Question about African Striped Weasel in Western Cape
So during this CO-VID 19 time, all you can do is fantasize about your next trip and read up about interesting species…. I read up on the African Striped weasel a bit (just be
New Trip Report: Panama
Here’s Steph Elliot’s first report on mammalwatching.com. Panama, 2019: Steph Elliot, 10 days & 26 species including Rothschild’s Porcupine, Rufous Tree Rat a
New species: Microcebus jonahi – Jonah’s mouse lemur
I was told of this paper describing Microcebus jonahi – Jonah’s mouse lemur Ecology and morphology of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in a hotspot of microendemism i
New Trip Report: Assam
Here’s another just-before-COVID report. A bird list will follow I’m told (let me know if you want a copy emailed to you when it arrives). Assam, 2020: Cheryl Antonucci
New bentwing from SE Africa
A new species, Miniopterus wilsoni, has been described from Mozambique and Malawi. The most accessible place to see it appears to be Zomba Plateau, where it is the only Miniopterus
Split of Desert Shrew at the Colorado River
Here’s a split that makes sense. If you familiar with the split of wood rats into “West of the Colorado River” and “East of the Colorado River” units
Pampas Cat Split (5 Species?)
In a March 2020 article in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, the authors provide a wide suite of evidence for splitting the pampas cat complex five ways. Whether you a
Rarity news
Somali sengi is not endemic to Somalia, but occurs in Djibouti; the paper includes exact locations and shows that it should be in its own genus. Woolly flying squirrel recodred in
New Trip Report: Andean Mountain Cats in the Chilean Altiplano
Here’s an interesting report of a trip to the same – beautiful – area we visited in 2018 from Far South Expeditions. Andean Mountain Cat Recce, Arica & Parina
Tarangire Big Mammal Day
Here is a report that I’ve been meaning to post for some time about a Big Mammal Day that I carried out with my wife and some friends in the Tarangire ecosystem last year. It