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• Pemba White-eye Zosterops vaughani

  

  This white-eye occurs on Pemba Island and nearby offshore islets in Tanzania. A regional taxonomic review records it throughout Pemba.

• Black Colobus Colobus satanas

  The black colobus is covered in glossy black fur and lives high in the rainforest canopy of western Africa.

• Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea

  The Red-capped Lark is a small lark of African grasslands. Its reddish crown stands out, and plumage varies among subspecies.

• Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis

  A 2025 paper reported the first Bangladesh record of Murina cyclotis from Rema-Kalenga Forest Reserve. It was one male captured on a forest trail.

• Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus

  This puffbird occurs from central Panama through western Colombia to western Ecuador, in wet forest and its edges. Its reddish-brown body is barred with black, and it waits quietly on a perch for prey. Its diet includes large insects and small lizards.

• Sumatran Mountain Squirrel Sundasciurus (Sundasciurus) altitudinis

  This squirrel is recorded in the Barisan Mountains of Sumatra. It uses forest layers from low bushes to the canopy and feeds on acorn-like nuts called “giseng” by local people.

• Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris

  The Thick-billed Spiderhunter is a forest bird with a notably thick bill. Its range extends from the Thai-Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo.

• Desert Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) indutus

  Mus indutus is a small mouse recorded in dry savanna in southern Africa. Some records have been difficult to distinguish from those of a close relative, so parts of its distribution remain uncertain.

• New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta

  The New Guinea Flightless Rail lives in wetlands and thickets on New Guinea. It has a gray forehead, a rusty-brown crown and nape, and a green bill.

• 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.

• Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui

  Barau’s Petrel spends most of its life at sea and breeds in the highlands of Réunion.

• Fulvous Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) fulvescens

  This small mouse lives in grassland and riparian habitats and is active at night. Its tail is differently coloured above and below, while its coat and diet vary by place and season.

• Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis

  A small tanager found on Trinidad and in northern South America. It feeds on fruit in treetops and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Anatolian Sheep Ovis gmelini

  This wild sheep inhabits mountains in the Caucasus and western Asia. It uses hills, grasslands, shrublands, and rocky terrain, and lives in groups.

• Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa

  This small bird is found on the northwestern coast of Western Australia. In the Pilbara it is recorded only in mangroves, where it gleans insects from leaves and flowers.

• East Javan Langur Trachypithecus auratus

  The East Javan langur moves through trees with its long tail and mainly eats young leaves. Its coat occurs in black and reddish forms.

• Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens

  The Bluish-fronted Jacamar has a metallic blue-green crown and rufous underparts. It lives in riverine forest, and its only known nest is a tunnel in a stream bank.

• Black Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) nigricans

  This bat was studied at Paracou in French Guiana. Fur color and texture varied among specimens, and captures came from streamside forest, clearings, and above roadside puddles.

• Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster

  The Black-bellied Bustard lives in African savanna and tall grassland. Males perform courtship displays during the breeding season.

• Phayre's Squirrel Callosciurus phayrei

  Phayre's Squirrel has pale stripes along its sides and ranges from southern China into eastern Myanmar.

• Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis

  This small falcon hunts in open grassland and farmland in Indonesia. Its prey includes insects, small birds, lizards, and small mammals.

• Fawn-footed Melomys Melomys cervinipes

  This small rat lives in forests of eastern Australia. Coat color varies with age; it has pale feet and a long, mosaic-patterned tail.

• Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni

  This black-and-white shrike has a long tail; males have a black band extending from the lores to the ear coverts.

• Southern Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat Tonatia maresi

  Tonatia maresi is a bat distributed in South America. The adult female used as the holotype reference in the paper had dark gray-brown fur above and a grayer, paler underside. The species roosts in hollow trees.