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Japanese Mountain Mole Oreoscaptor mizura

This species is endemic to Japan, where it is known from just a few isolated montane areas on Honshu. In the western part of the range, it is present at higher elevations (usually above 400 m), and in the northern parts at lower elevations.

Red-tailed Monkey Cercopithecus ascanius

A guenon monkey from central Africa. Although native to this region, it has spread north and south as well as it can survive in different habitats and under different conditions. Two red-tailed guenons will greet each other by touching their noses together, indicating affection or a willingness to play. Red-tailed monkeys are primarily fructivorous, but are considered omnivorous because they will eat leaves, flowers, or insects in times where fruit is scarce. As they forage, these monkeys gather their findings in the expandable cheeks of their mouths.

Meridional Plateau Swamp Rat Scapteromys meridionalis

A rodent from central South America. They are semiaquatic, living in and near marshes and other bodies of water.

The Red-Shanked Douc Langur

lakeside

Ba Den Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus badenesis), family Gekkonidae, endemic to Ba Den Mountain in southern Viet Nam

African bush elephant Loxodonta africana

Hinde's Lesser House Bat Scotoecus hindei

An insectivorous bat from central Africa. Their habitat is dry savanna.

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca), males, family Parulidae, order Passeriformes, Sax Zim Bog, MN, USA

Piute Ground Squirrel Urocitellus mollis

It is endemic to the Great Basin region of the western United States, where it is found in parts of California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Northern Baja Deer Mouse Peromyscus fraterculus

It is native to Southern California and the Baja California peninsula as well as several islands in the Gulf of California.

EGGTOBER DAYS 21 + 23

Usumbara Eyelash Viper aka Horned Bush Viper (Atheris ceratophora), family Viperidae, endemic to the mountains of Tanzania

Venomous.