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• White-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys (Leucocrossuromys) leucurus

  

  The white-tailed prairie dog lives in dry grasslands and shrublands, where it builds colonies of burrows.

• Dusky-brown Oriole Oriolus phaeochromus

  The Dusky-brown Oriole, also called the Halmahera Oriole, is a uniformly brown oriole from the North Moluccas. It uses upper forest and edges and gives a fluty call.

• Patagonian Chinchilla Mouse Euneomys chinchilloides

  With long, dense grey-brown fur, it lives in sandy areas with rocky shelter and patches of grass or shrubs. Records are from central and southeastern Chile and adjacent Argentina.

• Opal-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix iris

  The Opal-crowned Manakin is a manakin of humid forests in Brazil. It is olive green above and yellow green below; males have a whitish-blue crown.

• Welwitch's bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) welwitschii

  Welwitch's bat has a netlike pattern in its wing membrane. Records are scattered across a broad part of Africa.

• Tinian Monarch Monarcha takatsukasae

  This forest bird is endemic to Tinian. Juveniles have a yellow bill base and buff tips on the wing bars and rump, which distinguish them from adults.

• Walia Ibex Capra walie

  A wild goat of the Simien Mountains in northern Ethiopia.

• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

  A small bird with a broad cream stripe above the eye and dark streaks on its back. It is a summer visitor to Britain and winters in Africa south of the Sahara.

• Whitehead's Sundaic Maxomys Maxomys whiteheadi

  Whitehead's Sundaic Maxomys ranges from the Malay Peninsula through Sumatra to Borneo. It is mainly nocturnal and terrestrial, and has short spines mixed into the fur on its back.

• Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti

  A South American penguin recognized by a dark stripe across its white front.

• Amazon Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus flaviventer

  The Amazon dwarf squirrel has a brownish back, orange chest, and pale-tipped tail shorter than its body. By day it moves along forest trunks and vines while searching for insects and palm fruits.

• Purple-breasted Cotinga Cotinga cotinga

  This cotinga occurs in the Amazon region of South America and searches for fruit in the canopy of humid lowland forest.

• Catalina Deermouse Peromyscus slevini

  This mouse is known only from Santa Catalina Island, Mexico. Records from the island include an animal seen active by day.

• Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis

  The Madagascar Rail is endemic to Madagascar’s eastern wetlands. It stays hidden in dense wetland vegetation and is often heard before it is seen.

• Blanford's Bat Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) blanfordi

  Blanford's bat is a medium-sized forest bat from South and Southeast Asia, including Borneo. It roosts in hollow trees or foliage and hunts flying insects at night.

• Black-throated Brilliant Heliodoxa schreibersii

  This hummingbird occurs in scattered foothill populations on the eastern Andes. In northeastern Peru its range extends from foothills into Amazonian lowlands.

• Mongolian Gazelle Procapra gutturosa

  The Mongolian gazelle is a steppe animal whose coat changes with the seasons. In eastern and southeastern Mongolia, large herds move seasonally in search of pasture and water.

• Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Zanda latirostris

  Its dark plumage has pale feather edges, a white cheek patch and a broad white tail band. It travels in flocks while searching for seeds in woodland and scrub of south-western Western Australia.

• Highveld Gerbil Gerbilliscus (Taterona) brantsii

  Brants's gerbil lives in southern African grasslands and has a white-tipped tail.

• White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus

  This bird occurs in southwestern Angola and northern Namibia. It has black, grey, and white plumage with yellow eyes and searches for insects on the ground and in trees.

• Black-capped Marmot Marmota (Marmota) camtschatica

  The black-capped marmot burrows and lives in family groups in cold mountains and tundra, spending much of the year hibernating.

• Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina

  This antbird occurs from Central America into northern South America. Males are dark gray with white tips on the wings and tail; females are olive-brown above and rufous below. Pairs forage for insects along lowland forest edges and in secondary growth.

• Russet Oryzomys Euryoryzomys russatus

  This rice rat lives in forests of eastern South America. It builds an egg-shaped nest from leaves and grass under or inside fallen logs and among palm roots.

• Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis

  This green bird is marked by a blue throat and long tail streamers. It watches from a perch and catches flying insects in the air.