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• Northern Hairy-legged Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) pilosatibialis

  

  A 2014 study supported treating this former subspecies of Myotis keaysi as a distinct species. Its coat is buffy-brown, with hair on the hind feet and uropatagium.

• Woodpecker Finch Camarhynchus pallidus

  The sexes look alike, with brown-toned plumage. In the dry season it may use a twig or cactus spine as a tool to pull larvae from holes in wood.

• Hairy Big-eared Bat Micronycteris (Xenoctenes) hirsuta

  The Hairy Big-eared Bat occurs in Central and South America. At a study site in Ecuador, bats carried prey to their roosts and ate mainly katydids and soft-bodied beetles.

• Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

  This honeyeater occurs in the hilly, montane and coastal woodlands and forests of southeastern Australia. A regional account also describes birds moving to lower areas in winter.

• Udzungwa Red Colobus Piliocolobus gordonorum

  The Udzungwa red colobus is found in forests of southwestern Tanzania. A black body contrasts with its red crown and white cheeks and underside; it feeds on leaves and other plant parts.

• Eastern Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus

  The Eastern Striolated-Puffbird may sit motionless for long periods in the canopy or at the edge of humid forest. Its pale eyes and white chin are distinctive.

• Lichtenstein's Hartebeest Alcelaphus lichtensteinii

  Its horn bases are short and broad, and its horns curve inward before turning backward. A 1976–1977 study in south-eastern Zimbabwe found that it preferred tall grass habitat.

• Sulawesi Cicadabird Coracina morio

  It occurs in forests on Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. The male is dark slate-blue, with a darker head and black face, throat, and upper breast.

• Indomalayan Leopoldamys Leopoldamys sabanus

  The Indomalayan Leopoldamys has a dark back, pale belly, and long tail. It is mainly ground-dwelling but can climb, and eats fruit, vegetation, and insects.

• Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

  The Rufous-browed Peppershrike ranges from eastern Mexico to central Argentina. Its grey head has a reddish eyebrow and brown crown marks; its back is olive and its throat and belly yellow. It uses forest, scrub, and plantations and eats insects and fruit.

• Bonin flying fox Pteropus pselaphon

  A large fruit-eating bat native only to the Ogasawara Islands.

• 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.

• Brazilian arboreal mouse Rhagomys rufescens

  The Brazilian arboreal mouse was redescribed in a 2004 rediscovery paper based on two specimens. Its lifestyle in that paper includes inferences from morphology rather than direct observations.

• Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex

  The Cream-vented Bulbul is olive-brown with a white eye-ring. It occurs from the Thai-Malay Peninsula through Indonesia and uses forest and secondary growth.

• Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis

  The golden-mantled ground squirrel lives from woodlands to alpine meadows in western North America and makes burrows in rocks or underground.

• Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli

  This sandgrouse feeds on seeds in dry grassland around the Kalahari. Flocks gather at waterholes, and adults carry water to chicks in their belly feathers.

• Asian parti-colored bat Vespertilio sinensis

  A bat whose dark brown fur has white tips, giving it a frosted appearance.

• Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana

  The Buff-crested Bustard lives in dry scrub and open woodland. Males have a reddish buff crest and a black throat stripe.

• Davies’s Big-eared Bat Glyphonycteris daviesi

  Davies’s big-eared bat is a relatively large leaf-nosed bat from humid forests of Central and South America. It is the largest species in its genus, but its food habits are not well documented.

• Buffy Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii

  The Buffy Tuftedcheek inhabits wet mountain forests in Costa Rica and western Panama. A study in Costa Rica recorded it searching among the leaves of epiphytic bromeliads for arthropods.

• Pig-tailed Langur Simias concolor

  The pig-tailed langur lives in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands. A study of wild groups on Siberut found that adult males were larger on average than females and that the three groups studied averaged about nine animals.

• Flame-fronted Barbet Psilopogon armillaris

  The Flame-fronted Barbet lives in humid forests on Java and Bali. Its green body contrasts with blue and reddish colors on the head.

• Peters’ Duiker Cephalophus callipygus

  Peters’ duiker is a small antelope of Central African forests. It is diurnal and is recorded in primary, old secondary, and logged forest.

• Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella

  The Crested Auklet breeds on rocky islands in the Bering Sea and dives underwater for crustaceans and other prey.