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• Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons

  

  A small bird centered in Mexican mountain forests, it is marked by a red face, black cap, and gray body. It occurs in the southwestern United States during breeding.

• Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) hispidus

  This cotton rat makes runways through dense grass. Its tail has sparse hair, and its coat color varies across the range.

• Abd al-Kuri Sparrow Passer hemileucus

  This sparrow is endemic to Abd al-Kuri Island. A 2008 study documents plumage differences from the related Socotra sparrow, while noting that published information on its habits is sparse.

• Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus

  The soprano pipistrelle is a small brown bat. After sunset it catches insects while flying near water and woodland.

• Javan Shortwing Brachypteryx montana

  Males have dark olive-brown upperparts and wings, a rusty-brown throat, chest, and flanks, and a gray belly. On Java's mountains, the species uses forest and eats insects and berries.

• 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.

• Sakalava Rail Zapornia olivieri

  The Sakalava Rail inhabits lowland wetlands in western Madagascar. Its chestnut-washed back contrasts with dark grey underparts, and it searches for small animals among aquatic plants.

• Wild Yak Bos mutus

  A wild yak of the high Tibetan Plateau, it is a species distinct from the domestic yak.

• Brubru Nilaus afer

  The Brubru is a bush-shrike found widely across sub-Saharan Africa. A southern African atlas account records it in savanna and acacia woodland, where it feeds in the canopy.

• Small Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus argenteus

  The Small Japanese Field Mouse uses its long tail to move along branches and stores acorns in the soil in autumn for later food.

• Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos

  The Guianan Puffbird is a forest bird with a white forehead and throat and a broad black breast band. It ranges through the Guianas, eastern Venezuela, and northeastern Brazil.

• Japanese squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) lis

  A squirrel of Japanese forests. It is active by day and continues foraging through winter without hibernating.

• Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami

  Tristram's Bunting is a migratory bunting. In Hong Kong it is seen in winter and searches for food on the forest floor and quiet paths.

• Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon Cercopithecus petaurista

  The lesser spot-nosed guenon is marked by a white nose spot and beard. It carries food in cheek pouches.

• Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti

  This West African sunbird uses lowland forest and flowers. Adult males have a metallic green crown and moustachial stripe, a dark head, and a pale buff-to-cream throat.

• Caucasus Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) daghestanicus

  This vole lives in high mountain meadows of the Caucasus. Its back is dark and its underside is silvery.

• Bay Antpitta Grallaria capitalis

  This antpitta occurs in the eastern Andes of central Peru. It inhabits humid montane forest and edges, with records around 1,800–3,000 m.

• African Yellow Bat Scotophilus dinganii

  The African Yellow Bat has a yellowish underside and eats insects. It roosts in hollow trees and buildings, alone or in small groups.

• African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus

  The African Openbill is a dark stork with a greenish gloss. Its bill has a gap between the upper and lower parts, which helps it feed on shelled mollusks.

• Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

  The lesser long-nosed bat ranges from Mexico into the southwestern United States and farther south in Central America. It feeds at flowers such as cacti and agaves.

• Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti

  Pycroft's Petrel breeds on islands off the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. It is active at night around colonies and feeds on small crustaceans and squid near the sea surface during long flights.

• Stone's sheep Ovis dalli

  Stone's sheep is a subspecies of Dall's sheep found in the mountains of northern British Columbia and Yukon.

• Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus

  The Painted Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird of dry, open country in India and northern Pakistan. Males have bold black-and-white bands, while females are finely mottled.

• Grassland Melomys Melomys burtoni

  The grassland melomys has reddish-brown upperparts and a white underside. In a Halmahera survey, it was caught in ground-level traps in secondary growth, including near rivers.