Guide recommendations?? – Kenya (Arabuko soroke)
Time to slowly start planning future trips after this covid-madness in the world. Someone who can recommend a good guide or tour operator in Kenya for primarily Arabuko-soroke fore
Need ID for Grass rats from Ethiopia
Could somebody help me with the identification of these Grass rats (presumably Arvicanthis) from Ethiopia Picture mid and right were taken in the northwestern highlands, 20 km west
Okapi in a bean field
For many the number 1 mammal I believe. Perhaps it’s possible in the future. We need a trip to this bean field asap :). Very cool to see this Okapi coming out of the forest.
“The New Big 5” – follow up
Hello all, Many thanks to everybody who commented with suggestions on my last post, the final version is now out there: https://shoestringsafari.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/the-new-bi
“The New Big 5” – looking for comments!
Hello all, I’ve been working on the following text for an upcoming post on my blog, and since most of them are mammals I thought I’d run it through here first. Any comm
Tantalus or Vervet – or both?
Hi everyone, As I’m starting to put together Alex Meyer and I’s trip report to Uganda, I’m wondering about vervet monkeys. I see trip reports where both Vervet and Tantalus m
Arthropods as vertebrate brood predators: observations required
Hi all, I am currently looking into the prevalence and effects of arthropods as predators of vertebrate brood. To do so, I’m building a database consisting of observations of
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Taxonomy news (updated)
The most interesting news bit is the new paper by Colella et al., proposing to split ermine (a. k. a. stoat, short-tailed weasel) into 3-4 species, one of them endemic to Haida Gwa
West African Manatees at tsam tsam gabon
Hi all, just thought people might like this video shot at tsam tsam in gabon of West African Manatees. (Not my video) https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=45654983901