Seeing Delmarva fox squirrel
I made a quick trip to Delmarva Peninsula to see the distinctive subspecies of fox squirrel. The best place is apparently the southern side of the loop trail called Woodland Trail
HMW 9
I finally finished going through the last volume of Handbook of Mammals of the World. It is the best one in the series: parts of the text look like they’ve actually been proofrea
dolphin phylogeny
There is a new paper on dolphin molecular phylogeny: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790320300282 The paper shows that: 1. Burrunan dolphin is not a valid sp
How many gorals?
A new (from last April) paper that I almost missed, with a review of goral & serow taxonomy: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mam.12154
New book
My new book Finding Mammals in Japan will be available as PDF starting Feb 1. The format is similar to my Peterson’s Guide to Finding Mammals in North America, but with more
Murids of Pu Mat NP
Dear All, Here are some rodent photos from camera traps we installed in Pu Mat National Park in Vietnam in 2018. Any opinions on species IDs will be appreciated. Happy Holidays!
Assorted news
1. There is a proposal (Hope et al. 2019) to split pygmy shrew (the North American one) into two species, based entirely on molecular data. The western form would be called Sorex e
More news
1. An article about the rediscovery of San Quentin kangaroo rat: https://www.lostandfoundnature.com/blog/2019/10/21/stumbling-upon-an-extinct-rodent-on-the-edge/?fbclid=IwAR3qFA6PP
Random news
Some news from around the world: 1. I’ve been back to North America for a couple months, and did a few all-nighters in New Jersey forests with a thermal scope. Except for jus
A few more Japanese islands
Here’s the last part of my “farewell Japan” trip report. Tsushima Island: A gorgeous island (or, rather, two islands connected by a bridge), almost entirely forested, with en