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A Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti), on the hunt for rodents. Qinghai/Ganshu, April 2026.
This cat, endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, lives at high elevations and like apline meadow habitat. A threatened species, it was first photographed in the wild in 2007. I failed to find this cat in 2024, so was delighted to have this close encounter this week in what seems to be a reliable area to find them not far from Xining in the stunningly beautiful Qilian Mountains. Thank you @alvinwu1996 ! The trip report will be out soon. Sign up for the weekly newsletter from mammalwatching.com if you want to read it. https://www.mammalwatching.com/subscribe-to-updates/
#mammalwatching #wildcats #catsofinstagram #chinanature
A Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti), on the hunt for rodents. Qinghai/Ganshu, April 2026.
This cat, endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, lives at high elevations and like apline meadow habitat. A threatened species, it was first photographed in the wild in 2007. I failed to find this cat in 2024, so was delighted to have this close encounter this week in what seems to be a reliable area to find them not far from Xining in the stunningly beautiful Qilian Mountains. Thank you @alvinwu1996 ! The trip report will be out soon. Sign up for the weekly newsletter from mammalwatching.com if you want to read it. https://www.mammalwatching.com/subscribe-to-updates/
#mammalwatching #wildcats #catsofinstagram #chinanature
A Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) wanders along a power line on the border between China and Myanmar, Yunnan, April 2026
These endangered nocturnal primates, victims of the pet trade, are famed for being one of the world’s few venomous mammals. A bite from a loris can prove fatal to humans -though not Lady Gaga, who was bitten by a loris during a music video shoot in 2014. She thought it was “cute” but couldn’t read the loris’s poker face. Boom. #mammalwatching #slowloris #ladygaga #primatesofinstagram #chinawildlife
A Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) wanders along a power line on the border between China and Myanmar, Yunnan, April 2026
These endangered nocturnal primates, victims of the pet trade, are famed for being one of the world’s few venomous mammals. A bite from a loris can prove fatal to humans -though not Lady Gaga, who was bitten by a loris during a music video shoot in 2014. She thought it was “cute” but couldn’t read the loris’s poker face. Boom. #mammalwatching #slowloris #ladygaga #primatesofinstagram #chinawildlife
An endangered Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) starts his day in China’s Yunnan Province, April 2026.
I’d thought these apes were very difficult to observe in the wild, but it turns out they are easy to see near a village quite close to Mangshi City. Read the trip report on mammalwatching.com #mammalwatching #chinanature #primatesofinstagram
An endangered Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) starts his day in China’s Yunnan Province, April 2026.
I’d thought these apes were very difficult to observe in the wild, but it turns out they are easy to see near a village quite close to Mangshi City. Read the trip report on mammalwatching.com #mammalwatching #chinanature #primatesofinstagram
Wang Wenyong, a ranger in Tangjiahe Nature Reserve in Sichuan, gave me this extraordinary iPhone footage of Yellow-throated Martens catching a Reeve’s Muntjac in the reserve. Martens know no fear. They even fatally injured a Giant Panda here in 2014. #mustelids #mammalwatching
Wang Wenyong, a ranger in Tangjiahe Nature Reserve in Sichuan, gave me this extraordinary iPhone footage of Yellow-throated Martens catching a Reeve’s Muntjac in the reserve. Martens know no fear. They even fatally injured a Giant Panda here in 2014. #mustelids #mammalwatching
Yesterday was my last day working for the United Nations. I’ve not yet figured out what comes next beyond a still vague plan of becoming a professional mammalwatcher. But here, at least, are the next 8 months. Whether or not I’m feeling so enthusiastic about my career choices (and travel) come December remains to be seen . #mammalwatching
Yesterday was my last day working for the United Nations. I’ve not yet figured out what comes next beyond a still vague plan of becoming a professional mammalwatcher. But here, at least, are the next 8 months. Whether or not I’m feeling so enthusiastic about my career choices (and travel) come December remains to be seen . #mammalwatching
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
Avijit, thanks, it was a great trip!
Marc - it was real pleasure organising the trip for you and wishing you all the best.
Thanks and glad it was helpful!
Thanks Jon. It's well worth a vist.