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June 2017

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30 June 2017
Europe and the Palearctic
Japan

New Trip Report: Iriomote Island, Japan

A new report from Gareth Knass who, while birding on the Ryuku Islands visited Iriomote Island. Iriomote, 2017: Gareth Knass and Shaun Coyle, who in 24 hours on Iriomote saw Iriomo

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29 June 2017
Australasia
ID helpsquirrelSulawesi

ID help with squirrel at Bantimurung Waterfall, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Dear All, On 17 June, I’ve did a half day short trip to Bantimurung Waterfall (part of Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park) near Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Besides sev

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29 June 2017
Australasia
BorneaSabah

Borneo Trip Report

Sorry if this is a repeat for some. I originally posted it to the old blog. I have finally finished a long trip report for the two weeks we spent in Sabah in March and April.  Des

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23 June 2017
Africa

New research confirms that Africa has 2 species of living elephants

This article, just out, is open Access (hurray!). You can Google the title and you will find it.   Title: Palaeogenomes of Eurasian straight-tusked elephants challenge the cur

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21 June 2017
North American
sign dig georgia atlanta

Requesting help re: mammal sign in N. Georgia

Hello all, Recently I explored a riparian tract along the Chattahoochee River just north of Atlanta, Georgia (USA). In open, wooded thickets, some distance from the water and rathe

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19 June 2017
North American
Glaucomys oregonensisHumboldt’s flying squirrelNorthern Flying Squirrel

Northern Flying Squirrel Split

A mitochondrial DNA study has shown that the flying squirrels occurring on the Pacific coast of North America are  distinct from Northern Flying Squirrels, with no evidence of hyb

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19 June 2017
Oriental
India

New Trip Report: Summertime on the Changthang Plateau (Ladakh)

Here’s an interesting report from Anjana and Rishi and Wildtales.In who went to Ladakh to look for things other than Snow Leopards and saw a Pallas’s Cat. Changthang Pl

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19 June 2017
Europe and the Palearctic
Amur leopardAmur leopard photographyRoyle SafarisWildlife HolidaysWildlife watching tours

Amur leopard tour

Is anyone interested in the use of a special photography hide (3 pax maximum – with one place already booked) located in the best place in the world for Amur Leopard photogra

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18 June 2017
Oriental
laosorientalspotted linsang

A Site for Spotted Linsang

This paper has some beautiful photos of Spotted Linsang from Nam Et – Phou Louey National Biodiversity Conservation Area in Laos: (link). It states that “A local guid

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17 June 2017
North American
United States

Mystery shrew

This shrew was hand-caught in a dry tundra-like bog near Dillingham, Alaska. Hb=40 mm, t=20 mm, hf=9.5 mm (too small to be an adult of any Alaskan species). Sorex cinereus in that

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