Southeastern Arizona updates
I was recently in Southeastern Arizona for a book project. This was not an active listing trip. Minor site updates as follows. (1) In Tucson, a presumed White-throated Wood Rat was
Mini Trip Report, Oregon, May 2022
Mini trip report Oregon May 2022
Bobcat Update, Tucson Arizona
Sweetwater Wetlands is a small urban park off of I-10 in central Tucson. As of January 2022, four different bobcats have overlapping ranges here. Winter seems best; sighting succes
Habitat Notes for California Desert Rodents
This note shares data from a recent article in the Journal of Mammalogy titled “Small mammal assemblage composition and habitat associations across an elevational gradient in sou
New World ID questions
Several people told me this is the best place to try to crack my trickiest ID questions, so I hope this is not too much of an abuse of this community … because I do have a lo
Calif Notes, October 2017
This is a very brief summary of some mammaling in California, mid-October 2017. This won’t predict what a hardcore trip could produce, but does show what summer spp are still
New World deer phylogeny down
Everything you thought you knew about New World deer was wrong, according to a new paper. It’s mtDNA-based, but some conclusions are unlikely to be changed by future nDNA stu
range map of the 3 flying squirrels in North America
Arbogast et alia have published an excellent article titled “Genetic Data Reveal a Cryptic Species of New World Flying Squirrel.” (Journal of Mammology, Aug 2017 issue,
South Carolina RFI
Hello, all. I am new to mammal watching and this site. I am going to southeast South Carolina in mid-June this year (I will be based on Hilton Head Island), and although primarily
Southern Flying Squirrels in Arlington, VA (update)
This is an update on a previously described site. From mid-November to late-February habituated Southern Flying Squirrels continue to be seen at the Long Branch Nature Center, Glen