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• Caucasus Field Mouse Apodemus ponticus

  

  This field mouse is currently treated as a species of Apodemus and is recorded across the Caucasus region. A study also documented it in the Zagros Mountains of northwestern Iran.

• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus

  This large cuckoo occurs from East Asia into Southeast Asia. The sexes have different plumage; it eats fruit and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Abbott's Duiker Cephalophus spadix

  Abbott's duiker is a forest antelope of Tanzania's mountain forests. Its dark body contrasts with a reddish crown.

• Chestnut-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina cristata

  A lowland forest antbird of southeastern Colombia and northwestern Brazil that searches near the ground around columns of ants.

• Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel Tamiops swinhoei

  Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel is a diurnal, arboreal squirrel of East Asian forests and gardens. Yellow side stripes and white ear tips help identify it.

• Golden-naped Barbet Psilopogon pulcherrimus

  This Bornean endemic has mostly green plumage and a golden-yellow patch on the nape. It eats fruit in the canopy of hill and montane forest.

• Southern Yellow Bat Dasypterus ega

  This bat is recorded in the lowlands of Bolivia. Its short, woolly coat is dark gray to cinnamon on the back, with a strongly contrasting belly. It catches insects while flying in open spaces.

• Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus

  This small parrot is found only in Sri Lanka. It is bright green with a red bill and rump; males also have a red crown. It is seen alone or in pairs in forest canopies and other wooded places.

• Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) megalotis

  The western harvest mouse is a small rodent of western North America, often recognized by a dark stripe along its back.

• Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus

  This small babbler inhabits moist evergreen forest in the eastern Himalayas. It searches for insects in dense undergrowth in steep gullies and occurs from eastern Nepal through Bhutan to northeastern India.

• Olive baboon Papio anubis

  A baboon with an olive-grey coat that lives across African grasslands and forests.

• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

  The Black-necked Stork has a glossy black head and neck, a white body and long legs. It waits to ambush prey in shallow water.

• Paulina’s Limestone Rat Saxatilomys paulinae

  Paulina’s limestone rat was described from a karst region in Khammouane Province, central Laos. The original account records captures on rocky forested slopes among degraded deciduous forest, scrub and bamboo.

• Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis bakeri

  The Rufous-headed Parrotbill forms small groups in bamboo within or beside evergreen forest. It eats insects, seeds and berries. Indian breeding records describe low nests woven from grass and spider web in bamboo or reeds.

• Mountain goat Oreamnos americanus

  A white-coated ungulate that lives on steep North American mountains.

• Queen Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae

  Queen Carola's Parotia lives in mountain forests of central New Guinea. The male has a dark body with iridescent green-blue tones and white flank plumes; the brown female has a finely patterned underside.

• Yellow Ground Squirrel Spermophilus fulvus

  The yellow ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel that digs burrows in dry parts of Central Asia.

• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

  The Dusky Warbler is a plain brown, inconspicuous bird that moves through brush and low vegetation.

• Silver-tipped Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) albescens

  This small bat ranges from Mexico into South America and catches insects while flying over forests and water.

• Ruvu Weaver Ploceus holoxanthus

  The Ruvu Weaver is recorded along rivers in eastern Tanzania. A 2021 study treats it as distinct from the African Golden Weaver and reports adult plumage features and nests documented in riverside vegetation.

• Hooper's Deermouse Peromyscus hooperi

  This deer mouse has records from a restricted part of north-central Mexico. It uses grassy foothills and mountain slopes, distinct from nearby desert scrub.

• Braun's Bushshrike Laniarius brauni

  This bushshrike is recorded in a restricted area of northern Angola. Its documented habitat includes secondary forest and forest edges.

• Gorontalo Macaque Macaca nigrescens

  This dark-furred macaque has flat hair on its crown and lives in forests of northern Sulawesi. It eats fruit, other plant matter, and insects.

• Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum

  The Mistletoebird is widespread across Australia. Males have striking black, red, and white markings, and the birds use high tree canopies where mistletoe grows.