The Weekly Recap
Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap!
Starting off the week was Nick Buys’ report of his recent Nature Travel Africa trip to Madagascar. With lots of good species like Aye-aye, Diademed Sifaka, Giant Jumping Rat and Verreaux’s Sifaka, it was a great trip.
This post by Lucy Hughes is a report about mammalwatching with thermals (cameras, not socks) to research nocturnal arboreal mammals in Panama and Peru. She and her husband have recorded over 50 species thanks to thermals, and have shared some great pictures of species like Bi-colored Spined Porcupine, Kinkajou and Silky Anteater.
Speaking of thermal cameras, don’t forget that the Thermal Master DV2 is still back in stock worldwide and may not be for very long. If, like me, you have been yelled at by very — uh — passionate mammalwatchers because you dropped the spotlight for one second during a night drive, then this thermal camera will be your saviour. So if you want to save money on the camera and your children’s therapy, don’t forget to use the code MAMMALCAM10 to get 10% off, whether on Amazon or the Thermal Master website.
Anna Bauerová has shared a report from Vietnam with gorgeous photos and 9 mammal species including Northern Slow Loris, Masked Palm Civet and Northern Hog Badger.
Next is the latest update to Marc Bozon’s Big Cat Year! In this installment he goes to Mongolia in (successful) search of Snow Leopards and 11 species such as Mongolian Mountain Vole and Corsac Fox.
My dad wrapped up his series of China reports with this one from Tianmu Mountain with species like Hairy-winged Bat (maybe), Northern Hog Badger and South China White-bellied Rat.
This next report is from Luke Tassopoulos’ trip to Argentina. Despite it not being a mammal-focused trip he still saw 15 species (all lifers!) including Crab-eating Fox, Southern Long-nosed Armadillo and Plains Viscacha.
Next is a first time poster, Bas Klep, with a great report from Rwanda! The fact it was mainly a birding trip was definitely atoned for by the 36 mammal species he saw, including East African Potto, Spotted Necked Otter, Red-legged Sun Squirrel and Chimpanzee!
And the last trip report this week was Wouter Pieters’ from Sichuan with Royle Safaris. The photos are stunning — highlights include Giant and Red Pandas, Mainland Leopard Cat and the lovely but slightly freaky Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey.
If you’d like to join a mammal trip of your own, check out the join a trip page. Some examples of these are Charles Foley travelling to Zambia in October with Ian Thompson, Venkat Sankar and space for one more, and Chad Johnson who wants to put together a trip for Snow Leopards in Tibet this autumn.
Carlos Bocos has also set up a new tour company, Mammalia Tours! Him and my dad are planning two trips to West Africa for early 2028: Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea. These trips are still in the works but let them know if you are interested in joining either (or both!)
Ralf Bürglin has shared his extensive research on the Red Goral — three times as extensive as the English Wikipedia entry! So if you would like to see this species or simply learn more about it, definitely check out his website.
And finally, Moses Swanson has shared a post about “nemesis species”: that one mammal that has always evaded you. For some reason I can’t quite put my finger on, the comments full of stories of cursed mammalwatchers are very cathartic for me to read… Oh wait. It must be that they bring to mind the time my brother and I accidentally saw a Weasel years before my dad ever managed to 😀 Anyway, definitely share your own — I promise to take only a little pleasure reading about them.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: Yunann Snub-nosed Monkey – Wouter Pieters
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