African bats news
A major review of East African Vespertilionid taxonomy just came out. A few new species are described, and many are moved between genera. I got the PDF from the authors in case any
Assorted news
A few news bits: 1. A review of Chiroderma bats. Compared to HBW/IUCN version, it considers vizottoi a subspecies of doriae, but splits scopaeum and gorgasi as full species. 2. How
New bentwing from SE Africa
A new species, Miniopterus wilsoni, has been described from Mozambique and Malawi. The most accessible place to see it appears to be Zomba Plateau, where it is the only Miniopterus
Rarity news
Somali sengi is not endemic to Somalia, but occurs in Djibouti; the paper includes exact locations and shows that it should be in its own genus. Woolly flying squirrel recodred in
New species described
A couple new species descriptions: 1. A new Sorex shrew described from Honduras. The description is based on principal component analysis of just two available specimens; my unders
Small mammal study opportunity, Oregon
Got this through Mammal-L listserve, perhaps some people here will be interested. Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:04:57 -0400 From: Todd Wilson Subject: Small mammal trapping project wes
Taxonomy news
A couple taxonomy papers: 1. A proposed overhaul of squirrel taxonomy, breaking Sciurus squirrels of the New World into a large number of genera and leaving only three Old World sp
Assorted news
A few recent papers some people might find interesting: 1-2. A new water vole split in Western Iran. Also, the proper name for red-backed voles is again Clethrionomys rather than M
Taxonomy news
A couple taxonomy news: 1. Peromyscus mice are usually very easy to ID even in areas with many species present, so I’m sure nobody will be confused by yet another species bei
Virology update
According to a new study, pangolins have so many coronaviruses that they should never be touched without gloves. Personally, I decided never to handle wild mammals without gloves a