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22 May 2021
Europe and the Palearctic
arcticpolar bearSpitsbergenSvalbard

Recommendation for Svalbard Arctic Cruise

Hi everyone! My soon-to-be-wife and I are looking to take a trip this July to Svalbard for arctic mammals. my targets would be: #1 – Polar Bear of course!! 2. Walrus 3. Narwh

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21 May 2021
Central and South America
PrimatesSuriname

Primates in Suriname

A (pre-covid) trip report about finding primates in Suriname, a country overlooked by mammalwatchers. The country is easy to travel, safe, friendly people, not expensive and the ra

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21 May 2021
Uncategorised
Mountain Vole

Mountain Vole ID please..

Dear Friends, I need Id help for another Mountain Vole species which I have documented in Ladakh in the month of June at about 4500 m. Please give your valuable inputs to help me i

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21 May 2021
Africa
Uganda

New Trip Report: Uganda

Hopefully you will have seen Tomer Ben-Yehuda’s report from his January trip to Uganda (it’s worth a read). Well here is more from the same trip, this time from Alex Me

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20 May 2021
Uncategorised

Introducing the Mammalwatching Podcast

Charles Foley, world Big Mammal Day record holder; José G. Martínez-Fonseca, legendary Yapok, bat and rat catcher; and I are excited to share the first three episodes in our ne

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20 May 2021
Uncategorised
Mountain VoleRodent

Rodent ID please..

Dear Friends, Very sorry to bother you again for rodent ID. Actually I am not very good at rodents identification but documenting them since past 10 years in different landscapes,

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20 May 2021
Uncategorised

Website notifications now fixed …. sort of

Hello mammalwatchers As some have noticed there have been some problems with the website the past few weeks. Too technical for me to understand but basically notification emails of

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19 May 2021
Uncategorised
Mountain Vole

ID Help please. Royle’s Mountain Vole ?

Dear Friends, I need Id help for this species which I have documented in Ladakh in the month of June at about 4600 m. I first thought it is a Royle’s Mountain Vole, but not

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19 May 2021
Uncategorised
systematics; new species

Taxonomy news

1. Thomasomys pardignasi described from the montane forests of the Cordilleras del Cóndor and Kutukú in Ecuador. 2. Gould’s long-eared bats from Western Australia split as

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19 May 2021
Central and South America
BrazilEndemicJaguarPrimatesTravel

Space to join for last minute Mammal-watching trip to Brazil (June 10th-30th)

Hey everyone. Message if you have any interest in joining me for this 21 day trip. English speaking drivers/guides will be meeting us at the airports. Main targets and itinerary be

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23 August 2026
Updating IUCN status of data deficient species?
22 August 2026
Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip
21 August 2026
How to find a pine marten?

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  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. Daniel Boyland on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip22 August 2026

    Nepal is pretty cheap to visit. You can do multi-day jungle walks in Chitwan National Park for around $60 USD…

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21 August 2026
How to find a pine marten?
21 August 2026
First Trip to Japan (Honshu) in Nov/Dec – Advice on Target Species & Itinerary
21 August 2026
Queensland June/July 2026
19 August 2026
Large rodents of southeast Poland

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