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• Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis

  

  The Buff-throated Apalis is a small forest warbler with grey upperparts, white underparts and a short tail. It occurs in forest from western to central and eastern Africa.

• Atlantic Forest Oecomys Oecomys catherinae

  Oecomys catherinae is an arboreal rodent. Specimens from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and Cerrado showed differences in skull form between the two biomes.

• Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea

  Males show violet and purplish-brown plumage, while females are more reddish and earthy brown. A study in northeast India recorded birds feeding on fruit in the canopy.

• Forrest's Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti

  Forrest's rock squirrel is a squirrel relative of rocky mountains in Yunnan, China. The taxonomic revision also describes traits shared by its genus, including a squirrel-like build and a long, bushy tail.

• Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus

  The Persian Shearwater is a seabird with a dark upper surface set against a white underside. Breeding has been recorded in southern Arabia and around Socotra, while seasonal records have also been reported off East Africa.

• Eastern Mole Vole Ellobius (Ellobius) tancrei

  The eastern mole vole is a burrowing rodent recorded in Mongolia's dry steppes and semideserts. Its short tail and other features are shared within the genus and do not identify this species by themselves.

• Citrine White-eye Zosterops semperi

  A local bird guide lists this white-eye in the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau. It also reports an observation in open grassland on Pohnpei.

• Gunnison's Prairie Dog Cynomys (Leucocrossuromys) gunnisoni

  Gunnison's prairie dogs have yellowish-buff coats and build connected burrow colonies in grasslands and high-desert country. They warn one another of danger with calls.

• Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca

  This bullfinch lives in montane coniferous and mixed forests. Adult males have an orange breast patch, while females are browner overall.

• Sagebrush Vole Lemmiscus curtatus

  The sagebrush vole lives in western North America among sagebrush and bunchgrasses. It eats flowers and moist vegetation and carries food into its burrow.

• Princess Stephanie's Astrapia Astrapia stephaniae

  Stephanie’s Astrapia is a bird-of-paradise of Papua New Guinea’s mountain forests. The male stands out for iridescent blue-green and copper-red plumage and a long tail.

• Long-clawed Ground Squirrel Spermophilopsis leptodactylus

  The long-clawed ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asian drylands. It is active by day and uses its long claws to dig.

• Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens

  This tinamou lives in South American grasslands. It has a black crown, reddish-brown neck and chest, and finely barred back. It stays among grass clumps and eats plants and small animals.

• Rock Mouse Peromyscus difficilis

  The Rock Mouse is listed from Mexico in the current mammal database. A 2010 species account describes large ears and a bicolored tail slightly longer than the head and body.

• River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii

  The River Lapwing is seen along rivers in India. Its black, grey, and brown plumage and raised black crest are distinctive.

• 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.

• Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus

  A hornbill that lives in groups in Southeast Asian forests. Fruit is its main food, but it also searches the canopy for insects and small animals.

• Dusky Melanomys Melanomys caliginosus

  The dusky melanomys is a rodent of forests in western Colombia and southwestern Ecuador. Its back is generally dark, although coat color varies geographically. The 2017 species account says its broad taxonomic concept needs further revision.

• Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla

  The male has a yellow head and olive back. It lives in the lower growth of Andean forest and feeds on fruit.

• Pallid Ground Squirrel Spermophilus pallidicauda

  This ground squirrel occurs in Mongolia and nearby parts of China. The paper describes appearance and daytime behaviour for the genus as a whole.

• Desert Sparrow Passer simplex

  The Desert Sparrow is a small, sandy-colored sparrow. Males have a black bib and black lores, and the species occurs in desert scrub and around oases.

• Orizaba Deermouse Peromyscus beatae

  The Orizaba Deermouse ranges from southeastern Mexico into Central America. It has been recorded in humid mountain forests.

• Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus

  A coastal cormorant smaller than the Japanese Cormorant, with crests and white patches in breeding season.

• Olympic Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) olympus

  The Olympic marmot lives only in Olympic Mountain meadows. It eats flowering plants, stores fat and hibernates for a long period.