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• Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

  

  The Cactus Wren has a white stripe over the eye and a spotted chest. It uses cacti and thorny shrubs in dry country and builds a rounded grass nest among them. Its range extends from the southwestern United States into central Mexico.

• Black-crested Sumatran Langur Presbytis melalophos

  This leaf monkey is marked by a black crest and a two-toned tail. By day it leaps among forest trees and eats mainly leaves, along with fruit.

• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola

  The male’s bright yellow head and two white wing bars make this wagtail distinctive. A breeding study in Poland found that meadow management and nearby reedbeds were associated with nest-site choice.

• Bryant's Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) bryanti

  Its range extends from coastal California to the southern tip of Baja California and includes islands. A California study recorded it on a boulder-strewn hill.

• Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus

  The Green-headed Oriole has green across its head, throat, upper breast, and lower mantle. A forest survey in Tanzania often recorded pairs feeding on fruit high in the trees.

• Wagner’s Gerbil Dipodillus (Petteromys) dasyurus

  Wagner’s Gerbil is currently listed as Gerbillus dasyurus. A Saudi Arabian field guide describes it in rocky terrain and limestone escarpments, where it shelters among rocks or under bushes and feeds mainly on seeds and succulent plants.

• Yemen Warbler Curruca buryi

  The Yemen Warbler is a small warbler found in the highlands of Yemen. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates.

• Blackish Red Bat Lasiurus ebenus

  The Blackish Red Bat has been recorded in southeastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Its type specimen has a black face and wings, with black and dark-brown bands in the back fur.

• Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis

  This coucal has a black cap and pale underparts. It searches for food among grasses and thickets, usually keeping to dense cover.

• Mutable Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus mutabilis

  The Mutable Sun Squirrel occurs in forests and savannas of eastern Africa. It is active by day and forages both in trees and on the ground.

• Inca Tern Larosterna inca

  Adults are marked by a red bill and white cheek feathers that curl like a moustache. Young birds are brown and lack these features. It breeds along rocky coasts of Peru and Chile.

• Przewalski's Gazelle Procapra przewalskii

  Przewalski's gazelle lives along the grassland-desert transition in China. Its current range is limited to isolated populations around Qinghai Lake.

• Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster

  The Purple Grenadier occurs in East Africa. The species account consulted uses the name Granatina ianthinogaster, while the candidate pool lists Uraeginthus ianthinogaster. Adult males and females differ in their underpart colors.

• White-throated Round-eared Bat Lophostoma silvicola

  This leaf-nosed bat ranges through Central America and northern and eastern South America. On Barro Colorado Island in Panama, researchers recorded insect gleaning and males excavating roost cavities in active termite nests.

• Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis

  Lewin's Rail is a secretive rail that stays hidden among plants in wetlands. It occurs in southeastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.

• Gabon Talapoin Miopithecus ogouensis

  The northern talapoin is one of Africa's smallest monkeys and lives in lowland forest near rivers and lakes. It is active by day and forages for fruit, seeds, and insects.

• White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus

  This quetzal has been observed in northern Colombian montane forest. Adult males have conspicuous white tips on their tail feathers. A local nesting record describes eggs in a cavity in a dead tree.

• Roborovski hamster Phodopus roborovskii

  A small hamster of sandy habitats in Mongolia and northern China.

• Yellow-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera lauterbachi

  The Yellow-breasted Bowerbird lives in eastern and central New Guinea, where males build an avenue-shaped bower and decorate it with blue fruit and stones to court females.

• 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.

• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis

  Tickell's Leaf Warbler breeds in the Himalayas and nearby regions, then moves south to South Asia and Myanmar for the non-breeding season.

• 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.

• Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito

  Red forehead, face and throat stand out against this barbet’s black plumage. It lives in fairly dry, open woodland in eastern and central Africa and eats fruit and insects.

• Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus

  This African squirrel has a slender body and round ears. It moves through trees by day and also comes to the ground to feed. Coat colors vary among regional subspecies.