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• Brazilian White-eared Opossum Didelphis albiventris

  

  The Brazilian white-eared opossum is a marsupial from northern and eastern South America. Its white ears and dark line between the eyes stand out; it forages on the ground at night and can climb trees.

• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis

  A bird with a long curved yellow bill, a bold white eyebrow, and a chestnut breast. Hong Kong birds are thought to derive from captive stock, so local records are kept separate from the natural range.

• Kirk's dik-dik Madoqua kirkii

  A tiny antelope of East and southwestern Africa, living among shrubs and savannah vegetation.

• Black Stork Ciconia nigra

  A large stork that uses forests and wetlands. Many populations migrate seasonally, while some, including those in southern Africa, remain in the same area.

• Broom Hare Lepus castroviejoi

  This hare lives in the Cantabrian Mountains. Its back is yellow-brown and its underside is white; it rests in scrub by day and feeds mainly on grass at night.

• Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor

  A parrotbill of the highlands around the Himalayas. Its stout yellow bill and arched black eyebrow help identify it.

• Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel Lariscus obscurus

  The Mentawai three-striped squirrel is restricted to the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra. Its dark back has faint stripes, and it eats seeds, fallen fruit, and arthropods.

• Western Parotia Parotia sefilata

  Males are black with a white forehead, an iridescent breast shield, and wire-like head plumes. They eat fruit and arthropods and perform courtship dances in mountain forest.

• Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat Murina ryukyuana

  The Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat lives on Japan's southwestern islands. It has a tubular nose and dark fur, and uses tree cavities or dry leaves as daytime roosts.

• Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher

  This small leaf warbler lives in hill and mountain forests around the Himalayas. Its breeding range extends through the southern Tibetan and southwestern Chinese region.

• Short-nosed Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) brevirostris

  This small harvest mouse is known from separated highland populations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Adults have a reddish back and a white-looking underside.

• Orange-footed Megapode Megapodius reinwardt

  The Orange-footed Megapode has dark gray plumage, orange legs, and a crest at the back of its head. It uses scrub, rainforest, shores, and city parks, feeding on fallen fruit and seeds and laying eggs in large mounds.

• Siberut Langur Presbytis siberu

  This langur is endemic to Siberut Island, Indonesia, and the current MDD treats it as a separate species. It lives in trees and is active by day, though field research dedicated to the species remains limited after its separation from related forms.

• Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis

  This weaver occurs widely in parts of southern, central, and eastern Africa. Males change in appearance between breeding and non-breeding plumages, and the birds eat grass seeds as well as insects.

• Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana

  The Mexican long-tongued bat uses a tongue about one-third of its body length to feed from flowers. It visits night-blooming cactus and agave.

• East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus

  A bushshrike with glossy blue-black upperparts and a white underside. It uses dense forest cover along eastern Africa's coast and rivers.

• Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia peronii

  The Western naked-backed fruit bat occurs in Indonesia and Timor-Leste in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The life-history details here are mainly from field observations on Timor.

• Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus

  The Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker is a small bird of lowland forests in Southeast Asia. Males have conspicuous red patches on the head and breast, and the species feeds mainly on fruit.

• Indian Long-tailed Tree Mouse Vandeleuria oleracea

  This small mouse has a long tail and digits suited to climbing. In eastern Indochina it has been recorded in dense shrubs and at forest edges with tangled vines and grasses.

• Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula

  The Green-tailed Jacamar is a forest bird that catches flying insects with its long, slender bill.

• Red-necked wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus

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

• White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris

  The White-lored Gnatcatcher ranges from western Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. It uses open woodland and semi-open wooded areas; its white eyebrow and black crown pattern changes with season.

• Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis

  This marsupial lives across much of Central and South America and has a long tail and claws for climbing.

• Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula

  This egret forages mainly in shallow wetlands of northern Botswana. Adults are blue-grey, though they can look black in poor light.