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18 October 2011
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New Trip Report – India

Here’s a report of my trip to Mumbai and through the Western Ghats which is ending right now. Over 40 species including Nilgiri Tahrs and Langurs, Lion-tailed Macaques, Brown

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12 October 2011
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Handbook of Mammals Volume 2 is out

Volume 2, hoofed mammals, is now out. I know one blog member here who posted a pretty scathing comment on it on the lynx site, but I figured I would put my 2 cents in. P.S. there i

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12 October 2011
Europe and the Palearctic

Finland

Hi I’m planning a trip to Finland at the beginning of June, next year.  My priority is wolverine.  I’ve read the reports on here, and Wild Brown Bear – where Ma

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6 October 2011
Australasia
Northern TerritorySouth Australia

Rodents in the Red Centre

When I last went to Old Andado Station, back in 2005, I was with my 4 year old son. We’d just seen Ayers Rock and he was using Ayers as a superlative. We named the bone chatterin

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25 September 2011
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mammals in France and Spain

Hi I’m thinking of doing a trip through France and northern Spain, ending up in the Cordillera Cantabrica, looking for wolves. I’ve done a similar trip before, although, most o

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24 September 2011
Australasia

January 2012 Mammal Trip to Australia

Gerald Broddelez is running a small private tour to Australia next year and has asked me to advertise it here. THe trip is guaranteed but 2 places are available. Please contact Ger

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24 September 2011
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Evolutionary Tree of Life for Mammals Greatly Improved

Evolutionary Tree of Life for Mammals Greatly Improved ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2011) — An international research team led by biologists at the University of California, Riverside

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23 September 2011
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Pinniped Taxonomy Revised

Of interest to viewers of this blog,  Annalisa Berta and I have recently published a taxonomic revision of this group http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.0

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18 September 2011
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Mountain Gorilla – Uganda or Rwanda

Hi all, We like photography and filming very much. Any idea where it is nicest to see the gorillas? We were advised to go to Rwanda as the sourrounding where you see them is nicer,

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15 September 2011
Oriental

Vietnam Trip – December 2011

I’m planning a couple of weeks in Vietnam in early December this year to look for things like Black-shanked Douc, Red-shanked Douc (Bach Ma National Park), Ha Tinh Langur and

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  1. Grayson Ponti on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    In my book nowhere tops East Africa (Kenya or Tanzania) for a first-time mammal watching trip. I would start with…

  2. Jim Vanderpoel on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    Sorry, I just re-read your comment and you mentioned January and February--you don't want to visit Yellowstone in winter. June…

  3. Jim Vanderpoel on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    I nominate Yellowstone National Park in the United States for first mammal trip. Easy to see lots of big game…

  4. Michael Johnson on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip22 August 2026

    I agree with Jan, Africa (or at least southern and eastern Africa) would be my pick for a "first" mammal…

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Large rodents of southeast Poland

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