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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.
Morocco
Checkout Demian Hiß’s combined and very useful report of two 7 day trips through Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania, in 2025: with 65 species including Felou Gundi, Saharan Striped Polecat, Honey Badger and Barbary Sheep.
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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.
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Amazon Prime Sale Alert! The Thermal MasterT2 Max thermal camera, that comes with a built in laser pointer, is now on sale for just $350 for the Amazon Prime event when you use the mammalwatch1 code at checkout! bit.ly/4jmQWRU
The sale - and discount code - are also happening if you buy direct from Thermal Master bit.ly/44dY6DG
Here's my review of this thermal camera
www.mammalwatching.com/.../review-thermal-master.../
Bukovina Blind Mole-rat. A favorite to win the Eurovision Weird Mammal Contest.
Whalewatching doesn’t get any better than Pico Island in August. Thanks @joao_quaresma_photography_ and the team at @espaco_talassa for my 2227nd & 2228th mammal species!
Video by @mement0ne
#cetaceans #mammalwatching #whalewatching #dolphinsofinstagram #whalesofinstagram
Whalewatching doesn’t get any better than Pico Island in August. Thanks @joao_quaresma_photography_ and the team at @espaco_talassa for my 2227nd & 2228th mammal species!
Video by @mement0ne
#cetaceans #mammalwatching #whalewatching #dolphinsofinstagram #whalesofinstagram
The race to save the world’s rarest dolphin
Reel by @mement0ne
#vaquita #cetacean #conservation #porpoise #mammalwatching
The race to save the world’s rarest dolphin
Reel by @mement0ne
#vaquita #cetacean #conservation #porpoise #mammalwatching
Rare video of Franciscanas (La Plata River Dolphins) (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Finding this species last week was a key goal of my trip through Buenos Aires province. These tiny dolphins are the most endangered dolphin in the southwest Atlantic Ocean and are so different to other species they are in a mammal family of their own. My visit with @birdsargentina and @sion811 might be the first ever ecotourism trip to see Franciscanas up close. Hopefully not the last. The local fishermen knew where to find the dolphins and more visitors might help safeguard the future of these animals. Trip report coming soon. Video courtesy of @marcelogavenskybirding
Rare video of Franciscanas (La Plata River Dolphins) (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Finding this species last week was a key goal of my trip through Buenos Aires province. These tiny dolphins are the most endangered dolphin in the southwest Atlantic Ocean and are so different to other species they are in a mammal family of their own. My visit with @birdsargentina and @sion811 might be the first ever ecotourism trip to see Franciscanas up close. Hopefully not the last. The local fishermen knew where to find the dolphins and more visitors might help safeguard the future of these animals. Trip report coming soon. Video courtesy of @marcelogavenskybirding
West Papua: one of the last mammalwatching frontiers.
#mammalwatching #westpapua #treekangaroo #longbeakedechidna #newguineamammals #mammals #travel
West Papua: one of the last mammalwatching frontiers.
#mammalwatching #westpapua #treekangaroo #longbeakedechidna #newguineamammals #mammals #travel
Chad. The most unexpectedly spectacular mammalwatching on the planet. @pictus_safaris
#mammalwatching #mammals #chad #travel #africa #safari #species #nature #wildlife #sahara #sahel
Chad. The most unexpectedly spectacular mammalwatching on the planet. @pictus_safaris
#mammalwatching #mammals #chad #travel #africa #safari #species #nature #wildlife #sahara #sahel
Chad is a stunning place to mammalwatch. Thank you @pictus_safaris @africanparksnetwork @saharaconservation
Read the full report of a three week, 70 species trip on mammalwatching.com, and sign up to receive new reports.
#mammalwatching #africa #chad #tchad #safari #species #nature #travel #conservation #sahara #sahel
Chad is a stunning place to mammalwatch. Thank you @pictus_safaris @africanparksnetwork @saharaconservation
Read the full report of a three week, 70 species trip on mammalwatching.com, and sign up to receive new reports.
#mammalwatching #africa #chad #tchad #safari #species #nature #travel #conservation #sahara #sahel
Celebrate global biodiversity day and go watch a mammal!
#mammalwatching #mammals #biodiversityday #fornature #chad #france #pakistan #vietnam #guyana #georgia @undp @rewild
Celebrate global biodiversity day and go watch a mammal!
#mammalwatching #mammals #biodiversityday #fornature #chad #france #pakistan #vietnam #guyana #georgia @undp @rewild
China’s Qinghai Province. Simply Spectacular.
#mammalwatching #china #qinghaiprovince #familyfriendly #mammals #wildlife #travel #tibetanplateau #wildlifeplanet
China’s Qinghai Province. Simply Spectacular.
#mammalwatching #china #qinghaiprovince #familyfriendly #mammals #wildlife #travel #tibetanplateau #wildlifeplanet
Great information! I have just ended my trip to Hokkaido and the sable has been appearing quite often at mori…
Thank you so much! I was pretty puzzled on this species so I appreciate the correction!
Nice report & photos - one correction, though: the porcupine should be a Stump-tailed Porcupine (Coendou rufescens), rather than the…
Just visited Yorouishi Onsen in February 2026. According to their animal calender, the sable now appears every 3-4 days (but…