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• Indochinese Barbet Psilopogon annamensis

  

  The Indochinese Barbet is a near-endemic resident of Vietnam. A Vietnamese species account reports it above 750 m in parts of eastern Laos and Cambodia and central to south-central Vietnam.

• Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) niger

  A medium-sized North American tree squirrel, notable for its reddish-brown coat and red belly. It also occurs in open woodlands and urban areas.

• Vinaceous-breasted Amazon Amazona vinacea

  Adults are green with wine-red feathers on the head and breast. They feed on fruit and seeds in South America’s Atlantic Forest.

• Amazonian Marsh Rat Holochilus sciureus

  The Amazonian Marsh Rat uses waterside habitats and wet grasslands. Coat color and reported range vary, and the older broad species account includes records that its authors considered uncertain.

• Black-throated Shrikebill Clytorhynchus nigrogularis

  A forest bird of Fiji's islands, inhabiting closed-canopy forest; the sexes differ in head pattern.

• Vancouver Island Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) vancouverensis

  The Vancouver Island marmot lives in mountain meadows on Canada's Vancouver Island. It has brown fur with white patches and hibernates underground.

• Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris

  A large pigeon of New Guinea's forests, marked by a thick pale bill and rufous flanks. It searches for food on the forest floor.

• 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.

• Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus

  The Hair-crested Drongo has black plumage, red irises and a forked tail.

• Least Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) minimus

  This small chipmunk lives in North America. It has a striped face, an orangish-brown back, and a grayish-white underside. It often uses forest edges and openings.

• Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

  A crested kingfisher with a large bill that watches for fish from a perch beside the water.

• 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.

• Short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus

  An albatross with long, narrow wings that searches for food at the sea surface.

• Junín Red Squirrel Sciurus (Hadrosciurus) pyrrhinus

  The Junín red squirrel is an arboreal squirrel recorded in Peru. Its back is reddish brown, while the underside ranges from white to more reddish shades.

• Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina

  Mountain Thornbills are endemic to Queensland’s Wet Tropics and inhabit upland rainforest. BirdLife reports their highest densities at about 1,200 m.

• 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.

• Olive Bulbul Iole viridescens

  Yellowish-olive sides of the head and paler ear-coverts help identify the Olive Bulbul. It uses moist evergreen broadleaf forest and tall secondary growth, and mainly eats berries.

• 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.

• Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens

  In Peru's eastern Andes, this wren forages in the understory of humid montane forest, in pairs or family groups. Its reddish-brown plumage has olive tones.

• 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.

• American Pipit Anthus rubescens

  The American Pipit is a small bird that breeds in Arctic and alpine meadows. It walks quickly while feeding and uses open areas such as shores and fields in winter.

• 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.

• Raja Ampat Pitohui Pitohui cerviniventris

  This bird lives in lowland forest on Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands. Its island forms differ in the color of the underparts, and the species account reports fruit and insects in its diet.

• 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.