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• White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis

  

  This small bird inhabits papyrus swamps in central and eastern Africa. It has dark brown upperparts, a pale eyebrow, and white wing markings. In an East African survey it was recorded only in undisturbed papyrus stands.

• Ognev's Long-eared Bat Plecotus ognevi

  A long-eared bat recorded widely across northern Asia. Its back is brown and its underside off-white, while much of its daily ecology remains poorly documented.

• Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus

  This brown tinamou has a round black patch on its crown and red legs. Females have crossbars on the back.

• Addax Addax nasomaculatus

  A desert antelope with spiraling horns that feeds on grasses and shrubs.

• Eastern yellow robin Eopsaltria australis

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

• Gray Short-tailed Bat Carollia subrufa

  The gray short-tailed bat is a small bat recorded in the dry-forest region of northwestern Nicaragua. A local field survey found both males and females in March.

• Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia

  An Arctic seabird. In Svalbard, it breeds on narrow cliff ledges; chicks head to sea with a parent before they can fly.

• Lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus

  A monkey of India's Western Ghats forests, recognized by its gray face mane and tufted tail.

• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus

  The Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike is a small black-and-white bird that sallies from a perch to catch insects. It lives in open forest and forest edges, often in pairs or small groups.

• Gunnison's Prairie Dog Cynomys (Leucocrossuromys) gunnisoni

  Gunnison's prairie dogs have yellowish-buff coats and build connected burrow colonies in grasslands and high-desert country. They warn one another of danger with calls.

• McGregor's Cuckooshrike Coracina mcgregori

  It lives in montane forest above 1,000 m on Mindanao and appears in small or mixed-species groups in the canopy. It has a black throat and white wing patch.

• Ryukyu Islands Tree Rat Diplothrix legata

  This large Japanese endemic rodent occurs on Amami-Oshima, Tokunoshima, and Okinawa Island. The University of Tokyo Museum account notes that its tail is longer than its body.

• Beijing Babbler Rhopophilus pekinensis

  The Beijing Babbler is a resident of northern China and North Korea. It has a long tail, a streaked grey-brown back, a white throat, and rusty flanks.

• Gray Red-backed Vole Myodes rufocanus

  This vole occurs across northern Eurasia. It has a reddish-brown back and gray sides; in northern Europe it is common in conifer forest and also lives in scrub and meadows.

• Tahiti Reed Warbler Acrocephalus caffer

  This reed warbler occurs in French Polynesia. Most birds are pale yellow with mottling above, while a dark olive-brown morph also occurs. It uses bamboo thickets and second-growth forest and eats insects and other small animals as well as nectar.

• Natterer's Myotis Myotis (Myotis) nattereri

  A bat found across much of the British Isles. It flies slowly among trees and can glean small insects from leaves and branches.

• Long-billed Wren-Babbler Napothera malacoptila

  The Long-billed Wren-Babbler is a small, streaky brown bird with a long, slightly downcurved bill. It searches for invertebrates near the forest floor.

• Nile Lechwe Kobus megaceros

  An antelope of seasonally flooded wetlands and a capable swimmer.

• White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea

  The White-throated Gerygone is a small bird with gray-brown upperparts and bright yellow underparts.

• Mesoamerican Round-eared Bat Lophostoma nicaraguae

  This bat has dark brown fur on its back and dark brown ears, paler brown fur on the belly, and a bare V-shaped area on the lower lip divided into wart-like projections. In Colombia, it is recorded in dry and moist tropical forests of the Caribbean and Pacific regions.

• Ayeyarwady Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi

  The Ayeyarwady Bulbul is 17–20 cm long. It uses shrubland and other semi-open places, and is classified as an omnivore.

• Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus

  A forest-dwelling monkey of the Malay Peninsula, known for pale eye markings and a leaf-based diet.

• Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri

  The Black-headed Bee-eater is marked by a black head and green and cinnamon plumage. It catches insects from an open perch.

• Bangs's Mountain Squirrel Syntheosciurus brochus

  Bangs's mountain squirrel is a tree squirrel reported from the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama. A study in Costa Rica observed it feeding on flowers, sap, and bromeliads.