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December 2017

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28 December 2017
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ChileJapanVietnam

Dromicops, Japan and Vietnam

Dear All, (1) I am writing a little manual about finding mammals in Japan. I’m planning to complete it in a year or two, but if you go there sooner, you are welcome to ask me

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28 December 2017
Central and South America
Chile

New Trip Report: Torres del Paine, Chile

Good to see Pumas are still reliable around Torres del Paine. Torres del Paine, 2017: John Van Niel, 12 days & 8 species including Pumas and Large Hairy Armadillos. Jon

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27 December 2017
Oriental
India

New Trip Report: Hemis National Park, India

Here’s another successful Snow Leopard report. Hemis, 2017: Bellingham Safaris, 11 days & 7 species including Snow Leopards and a Eurasian Lynx. Jon

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21 December 2017
Central and South America
Chile

New Trip Report: Chile

Here’s an interesting report from a lovely country, and somewhere I hope to return to next year. Chiloe, Santiago area and the North, 2017: Rodrigo Silva, 8 days & 13 spe

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21 December 2017
Central and South America
NicaraguaTricolored Bat

Nicaragua 11 Dec to 16 Dec 2017 (56 spp incl Tricolored Bat)

Nicaragua 11 Dec to 16 Dec 2017 (56 spp incl Tricolored Bat) In December 2017 I did a six-day trip to Nicaragua, the trip’s brevity being due to work obligations on each end.

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20 December 2017
Oriental
identificationRodentThailand

Rat ID, southern Thailand (slightly gruesome pics)

Hi all I’m after thoughts on this splatted rat from near Khao Lak. Based on size and other features I identified it as Greater Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota indica) in the field (

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18 December 2017
North American

Hemet California in early winter

This will be a micro report from a mini-trip, mainly of interest to people who were enticed to chase kangaroo rats near Hemet, California after reading 2017 reports from Venkat San

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18 December 2017
Central and South America
Panama

New Trip Report: Panama

Steve Morgan is just back from a very successful trip through Panama. Panama, 2017: Steve Morgan, 2 weeks & 36 species including Jaguarundi, Cacomistle, Spectral Bat, Western P

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18 December 2017
Europe and the Palearctic
Russian tiger trackingSiberian tiger tourSiberian tiger trackingTiger Safaritiger watching

Siberian Tiger Winter Tour – November 2017 Trip Report – Royle Safaris

Royle Safaris’ latest trip report from our November 2017 Siberian Tiger Winter Tracking tour. Not too many mammal sightings on this trip, however some incredible tiger tracki

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17 December 2017
Africa
Ethiopia

New Trip Report: Ethiopia’s Somali Region

Thank you Venkat Sankar for spotting this. Ethiopia’s Somali Region, 2017: Thomas Carlberg, 10 days & 25 mammals including Dibatag and Rufous Elephant Shrew. Jon

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