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Serval (Leptailurus serval) data for Africa – update to IUCN conservation Status – sigthings needed
Dear MammalWatching Community, My name is Lourens Swanepoel, and I am based at the University of Venda in South Africa. Following correspondence with Jon Hall, he kindly suggested
Chad: Ennedi, Ouadi-Rimé & Zakouma, 2023
Until a few years ago Chad was far off of my mammalwatching radar. But then I saw some pictures from Zakouma National Park of very large herds of Buffalo and Elephant, surrounded b
Uganda, 2021
For many years Uganda had been fairly high on my list of places to visit, but never quite high enough for me to start thinking seriously about a trip. I’d heard only good thi
Uganda
I spent ten days here in July 2021 and loved the country and its mammals.
Some selective mammaling in South Africa
I was back in South Africa over Christmas and New Year 2016/17. This was my fifth trip to the country, but the first time my girlfriend, Amber, had been. Amber has some novel idea
Jon’s African life list
This list is based on my global mammalwatching checklist, available here. At January 27 2025 SENGIS (MACROSCELIDIDAE) (8/20)Eastern Rock Sengi (Elephantulus myurus) – endemic
Jon’s life list
The taxonomy of this list is based on my global mammalwatching checklist, available here. As at June 23 2025 PLATYPUSES (ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE) (1/1)Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Advertising: Zakouma National Park in Chad with Pictus Safaris, February & March 2024
Pictus Safaris are delighted to be returning to Chad’s incredible Zakouma National Park in 2024, with spaces available in both February and March. Zakouma is renowned as a huge c
Chad
I spent an adventure-filled three weeks in Chad in 2023. It is truly a spectacular place with some brilliant mammalwatching.