A photo of Callimico Goeldi
In July of this year, we were at Chandless State Park. It was an inspection activity and also to deliver baskets of food and cleaning and hygiene material to the residents of the C
Book Review: Asia’s Wildlife – A Journey to the Forests of Hope
Bjorn Olesen very kindly sent me a copy of his book Asia’s Wildlife A Journey to the Forests of Hope as he guessed I might be in the mood for some armchair travel. This is a
Small Mammaling in Bulgaria, September 2020
I wanted to spend a week with my son, Patrick, before he went to the UK to study zoology. With three quarters of the world still shut for travel, we thought we would visit Bulgaria
Book Review: Felids and Hyenas of the World, José R. Castelló (Princeton Field Guide)
José R. Castelló’s latest book has just arrived and it is every bit as good as I expected. The publishers claim it is “The most comprehensive and user-friendly photog
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
Online: Sumatran Mammals book
Here’s a new book from Alexander Markus Mossbrucker at the Frankfurt Zoological Society, built around camera trap images from around Bukit Tigapuluh in central Sumatra. Us
New Trip Report: Spain
Here’s a nice report from Samuel Marlin who was travelled around Spain last month. Spain, 2020: Samuel Marlin, 3 weeks & 18 species including Brown Bear, Wolf, Genet an
Book Review: Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Checklist)
Back in March I reviewed the first of the Lynx Illustrated Checklists, that covered the mammals of southern South America, Lynx have now released the second book covering Southern
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
Wildcats in the Picos de Europa, Spain
I was in Europe last month to see my kids and spent a couple of nights in the beautiful Picos de Europa mountains in northern Spain, based in the town of Cervera de Pisuerga. I too