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• Gianna's Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira giannae

  

  This bat was described from Peru and has also been recorded in Colombia. Its dorsal fur ranges from brown to reddish brown, with hairs that have differently colored bases and tips. One Colombian survey captured it in both lower and middle forest strata.

• Bolivian Tapaculo Scytalopus bolivianus

  A small, secretive bird of humid mountain forests from southeastern Peru into Bolivia. It forages on or close to the ground and uses forest understory and edges.

• Fea's Tree Rat Chiromyscus chiropus

  Fea’s Tree Rat is an arboreal murine with a broad orange pattern on its back and a bicolored or mottled tail. The 2014 study examined specimens from several forested localities in southern Vietnam.

• Grey Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens

  This antbird inhabits Amazonian forest, foraging among dense leaves and vines in the lower and middle layers. Males are grey and females are brownish.

• Gleaning Deermouse Peromyscus spicilegus

  The gleaning deermouse has a relatively robust build and a back ranging from bright tawny to reddish ochre. Jalisco records span varied environments from sea level to 2,200 m.

• Purplish Jacamar Galbula chalcothorax

  This jacamar lives in forests of western Amazonia. It has a blackish-green crown and head sides, with reddish upperparts and tail.

• Lowe's Mona Monkey Cercopithecus lowei

  This monkey lives in the trees of lowland forests in West Africa. It mainly eats fruit, along with leaves, seeds, flowers, bark, and insects.

• Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea

  The Western Tinkerbird is a small African barbet recorded in several separated mountain regions. Its black back is marked by a broad yellow stripe running from crown to rump.

• Borneo Black-banded Squirrel Callosciurus orestes

  The Borneo black-banded squirrel has a contrasting side stripe and a ringed tail. It occurs in Borneo's forests, and stomach contents have included fruits and ants.

• Sooty Bushtit Aegithalos fuliginosus

  A small bird of the mountains of central China, it has grey cheeks, a dark breast band and a white collar. It searches among foliage for insects and berries.

• Peters's Fruit Bat Cynopterus luzoniensis

  Peters's fruit bat is a small fruit-eating bat. Its ears have pale edging along the front, and it is reported from the Philippines and Sulawesi.

• New Guinea Megapode Megapodius decollatus

  The New Guinea Megapode lives in lowland and foothill forest. It has dark plumage, a reddish face, and a pointed crest at the back of the head, with large feet adapted for digging.

• Argentine Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) furinalis

  Its back hairs have dark bases and brown to yellowish-brown tips, with color varying by season and habitat. The species catches insects in flight over treetops, streams, and ponds.

• Cape Batis Batis capensis

  This small bird differs in its chest and throat markings between the sexes. Pairs search for insects in forests and dense vegetation.

• Lechwe Kobus leche

  A wetland antelope that grazes while standing in shallow water.

• Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa

  The Red-naped Ibis has a red crown and dark body. In South Asia it may forage in dry grassland or farmland away from wetlands.

• Cuban Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla nana

  The Cuban fruit-eating bat roosts in caves in Cuba. This account focuses on its Cuban cave habitat and appearance.

• Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus

  This small plover occurs on New Zealand's beaches, estuaries and riverbeds. Its chestnut breast band changes with season, and many inland breeders move to the coast after breeding.

• Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni

  A medium-sized mouse described as having a pure-white belly. A survey in western Guinea recorded it in gallery forest and cultivated areas at a small number of sites.

• Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata

  Masked Tityras range from Mexico through Central America into South America. They use forests, edges, clearings and cultivated areas, feeding in pairs or small flocks on insects, small vertebrates and fruit.

• Galapagos Rice Rat Aegialomys galapagoensis

  This rice rat lives in open habitats of the Galápagos. Its known living population and records from other islands need to be described separately.

• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus

  The Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike is a small black-and-white bird that sallies from a perch to catch insects. It lives in open forest and forest edges, often in pairs or small groups.

• Bale Monkey Chlorocebus djamdjamensis

  The Bale monkey lives in forests of the Ethiopian highlands. Bamboo makes up an important part of its diet, and it has distinctive facial and hand-and-foot coloring.

• Visayan Fantail Rhipidura albiventris

  The Visayan Fantail is a resident fantail of the central Philippines. It occurs in forest and semi-open habitats, and molecular taxonomic work treats it as a distinct species.