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• Southern Yellow Bat Dasypterus ega

  

  This bat is recorded in the lowlands of Bolivia. Its short, woolly coat is dark gray to cinnamon on the back, with a strongly contrasting belly. It catches insects while flying in open spaces.

• Red-winged Fairywren Malurus elegans

  A fairywren of southwestern Australia that lives in small groups in scrub and mainly eats insects.

• Fat-tailed Gerbil Pachyuromys duprasi

  The fat-tailed gerbil has a round body and a short, thick, club-shaped tail. It lives in sandy areas with vegetation and digs burrows.

• Espanola Mockingbird Mimus macdonaldi

  This mockingbird lives only on Española in the Galápagos. It has a long tail and curved bill and eats insects, fruit, and other small prey.

• Oustalet's Red Colobus Piliocolobus oustaleti

  Its coat color varies by region, with the back and limbs darker than the underside. Groups in Ngotto Forest in the Central African Republic have also been observed feeding on aquatic plants.

• Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis

  With long, narrow wings, this bird has a shape between a tern and a shorebird. It catches insects in flight and nests along rocky rivers and coastlines.

• Weyns's Duiker Cephalophus weynsi

  This small antelope is recorded in forest areas of Central and East Africa. It is brown, with grayish shoulders and no dark back stripe. A small reddish tuft sits on its head.

• Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri

  The Forest Thrush has russet upperparts, a yellow bill and legs, and a scaly-looking breast. It searches leaf litter for small prey and also eats fruit.

• Black-capped Marmot Marmota (Marmota) camtschatica

  The black-capped marmot burrows and lives in family groups in cold mountains and tundra, spending much of the year hibernating.

• Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti

  It occurs in Argentine Patagonia and along the Andes, in shrub steppe and woodland-edge habitats.

• Thomas's Nectar Bat Hsunycteris thomasi

  This small nectar bat is distinguished by the arrangement of skin papillae on its chin. It has been recorded from Panama across much of northern South America, although the current species may include unresolved lineages.

• Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni

  This weaver occurs in eastern Africa. The breeding male has a black head and throat with a yellow back, and the account records it in dry savanna and around acacia woodland.

• European hamster Cricetus cricetus

  A wild hamster that carries plants and grains in its cheek pouches and stores them underground.

• Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris

  This vireo lives on islands around the Bahamas and Cuba. It can be difficult to see in scrubby thickets.

• Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa parvula

  This small bat has yellowish-looking dorsal fur. Records come from Mexico's Pacific coast and the Marías Islands, and roosts include caves and tree hollows.

• Western barn owl Tyto alba

  An owl with a heart-shaped face, seen over farmland and grassland in Britain.

• Charming gerbil Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) amoenus

  The charming gerbil is a small rodent found in North Africa. Records cover hard dry ground, salt marshes, and cultivated land, among other settings.

• Eastern yellow robin Eopsaltria australis

  A bird of eastern and southeastern mainland Australia. It pounces from low perches onto insects on the ground.

• De Brazza’s monkey Cercopithecus neglectus

  An African monkey with a white beard that lives in forests near rivers.

• King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus

  A large penguin recognized by vivid orange patches on the sides of its head.

• Saiga Saiga tatarica

  An antelope distinguished by a large nose that hangs over the mouth.

• Southern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea

  This antbird forages in scrub and hedgerows left among pastureland. In Peru, the Aves de Perú account reports records from Pampa del Heath and Pampa Juliaca in Puno.

• Townsend's Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) townsendii

  It has stripes on its back and face, with ears black in front and gray behind. It lives in Pacific Northwest hardwood and conifer forests, often using riparian or shrub-rich cover and rocky slopes for nesting.

• Bush Petronia Gymnoris dentata

  The Bush Petronia is a small bird whose male has a gray crown and a russet brow stripe. It feeds on seeds on the ground in dry savanna and scrub.