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Check out Lennart Verheuvel’s report to Sichuan over Christmas 2023: 19 days and 21 species including Red Panda, Forest Musk Deer, Tibetan Gazelle and Giant Panda. Fantastic reading and wonderful photos.

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Democratic Republic of Congo

Check out Koen Betjes’s mouthwatering report of 38 species encountered during a 2 month research stay in 2022 including Bonobo, Allen’s Swamp Monkey, Giant Otter Shrew and Giant Pangolin.

Cote D’Ivoire / Ivory Coast

Check out Ben Schweinhart’s superb report from two trips to the Tai Forest: featuring 46 species over 5 weeks including White-bellied Pangolin, Pohle’s Fruit Bat, Water Chevrotain, Pel’s Anomalure and Pygmy Hippo.

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Check out Daan Drukker’s superb report from August 2023 with 71 species of mammals including Hose’s Pygmy Flying Squirrel, Borneo Fruit Bat, Banded Linsang, Otter Civet, Malay Weasel and Sun Bear.

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Lesser (Dwarf) Anomalure (Anomalurus pusillus), Cote D’Ivoire, 2024.

The anomalures are Africa’s answer to the flying squirrels of North America, Asia and Northern Europe, and Australia’s gliders.

These nocturnal squirrel-sized gliding rodents are found through Africa’s rainforests. Anomalures are also called ‘scalytails’ because of the row of hard scales underneath their tail that are clearly visible in this photo. The scales - anomalurian velcro - help the animals grip onto smooth tree trunks and branches.

This is the smallest of the four true anomalures and seems rarely to have been photographed, and I am pretty sure never before photographed looking as cute as this little fluff ball. In fact it was so sweet looking I had trouble believing it was an anomalure: the other scalytails I have seen looked like fairly sinister squirrels in desperate need of an orthodontist.. I suspect this is a young animal that had just emerged from its daytime tree hollow and was not quite ready to face the evening.

#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #rodentsofinstagram #squirrelsofinstagram #flyingsquirrel #anomalure #ivorycoastwildlife
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Lesser (Dwarf) Anomalure (Anomalurus pusillus), Cote D’Ivoire, 2024. 

The anomalures are Africa’s answer to the flying squirrels of North America, Asia and Northern Europe, and Australia’s gliders. 

These nocturnal squirrel-sized gliding rodents are found through Africa’s rainforests. Anomalures are also called ‘scalytails’ because of the row of hard scales underneath their tail that are clearly visible in this photo. The scales - anomalurian velcro - help the animals grip onto smooth tree trunks and branches. 

This is the smallest of the four true anomalures and seems rarely to have been photographed, and I am pretty sure never before photographed looking as cute as this little fluff ball. In fact it was so sweet looking I had trouble believing it was an anomalure: the other scalytails I have seen looked like fairly sinister squirrels in desperate need of an orthodontist.. I suspect this is a young animal that had just emerged from its daytime tree hollow and was not quite ready to face the evening.

 #mammalwatching  #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #rodentsofinstagram #squirrelsofinstagram #flyingsquirrel #anomalure #ivorycoastwildlife

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Wow such great footage!

I have only ever seen one, but have several in camera traps

Nice! There aren’t very many pictures as clear as this one out there, even on iNaturalist!

Chris Henwood 🥹

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2 months ago

This should be an excellent mammalwatching trip through one of my favorite African countries: Namibia. Good chances for some top quality mammals including Ground Pangolin, Brown Hyena and Black Mongoose as well as the usual suspects. There are still spaces for a two week trip in May this year. A link to the details is in the comments below ... See MoreSee Less

This should be an excellent mammalwatching trip through one of my favorite African countries: Namibia. Good chances for some top quality mammals including Ground Pangolin, Brown Hyena and Black Mongoose as well as the usual suspects. There are still spaces for a two week trip in May this year. A link to the details is in the comments below

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My most reliable brown hyena spot has been Cape Cross at first light.

Okonjima is also very good for them. We put very little effort in, and still saw them there. Plus dipped at Sesriem despite them being in camp one of the two nights we were there (should have a full report up in the next 10days or so)

2 months ago

Wow ... or correction ... Wow, that dog sure looks like a Puma (see comments) ... See MoreSee Less

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This is a dog. I remember when this 1st went viral - and the dogs owner chimed in with pics of her large dog which walks through that area often.

What I wouldn't do for that experience! Though, of course, I prefer my wildlife at a respectable distance, don't we all? All the same...

Mountain lion has some kills on human on the list...! Crazy footage!

It has been proven to be a dog. Does not have any puma field marks just even by looking at it.

2 months ago

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Wow. Check out those teeth!Image attachmentImage attachment

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I had no idea! Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. 🦷🦭

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Johnston’s Genet (Genetta johnstoni), Ivory Coast, 2024

According to wikipedia this beautiful small carnivore is “considered one of West Africa’s least known carnivores, and until the turn of the century was known only from museum collections. In January 2000, a dead individual was found near the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire. In July of the same year, the first live individual known to science was trapped.”

Yet they seemed quite common in Tai Forest earlier this month. We saw 5 in as many days.

#mammalwatching  #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #genet #ivorycoastwildlife #smallcarnivore

Johnston’s Genet (Genetta johnstoni), Ivory Coast, 2024

According to wikipedia this beautiful small carnivore is “considered one of West Africa’s least known carnivores, and until the turn of the century was known only from museum collections. In January 2000, a dead individual was found near the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire. In July of the same year, the first live individual known to science was trapped.”

Yet they seemed quite common in Tai Forest earlier this month. We saw 5 in as many days.

#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #genet #ivorycoastwildlife #smallcarnivore
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Lesser (Dwarf) Anomalure (Anomalurus pusillus), Cote D’Ivoire, 2024. 

The anomalures are Africa’s answer to the flying squirrels of North America, Asia and Northern Europe, and Australia’s gliders. 

These nocturnal squirrel-sized gliding rodents are found through Africa’s rainforests. Anomalures are also called ‘scalytails’ because of the row of hard scales underneath their tail that are clearly visible in this photo. The scales - anomalurian velcro - help the animals grip onto smooth tree trunks and branches. 

This is the smallest of the four true anomalures and seems rarely to have been photographed, and I am pretty sure never before photographed looking as cute as this little fluff ball. In fact it was so sweet looking I had trouble believing it was an anomalure: the other scalytails I have seen looked like fairly sinister squirrels in desperate need of an orthodontist.. I suspect this is a young animal that had just emerged from its daytime tree hollow and was not quite ready to face the evening.

 #mammalwatching  #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #rodentsofinstagram #squirrelsofinstagram #flyingsquirrel #anomalure #ivorycoastwildlife

Lesser (Dwarf) Anomalure (Anomalurus pusillus), Cote D’Ivoire, 2024.

The anomalures are Africa’s answer to the flying squirrels of North America, Asia and Northern Europe, and Australia’s gliders.

These nocturnal squirrel-sized gliding rodents are found through Africa’s rainforests. Anomalures are also called ‘scalytails’ because of the row of hard scales underneath their tail that are clearly visible in this photo. The scales - anomalurian velcro - help the animals grip onto smooth tree trunks and branches.

This is the smallest of the four true anomalures and seems rarely to have been photographed, and I am pretty sure never before photographed looking as cute as this little fluff ball. In fact it was so sweet looking I had trouble believing it was an anomalure: the other scalytails I have seen looked like fairly sinister squirrels in desperate need of an orthodontist.. I suspect this is a young animal that had just emerged from its daytime tree hollow and was not quite ready to face the evening.

#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #rodentsofinstagram #squirrelsofinstagram #flyingsquirrel #anomalure #ivorycoastwildlife
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The Ivory Coast. Home to cool mammals and warm beer and even warmer people. Charles Foley and I racked up over 30 mammal species last week including what may well be the ‘hardest’ mammal I’ve ever seen.

The Ivory Coast. Home to cool mammals and warm beer and even warmer people. Charles Foley and I racked up over 30 mammal species last week including what may well be the ‘hardest’ mammal I’ve ever seen. ...

A distant photo of a pair of critically endangered Tamaraw or Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis), The Philippines, 2015

Found only on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines,  Tamaraw were only discovered by scientists in the late 19th century (back then there was so much malaria on Mindoro that few people lived there). But as people arrived on the island the dwarf buffalo disappeared. And the population declined from around 10,000 animals to around 500 today.

#mammalwatching  #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #ungulate #philippinewildlife

A distant photo of a pair of critically endangered Tamaraw or Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis), The Philippines, 2015

Found only on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, Tamaraw were only discovered by scientists in the late 19th century (back then there was so much malaria on Mindoro that few people lived there). But as people arrived on the island the dwarf buffalo disappeared. And the population declined from around 10,000 animals to around 500 today.

#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #ungulate #philippinewildlife
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Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), Victorian Alps, Australia 2023

One of the most commonly seen possums in Australia, ringtails are found throughout the eastern forest zone of the continent from bushland to suburbia. 

#mammalwatching  #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #marsupials #possumsofinstagram #australianmammals

Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), Victorian Alps, Australia 2023

One of the most commonly seen possums in Australia, ringtails are found throughout the eastern forest zone of the continent from bushland to suburbia.

#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #marsupials #possumsofinstagram #australianmammals
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Eastern Pygmy Possum (Cercartetus nanus), Sydney, Australia 2023

These tiny marsupials love to feed on nectar, though will also eat  insects and fruit, and can be quite common in many places. But pygmy possums are hard to spot: I must have spent well over a thousand hours spotlighting for mammals in Australia between 1999 and 2005 and the only animals I saw were in nest boxes or researchers’ traps. But thermal scopes have changed the game: I found three pygmy possums in less than two hours in Sydney’s Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park at Christmas. 

#mammalwatching  #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #marsupialsofinstagram #pygmypossum #possumsofinstagram #australianmammalwatching #australianwildlife

Eastern Pygmy Possum (Cercartetus nanus), Sydney, Australia 2023

These tiny marsupials love to feed on nectar, though will also eat insects and fruit, and can be quite common in many places. But pygmy possums are hard to spot: I must have spent well over a thousand hours spotlighting for mammals in Australia between 1999 and 2005 and the only animals I saw were in nest boxes or researchers’ traps. But thermal scopes have changed the game: I found three pygmy possums in less than two hours in Sydney’s Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park at Christmas.

#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #marsupialsofinstagram #pygmypossum #possumsofinstagram #australianmammalwatching #australianwildlife
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A damp and bedraggled Molina’s Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus chinga) slaps her paws in a threat display. Argentina, 2023

 #mammalwatching  #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #skunksofinstagram #argentinamammalwatching

A damp and bedraggled Molina’s Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus chinga) slaps her paws in a threat display. Argentina, 2023

#mammalwatching #mammals #landmammals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife #naturegeography #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #bbcwildlifepotd #skunksofinstagram #argentinamammalwatching
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