Apparently there’s a new species of Boto in the Amazon. Anyone seen it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25841135
Jon
Apparently there’s a new species of Boto in the Amazon. Anyone seen it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25841135
Jon
And another one! Sacha Lodge, 2013: Cheryl Antonucci, 1 week & 18 species including Tayra, Southern Tamandua and many...
Peru Wildlife Holiday Trip Report – Royle Safaris A wildlife watching holiday including Manu National Park in the Peruvian...
Hello all, I’m considering doing a grand tour of South America in the future, so I’m for sure going...
I have just got back from Tanzania where – on either side of working – I had two mammal filled...
Andean bear trip,Ecuador, Nov 2017
Here’s a report from what sounds like a very interesting area in Bolivia. I hope this will be the...
Here’s a second report from Janco van Gelderen. I really do need to visit Bolivia it seems! Kaa lya...
Here’s a first report from Julio Balona. Belize, 2018: Julio Balona, 10 days with species including Kinkajous, Black Howler...
Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. I've also lived and worked in London, Canberra, Paris and Lusaka, and visited over 100 countries. There's more here.
Splits based exclusively on mitochondrial DNA differences should be simply ignored. This method has already been shown to be meaningless.
Plus the morphological differences they cite are basically on the scale of mm, with no statistical tests and only two measurements showing any difference
Be that as it may, I had a fantastic encounter with the species in 2000 at Barra do Garças/Aragarças Brazil (Border of Goias and Matto Grosso do Sul). We went with a fisherman up river a short way and were surrounded by Boto–far far from the Amazon and amazingly near “civilization”.
Sounds wonderful!