New Podcast Episode: Vivek Menon
The latest mammalwatching podcast is now up, in which we interview Vivek Menon founder and Executive Director of the Wildlife Trust of India. Vivek is a distinguished conservatio
Taxonomy news
1. A review of alstoni species group of mouse opossums, with a description of Marmosa adleri (if you’ve seen “Alston’s mouse opossum” in Panama, that was it
Meet Nils Bouillard on Episode 15 of the Mammalwatching Podcast
We interviewed Nils Bouillard for the latest episode of the podcast. Nils is a young Belgian biologist who specializes in bat acoustics. In 2019 Nils set out to spend a year trav
Mammalwatching with children
Here’s a chart showing the number of new species I’ve seen every year of my life (the first six years summarized under 1975). For the reference, my first marriage was i
Taxonomy news
Just a few today: 1. New tuco-tuco Ctenomys plebiscitum described from northern Patagonia. It apparently occurs in an urban park (42° 52′ 20.61″ S 70° 20′ 08.80″ W). Look
“Competition”
I’ve been thinking of how one could make a friendly mammal watching competition were you have to watch in the country you live in that is relativly fair no matter were you li
Taxonomy news
1. Another Thomasomys described: T. antoniobracki from N Peru (4.89429S 79.36761W). The link for downloading the PDF. 2. Bullimus carletoni described from S Luzon. 3. Three new spe
Mammal Big Day – Southern Kenya – A landscape report
On October 1st, 2021, a friend of mine (Stratton Hatfield) and I commenced a mammal big day across the Mara-Loita-Nguruman landscape of Southern Kenya, covering roughly 100 Nautica
Podcast Episode 13: Tomer Ben-Yehuda and Alex Meyer
In the latest podcast episode, Charles Foley and I interview Tomer Ben-Yehuda and Alex Meyer, two 30-something mammalwatching friends about their adventures and misadventures aro
Taxonomy news
1. True’s beaked whales from the Southern Hemisphere split as a new species, Mesoplodon eueu. 2. When pygmy marmosets got split, it was unclear which of the two species shoul