New Trip Report: Ladakh
John Wright’s excellent trip report from Ladakh has some great photos of some of the six Snow Leopards he saw, plus much more. Ladakh, 2017: John Wright, 2 weeks & 8 spe
New Trip Report: Sabah
Dominque Brugiere was in Sabah earlier this month and – travelling independently – saw a Clouded Leopard (with a killer view) among other mammals. Sabah, 2017: Dominq
New Trip Report: Baja California and the Sea of Cortez
Another trip report from Richard Webb, thankfully looking at mammals this time 🙂 Baja California & the Sea of Cortez, 2017: Richard Webb, 11 days & 16 species including
New Trip Report: Colorado
Richard Webb was “birdwatching” – I know, I know, but I try not to judge … – in Colorado last week. He did see some mammals though. Colorado, 2017: Ri
Pygmy Hippo 2017: in search of a podgy unicorn
Perhaps it is because of their rarity, or how secretive they are, or maybe, like me, you had a formative encounter with one at the zoo when you were seven, but Pygmy Hippos are a
Mystery Anomalure…
We had a long and photogenic encounter (unusual for Sierra Leone!) with an anomalure on Tiwai Island. But I am having trouble identifying it. There is no record of Pel’s Anom
A revised taxonomy of the Felidae
The IUCN Cat Specialist Group has just published its long-awaited review of Felidae taxonomy as a special 79 page issue of Cat News. I haven’t had time to read through it yet b
New Trip Report: Sri Lanka
Mike Richardson was in Sri Lanka in February and in 9 days totally cleaned up with a remarkable 72 species. Sri Lanka, 2017: Mike Richardson, 9 days & 72 species including Rust
New Trip Report: Southern California Weekend
Venkat Sankar just had a killer weekend in Southern California and cleaned up on the bats and rodents. About half of these species I have yet to see… Guess who wants to go t
Sierra Leonean Squirrel ID
Does anyone know what this species is? I am all squirreled out after Sierra Leone, where we spent a large proportion of our time trying to get decent looks at shadowy squirrels and