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• Isabella Oriole Oriolus isabellae

  

  The Isabela Oriole is an oriole recorded on Luzon in the Philippines.

• Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tenuis

  

  The slender squirrel has olive-brown upperparts and tail with gray underparts. It lives in trees and takes both plant and animal foods by day and night.

• Manipur Fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis

  

  This babbler ranges from northeastern India to northern Vietnam. Records in China are from western and southeastern Yunnan, where it searches for insects in forest undergrowth and bamboo thickets.

• Broad-faced Deermouse Peromyscus megalops

  

  The broad-faced deermouse has a dark streaked back and a pale underside. It has been studied in humid mountain forests of southern Mexico.

• Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum

  

  A dark waterbird widespread around lakes and coasts in North America. It dives for fish and is often seen spreading its wings to dry them.

• Taiwan Field Mouse Apodemus semotus

  

  The Taiwan field mouse is endemic to Taiwan. It occurs in mountain forests and is also found in farms and plantations.

• Little Chachalaca Ortalis motmot

  A cracid of northern South America, recognized by reddish-brown plumage and a red throat wattle.

• Finlayson's Cave Bat Vespadelus finlaysoni

  Finlayson's cave bat is a small species widespread across Australia. It occurs from deserts to high-rainfall coastal areas, often near rocky outcrops or hills.

• Mayotte Drongo Dicrurus waldenii

  This species is endemic to Mayotte. It is recorded in humid natural forest at about 200–350 m, as well as secondary forest, plantations, and forest margins.

• Campbell's Mona Monkey Cercopithecus campbelli

  This arboreal monkey lives in coastal West Africa. It forms groups, eats fruits and leaves, and uses calls to signal danger and other cues.

• Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis

  The Black-throated Babbler lives in lowland evergreen and swamp forest. It searches dense vegetation for small invertebrates.

• Common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

  A bat from Mexico through much of South America that feeds on animal blood.

• 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.

• Cavendish's Dik-dik Madoqua cavendishi

  The current Mammal Diversity Database account places this dik-dik in eastern Uganda, southwestern Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania. A study at Mpala in central Kenya was conducted in semi-arid Acacia bushland.

• Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli

  This weaver is found in the mountains of northeastern Tanzania. Males are mainly yellow and black, while females are olive and yellow; it feeds on insects.

• Irrawaddy squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus

  The Irrawaddy squirrel occurs from South Asia into northern Southeast Asia and is found in places with both forest and agriculture.

• Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

  The Common Poorwill rests on the ground or low branches by day and catches flying insects at night.

• Kam Dwarf Hamster Cricetulus kamensis

  A highland hamster recorded in western China, where the account describes valleys with grassland, scrub, and cultivated fields.

• Bornean Spiderhunter Arachnothera everetti

  The Bornean Spiderhunter inhabits lowland and submontane forest and forest edges in Borneo. It has an olive back and streaked grey underparts, and feeds mainly on understory nectar.

• Black-tailed Thallomys Thallomys nigricauda

  The Black-tailed Thallomys is an arboreal rodent with a black tail, living in dry Acacia savanna.

• Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani

  This parrot occurs in central South America. Gray, finely edged feathers mark its head, and it uses forests and dry woodland while feeding on fruits and seeds.

• Southwestern Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) auriculus

  This small bat has brown fur and long ears. It becomes active after sunset and uses sound to find moths and other insects.

• Red-and-blue Lory Eos histrio

  A parrot with mainly red plumage and blue-purple bands on the head and chest. It occurs in Indonesia’s Talaud Islands and feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Ashy Red Colobus Piliocolobus tephrosceles

  The ashy red colobus is a red colobus monkey of Uganda and Tanzania that uses riverine and moist forests among other woodland types.