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• California Ground Squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi

  

  A North American ground squirrel that digs burrows and is active by day.

• Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

  

  This plover ranges from Mexico through Central America to central Argentina and central Chile. Adults have a black breast band.

• Wood Lemming Myopus schisticolor

  

  The wood lemming lives in the moss layer on the floor of wet coniferous forests. It gathers and hides moss in autumn to eat during winter.

• Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii

  

  The Bahama Mockingbird is an island bird with gray-brown plumage and dark streaks on the flanks. Its song has varied notes and phrases, but it does not mimic other species.

• Allen's Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis

  

  This bat ranges through mountains from the southwestern United States to central Mexico. Its large ears and ear flaps reaching the forehead stand out.

• African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae

  

  A small tit with blue upperparts and a yellow underside. It inhabits woodland and scrub in the Canary Islands and North Africa, with some regional variation in wing markings.

• Black-fronted Duiker Cephalophus nigrifrons

  This small antelope is recorded in lowland forest of the Congo Basin. It is reddish-brown to brown, with a black mark down the face.

• Sunda Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus bornensis

  The Sunda Scimitar-Babbler occurs on Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula. It is treated as a species separate from the Javan Scimitar-Babbler and has a long downcurved bill.

• Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat Macroglossus sobrinus

  The greater long-nosed fruit bat has a slender snout and feeds on nectar. By visiting flowers, it also helps pollinate wild bananas.

• Philippine Oriole Oriolus steerii

  The Philippine Oriole occurs in the Philippines and is found in forest from lowlands to foothills, including forest edges.

• Southern African Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) minutoides

  The southern African pygmy mouse is a tiny rodent with glossy reddish-brown fur. It is nocturnal and ground-dwelling, eating insects and seeds in the wild.

• Jet Manakin Chloropipo unicolor

  It inhabits the understory of humid montane forest on the eastern Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Records span 900–2,200 m.

• Preuss's Monkey Allochrocebus preussi

  Preuss's monkey is a forest primate marked by a silvery-white neck collar and reddish-brown back. It is active by day and forages for fruit and young shoots in groups.

• Celestial Monarch Hypothymis coelestis

  The male's blue plumage and drooping crest stand out on this Philippine monarch flycatcher. BirdLife's 2001 account describes it in forest canopy and midstory, at forest edges, and in second growth.

• 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.

• Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus

  This nocturnal forest bird has several regional forms. The distribution entry here is limited to the marmoratus subspecies in northeastern Australia.

• California Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) obscurus

  In summer, its head is pale gray with cinnamon tones, and russet and pale-gray stripes mark its back. In southern California it is recorded in pinyon-juniper and pine-oak forests, often near shrubs and rocky outcrops.

• Rodriguez Brush-Warbler Acrocephalus rodericanus

  A small bird of woodland on Rodrigues Island, it has olive-brown upperparts and moves quietly among leaves while foraging.

• Dusky-footed Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) fuscipes

  The dusky-footed woodrat lives in California forests and chaparral, where it builds large houses from sticks and leaves. This entry limits its range to records within California.

• Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus

  A penguin with a narrow black line running beneath the chin like a strap. It breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and islands in the South Atlantic.

• Brazilian Brown Bat Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis

  This bat is recorded from Mexico south to southern South America. It catches insects while flying over tropical streams and habitat edges.

• Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana

  This cotinga is recorded as a resident in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. BirdLife lists swamp forest as a major habitat and moist lowland forest as another suitable habitat.

• Sable antelope Hippotragus niger

  An antelope with backward-curving horns and a mane along the neck.

• Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons

  The Red-fronted Coot is a waterbird with a blackish head and neck, a grey body, and white undertail feathers. A red frontal shield sits above its yellow bill.