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• Przewalski’s horse Equus przewalskii

  

  Historically recorded in the Gobi of southwestern Mongolia and northwestern China, this horse has a stocky body, a large head and an erect mane. Tail-hair analysis of reintroduced horses in Great Gobi B indicated a mainly grass-based diet throughout the year.

• Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus

  

  The Carunculated Caracara is a raptor of open Andean highlands, notable for its orange face and white streaks on a dark chest.

• Cape Blesmol Georychus capensis

  

  The Cape blesmol is a thick-furred underground mammal that feeds on roots, tubers and bulbs below ground.

• Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca

  

  The Black-bellied Starling is a slim, dark starling with a black belly and little gloss. It is common in coastal East African woodland; a male's eye can turn red briefly during the breeding season.

• Highland Streaked Tenrec Hemicentetes nigriceps

  

  The highland streaked tenrec is a small mammal with black-and-yellow spines along its back. It searches leaf litter for earthworms at night.

• Brown-headed Greenlet Hylophilus brunneiceps

  

  The Brown-headed Greenlet has a brown head and olive-green back. In northern Brazil it occurs in flooded forest and white-sand woodland, where it searches leaf undersides for insects and caterpillars. Its range also extends into eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela.

• Brazilian Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus septemcinctus

  The Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo is the smallest species in its genus. Its shell has six or seven movable bands.

• Rufous-faced Antpitta Grallaria erythrotis

  This antpitta occurs in humid mountain forest in Bolivia. It has a dark crown, orange face and white throat, and searches for small prey close to the ground.

• Wild Camel Camelus ferus

  This wild camel lives in desert regions of northwestern China and southwestern Mongolia. Its humps are smaller than those of domestic Bactrian camels, and it browses salt-tolerant shrubs in the Gobi.

• Green-eared Barbet Psilopogon faiostrictus

  The Green-eared Barbet has green upperparts and paler underparts. In the source's male description, brown streaks mark the crown and nape, with green ear coverts. Its main food is fruit.

• Himalayan Musk Deer Moschus leucogaster

  The Himalayan musk deer has no antlers; both males and females have elongated upper canines.

• Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus

  This small bird uses humid tropical forest and its edges, especially vine tangles in the mid to upper levels.

• Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons

  The yellow-winged bat has a blue-gray body and red-and-yellow wings. It uses open savanna and woodland near water, catching insects that pass its perch.

• Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenarius

  The Scaly-naped Amazon lives in Andean forests. This account separates the appearance and range of subspecies A. m. mercenarius from behavior reported for the species as a whole.

• Malayan porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura

  The Malayan porcupine is a nocturnal rodent with long spines on its back. It occurs in forests of mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo.

• Celestial Monarch Hypothymis coelestis

  The male's blue plumage and drooping crest stand out on this Philippine monarch flycatcher. BirdLife's 2001 account describes it in forest canopy and midstory, at forest edges, and in second growth.

• Greater Bonneted Bat Eumops perotis

  The greater bonneted bat is the largest molossid bat in North America. Its long ears meet above the head, and it launches from cliffs before hunting insects at night.

• White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques

  The White-collared Pigeon lives in the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It has a white collar on the back of its neck and makes daily movements between feeding and roosting sites.

• Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides

  The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise is a distinct species from the narrow-ridged finless porpoise. It has a bumpy back ridge instead of a dorsal fin and feeds in shallow coastal waters.

• Mayotte Drongo Dicrurus waldenii

  This species is endemic to Mayotte. It is recorded in humid natural forest at about 200–350 m, as well as secondary forest, plantations, and forest margins.

• Geoffroy's Marmoset Callithrix geoffroyi

  Geoffroy's marmoset is a small monkey with dark ear tufts and a white face. It lives in Brazil's lowland rainforests, where group members help care for young.

• White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis

  The White-browed Treecreeper has a white eyebrow and barred belly. It is patchily distributed in southern mainland Australia and searches for insects in dry woodland and scrub.

• Northern Bettong Bettongia tropica

  The northern bettong is a nocturnal marsupial of northeastern Queensland forests. It feeds heavily on underground fungi in the wet season and also uses grass tubers in drier periods.

• Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula

  The Green-tailed Jacamar is a forest bird that catches flying insects with its long, slender bill.