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• Gray-headed Lemur Eulemur cinereiceps

  

  This lemur lives in forests of southeastern Madagascar. Males and females differ in coat color, and groups forage in trees for fruit and other foods.

• Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys salvini

  

  Salvin's spiny pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches and searches for seeds of woody plants. In the dry forests of Área de Conservación Guanacaste, it has also been reported caching seeds.

• Guianan Weeper Capuchin Cebus olivaceus

  

  A troop-living capuchin with a pale buff body, dark markings on its head, and a dark tail tip. It can wrap its tail around branches.

• Coast Mole Scapanus orarius

  

  The coast mole lives in underground tunnels. It has large, spade-shaped forefeet for digging and velvety dark-gray fur.

• Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat Otomops wroughtoni

  

  Wroughton’s free-tailed bat is poorly recorded in South and Southeast Asia. It is considered an open-space, high-flying forager, and a 2025 study recorded its calls in western India.

• White-bellied Nesomys Nesomys audeberti

  

  The white-bellied nesomys has ventral hairs that are white to their bases. In a Madagascar field study, the animals were also active during daylight.

• Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus

  The trefoil horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater of forest understories. Its noseleaf and wing membranes are yellowish brown, and its fur is long and soft.

• Brown-tailed Mongoose Salanoia concolor

  It has reddish-brown to dark olive fur and has been recorded in forests of eastern Madagascar. In limited observations, it ate small animals such as invertebrates and was active by day or around dusk.

• Bolivian Pericote Auliscomys boliviensis

  The Bolivian Pericote is a robust-bodied rodent of the Andean highlands. It is mainly active by day and feeds on plants.

• Northern Hopping Mouse Notomys aquilo

  A small hopping mouse with large eyes and ears, a long tail, and strong hind feet. The Australian Government reports it only from Groote Eylandt.

• Little Brown Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) lucifugus

  The little brown bat is widespread across North America. It hibernates in caves and similar sites in winter, while females gather at summer maternity roosts to raise young.

• Indian Brown Mongoose Urva fusca

  The Indian brown mongoose is a dark-brown mongoose found in the Western Ghats and parts of Sri Lanka.

• Tail-less Tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus

  The tailless tenrec is an omnivorous mammal native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. It searches for food around water and undergrowth.

• Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus

  A South American canid with a reddish coat, very long slender legs and large ears.

• Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou spinosus

  This nocturnal porcupine moves among tree branches. Its fluffy fur can partly hide the spines, and it wraps its tail around branches as it moves.

• Serval Leptailurus serval

  An African cat with long legs, large ears and black spots and stripes on a tawny coat.

• Bemaraha Sportive Lemur Lepilemur randrianasoloi

  Lepilemur randrianasoloi lives in dry deciduous forest in west-central Madagascar. Its grey coat has rusty red on the shoulders, back, tail, and forelimbs; it is active at night in trees.

• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula

  The yellow-throated marten lives in forests of southern and eastern Asia and stands out for its dark head and golden throat.

• Ryukyu Flying Fox Pteropus dasymallus

  This flying fox roosts in forest trees and feeds mainly on fruit. Coat color and roosting patterns vary among subspecies.

• Cozumel Raccoon Procyon pygmaeus

  The Cozumel raccoon is a small raccoon restricted to Cozumel Island, Mexico. It is mostly nocturnal and eats many crabs.

• Kloss's Gibbon Hylobates klossii

  Kloss's gibbon has black fur and long arms. It lives in the canopy of the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra.

• Black Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus rufoniger

  The black-spotted cuscus is an arboreal marsupial with black-and-red fur and different back patterns in males and females. It occurs in forests of northern New Guinea.

• Dune Tuco-tuco Ctenomys australis

  The dune tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of coastal dunes in Argentina. Animals on the dunes have been reported to have light blond fur.

• Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis

  This small dolphin lives in shallow seas and estuaries. It has a triangular dorsal fin and gray coloring and feeds on fish, squid, and crustaceans.