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December 2020

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3 December 2020
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new speciestaxonomy

Taxonomy news

1. A new genus of rodents with three species described from Choco region. Must be rare: I’ve done a lot of trapping in Mindo where one of these occurs but never got it. 2. Ma

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20 November 2020
AfricaGear Review
DjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaSomalia

New Book Review: Mammals of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia

So this is exciting. Trevor Jenner has just filled a gaping hole in the mammal fieldguide landscape, with his guide to the larger mammals of the Horn of Africa. Though it doesn&#82

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17 November 2020
Central and South America
Bolivia

Fairy Armadillo Encounter in Bolivia

Another mega sighitng from Nicholas McPhee in Bolivia. Has any other mammal got such a large claw to body size ratio? I vote for a name change to Bigfoot Armadillo. Anyway, whether

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13 November 2020
Uncategorised
AfricaEcuadorMyanmar

Taxonomy news

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

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13 November 2020
Africa
South Africa

Trip companion for Northern Cape (South Africa) starting 26 Nov 2020

I will be leaving Johannesburg on 26 Nov for Kgalakadi Transfrontier NP (4 nights or more) and Augrabies Falls. From there I would likely head to Springbok, Namaqua NP, Strandfonte

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12 November 2020
Oriental

Ecology Asia website

Dominique Brugiere let me know about this site – https://www.ecologyasia.com/ – which I don’t remember seeing before. Looks like a great resource with a heap of

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11 November 2020
Africa
camera trapLiberia

Camera trap video of wildlife Grebo-Krahn National Park in Liberia

The attached link to a youtube video is well worth a look. It is a compilation of video of wildlife (mostly mammals) taken in the Grebo-Krahn National Park in Liberia, which is a n

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2 November 2020
North American
Hawaii

New Trip Report: Kauai – Hawaiian Monk Seals

Here’s a new report from Justin Brown. Kauai, 2020: Justin Brown, and useful information on seeing Hawaiian Monk Seals.   Jon

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27 October 2020
Africa
AlgeriaLibya

Maghreb trips in 2021

1. I am thinking about organizing an expedition to Algeria in the winter of 2021/2022, preferably in November. The main focus will be on the mountains of Central Sahara, to look fo

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23 October 2020
Gear ReviewUncategorised
Handbook of the Mammals of the Worldmammal list

New Book: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World

Now this is exciting. The brand new Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World just arrived and it is a thing of beauty. This two volume set covers more than 6550 mammal spe

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