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• Small-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata

  

  The small-toothed palm civet is a forest-dwelling member of the civet family, often recognized by three dark stripes along its back.

• White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea

  The White-throated Treecreeper forages along tree trunks in the moist forests of southeastern Australia.

• Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa parvula

  This small bat has yellowish-looking dorsal fur. Records come from Mexico's Pacific coast and the Marías Islands, and roosts include caves and tree hollows.

• Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis

  The Grey-headed Batis has a pale grey crown through much of its range. It lives in semi-arid savanna and gleans ants and other insects from leaves.

• Milne-Edwards' Potto Perodicticus edwardsi

  Milne-Edwards' potto is a nocturnal primate of West and Central African forests. It moves slowly along branches and eats fruits, gum, and other foods that vary by season.

• Streaked Berrypecker Melanocharis striativentris

  In the population studied on the southern slope of Mt. Dayman in Papua New Guinea, birds foraged for insects and small fruits in the forest understory.

• White-winged Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peronymus) leucoptera

  The white-winged dog-like bat has white wings beyond the forearm and ears joined above the forehead. Its biology is still poorly known.

• Unicolored Blackbird Agelasticus cyanopus

  This bird lives in lowland wetlands and wet grasslands of South America. Adult males are black, while females have brown upperparts and yellowish underparts.

• Grant's Golden Mole Eremitalpa granti

  This small golden mole has no visible tail, and its eyes are covered by skin. It moves through dunes and searches for food at night.

• Turquoise-winged Parrotlet Forpus spengeli

  Forpus spengeli is a small parrot recorded in northern Colombia. A Colombian taxonomic and distribution review reports it from dry savanna, open woodland, and scrub.

• Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus

  The Asian brush-tailed porcupine has a slender body with relatively short quills and a tuft of bristles at the end of its tail. It forages at night and rests with family members in holes during the day.

• 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.

• Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica

  The red-legged pademelon is a small kangaroo relative that feeds within forests and along their edges.

• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

  This bird lives along fast-flowing streams. Adults are dark brown with a white throat and chest.

• 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.

• Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus

  This bird lives in inland Australia. Its head is pale brownish-gray with fine streaks, the back is gray-brown, and the pale cream underparts have diffuse gray streaking. Tracked pairs stayed close during and after breeding.

• Siau Island Tarsier Tarsius tumpara

  The Siau Island tarsier is a nocturnal primate from Siau Island, Indonesia. Its facial markings and a tuft at the end of its tail are described in the species account.

• Lemon-spectacled Tanager Chlorothraupis olivacea

  The Lemon-spectacled Tanager is a tanager of humid tropical forest. Its yellow lores and eye ring are reported as useful distinctions from close relatives.

• Sijin Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) sikimaria

  This small pika is recorded in the mountains of Sikkim. Its winter coat is brown, with mixed brown and grey underneath. Surveys in 2010–2014 sampled it in subalpine Rhododendron forest and farmland.

• Northern Black Bustard Afrotis afraoides

  The Northern Black Bustard, also called the Northern Black Korhaan, is a ground-dwelling bird of open, dry country in southern Africa, with very different male and female plumage.

• Javan Rusa Rusa timorensis

  A deer recorded in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

• Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus

  A small bird of forest and second-growth edges, ranging from Costa Rica to western Ecuador. Regional forms in Panama differ in breast color and the barring beneath.

• Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus

  A gibbon that amplifies its loud calls with a throat sac and travels by swinging between branches.

• Black-girdled Barbet Capito dayi

  A small barbet of lowland forest in central Amazonian Brazil and eastern Bolivia. The male’s red crown and black band across the white underside are distinctive.