Two Mammal Books on the Tibetan Plateau
I know some of you have been there recently, or are planning a trip, or are dreaming about one. Here are two good ones to prepare. Tibet Wild by George Schaller. The accomplished f
Photographers threatening the already-abused slender loris
An article on the threats to Lorises in southern India which include photographers apparently http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0312-kimbrough-slender-loris-photos.html Jon
New Trip Reports: Sichuan and Nicaragua
I’ve just added two interesting reports to mammalwatching.com Nicaragua 2013: Fiona Reid Batwatch Tour, 8 days & 48 species on a great tour that included some stuff rarel
Bornean Cats
Here’s a nice article Maurice Tijm sent me with film of both Marbled Cat and Clouded Leopard from Jyrki Hokkanen (the Clouded Leopard film at least has already been posted he
New Trip Reports: Sulawesi and Java
Coke Smith has finished the reports for his family’s Christmas trip to Java and Sulawesi (where I met up with them). The highlight has got to be the glimpse of a Javan Rhino!
Very remote, high altitude haven proving a saviour for wild yak
Interest article on a Yak haven in Tibet http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/wild-yak.html#cr Jon
Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey
My friend Tien, who guided me in northern Vietnam in 2011, sent me this photo of a Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey he just saw in Ha Giang province, 7 hours north of Hanoi. Sweet. When ca
Snow leopard photographed in India’s Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/india-snow-leopard.html Jon
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
New Trip Report – Sri Lanka
A last trip report for 2012, is this incredible trip to Sri Lanka on a tour Fiona Reid organised. Other than South Africa I am not sure I know anywhere where you can see 61 species