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• White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica

  

  The White-necked Heron is a large heron with a white head and long neck marked by black spots. It walks in shallow water to find fish and other prey.

• Large Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri

  The Large Pied Bat is an eastern Australian bat associated with cliffs and caves. It has glossy black fur, long ears, and a white V-shaped fringe beneath the wings and tail membrane.

• Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus

  This small warbler lives in the highlands of the Sunda Islands. On Borneo it hides in scrub, sings often, and feeds on insects.

• Abert's Squirrel Sciurus (Otosciurus) aberti

  A U.S. Forest Service species review depicts a gray-and-white squirrel with long, pointed ear tufts. It is closely associated with ponderosa pine forests.

• Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon

  This Central American quail uses open country with bushes and trees. Its plumage varies among subspecies, and females are duller than males.

• Common Malacomys Malacomys longipes

  The Common Malacomys has long hind feet and a tail longer than its head and body. An identification key that includes records from Rwanda's forests summarizes it as often found near water.

• Spinifexbird Megalurus carteri

  The Spinifexbird occurs in Australia's arid regions and is associated with grasslands. A Barrow Island bird guide describes its reddish-brown plumage, spinifex habitat, and diet of insects and seeds.

• Velvety Fruit-eating Bat Enchisthenes hartii

  This fruit-eating bat ranges across Central and South America. It is often recorded in moist forests, and there are records of it eating small figs.

• Blue-rumped Pitta Hydrornis soror

  The Blue-rumped Pitta is a forest-dwelling pitta.

• White-tipped Thomasomys Thomasomys caudivarius

  Thomasomys caudivarius is a mouse of the western Andes from Ecuador to northern Peru. It has soft brown back fur and a long tail with a white tip. It is described as nocturnal and terrestrial, feeding on seeds and insects.

• Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii

  Its back is green and its underparts are pale cinnamon, with a yellow throat bordered behind by blackish blue. A 2015 field report lists at least five birds of the lafresnayii form at Lake Langano, Ethiopia.

• Swayne's Hartebeest Alcelaphus swaynei

  Swayne’s hartebeest is an Ethiopian form of the hartebeest. Its coat is dark red-chocolate to chestnut, with fawn or cinnamon fur on the rump, tail, and lower legs.

• 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.

• Guinea Baboon Papio papio

  A West African baboon whose wild ecology has been studied in a Senegalese national park.

• Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti

  The Dulit Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of a few Bornean mountain areas. Its cryptic colors blend with branches, and it nests on branches in Sarawak.

• North American Hoary Bat Aeorestes cinereus

  This bat is widespread in North America. It roosts alone in foliage in summer and is recorded flying above treetops and over water.

• Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix

  The Knysna Turaco is an arboreal bird of southern African forests. It moves through the canopy while feeding on fruit.

• Japanese flying squirrel Pteromys momonga

  A Japanese forest squirrel that glides between trees. It is mainly active in the treetops at night.

• Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda

  The Green-and-rufous Kingfisher is a small kingfisher of waterways in the Neotropics. It often perches alone close to the water and waits for prey.

• Chestnut Pogonomys Pogonomys macrourus

  The chestnut pogonomys is a small rodent of New Guinea. Recorded specimens with observation data were seen moving through low vegetation at night.

• White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus

  The White-shouldered Fairywren is a bird of New Guinea that lives in open habitats such as grassland and marshes.

• Cozumelan Golden Bat Mimon cozumelae

  Cozumelan golden bats have been reported mainly in Central America. Coat color alone may not separate them reliably from close relatives, and one Belize specimen is the basis for a published DNA diet record.

• Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus

  The Wompoo Fruit Dove is a large green pigeon with a purple throat and chest and a yellow belly. It feeds in rainforest canopies and moves locally between fruiting trees.

• Flavescent Colilargo Oligoryzomys flavescens

  This small rodent has a tail longer than its body and is recorded along grassland and wetland edges in Paraguay.