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1 May 2026
Australasia
AustralasianPapua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Check out Daniel Boyland's remarkable report from 2025/26 of mammals in PNG and Western Papua including Doria's, Matschie's and Ifola Tree Kangaroos, Brown's and Calaby's Pademelon

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14 January 2026
Australasia
AustralasianWestern Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a fabulous state for mammal watching. There are a lot of endemic species, a great variety of habitat, spectacular scenery and no people.

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19 November 2025
Asia
AustralasianOrientalSulawesi

Sulawesi

I'd wanted to see a wild Babirusa for as long as I can remember, so when Coke Smith told me he was planning to spend Christmas 2012 mammal watching in Sulawesi it didn't take me lo

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1 May 2023
Australasia

Tonga

I haven’t been to Tonga yet, but I’ve included community reports from those that have.

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7 August 2016
Asia
AustralasianEast TimorTimor Leste

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

I was lucky enough to visit Timor-Leste for a week's work. Its a great spot but the terrestrial mammal watching is not so easy. There aren't a great deal of species to look for, an

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7 August 2016
Australasia
AustralasianSolomon Islands

The Solomon Islands

Steve Anyon-Smith, 1 month and almost no mammals at all. But Steve would have had his eye open for them, and I enjoy reading his reports too much not to include it.

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7 August 2016
Australasia
AustralasianNew Zealand

New Zealand

I spent a long weekend in New Zealand in October 2003 during which I managed to see all but one of New Zealand’s specialty mammals. It’s a pretty country but I found some of th

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7 August 2016
Australasia
AustralasianNew Caledonia

New Caledonia

There are a few introduced mammals on the island, but the native species are all bats. At one point we had a hot tip of a colony at La ferme de Pierrat close to Noumea. But then t

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7 August 2016
Australasia
AustralasianGuamKiribatiMarshall IslandsMicronesiaNauruPalau

Micronesia (Region)

I haven't been to Micronesia yet, but I've included community reports from those that have.

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7 August 2016
Africa
AlgeriaPalearctic

Algeria

I haven't been to Algeria yet, but I've included community reports from those that have.

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23 August 2026
Updating IUCN status of data deficient species?
22 August 2026
Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip
21 August 2026
How to find a pine marten?

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  1. Grayson Ponti on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    In my book nowhere tops East Africa (Kenya or Tanzania) for a first-time mammal watching trip. I would start with…

  2. Jim Vanderpoel on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    Sorry, I just re-read your comment and you mentioned January and February--you don't want to visit Yellowstone in winter. June…

  3. Jim Vanderpoel on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    I nominate Yellowstone National Park in the United States for first mammal trip. Easy to see lots of big game…

  4. Michael Johnson on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip22 August 2026

    I agree with Jan, Africa (or at least southern and eastern Africa) would be my pick for a "first" mammal…

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21 August 2026
How to find a pine marten?
21 August 2026
First Trip to Japan (Honshu) in Nov/Dec – Advice on Target Species & Itinerary
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Queensland June/July 2026
19 August 2026
Large rodents of southeast Poland

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