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• Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat Murina ryukyuana

  

  The Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat lives on Japan's southwestern islands. It has a tubular nose and dark fur, and uses tree cavities or dry leaves as daytime roosts.

• Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus

  This bee-eater stands out for its pink underparts and dark eye-stripe. Groups dig nest burrows in sandy riverbanks and sandbars.

• Burnished Enggano Rat Rattus adustus

  This rat is known from Enggano Island west of Sumatra, but records are extremely limited and little is known about its life.

• Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus

  This tinamou has reddish-brown plumage. In the eastern Andes of Peru it uses the undergrowth of humid montane forest and is reported to eat mainly seeds.

• Miller's Langur Presbytis canicrus

  Presbytis canicrus is a langur of East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. A field report identified it by its dark head, white forehead, and gray back, and recorded an individual active in a karst-forest tree while eating fruit.

• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

  A tern that travels from Arctic breeding grounds to Antarctic waters with the seasons. In Britain, it breeds along northern coasts.

• Gedemsa Tragelaphus buxtoni

  The mountain nyala, also called Gedemsa, is a large bovid of the Ethiopian highlands. The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority lists the Bale Mountains and Arsi Mountains among its localities.

• Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga

  A small sunbird found on Madagascar and nearby western Indian Ocean islands. Males are metallic green, while females are much duller brown and yellow.

• Mount Topapu Squirrel Prosciurillus topapuensis

  This squirrel occurs in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Records span tropical lowland evergreen to upper montane forest at 350–2,800 m. It is often found high in primary-forest crowns or woody vines, but has also been observed on the ground where the canopy is broken.

• Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus

  Male Brewer's Blackbirds are glossy black with yellow eyes, while females are brown. The species uses open habitats from grasslands to parks and city streets.

• White-winged Vampire Bat Diaemus youngii

  This bat has records from the southern Amazon region of Brazil. Reports describe tree cavities and caves as roosts, although cave records are relatively uncommon.

• Half-collared Sparrow Arremon semitorquatus

  The Half-collared Sparrow inhabits the understory of montane forest and secondary growth in southeastern Brazil. Males have a yellow lower mandible and a broken breast band. A 2022 report recorded one bird singing at a forest edge.

• Naked-soled Conyrat Reithrodon typicus

  This rodent has sparsely haired soles and a mostly uniform-colored tail. It occurs in grasslands of Argentina, Uruguay, and nearby areas; Argentine records describe it as nocturnal.

• Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps

  The Grey-throated Babbler lives in the lower growth of Southeast Asian forests. White streaks mark its dark crown, and throat color varies among regional subspecies.

• Dun Tube-nosed Bat Murina recondita

  A small tube-nosed bat collected in Taiwan. Its original description reports forest-associated records, mostly below 1,400 m elevation.

• Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis

  The Yellow Rail is a small rail that hides among wetland grasses. It probes the ground and vegetation for small animals and seeds; males give faint clicking calls on spring nights.

• Cyprus Mouse Mus cypriacus

  This mouse was described as an endemic species of Cyprus. It has agouti-patterned fur on the back, and the original description recorded captures in abandoned cultivated plots in the island's south.

• Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus

  This migratory plover searches for insects in dry, open country. The breeding male has broad orange and black breast bands, while nonbreeding plumage is mottled brown.

• Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta

  A macaque found in northern India, China and Myanmar that uses both trees and the ground.

• Island Monarch Monarcha cinerascens

  This monarch ranges across islands from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It inhabits open island forests, and plumage tones vary among island subspecies.

• Western Yellow-backed Duiker Cephalophus silvicultor

  The western yellow-backed duiker is an antelope of African lowland forests, recognized by the triangular yellow patch on its back.

• Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli

  This seabird breeds in the Hawaiian Islands. It has a dark back and white underparts, nests in the island highlands, and catches squid and fish at sea.

• Long-clawed Ground Squirrel Spermophilopsis leptodactylus

  The long-clawed ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asian drylands. It is active by day and uses its long claws to dig.

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica

  The Pacific Swallow has a metallic blue back and chestnut on the forehead and throat. In Singapore, it is recorded year-round from mangroves to urban areas.