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• Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulata

  

  The Scaly Babbler is a babbler of coastal thickets and riverine scrub in East Africa. Scaled markings on the head and breast, an orange eye, and a black bill help identify it. Family groups call to one another while staying in dense cover.

• Northern Four-eyed Opossum Philander vossi

  This small opossum ranges from pale gray to black, with white spots around the eyes. A 1963 Tamaulipas account says it seemed fairly common in tropical deciduous forest at relatively low elevations along the eastern side of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

• Campbell Shag Leucocarbo campbelli

  The Campbell Shag lives on Campbell Island and its adjacent coasts. Breeding adults are black and white, with a crest and reddish facial skin.

• African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus

  This rat is recorded along the Nile in Egypt. Groups use shared burrows and keep grassy runways clear around them.

• Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis

  This goose breeds in the Siberian Arctic and winters around the Black Sea. Its plumage has bold chestnut, white, and black markings.

• Chiriquinan Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) chiriquinus

  Eptesicus chiriquinus is recorded in Bolivia. The Bolivian bat conservation program describes most records as humid, while also documenting a capture in dry inter-Andean forest at Torotoro National Park.

• Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci

  A hummingbird recorded in gardens and forest edges in Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on flower nectar and also catches small prey near flowers.

• Jamaican Flower Bat Phyllonycteris (Reithronycteris) aphylla

  This Jamaican endemic bat has short, pale fur and dark wing membranes. It eats nectar and fruit, and roosts in hot caves, sometimes in mixed colonies with other bats.

• Henna-capped Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rectirostris

  It is recorded in gallery forest and riparian woodland in Brazil's Cerrado.

• Apennine Chamois Rupicapra ornata

  The Apennine chamois lives in central Italy. It uses high grasslands and steep rocky slopes, descending into valley woodland in winters with heavy snow.

• Regent Whistler Pachycephala schlegelii

  The Regent Whistler is marked by a male’s black head and yellow collar and a female’s gray head. It stays year-round in New Guinea’s mountains and feeds mainly on insects.

• 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.

• Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri

  Sclater's Monal is a pheasant of the eastern Himalaya's high country. Males show iridescent blue-green plumage and a white terminal tail band. Detailed behavior has been recorded mainly from captive birds.

• Santander dwarf squirrel Microsciurus santanderensis

  The Santander dwarf squirrel is a small forest squirrel from Colombia. Orange and black fur is reported, but taxonomic confusion leaves its ecology poorly known.

• New Zealand little penguin Eudyptula minor

  A small penguin of New Zealand coasts, with a blue-toned back and white underparts.

• Yunnan Hare Lepus comus

  The Yunnan hare lives in foothills near farmland and in hillside scrub or grassland. It forages at night on grasses and young shoots and leaves.

• Javan Oriole Oriolus cruentus

  The Javan Oriole is a resident forest bird of Java that feeds on fruit.

• Dent's Mona Monkey Cercopithecus denti

  Dent's monkey is a diurnal forest monkey of Central Africa. It travels in trees and eats fruit, leaves, and insects.

• Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata

  The Western Bowerbird is an inland Australian bird with reddish spots and a yellowish underside. Males build avenue-like bowers from sticks, decorate them with objects such as bones and shells, and display to attract females.

• Madagascan Rousette Rousettus madagascariensis

  The Madagascan rousette is a small fruit bat found only on Madagascar. It is active at night and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea

  A small shorebird with a spoon-shaped bill. It migrates between breeding grounds in Russia and wintering wetlands in South Asia.

• Red-necked wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus

  Recognized by reddish fur on the neck and shoulders, it rests under cover and grazes in nearby open areas.

• Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea

  A bird found in Japanese mountain woodland. It has a short tail and may perch on trees with its head pointing down.

• Southern Four-eyed Opossum Philander quica

  The southern four-eyed opossum is a medium-sized marsupial of Brazil's Atlantic Coastal region. It feeds mainly on invertebrates, small vertebrates, and fruit, and is active at night.