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• Northern Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat Tonatia bakeri

  

  Individuals have been captured in premontane forest in eastern Caldas, Colombia. The noseleaf, lower-lip warts, and skin around the mouth are lighter in color, and the dorsal fur is paler and nearly uniform.

• Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi

  This forest-dwelling bird is endemic to Cuba; its species page says it is most often seen in the eastern half of the island. The crown and back are gray, with yellow on the face and breast.

• Philippine Slow Loris Nycticebus menagensis

  The Philippine Slow Loris has a white muzzle and small dark rings around the eyes. It is nocturnal and spends almost all of its time in trees.

• Philippine Fairy-bluebird Irena cyanogastra

  A fruit-eating forest bird endemic to the Philippines, it searches for figs and other fruit high in the canopy. Both sexes have glossy blue-and-black plumage.

• Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat Macroglossus sobrinus

  The greater long-nosed fruit bat has a slender snout and feeds on nectar. By visiting flowers, it also helps pollinate wild bananas.

• Rufous-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma rufopileatum

  The Rufous-crowned Antpitta is reported from humid foothill forest on the Pacific slope of Colombia and into northwestern Ecuador. It has a rufous head and a dark band through the eye, and is described hopping on the ground to search for insects.

• Oriental House Rat Rattus tanezumi

  The Oriental House Rat is widely recorded in rural and residential parts of Taiwan. Its back is gray-brown, its underside gray-white, and it eats grain grown or stored by people.

• Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

  A small brown bird that hides in reedbeds and dense scrub near water. It is difficult to see, but its loud, abrupt song can reveal its presence.

• North African Hedgehog Atelerix algirus

  A hedgehog of North Africa that uses scrub, grassland and gardens; it searches for food on the ground at night.

• Cuckoo Roller Leptosomus discolor

  It lives in woodland and forest in Madagascar and the Comoros. Males have iridescent green upperparts, while females are brown above.

• Eastern gorilla Gorilla beringei

  A large ape with black fur that travels through forests in groups.

• Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi

  A sugarbird with a long, curved bill and long tail. It feeds on protea nectar and insects and also pollinates flowers.

• Short-tailed Porcupine Coendou rufescens

  The short-tailed porcupine lives in Andean forests and has a relatively short tail. Colombian observations document it searching Cecropia trees and eating their fruit during the day.

• Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus

  The Grey Hypocolius is a long-tailed gray bird. Males have a black facial mask, while females lack this mask.

• Llama Lama glama

  A domestic camelid long used to carry loads in the Andes. It has a long neck and legs but no hump.

• Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus

  A sharpbill of mid-elevation rainforest. Males have a bright vermilion crest, sing high in the canopy, and feed on fruit and animal prey.

• Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus

  This small rat-kangaroo has a long, narrow muzzle and gray to chestnut fur on its back. It lives where forest-floor cover is dense.

• Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus

  The Sage Thrasher is a small bird of western North America, where sagebrush steppe is widespread. In spring, males sing from high perches.

• Petter's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur petteri

  Petter’s sportive lemur lives in the spiny forests of southwestern Madagascar. Its grayish body, pale rings around the eyes, and whitish underside are described in the original species account.

• Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus

  The forest swallow is a small swallow of Central African lowland forests. It is dark brown and makes a mud nest in forest.

• Robust Golden Mole Amblysomus robustus

  The robust golden mole digs through soil and eats insects and earthworms. Its eyes and ears are hidden by fur.

• Eastern Crested Berrypecker Paramythia montium

  The Eastern Crested Berrypecker lives in moist montane forest in the eastern New Guinea highlands. It has a black crest and face, a blue-gray tail, and yellowish areas on the lower belly.

• Aquino's Titi Monkey Cheracebus aquinoi

  This titi monkey was described from Loreto, Peru. The study reports observations in several Amazonian forest types, including sandy-soil forest and flooded forest.

• Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri

  A gray, ground-dwelling bird with long legs and tail, it often runs while searching for food.