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• Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti

  

  A yellow brow and crown stripe stand out on this small warbler, whose underside is also yellow. The source records observation sites in Thailand.

• Rudd's Bristle-furred Rat Uranomys ruddi

  This rat has a short tail and a white belly. In a Guinea survey it was recorded in escarpment forest, gallery forest, and near cultivated or fallow land.

• Blue-streaked Lory Eos reticulata

  This lory has a red body streaked with blue. It lives on islands in eastern Indonesia and eats fruit, seeds, and other plant foods.

• Mountain Gazelle Gazella gazella

  A gazelle of the Middle East’s hills and plains. The Jerusalem Zoo account describes it as active by day and feeding on grass and leaves.

• Zamboanga Bulbul Hypsipetes rufigularis

  It is recorded on Basilan and the Zamboanga Peninsula in western Mindanao, Philippines.

• Whitehead's Woolly Bat Kerivoula whiteheadi

  Whitehead's woolly bat is a small bat with a broad distribution in the Philippines. Its reddish-brown back and banded hairs are distinctive.

• Yellow-throated Scrubwren Neosericornis citreogularis

  The Yellow-throated Scrubwren is a ground-dwelling bird of rainforest and wet, densely vegetated gullies along Australia's east coast.

• Heck's Macaque Macaca hecki

  This macaque lives in rainforest in northwestern Sulawesi. It is active by day and spends much of its time in trees.

• Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys

  The Yellow-eared Spiderhunter is a forest bird marked by a yellow patch behind the ear and streaked underparts. It feeds on nectar as well as spiders and insects.

• Damara Ground Squirrel Xerus (Geosciurus) princeps

  Geosciurus princeps is a ground squirrel recorded in western Namibia and southern Angola. It has a pale cinnamon back, a white underside and legs, and a white stripe along each side.

• Chestnut-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hyperythra

  The Chestnut-bellied Fantail is widespread in hill and lower montane forest on New Guinea. It is active by day, searching in forest and along edges and sallying out to catch airborne prey.

• White-eared Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) leucotis

  The White-eared Cotton Rat was one of five cotton rats compared in a 1971 study. In the captive young studied, growth was rapid until about 40 days of age and then slowed.

• Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios

  The Orange-breasted Trogon lives in forests in Southeast Asia and eats fruit, insects, and other small prey. Males have an orange breast and chestnut back, while females are more muted grey-brown.

• Common Metad Millardia meltada

  The common metad has a finely grizzled gray back and a tail that is dark above and pale below. Nepal's account describes life in lowland fields and grasslands.

• Kashmir Nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis

  The Kashmir Nuthatch has blue-gray upperparts and reddish-buff underparts. It feeds on insects and spiders, adding seeds and nuts in winter.

• Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest Connochaetes albojubatus

  It occurs from central Kenya to northern Tanzania, with its western range reaching the Gregory Rift. Its pale gray coat, creamy beard, and drooping mane are distinctive.

• White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris

  A small antbird of humid lowland forests from Central America into South America, feeding among low branches.

• Desert Red Bat Lasiurus frantzii

  Desert Red Bats live in North America and eat insects such as moths, flies, cicadas, and ants. Their fluffy amber fur and white shoulder patches are useful identification features.

• Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus

  A drongo of forests across South and Southeast Asia. Its black plumage has a bronze sheen, and its tail is forked.

• Tarai Gray Langur Semnopithecus hector

  The Tarai gray langur lives in the Himalayan foothills. It has a white head, a grayish-yellow to pale orange body, and brownish limbs.

• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

  The Savannah Sparrow lives in grasslands and is marked by a short tail and fine breast streaks. It eats more insects in the breeding season and more seeds in winter.

• Inornate Squirrel Callosciurus inornatus

  The inornate squirrel is marked by an olive-toned back, a bluish belly, and a black tail tip. It is active by day and is recorded in Laos in forest edges and secondary forest.

• Seychelles Brush Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis

  This small bird has been conserved across the Seychelles islands. A 2001 action plan describes its olive-brown plumage and leaf-gleaning habits; a 2019 report says populations had become established on five islands.

• Small-eared Colilargo Oligoryzomys microtis

  This small rodent occurs in the Amazon Basin. Its upper fur is yellowish brown with fine black tips, its underside is white, and it is described as terrestrial in lowland rainforest edge habitat.