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12 March 2021
Oriental
Sri Lanka

Pre-COVID visit to Sri Lanka – Feb 2020

A pre-COVID trip to Sri-Lanka. 21 days, 24 mammals.  A wonderful place with abundant wildlife. Probably only 2/3 of the time devoted to wildlife viewing, so in that regard a great

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9 March 2021
Africa
identificationKenyarodents

Help with IDing some rodent species from Kenya

Hey everyone! After 2 weeks in Uganda with Tomer Ben-Yehuda, I went to Kenya with Sandra Heldstab. We saw some great species over our 9 days there, but before publishing the trip r

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6 March 2021
North American
ArizonaBobcatSweetwater

Update on Bobcats in Tucson Arizona

The water treatment marsh in Tucson called Sweetwater Wetlands has historically been a good place for Arizona cotton rat and bobcat. My brother lives in Tucson and as of 04 March 2

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28 February 2021
Central and South America
Costa Rica

Costa Rica (mainly batting and ratting)

I visited Costa Rica in January 2021, travelling with Fiona Reid for a few days in the mountains before going to her place(s) near Golfito. She had planned a bat blitz there in Mar

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27 February 2021
Africa
AfricamammalsUganda

Help us ID Mammals from Uganda: a couple mongooses, a couple of genets, 2 mice, a gerbil and a squirrel

Hi everyone! Alex Meyer and I have just recently visited Uganda, and saw lots of cool and interesting mammals – but before I can put together a full report, we would like to

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23 February 2021
Africa
Trip ReportZambia

New trip report – Zambia

Hope everyone is getting on ok in the time of Covid – with a bit of luck many of us can see a little bit of light at the end of a long tunnel now. This is a nice trip report

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22 February 2021
Central and South America
cloud forestEcuadorMindomountain coatiNasuella

A reliable place for Western mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea quitensis) near Mindo, Ecuador.

San Tadeo Birding garden near the famous birding town Mindo currently (end of February 2021) provides a great and easy opportunity to spot mountain coati. This is a lovely little p

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18 February 2021
Africa
Kenya

Guide recommendations?? – Kenya (Arabuko soroke)

Time to slowly start planning future trips after this covid-madness in the world. Someone who can recommend a good guide or tour operator in Kenya for primarily Arabuko-soroke fore

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17 February 2021
Africa
Identification Rodents Ethiopia

Need ID for Grass rats from Ethiopia

Could somebody help me with the identification of these Grass rats (presumably Arvicanthis) from Ethiopia Picture mid and right were taken in the northwestern highlands, 20 km west

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16 February 2021
Africa
Okapi Africa Fiel Camera Trap

Okapi in a bean field

For many the number 1 mammal I believe. Perhaps it’s possible in the future. We need a trip to this bean field asap :). Very cool to see this Okapi coming out of the forest.

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  1. Evan on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip24 August 2026

    Yellowstone also has the advantage of being not much of a birding destination. Mammals really are the stars, so it's…

  2. Jon Hall on Queensland June/July 202623 August 2026

    Striped possums were very easy in the Cairns Botanic Gardens a year ago. I saw several in a couple of…

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

    Plus it's supposed to be super el nino year... So it might rain way less than usually. Which, on the…

  4. Jon Hall on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    Lots of good suggestions here. Shavez from OneStop Borneo was visiting New York last week and we talked about lot…

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Large rodents of southeast Poland

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