycteris (Leuconycteris) schmidtorum

  Schmidt's big-eared bat is a small bat with conspicuous ears and a leaf-like nose feature. It gleans insects from leaves at night and roosts in tree hollows.

• Scribble-tailed Canastero Asthenes maculicauda

  It forages in high-elevation mosaics of damp scrub and grassland. Regional accounts document local Andean records in Peru and Argentina.

• Pacific rat Rattus exulans

  The Pacific rat is thought to have originated in Southeast Asia and spread to Pacific islands. In New Zealand it is known as kiore.

• Purple Roller Coracias naevius

  The Purple Roller scans for prey from high perches in open African savannas.

• Chiapan Deermouse Peromyscus zarhynchus

  The Chiapan deermouse is a forest mouse from Chiapas in southern Mexico. It has large ears and a long tail, and has also been recorded as a host for a beetle.

• Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus

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

• Upper Guinea Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius

  A red colobus monkey of forests along the Gulf of Guinea. Coat colours and patterns vary among populations.

• Southern Martin Progne elegans

  The Southern Martin moves seasonally across a broad part of South America. In Patagonia, Argentina, it is seen near water during the Southern Hemisphere spring and summer.

• Audubon's Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii

  Audubon's cottontail is a rabbit with a fluffy white tail. It hides among brush in dry regions.

• Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi

  Philby's Partridge has a red bill and legs and black-and-white bars on its flanks.

• Gray Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) domestica

  The gray short-tailed opossum is a small South American marsupial that lives on the ground or in low vegetation. Most have gray fur and a naked, rat-like tail.

• Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

  Breeding adults show triangular black, white, and gray wing patches, a dark head, and a red eye ring; they feed in Arctic wetlands.