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• Likweli Colobus congoensis

  

  This black colobus is recorded in forests of east-central Democratic Republic of the Congo. Pale orange-cream skin around the mouth and a white perianal patch stand out.

• Blue-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus monacha

  The Blue-capped Fruit Dove is a mostly green pigeon that eats fruit. Males show blue patches on the crown and breast, while females have less blue.

• Sumatran Serow Capricornis sumatraensis

  The Sumatran serow has a dark coat and backward-pointing horns. It lives mainly in mountain forests and near cliffs.

• Munchique Wood Wren Henicorhina negreti

  This small wood-wren was described from the Munchique massif in the Western Andes of Colombia. The paper reports it from a narrow band of very wet cloud forest where fog is nearly continuous.

• Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys (Lophuromys) sikapusi

  The rusty-bellied brush-furred rat is recorded in West Africa. A coastal Guinea study examined whether it may move from forest and orchards into cultivated land seasonally.

• Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum

  A dark cormorant with a long neck and a tail longer than those of many other cormorants. It dives underwater to catch fish.

• Dark Bolo Mouse Necromys obscurus

  The dark bolo mouse is recorded in separated areas of eastern Argentina and coastal Uruguay. It uses grassland and damp shore habitats and is often active on the ground by day.

• Silktail Lamprolia victoriae

  A forest bird of Taveuni in Fiji. Its dark body has bright blue speckling, and its white rump is conspicuous.

• Olympic Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) olympus

  The Olympic marmot lives only in Olympic Mountain meadows. It eats flowering plants, stores fat and hibernates for a long period.

• Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca

  The Sooty Albatross is a large seabird with dusky plumage that ranges over the South Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.

• Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat Murina ussuriensis

  The Ussuri tube-nosed bat is recorded from Hokkaido to Kyushu in Japan. It leaves its roost at dusk to catch flying insects and hibernates in winter.

• White-breasted Antbird Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi

  This antbird lives in Amazonian forest understory. Willis described the male with a white face, throat, and breast, a black crest, grey underparts, and greenish-brown upperparts; the female differs in crown and body pattern.

• Antillean Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla cavernarum

  The Antillean Fruit-eating Bat roosts in cave colonies and emerges in the evening to forage in forest, taking a variety of plant foods.

• Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis

  A tanager of humid montane forests in Colombia and Ecuador. Males are vivid green; females are duller.

• Booted Macaque Macaca ochreata

  The booted macaque lives on southeastern Sulawesi. Its gray limbs stand out against its darker coat. It is active by day and eats mainly fruit.

• Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor

  This Australian bird lives in dry inland areas and open country in the west and south. Adult males stand out with red on the head, breast and rump and a black facial mask.

• Black-fronted Duiker Cephalophus nigrifrons

  This small antelope is recorded in lowland forest of the Congo Basin. It is reddish-brown to brown, with a black mark down the face.

• Caatinga Puffbird Nystalus maculatus

  A puffbird of Brazil's Caatinga. The ICMBio regional guide uses the English name Spot-backed Puffbird for the same scientific name.

• New Holland Pseudomys Pseudomys novaehollandiae

  This small mouse has pale gray-brown fur and pink feet. Its recorded populations are scattered across grassland and woodland in southeastern Australia.

• Black-tipped Cicadabird Coracina schisticeps

  It occurs in New Guinea forest and forest edges and has been recorded to about 1,200 m. Males are slaty gray; females are browner.

• East European Vole Microtus (Microtus) levis

  This vole lives in meadows and farmland from eastern Europe toward western Siberia. It avoids very short grass and dry areas and eats plant seeds and grain.

• Cozumel Vireo Vireo bairdi

  This resident vireo occurs only on Cozumel Island, Mexico. It has chestnut-toned head and back, a white eye-ring, and two pale wing-bars, and forages in low to middle vegetation.

• Douglas's Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii

  In conifer forests it eats seeds and fungi and stores food. It does not hibernate and remains active through the year.

• Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus

  This bulbul lives in forests, at their edges, and in secondary growth. Adults are especially noticeable for their red eyes.