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• Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans

  

  The Elegant Crescentchest is recorded in dry forest and scrub in extreme northwestern Peru. Males have black heads, creamy eyebrows and throats, chestnut breasts, and broad black crescent bands; females have a reduced band and rufous underparts.

• New Guinea Quoll Dasyurus albopunctatus

  

  The New Guinea quoll is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial from New Guinea's forests. It can climb, and one field account reports a body mass of about 500–1,000 g.

• White-backed Mousebird Colius colius

  

  In southern Africa it feeds in sparse woodland and riverside vegetation. Groups may feed and roost together.

• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus

  

  A mammal of Southeast Asian forests that glides between trees using skin stretched between its limbs.

• White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata

  

  Its gray body contrasts with a black crest and wings and white on the belly and underside of the long tail. In eastern African montane evergreen forest and nearby scrub or bamboo, it feeds on flies, ants, and other small invertebrates.

• Xingu Silky Anteater Cyclopes xinguensis

  

  The Xingu Silky Anteater is known from dense Amazonian forests in Brazil. Its coat is predominantly gray, with a yellow patch near the base of the tail and a pale yellow underside. Brazil’s species assessment says its species-specific diet and natural history are not known.

• Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus

  The Rufous-capped Motmot has a rufous head and blue-green eyebrow. It perches in the lower forest canopy and eats insects and small animals.

• Argentine Plains Viscacha Lagostomus maximus

  This large rodent is marked by a striking black-and-white face. It builds extensive communal burrow systems in grasslands and dry scrub.

• Chestnut Forest Crake Rallicula rubra

  This rail searches the forest floor for invertebrates in the highlands of New Guinea.

• Baird's Tapir Tapirella bairdii

  A large mammal ranging from Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia and Ecuador; it browses on leaves and fruit in forest understory.

• Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia

  The breeding male is striking for its long black tail and buff-orange body. After breeding, the birds join other seedeaters and reproduce by laying eggs in a host's nest.

• Llama Lama glama

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

• Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus

  A monarch of lowland and foothill forest interiors in New Guinea. The sexes differ strongly: males have a white collar, while females have a rufous back.

• Silver-backed Chevrotain Tragulus versicolor

  The silver-backed chevrotain is endemic to Vietnam. Recent camera-trap surveys recorded it in dry and semi-dry forests in the south-central part of the country.

• Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis

  The Spot-billed Pelican is a waterbird of South and Southeast Asian wetlands. It scoops fish near the surface into its bill pouch, drains the water, and swallows the fish.

• Javan Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus

  The Javan rhinoceros lives in Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia. Its gray skin has deep folds.

• Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens

  This bird lives in dry habitats and woodlands of the southwestern United States and nearby areas. Males are glossy black and females gray; it perches high and eats berries and flying insects.

• African White-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tricuspis

  The African white-bellied pangolin is a tree-climbing pangolin of Central African rainforests. It feeds on ants and termites.

• Great Iora Aegithina lafresnayei

  The Great Iora is a small bird with a yellow face and underparts and a black-edged yellow forecrown. It lives in lowland evergreen and semi-deciduous forests.

• Indian Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros lankadiva

  This large leaf-nosed bat has fur ranging from pale cream through brown and orange to bright red. A Sri Lankan study included it among insect-eating bats recorded from natural cave populations.

• McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus

  McKay's Bunting breeds on islands in the Bering Sea and moves to the west coast of Alaska for winter.

• Common brown lemur Eulemur fulvus

  A lemur of northwestern and eastern Madagascan forests. It is active by day and night and mainly eats fruit.

• 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.

• Mzab Gundi Massoutiera mzabi

  This stocky rodent has dense fur and uses rocky crevices in the central Sahara.