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• Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis

  

  Endemic to Puerto Rico, this bird occurs from lowlands to higher elevations. It is found in forests and plantations and may visit gardens where fruit grows.

• Turkestan Red Pika Ochotona (Conothoa) rutila

  The Turkestan red pika is a pika of Central Asian mountains. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and gray in winter, and it stores grass among rocky slopes.

• Buru White-eye Zosterops buruensis

  The Buru White-eye is endemic to Buru Island, Indonesia, and has yellow underparts. A 1995 survey recorded it in logged and primary forest near Fogi and Waikeka; in 2011, small flocks were seen in forest near Waikeka.

• Servaline Genet Genetta servalina

  The servaline genet occurs in forests across Central and East Africa, from lowlands to mountains. In Tanzania, records also come from separate mountain ranges.

• 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.

• Milne-Edwards' Sifaka Propithecus edwardsi

  This sifaka lives in southeastern Madagascar. It clings to tree trunks and leaps between trees with its long hind legs.

• White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons

  The White-fronted Falconet is a tiny falcon about 15 cm long. The male has a white forehead, while the female's is buff.

• Arabian Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma cystops

  This long-tailed bat has also been recorded in southwestern Algeria. About half of its tail lies within the narrow membrane between the hind legs. A survey there found groups in rocky cavities and a cave.

• Great frigatebird Fregata minor

  A tropical seabird with long wings and a deeply forked tail.

• Grant's Bushbaby Paragalago granti

  Grant's bushbaby is a small nocturnal primate of southeastern African forests. It rests in tree holes by day and becomes active at night.

• Rusty-naped Pitta Hydrornis oatesi

  In Yunnan, this elusive pitta lives near the forest floor in moist forests, often beside streams.

• Chestnut Long-tongued Bat Lionycteris spurrelli

  The chestnut long-tongued bat is a small bat with chestnut to dark brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti

  This ground-dwelling bird has a rufous head and a pale, scalloped breast. It occurs in coastal scrub and heath from South Australia to Victoria.

• Sooty Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Chilonycteris) quadridens

  The Sooty Mustached Bat is a small bat of the Greater Antilles. It roosts in large groups in caves and feeds on insects.

• White-throated Bushtit Aegithalos niveogularis

  This small Himalayan bird is marked by its white throat. It searches for insects in birch and pine woods and moves in flocks.

• Dall's Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli

  A porpoise found widely in coastal and offshore waters of the North Pacific, including around Japan. Its markings vary by region and life stage.

• Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla

  A sparrow of western North America, it breeds in the north during summer and winters along the Pacific Coast.

• Little Pygmy Possum Cercartetus lepidus

  A small marsupial with gray fur and a curled tail. It nests in tree hollows or under grass and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Scaly Ground Roller Geobiastes squamiger

  The Scaly Ground Roller is a terrestrial bird of Madagascar’s moist lowland forests.

• White-lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari

  The white-lipped peccary looks like a pig but belongs to a different family. It searches for food in groups.

• Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops

  The Cuban Parakeet is a yellow-green parrot native to Cuba. It lives in groups and nests in tree cavities or arboreal termite mounds.

• Taiwanese Mole Shrew Anourosorex yamashinai

  The Taiwanese mole shrew has dark, short fur and a very short tail. It uses forest floors and natural cavities underground in middle- and high-elevation forests of Taiwan.

• Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger

  The Black Guineafowl is a ground-dwelling bird of forests in western and central Africa. It has black plumage and a bare red head, and occurs in small groups.

• Red Silky Anteater Cyclopes rufus

  This red silky anteater is one of the distinct silky anteater species recognized in modern taxonomic work. The specialist account confirms records in Brazil's western Amazon and says the southern range limit is unknown.