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March 2021

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30 March 2021
Oriental
Platanista gangeticaPlatanista minor

Taxonomic revision of the South Asian River dolphins

Re Indus and Ganges River dolphins. Authors of the reference below elevate the Indus subspecies, Platanista gangetica minor, to species level, Platanista minor. Reference: Gill

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28 March 2021
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Cote D'IvoireIvory Coast

Advertising: Pygmy Hippo Pursuit, Cote D’Ivoire, April 2022

Here’s another exciting trip for 2022 from Pictus Safaris. April 9th – April 21st, 2022 One of the world’s most elusive mammals, pygmy hippo are a bona fide mammal-watch

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27 March 2021
Africa
Kahuzi-Biega National Park

Kahuzi-Biega National Park

Thinking about going to Kahuzi Biega. If someone has been there did you feel safe and who did you use as your guide?

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23 March 2021
North American
ArizonaGround Squirrelrodents

New location for round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus) in Arizona

A week ago I returned from a short trip where I focused on Arizona endemics and had the pleasure of meeting up with Jon Hall and Jose Gabriel. The target for my final day was Roun

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22 March 2021
Central and South America
systematics; new species

More taxonomy news

Three more new species from the Neotropics (open access in the latest issue of J. Mamm.): 1. Oecomys matogrosensis split from O. catherinae. The new species occurs in Mato Grosso d

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21 March 2021
Oriental
Borneo

Advertising: Borneo At Night tours (running in all seasons)

Here’s a new two week tour from Adventure Alternative Borneo, focussing on diurnal and nocturnal rarities such as Clouded Leopard, Flat Headed Cat, Marbled Cat, Otter Civet,

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19 March 2021
Uncategorised
systematics; new species

Taxonomy news

1. A really cool new jerboa was described a few years ago from China. It hasn’t made it into any checklists yet, and there’s no data on its life appearance, behavior et

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17 March 2021
Africa
Chad

Advertising: Zakouma, Chad — March 2022

Here’s an exciting trip for 2022 from Pictus Safaris – Zakouma looks superb from all I have read about it. Zakouma, Chad – March 14 – 23, 2022 As most seas

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16 March 2021
Oriental
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Trip Report

Some of you will have noticed that Michael Johnson’s recent post on his Sri Lanka trip didn’t have a trip report attached (my fault not his). The report is now up on ma

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12 March 2021
Oriental
Sri Lanka

Pre-COVID visit to Sri Lanka – Feb 2020

A pre-COVID trip to Sri-Lanka. 21 days, 24 mammals.  A wonderful place with abundant wildlife. Probably only 2/3 of the time devoted to wildlife viewing, so in that regard a great

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