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• Dusky Bush Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus

  

  It occurs in the western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, joins mixed flocks, and uses fruit and insects. Males may sing in clustered territories along ridges.

• Forrest's Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti

  Forrest's rock squirrel is a squirrel relative of rocky mountains in Yunnan, China. The taxonomic revision also describes traits shared by its genus, including a squirrel-like build and a long, bushy tail.

• Eared Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis auricularis

  This tiny tyrant flycatcher is reported from Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It has a black patch behind the eye on a grey head and feeds mostly on insects.

• Hooded Leaf Monkey Semnopithecus johnii

  The Nilgiri langur lives in the Western Ghats of southern India and mainly eats leaves. Its coat is usually glossy black, with a yellowish-brown head.

• Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae

  A large storm petrel with white feather shafts on the wings and a long forked tail; it feeds on small fish and crustaceans at the sea surface.

• Large Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus speciosus

  The large Japanese field mouse has a reddish-brown back and a white underside. It moves over the ground and fallen logs at night and sometimes stores food underground.

• Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris

  It breeds in reedbeds and grassland; males give complex songs that include imitations of many other birds.

• Leon Paniagua’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae

  This big-eared bat lives in northeastern Mexico. Its description reports the dorsal fur colors and a group of pregnant females found in a cave.

• Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus

  This grassland bird is endemic to India's Western Ghats. It breeds on grassy or bracken-covered slopes and in wet patches, nesting within grass.

• Little Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma trinitatum

  A 2020 revision treated C. gorgasi, formerly included in C. trinitatum, as a separate species. In the revised C. trinitatum sample, facial stripes appeared in all specimens and a median dorsal stripe in 111 of 113; a separate Peru study recorded the bat in a forest-agriculture landscape.

• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

  A green parakeet whose adult males have a black-and-rose neck ring that females and juveniles lack.

• Chinese Goral Naemorhedus caudatus

  The Chinese goral is a goat relative that lives on steep, rocky mountains. It also uses forested slopes and exposed grassy ridges.

• Island Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba malherbii

  This pigeon occurs on São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea. A study on São Tomé found it in shade-grown plantations and savanna as well as forest, and recorded it feeding on the ground and high in trees.

• Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys (Synaptomys) cooperi

  The southern bog lemming is a small rodent of moist places in eastern North America. It uses underground burrows and surface runways, and builds nests from grass and leaves.

• Western Parotia Parotia sefilata

  Males are black with a white forehead, an iridescent breast shield, and wire-like head plumes. They eat fruit and arthropods and perform courtship dances in mountain forest.

• Busuanga Squirrel Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hoogstraali

  The Busuanga Squirrel lives in forests on islands of the Calamian group in the Philippines. Its back is brown with pale-brown hair tips, and its abdomen is pale brown. Accounts also report records in trees and on the ground.

• Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

  This small bird drinks nectar with its long, slender bill. Males have glossy black plumage, while females are more olive gray.

• Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus

  A baboon of savanna, open woodland and riverine forest that forages on the ground.

• Brown-winged Schiffornis Schiffornis turdina

  About 17 cm long, both sexes are brownish birds. It occurs in lower layers of humid forest and in shaded secondary growth.

• Hog-nosed Shrew Rat Hyorhinomys stuempkei

  This rodent was recorded on a mountain in northern Sulawesi. Its nose ends in a flat pink pad with nostrils that face forward. In the 2015 description, all five known specimens were captured on the forest floor at night; stomachs of three contained earthworm remains and other prey.

• Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger

  It is a nocturnal bird that sits motionless on branches, with plumage that blends into bark. It lives in lowland forests in Sri Lanka.

• Chinese Pipistrelle Hypsugo pulveratus

  The Chinese pipistrelle is a small bat recorded in China. A university species page describes its coat and forest records, along with examples of roosting in buildings.

• Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae

  The Cape Verde Petrel spends most of its life at sea and returns to the highlands of the Cape Verde Islands to breed. It nests in rocky crevices and cavities.

• Little White-shouldered Bat Ametrida centurio

  This small bat has pale patches on its shoulders. Males are grayer than females and have a swollen area below each eye.