1. The last issue of Journal of Vertebrate Zoology is entirely devoted to small mammals of Africa, with many papers of interest to mammalwatchers.
2. A new rodent genus with three species described from Ecuador.
3. A new langur from Myanmar. Most recent primate splits are not justified, but this one seems legit.
4. Bukhara myotis is a Central Asian bat last seen in the 1960s and believed extinct. I found one in a cave in S Tajikistan in 1989; a few years ago I wrote a short note about it, but two journals rejected it because “sight identification can’t be reliable”, and I didn’t have time to keep resubmitting, having a newborn daughter and all. Now that bat has been found again, also in Tajikistan. It’s sad that so many mammalogists have such outdated attitudes towards sight records. Ornithology has moved on from that decades ago.
5. Plecotus ariel is a synonym of P. wardi.
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Taxonomy news
Vladimir Dinets, , General Mammal Watching, African wolf, Ethiopia, Mexico, Peromyscus, taxonomy, 8
A couple taxonomy news: 1. Peromyscus mice are usually very easy to ID even in areas with many species...
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Need Chipmunk ID Help!
joedlugo, , General Mammal Watching, 0
Attached is a picture taken in the Selkirk Mountains of northeast Washington State. I am in debate as to...
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New Trip Report: Tibet
Jon Hall, , Europe and the Palearctic, General Mammal Watching, 0
Here’s a new report on 2 weeks around the Tibetan Plateau in November from Kevin Zhong. Tibet 2015: Kevin...
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Gear Review: Pulsar XQ50 Thermal Imaging Scope
Jon Hall, , Gear Review, General Mammal Watching, 49
Several mammalwatchers have recently expressed an interest in buying a thermal imaging scope and I had promised to post a...
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Heteromyid Grand Slam, Southern California, September 2014.
vdinets, , General Mammal Watching, 0
Dear All, In September 2014, Fiona Reid and I will guide a mammal-watching tour to Southern California. We’ll try to...
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What It’s Like To Be A Bat: Vocal Sonar Does More Than Locate Objects; It Cues Memory And Assists Flight
Jon Hall, , General Mammal Watching, 0
What It’s Like To Be A Bat: Vocal Sonar Does More Than Locate Objects; It Cues Memory And Assists...
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Thermal camera
tobbelund, , General Mammal Watching, 2
Hi To make wildlife watching a bit easier at night I am thinking about getting myself a thermal camera....
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Non-mammal watching trip to China with 7 species
tomeslice, , General Mammal Watching, 0
So unlike Sjef, I had a good session in the “How NOT to mammal-watch in China” school. 1. Don’t go to...
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