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• Ashy-throated Parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana

  

  The Ashy-throated Parrotbill ranges from west-central China south to northern Vietnam. Greyish and reddish-brown cheek types have been recorded; it is active by day in dense scrub and tall grass and eats invertebrates.

• Chestnut African Climbing Mouse Dendromus mystacalis

  The chestnut African climbing mouse lives in savannas south of the Sahara and climbs tall grasses with its tail.

• Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius

  A small bird centered in west-central Namibia, with a marginal extension into Angola. It forages on the ground, and adults bring arthropods and caterpillars to nestlings.

• Common Grammomys Grammomys dolichurus

  This small, narrow-footed rodent has been described as nocturnal and arboreal in older references. Its ecology in the wild remains poorly known.

• Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps

  This partridge lives in the hills and mountains of Borneo. Its crimson head and breast stand out, while the rest of the plumage differs between males and females.

• Southern mountain viscacha Lagidium viscacia

  A member of the chinchilla family that lives among rocks, it has a tuft at the end of its long tail. It is most active in the morning and late afternoon and eats plants such as grasses and shrubs.

• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

  A green parakeet whose adult males have a black-and-rose neck ring that females and juveniles lack.

• Spix's Yellow-toothed Cavy Galea spixii

  Spix's yellow-toothed cavy is a cavy-family rodent whose response to heat was studied in Brazil's northeastern Caatinga. Researchers examined how it releases heat through areas around the eyes and ears.

• Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

  With striking red-and-black plumage and a large colorful bill, it lives in waterside forests of Southeast Asia.

• Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii

  A seal of Antarctic coasts. It swims beneath sea ice and breathes through holes and cracks in the ice.

• Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum

  This warbler is known for frequently bobbing its tail. Eastern birds are more yellow, while western birds are generally paler.

• Dian's Tarsier Tarsius dentatus

  Dian's tarsier is a small primate of central Sulawesi's forests in Indonesia. Its very large eyes and long tail with a tuft of hair at the tip stand out.

• Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus

  Males are chestnut and gray, while females are mostly brown. This sparrow uses dry acacia country and towns and forages in large flocks outside the breeding season.

• Guianan Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus guianensis

  Dasypus guianensis is an armadillo described after populations on the Guiana Shield were separated from a close relative. The original paper combined genetic data and museum-specimen morphology and places the range from northern Brazil through the Guianas to eastern Venezuela.

• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica

  The Dark-sided Flycatcher breeds in northern Asia and winters in southern China and Southeast Asia.

• Brown-throated Sloth Bradypus variegatus

  This sloth lives in forests from Central America to South America and spends much of its time in trees.

• Red-and-white Crake Rufirallus leucopyrrhus

  The Red-and-white Crake lives among tall, coarse vegetation in wetlands. It has a chestnut head, a white throat and breast, and broken black-and-white bars on its flanks.

• Black-mantled Tamarin Leontocebus nigricollis

  This entry covers the nominate subspecies of the black-mantled tamarin. It inhabits humid tropical forest and edges; its described features include a black mantle, bare ears, and a gray-white muzzle.

• Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps

  This bushshrike inhabits dry lowland scrub. Its underparts are whitish and its hindcrown and nape are chestnut; it searches for insects low in bushes and on the ground.

• 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.

• Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris

  This small tody has a clear white streak behind the eye, a gray breast, and pale irises. It lives in Hispaniola's mountain forests and catches 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.

• Brown-banded Puffbird Notharchus ordii

  It is black and white, with a dark brown-black band between the white throat and belly. It is patchily distributed in Amazonian lowlands and is described as generally rare in forest on poor soils such as sandy patches.

• Atlas Gundi Ctenodactylus gundi

  The Atlas gundi is a rodent of rocky, dry places in North Africa. Its compact body, large eyes, and tiny tail are useful clues.