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• 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.

• Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans

  This small tapaculo lives in the understory of humid Andean forests. It is about 11.5 cm long and searches for food in bamboo, alone or in pairs.

• Crete Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) minous

  This spiny mouse lives on Crete. It has a gray back, reddish-yellow flanks with fine spines, and uses dry scrub and rocky crevices.

• Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus

  The Crested Quetzal is a trogon of Andean forests. Males have a green crest and back, a crimson breast, and violet-tinged wings.

• Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista alborufus

  The red and white giant flying squirrel is a large forest squirrel. It forages in trees at night and glides using the membrane between its limbs.

• Wilson's Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes respublica

  Wilson's Bird-of-paradise is a bird whose adult male has vivid colors and curved central tail feathers. It lives in hill forest on Waigeo and Batanta in Indonesia.

• Creeping Vole Microtus (Mynomes) oregoni

  The creeping vole is a small vole of the Pacific coast of North America. Its tiny eyes and short tail are distinctive, and it uses tunnels and burrows close to the ground.

• Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca

  The Black-faced Munia is a small finch that eats seeds in open lowland habitats.

• Cape Spiny Mouse Acomys (Subacomys) subspinosus

  The Cape spiny mouse is a small spiny mouse of rocky areas and fynbos in southwestern South Africa. Seeds make up most of its recorded diet.

• Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni

  This starling has a patchy range from West Africa into western Central Africa. It uses rocky cliffs, outcrops, and gorges and feeds mainly on fruit, with insects and snails also recorded.

• Alpine marmot Marmota (Marmota) marmota

  An alpine marmot that eats grasses and roots in summer, then spends the long winter underground with its family.

• Buru Cuckooshrike Coracina fortis

  The Buru Cuckooshrike is a grey forest bird from Buru Island, with black markings around the eye and on the chin.

• Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma (Teonoma) cinerea

  This rodent of western North America is known for its bushy tail and piles of plant material around its rocky shelters.

• Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis

  The Black Bittern is a dark bittern with a yellow patch on the neck. It roosts in tree-lined wetlands and mangroves, feeding on fish and amphibians.

• Fat-tailed Gerbil Pachyuromys duprasi

  The fat-tailed gerbil has a round body and a short, thick, club-shaped tail. It lives in sandy areas with vegetation and digs burrows.

• Buff-banded Bushbird Buettikoferella bivittata

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs on Timor Island. Its appearance is documented in an 1862 Timor account, while its habitat is listed in a 2008 regional checklist.

• Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus

  The maritime striped squirrel is a small squirrel with bold black stripes along its back. The traits described here are for the subspecies found in Taiwan.

• Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow Melozone kieneri

  A ground-dwelling sparrow of western Mexico, occurring in dry scrub and open woodland.

• Long-tailed Vole Microtus longicaudus

  The long-tailed vole ranges across western North America, extending into southwestern Canada and southeastern Alaska.

• Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei

  Savile's Bustards live in dry Sahel scrub and open woodland. Males have a rufous tuft at the nape.

• Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica

  The short-tailed bandicoot rat prefers moist soil and areas near water, where it digs extensive burrows. The account reports one rat per burrow.

• Japanese wagtail Motacilla grandis

  A black-and-white waterside bird that repeatedly bobs its tail.

• Horse-tailed Squirrel Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus

  This diurnal squirrel occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Its back is reddish brown, its head and shoulders are grey, and its tail has alternating dark and grey bands.

• Puna Yellow Finch Sicalis lutea

  This finch is found in puna grassland and stony scrub of the high Andes. Both sexes are greenish yellow, while females average slightly duller.