Taxonomy news
1. A really cool new jerboa was described a few years ago from China. It hasn’t made it into any checklists yet, and there’s no data on its life appearance, behavior et
Advertising: Zakouma, Chad — March 2022
Here’s an exciting trip for 2022 from Pictus Safaris – Zakouma looks superb from all I have read about it. Zakouma, Chad – March 14 – 23, 2022 As most seas
Sri Lanka Trip Report
Some of you will have noticed that Michael Johnson’s recent post on his Sri Lanka trip didn’t have a trip report attached (my fault not his). The report is now up on ma
Pre-COVID visit to Sri Lanka – Feb 2020
A pre-COVID trip to Sri-Lanka. 21 days, 24 mammals. A wonderful place with abundant wildlife. Probably only 2/3 of the time devoted to wildlife viewing, so in that regard a great
Help with IDing some rodent species from Kenya
Hey everyone! After 2 weeks in Uganda with Tomer Ben-Yehuda, I went to Kenya with Sandra Heldstab. We saw some great species over our 9 days there, but before publishing the trip r
Update on Bobcats in Tucson Arizona
The water treatment marsh in Tucson called Sweetwater Wetlands has historically been a good place for Arizona cotton rat and bobcat. My brother lives in Tucson and as of 04 March 2
Costa Rica (mainly batting and ratting)
I visited Costa Rica in January 2021, travelling with Fiona Reid for a few days in the mountains before going to her place(s) near Golfito. She had planned a bat blitz there in Mar
Help us ID Mammals from Uganda: a couple mongooses, a couple of genets, 2 mice, a gerbil and a squirrel
Hi everyone! Alex Meyer and I have just recently visited Uganda, and saw lots of cool and interesting mammals – but before I can put together a full report, we would like to
New trip report – Zambia
Hope everyone is getting on ok in the time of Covid – with a bit of luck many of us can see a little bit of light at the end of a long tunnel now. This is a nice trip report
A reliable place for Western mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea quitensis) near Mindo, Ecuador.
San Tadeo Birding garden near the famous birding town Mindo currently (end of February 2021) provides a great and easy opportunity to spot mountain coati. This is a lovely little p