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Author: Vladimir Dinets

HomePosted by Vladimir Dinets
28 October 2022
Europe and the Palearctic
vacancy

Algeria, May 2023

Dear All, We have one vacancy for May 2023 mammalwatching trip to Algeria, ~9 day long, including the northeast and the southeast of the country, probably with an optional 3-day ex

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23 September 2022
Uncategorised
splitssystematics; new species

Taxonomy news

This will likely be the last taxonomy update for a while. My teaching load has just been doubled and I’ll be catastrophically busy until at least April. 1. A new genus and sp

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11 September 2022
Central and South America
Caribbean

Cayman Islands trip report

Nobody would go to Cayman Islands just for mammalwatching, but in case you have to check on your offshore account or, like me, spend a family vacation, here is a trip report: Augus

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3 August 2022
Uncategorised
identificationsight records

Which sight records are reportable?

Recently I spent a few days on Java and saw a bunch of mammals, including two sightings of what I IDed as being very rare and little-know species (more on this below). Before submi

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26 July 2022
Oriental
IndonesiaJava

Ujung Kulon National Park

Last June I led a somewhat physically challenging but extremely enjoyable Royle Safaris trip to the core area of Ujung Kulon National Park, Java. Some things didn’t go as pla

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8 July 2022
Uncategorised
systematics; new species

Taxonomy news

1. A new paper shows that otter genera Aonyx, Amblonyx, and Lutrogale should be synonymized under Lutra, and also that Congo clawless otter is a valid species. I have PDF. 2. Anoth

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3 July 2022
Europe and the Palearctic
Europe

Iceland trip report, June-July 2022

For a country with just one native land mammal and no endemic species, Iceland sure gets a lot of coverage on this website. So I wrote a very brief trip report: Iceland, 12 days an

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14 June 2022
Europe and the Palearctic
Middle EastQatar

Qatar micro-trip report

I just had a short stopover in Qatar. Since there are no trip reports from there yet, I wrote a short one: Qatar, June 13-14 2022, 9 species including desert long-eared bat.

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26 May 2022
North American
USA

The Carolinas

I just spent a few days in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It was a family trip but I managed to spend three nights in the forest. The numbers of small mammals were very low: I saw o

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15 May 2022
Uncategorised
splitssystematics; new species

Taxonomy news

I haven’t posted these updates for a few months and this one might be incomplete. Sorry, the war in Ukraine has been a major distraction. 1. New shrew Chodsigoa dabieshanensi

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  1. Henrik on Where to go for Asiatic Black Bear14 October 2025

    Thanks a lot everyone - great info you have provided. I'll have my kids joining (pre-teens) hence there is a…

  2. Vladimir Dinets on Where to go for Asiatic Black Bear14 October 2025

    Japanese population is currently booming but there is no particular location where sightings would be guaranteed. If you spend a…

  3. Stuart Chapman on Where to go for Asiatic Black Bear14 October 2025

    The best place is Dachigam National Park in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Sept to Oct sightings are guaranteed as the…

  4. Tigrillo on Where to go for Asiatic Black Bear14 October 2025

    I saw one in the forests around Tsumago-juku in Japan but they are also quite common in Sikhote-Alin. I would…

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