New Trip Report: Grey Bats at Sauta Cave NWR, Alabama
Here’s a report from Cheryl Antonucci on how to see one of the USA’s great wildlife spectacles: half a million Grey (or Gray … if you must) Bats emerging from the
FL Bonneted Bat location
https://www.wlrn.org/2020-09-09/miami-wilds-theme-park-slated-near-zoo-miami-its-also-habitat-for-the-countrys-rarest-bat?fbclid=IwAR3JWTXIQ_jLowqiU5SZruvcBP80Ug2_kofqGgnF3hwQGPgZR
New Report: Whale Watching in the French Mediterranean
Here’s some useful information from Samuel Marlin on opportunities for whale watching in the French Mediterranean. French Whale Watching, 2020: Samuel Marlin’s report o
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
Question about African Striped Weasel in Western Cape
So during this CO-VID 19 time, all you can do is fantasize about your next trip and read up about interesting species…. I read up on the African Striped weasel a bit (just be
New Trip Report: Panama
Here’s Steph Elliot’s first report on mammalwatching.com. Panama, 2019: Steph Elliot, 10 days & 26 species including Rothschild’s Porcupine, Rufous Tree Rat a
New species: Microcebus jonahi – Jonah’s mouse lemur
I was told of this paper describing Microcebus jonahi – Jonah’s mouse lemur Ecology and morphology of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in a hotspot of microendemism i
New Trip Report: Assam
Here’s another just-before-COVID report. A bird list will follow I’m told (let me know if you want a copy emailed to you when it arrives). Assam, 2020: Cheryl Antonucci
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
Split of Desert Shrew at the Colorado River
Here’s a split that makes sense. If you familiar with the split of wood rats into “West of the Colorado River” and “East of the Colorado River” units