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16 January 2013
Europe and the Palearctic

Tracking down Desmans

This is a nice article on one of my favourite small mammals http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19260705 Jon

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15 January 2013
Uncategorised

Whales St Lawrence river, Quebec

Hi everyone I’m going to be mammal watching/birding around the St Lawrence River, Quebec in August, for three weeks. Has anyone got any good tips?  I know Tadoussac is the m

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15 January 2013
North American

RFI Arizona, April 2013

Hi all In late April I plan to visit Arizona for two weeks. The first week will be split between the Portal area and Medera Canyon in the SE of the state. I’ll then drive up to S

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13 January 2013
Uncategorised

shrew site, Everglades

While on a birding trip in Florida in mid-December, I picked up a few new mammals, and the site information may be of mild interest. (1) What I assume by range, habitat, size, and

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10 January 2013
Central and South America

New monkey, marsupial and shrew amongst 8 new mammal species found in Peru

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/peru-new-species.html

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10 January 2013
Oriental

Snow leopard photographed in India’s Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/india-snow-leopard.html Jon

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9 January 2013
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Duff & Lawson – Revised Mammal Database and Checklist

Duff & Lawson – the authors of the checklist of the mammals of the world – have just revised their checklist with 700 changes made to the first version which came o

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8 January 2013
Oriental
IndonesiaSulawesi

New Trip Report – Sulawesi

I spent the holidays in Sulawesi and in 7 days saw 9 species including Babirusa, Spectral Tarsier and 2 Macaques. Jon

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7 January 2013
Africa

Sad stories from Africa – Grim Cost of Protecting Wildlife

A depressing read from the NY Times.. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/world/africa/central-africas-wildlife-rangers-face-deadly-risks.html?hp Thank you Cornelis Hazevoet for this

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7 January 2013
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Mammalwatching Plans for 2013

At this time of year I start thinking about all the mammals I’d like to see in the next year and I guess others are doing the same. I thought it might be helpful if we shared

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Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip
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How to find a pine marten?

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  1. Grayson Ponti on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    In my book nowhere tops East Africa (Kenya or Tanzania) for a first-time mammal watching trip. I would start with…

  2. Jim Vanderpoel on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    Sorry, I just re-read your comment and you mentioned January and February--you don't want to visit Yellowstone in winter. June…

  3. Jim Vanderpoel on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    I nominate Yellowstone National Park in the United States for first mammal trip. Easy to see lots of big game…

  4. Michael Johnson on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip22 August 2026

    I agree with Jan, Africa (or at least southern and eastern Africa) would be my pick for a "first" mammal…

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Queensland June/July 2026
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Large rodents of southeast Poland

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