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
Taxonomy news
1. A new genus and species of mole has been described from Tibet. The location is near the main road from Lhasa to Yunnan, but you need a special permit to get there. The descripti
Adirondacks
I just spent a few days in the northern Adirondack Mts. of upstate New York. I was with the family, so could spend only two nights in the forest. It is normal to see hardly any mam
Taxonomy news
1. Huangshan, a gorgeous sacred mountain in Anhoi Province of China, is one of the best places (and most easily accessible) in the country for small mammals (there is also an endem
Taxonomy news
1. A new genus of rodents with three species described from Choco region. Must be rare: I’ve done a lot of trapping in Mindo where one of these occurs but never got it. 2. Ma
Taxonomy news
1. The last issue of Journal of Vertebrate Zoology is entirely devoted to small mammals of Africa, with many papers of interest to mammalwatchers. 2. A new rodent genus with three
Maghreb trips in 2021
1. I am thinking about organizing an expedition to Algeria in the winter of 2021/2022, preferably in November. The main focus will be on the mountains of Central Sahara, to look fo
Colomys split
African wading rat (Colomys goslingi) is split into 4 species: C. goslingi (lowland Cameroon to Kenya), C. lumumbai (with a range similar to that of the bonobo), C. eisentrauti (Ba
New Myotis
A new bat species from mountains of Panama, Costa Rica and Ecuador. Check your photos from the area 🙂
Rodent taxonomy news
A few updates for your checklists: 1. At least two, and maybe all three, species of enigmatic flying squirrels Biswamoyopterus are conspecific. 2. “Stenocephalemys sp. A̶