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• Big-footed Myotis Myotis (Myotis) macrodactylus

  

  The big-footed myotis roosts in caves and unused tunnels in Japan. Its back is grayish to blackish brown, with paler fur underneath.

• Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni

  A medium-sized tanager with olive back and ochre front; the source shows subspecies photographs from Ecuador and Colombia.

• Sandy Inland Pseudomys Pseudomys hermannsburgensis

  The sandy inland pseudomys is an Australian mouse that rests in a burrow by day and searches for seeds and small invertebrates at night. Its back ranges from pale ginger to gray-brown, and its tail is longer than its body.

• Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos

  The Little Pied Cormorant is a small cormorant of Australia and nearby regions, with contrasting dark upperparts and a white underside.

• Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus

  A baboon of southern Africa's grasslands, savannas and wooded highlands.

• Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma

  This flowerpecker lives in forests across South and Southeast Asia. Males and females have different plumage, and the bird mainly eats fruit, with occasional insects.

• Sumatran Serow Capricornis sumatraensis

  The Sumatran serow has a dark coat and backward-pointing horns. It lives mainly in mountain forests and near cliffs.

• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

  The Oriental Pied Hornbill is marked by black-and-white plumage and a large pale yellow bill. During breeding, the female stays in a tree cavity while the male brings food from outside.

• Pallid Ground Squirrel Spermophilus pallidicauda

  This ground squirrel occurs in Mongolia and nearby parts of China. The paper describes appearance and daytime behaviour for the genus as a whole.

• Kadavu Fantail Rhipidura personata

  The Kadavu Fantail lives only on Kadavu Island in Fiji. A black crescent and inverted V across the chest, plus narrow white edges on the black outer tail feathers, help identify it. It moves actively along forest streams while catching insects.

• California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus

  This bat has large ears and eyes and roosts in desert caves and abandoned mines. It flies low at night to catch insects.

• White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis

  The White-rumped Sandpiper is a small shorebird that breeds in the Arctic and migrates to South America. In flight, white feathers covering the base of the tail stand out.

• 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.

• Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian Roller lives in dry open country in Africa. Its blue and turquoise feathers contrast with brown areas, and it catches large insects.

• Field Vole Microtus (Microtus) agrestis

  A small vole that makes runways through grass.

• Moluccan Scrubfowl Eulipoa wallacei

  The Moluccan Scrubfowl lives in forests of the Moluccan Islands. It gathers at communal nesting grounds at night and buries its eggs in sand or other loose ground.

• Blanford's Bat Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) blanfordi

  Blanford's bat is a medium-sized forest bat from South and Southeast Asia, including Borneo. It roosts in hollow trees or foliage and hunts flying insects at night.

• Pitcairn Reed Warbler Acrocephalus vaughani

  This small warbler has gray-brown upperparts and yellowish-buff underparts. It uses tall, wooded patches on Pitcairn Island and is reported to avoid open areas.

• Rock Karroo Rat Myotomys sloggetti

  Myotomys sloggetti lives in high-altitude parts of South Africa and Lesotho. It has a rounded body, short legs and tail, and dense fur. A museum account describes it as strictly diurnal and sun-basking.

• Monteiro's Bushshrike Malaconotus monteiri

  This bushshrike is documented in north-western Angola. Reports from Mount Cameroon are considered unconfirmed, so the range here stays with the confirmed Angolan records.

• François' Langur Trachypithecus francoisi

  François' langur is a leaf-eating monkey that lives among limestone cliffs and caves. Infants have bright orange fur that turns black as they grow.

• Palani Laughingthrush Montecincla fairbanki

  The Palani Laughingthrush is a small bird of the hills of southwest India. It has an olive-brown back, a white eyebrow, and a rusty belly, and searches low scrub for insects and fruit. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the Ashambu Laughingthrush; this entry follows the current separate species concept.

• Himalayan Goral Naemorhedus goral

  A member of the bovid family native to the Himalayas. It uses forested and scrub-covered slopes and has gray-to-brown fur with short horns that curve backward.

• Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola

  The Malabar Woodshrike is endemic to India's Western Ghats. It is found at evergreen-forest edges and clearings, often in pairs or small groups.