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• Gaisler's Big-eared Bat Plecotus gaisleri

  

  This large-eared bat is reported from North Africa. Molecular analysis confirmed it on Pantelleria, Italy, and records also confirm it on Malta and Gozo.

• Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler Locustella chengi

  This bush warbler was described from central China. In southern Sichuan, it has been recorded in dense low herbs and ferns, forest clearings, sparse secondary forest, and tea plantations.

• Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca

  The bohor reedbuck is an antelope with yellowish-brown to gray-brown fur. It hides among tall grasses and mainly eats grass.

• Large-footed Finch Pezopetes capitalis

  The Large-footed Finch inhabits mountain forest and páramo in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its large, powerful feet stand out, and it forages on or near the ground.

• Acacia Thallomys Thallomys paedulcus

  The Acacia Thallomys is an arboreal rodent of African savannas. It shelters under acacia bark and builds nests among branches.

• Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii

  A large bustard that walks across dry plains while foraging. The male has dark coloring on the neck and breast, and some birds move in response to rain.

• Phayre's Langur Trachypithecus phayrei

  This forest monkey moves through trees and feeds mainly on leaves. Adults are dark blue-gray, while young are born with yellowish fur.

• South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus

  This small bird is endemic to South Georgia and has thick plumage suited to the cold. It nests among tussock grass and feeds on insects along the shore.

• Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga commissarisi

  This bat ranges from southern Mexico to Panama. It uses flower nectar as a major food source and also eats soft fruit and insects.

• Dotted Tanager Ixothraupis varia

  This small tanager occurs from southern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Amazonian Brazil. It is found in the canopy and at edges of humid forest.

• Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii

  The Himalayan striped squirrel has distinctive back stripes that connect with a pale stripe on the face. A field study in northeastern India recorded it feeding on tree trunks and bark.

• Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea

  The Grey Petrel ranges widely over the Southern Hemisphere's oceans. It has a grey body and white belly, and uses burrows on its breeding islands.

• Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) hispidus

  This cotton rat makes runways through dense grass. Its tail has sparse hair, and its coat color varies across the range.

• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

  A black-and-white wheatear. In its UK account, BTO describes it as a rare autumn migrant arriving from southeastern Europe.

• Izecksohn's Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) izecksohni

  Specimen records of this bat extend from southeastern Brazil to northeastern Argentina. Its long, silky dorsal fur has dark bases and brown tips. In Argentina's Misiones Province, two females were collected in a region of grass savanna, scrub, and forest.

• Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea

  The Olive Whistler occurs in southeastern Australia and Tasmania, using wet forests and alpine heath. It has a dark grey head and olive-brown back. Females are duller and lack the throat barring, while juveniles are more rufous-brown. It feeds mainly on insects, foraging in trees, shrubs, and on the ground.

• Takin Budorcas taxicolor

  The Mishmi form is a plant-eating hoofed mammal of the eastern Himalayas and nearby mountains.

• Blue-banded Pitta Erythropitta arquata

  This pitta has glittering blue bands and lives in hill and montane forest on Borneo. It moves near the ground and searches for food around leaf litter and fallen trees.

• Northern Hopping Mouse Notomys aquilo

  A small hopping mouse with large eyes and ears, a long tail, and strong hind feet. The Australian Government reports it only from Groote Eylandt.

• Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra

  This southern African bushshrike lives in scrub and at woodland edges and forages near the ground. Its plumage description here is limited to the nominate subspecies.

• Roloway Monkey Cercopithecus roloway

  The Roloway monkey lives in groups in mature forests of West Africa. Its gray coat, red rump patch, pale chest fur, and long beard stand out.

• Red-and-black Grosbeak Periporphyrus erythromelas

  The Red-and-black Grosbeak shows a marked plumage difference between the sexes: males are red and black, while females are mainly yellow. It occupies the lower and middle layers of lowland forest in northeastern South America.

• Greater Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus

  The greater spear-nosed bat has a well-developed noseleaf and a V-shaped groove in its lower lip. It roosts in caves and eats mostly insects, along with fruit, nectar, and pollen.

• Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis

  About 37 cm long, this coucal resembles the Greater Coucal but is smaller and shorter-tailed. It searches for food on the ground and in the understorey of lowland evergreen forest.