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Indonesia – West Papua, Raja Ampat & the Moluccas
Check out our groundbreaking 2023 trip to West Papua featuring the West Long-beaked Echidna, the rediscovery of the long ‘extinct’ Pygmy Long-fingered Possum and much more
Sulawesi
Check out the report from Southern & Central Sulawesi, 2025 with Carlos Bocos, Jon Hall et al. Two weeks & 75 species including Pygmy Tarsier, Togean Babirusa, Poso Horseshoe Bat and many very rare species including 5 potentially new to science (one of which is the the ‘Lompobattang’ Tarsier).
Western Australia
Check out Dalton Van Leeuwen’s excellent report (his first for this site). Dryandra, Mount Gibson and more, 2025/26: 12 days & 16 species including Banded Hare-wallaby, Western Barred-bandicoot and Bilby.
Philippines
Check out Daan Drukker’s groundbreaking report of 2 weeks in Paluwan and Calamianes in 2025. With 30+ species including Palawan Stink Badger, Calamian Deer and a ton of squirrels including what appear to be the first ever photos of the Culion Tree Squirrel.
Our 2023 Klalik Success Story on Social Media
Spirit Bear Cubs
Tips for a visit to Peru (Cuzco region)
Guatemala, 2026
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In 2023 Carlos Bocos took us into a remote forest in West Papua where no one had thought to look for mammals before. You won't believe what happened next.... Links to the trip report, podcast episode and our free weekly newsletter are here linktr.ee/mammalwatching Thank you Nicolas Rakotopare for your video production.
Apex Predator Unlocked! Deep in Tierra del Fuego - 350 km from the nearest settlement - you can find one of South America's best kept secrets. Leopard Seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are a 4m, 600kg torpedo of muscle and teeth. Until very recently they were thought to live only in Antarctica, but scientists recently discovered a population in this fjord. But Juan, our skipper, knew this already: he's been fishing these waters for over 40 years and the seals have always been here. After 6 stress-filled few hours searching we spotted this beauty resting on the ice. Spectacular Scenery ✅ Magnificent Mammal ✅ Best Day Ever ✅ Read the full trip report on mammalwatching.com and sign up for your free weekly newsletter there. Links in bio. #mammalwatching #TierradelFuego #LeopardSeal.
Lost for 6000 years. Extinct marsupial rediscovered (by mammalwatching and Carlos Bocos)! More on the story and #possumgate here www.mammalwatching.com/community-post/new-pygmy-trick-discovered-after-6000-years-by-us/
Want to join us in Brazil at the end of May? We've 2 places left on a small group tour to northeast Brazil to search for some rare, obscure and very cool endemic mammals including Northern Maned Sloth; Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo; Bristle-spined, Baturite, Pernambuco and Bahian Hairy Dwarf Porcupines; along with primates like Caatinga & Coimbra-Filho's Titi Monkeys and Blond & Yellow-breasted Capuchins. More details at www.mammalwatching.com/community-post/advertising-two-spots-left-for-our-may-primates-porcupines-... (Photo: Caatinga Titi Monkey, Cheryl Antonucci)
I took the new Thermal Master DV2 thermal camera to Florida last weekend (link to my review below) and was very impressed at the quality of this $500 camera! It is on sale for the next two weeks with a 10% discount when you use the 'mammalwatch1' code at checkout for just $449 in the USA or equivalent in the UK, Australia and elsewhere (shipping and tax included). Here's a link to buy, which works in many countries: tidd.ly/4hUgl62
More details are in my review www.mammalwatching.com/community-post/thermal-review-thermal-master-dv2-with-black-friday-discoun...
Sunda Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus), Singapore 2025
Sunda Colugos are found across much of south-east Asia, with a second closely related species lives only in the Philippines. Colugos are abundant in some of Singapore’s parks.
These peculiar nocturnal and arboreal mammals are thought to eat mainly leaves and sap. They are the mammalian embodiment of a stunt kite, using the gliding membrane between their legs to float from tree to tree sometimes for well over 100 metres with great maneuverability. They are sometimes called flying lemurs, which is a terrible name because they don’t fly and aren’t lemurs. I prefer colugo. Admittedly I don’t know what ‘colugo’ means but suspect it translates to ‘seriously bloody weird’ in someone’s language.
#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet#wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography#wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #flyinglemur #singaporenature
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How one night in an unexplored forest led to a great win for conservation and an astonishing scientific discovery. Links to the trip report, podcast and Carlos Bocos’s new mammalia tours are in the bio. Thanks to @lerako for the video production #klalik #mammalwatching #ecotourism #dactylonax #westpapua
How one night in an unexplored forest led to a great win for conservation and an astonishing scientific discovery. Links to the trip report, podcast and Carlos Bocos’s new mammalia tours are in the bio. Thanks to @lerako for the video production #klalik #mammalwatching #ecotourism #dactylonax #westpapua
Maligned, Misunderstood and Magnificent. Here are a few of more than 500 species of bats I’ve seen. Thank you @martinnbd_ for the reel! #mammalwatching #batsofinstagram #batwatching
Maligned, Misunderstood and Magnificent. Here are a few of more than 500 species of bats I’ve seen. Thank you @martinnbd_ for the reel! #mammalwatching #batsofinstagram #batwatching
Keenan’s Hairy-nosed Bat (Gardnerycteris keenani), giving the sort of evil grin usually reserved for cartoon villains. One of the rarer - and coolest - bats we encountered in Guatemala this month with @josegabrielwildlife Mammal species 2399. #mammalwatching #batsofinstagram
Keenan’s Hairy-nosed Bat (Gardnerycteris keenani), giving the sort of evil grin usually reserved for cartoon villains. One of the rarer - and coolest - bats we encountered in Guatemala this month with @josegabrielwildlife Mammal species 2399. #mammalwatching #batsofinstagram
A rare photo of a Guatemala Woodrat (Neotoma ferruginea), the 65th and final species we encountered on a fabulous mammalwatching/research trip with @josegabrielwildlife this month. Trip report coming very soon to mammalwatching.com #mammalwatching #rodentsofinstagram
A rare photo of a Guatemala Woodrat (Neotoma ferruginea), the 65th and final species we encountered on a fabulous mammalwatching/research trip with @josegabrielwildlife this month. Trip report coming very soon to mammalwatching.com #mammalwatching #rodentsofinstagram
Parry Fjord in Chilean Patagonia - 350 km from the nearest settlement - is home to one of South America’s best kept secrets. Leopard Seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are a 4m, 600kg torpedo of muscle and teeth. Until a few years ago scientists (and mammalwatchers) thought they lived only in Antartica. Turns out animals have been happily living around the glaciers and feasting on fish here for many years. Life doesn’t get much better than getting up close and personal with one of the world’s top predators in such a stunning and isolated landscape.
Link to the full trip report in my bio. Thank you to @martinnbd_ for the reel!
En el fiordo Parry, en la Patagonia chilena, a unos 350 km del asentamiento más cercano, se puede encontrar uno de los secretos mejor guardados de Sudamérica.
Juan, nuestro capitán, lleva más de 40 años pescando aquí. Las focas leopardo siempre han vivido en este lugar. Hay muchos peces para alimentarse y hielo de los glaciares donde descansar.
Pero los científicos solo se dieron cuenta de su presencia hace unos pocos años. Hasta entonces creían que las focas leopardo vivían únicamente en la Antártida.
Pasamos un día navegando por este espectacular fiordo, buscando alrededor de los glaciares. Después de horas mirando, cuando la esperanza empezaba a desaparecer, tuvimos mucha suerte: una foca apareció a solo unos metros de nuestro barco, completamente tranquila y sin preocuparse por nosotros.
Las focas leopardo son depredadores ápice de la Antártida: pueden medir hasta 4 metros y pesar alrededor de 600 kg, puro músculo y dientes. Se sabe que incluso han llegado a matar a personas.
La vida no puede ser mucho mejor que ver un animal tan magnífico en un paisaje tan aislado y espectacular
#mammalwatching #LeopardSeal #tierradelfuego🔥
Parry Fjord in Chilean Patagonia - 350 km from the nearest settlement - is home to one of South America’s best kept secrets. Leopard Seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are a 4m, 600kg torpedo of muscle and teeth. Until a few years ago scientists (and mammalwatchers) thought they lived only in Antartica. Turns out animals have been happily living around the glaciers and feasting on fish here for many years. Life doesn’t get much better than getting up close and personal with one of the world’s top predators in such a stunning and isolated landscape.
Link to the full trip report in my bio. Thank you to @martinnbd_ for the reel!
En el fiordo Parry, en la Patagonia chilena, a unos 350 km del asentamiento más cercano, se puede encontrar uno de los secretos mejor guardados de Sudamérica.
Juan, nuestro capitán, lleva más de 40 años pescando aquí. Las focas leopardo siempre han vivido en este lugar. Hay muchos peces para alimentarse y hielo de los glaciares donde descansar.
Pero los científicos solo se dieron cuenta de su presencia hace unos pocos años. Hasta entonces creían que las focas leopardo vivían únicamente en la Antártida.
Pasamos un día navegando por este espectacular fiordo, buscando alrededor de los glaciares. Después de horas mirando, cuando la esperanza empezaba a desaparecer, tuvimos mucha suerte: una foca apareció a solo unos metros de nuestro barco, completamente tranquila y sin preocuparse por nosotros.
Las focas leopardo son depredadores ápice de la Antártida: pueden medir hasta 4 metros y pesar alrededor de 600 kg, puro músculo y dientes. Se sabe que incluso han llegado a matar a personas.
La vida no puede ser mucho mejor que ver un animal tan magnífico en un paisaje tan aislado y espectacular
#mammalwatching #LeopardSeal #tierradelfuego🔥
Breaking News: some last minute nominations have just been accepted for Sunday’s Oscar Ceremony after our recent trip to Guatemala with @josegabrielwildlife . A brand new species of pocket mouse (Heteromys sp. nov) seems a shoo-in for the Academy Award category “Best Behaved Rodent in a Leading Role”. Meanwhile @emmabuskk is widely considered hot favourite - in what is always a strong field - to win “Best Maintained Manicure on a Mammalwatching Trip”. Stay tuned for the trip report!
#mammalwatching #mammals #rodentsofinstagram #handmodel
Breaking News: some last minute nominations have just been accepted for Sunday’s Oscar Ceremony after our recent trip to Guatemala with @josegabrielwildlife . A brand new species of pocket mouse (Heteromys sp. nov) seems a shoo-in for the Academy Award category “Best Behaved Rodent in a Leading Role”. Meanwhile @emmabuskk is widely considered hot favourite - in what is always a strong field - to win “Best Maintained Manicure on a Mammalwatching Trip”. Stay tuned for the trip report!
#mammalwatching #mammals #rodentsofinstagram #handmodel
Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Tierra Del Fuego, Chile 2025.
Leopard Seals, an apex predator of the Southern Ocean, can reach 4 meters in length and have been known to kill divers (though they are generally more inquisitive than aggressive around people). And they were my fourth most wanted mammal in the world.
We were in the middle of nowhere - over 300km to the nearest gas station or store - and in the middle of some of the most spectacular scenery I have ever seen. All ice-capped mountains and 50 meter high glaciers creaking and groaning as they calved into the water.
#mammalwatching #mammals #sealsofinstagram #pinnipeds
Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Tierra Del Fuego, Chile 2025.
Leopard Seals, an apex predator of the Southern Ocean, can reach 4 meters in length and have been known to kill divers (though they are generally more inquisitive than aggressive around people). And they were my fourth most wanted mammal in the world.
We were in the middle of nowhere - over 300km to the nearest gas station or store - and in the middle of some of the most spectacular scenery I have ever seen. All ice-capped mountains and 50 meter high glaciers creaking and groaning as they calved into the water.
#mammalwatching #mammals #sealsofinstagram #pinnipeds
Pen-tailed treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii), Sumatra, 2025
There are many species of treeshrews in Asia, but the Pen - or Feather - tailed is the only nocturnal treeshrew and so different to the others that it is in a taxonomic family of its own. The species is thought to be the most ancient and primitive of all the treeshrews.
Generally hard to find across their range, they are relatively common in Way Kambas National Park. This was the first mammal I saw when I drove into the park last month.
#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet#wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography#wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #Indonesiaamammalwatching #treeshrew
Pen-tailed treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii), Sumatra, 2025
There are many species of treeshrews in Asia, but the Pen - or Feather - tailed is the only nocturnal treeshrew and so different to the others that it is in a taxonomic family of its own. The species is thought to be the most ancient and primitive of all the treeshrews.
Generally hard to find across their range, they are relatively common in Way Kambas National Park. This was the first mammal I saw when I drove into the park last month.
#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet#wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography#wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #Indonesiaamammalwatching #treeshrew
Banded Linsang, (Prionodon linsang), southern Thailand, 2025
This exquisite small carnivore is found across the Sunda region of South-east Asia. Little known, and seldom seen, this arboreal species eats birds, reptiles, rats and other vertebrates. Their very long striped tails are an example of biomimicry: they resemble the highly venomous Banded Krait and are believed to act as a defence mechanism.
Banded Linsangs, together with their close relative the Spotted Linsang, are so different to other small carnivores that they are placed in their own mammalian family, Finding one with Wild Encounter Thailand close to Bang Lang National Park was the highlight of a short trip earlier this month.
#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet#wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography#wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #smallcarnivore #carnivores #linsang #biomimicry #thailandmammals
Banded Linsang, (Prionodon linsang), southern Thailand, 2025
This exquisite small carnivore is found across the Sunda region of South-east Asia. Little known, and seldom seen, this arboreal species eats birds, reptiles, rats and other vertebrates. Their very long striped tails are an example of biomimicry: they resemble the highly venomous Banded Krait and are believed to act as a defence mechanism.
Banded Linsangs, together with their close relative the Spotted Linsang, are so different to other small carnivores that they are placed in their own mammalian family, Finding one with Wild Encounter Thailand close to Bang Lang National Park was the highlight of a short trip earlier this month.
#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet#wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography#wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #smallcarnivore #carnivores #linsang #biomimicry #thailandmammals
Very beautiful pictures indeed. Amazing that you saw 24 spectacled bears!
Thank you for writing this up Jon Hall, and thank you to Jose Gab and the crew for such selfless…
That's incredible Guy, very cool. I might send you an email shortly to pick your brain.
Hi Mac, my mail is danielricardo.drn@gmail.com, Ill be more than happy to answer your questions!