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active 1 year, 9 months agoRed Fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
23 May 2019
21 February 2019. Betsukai–Cape Notsuke Lighthouse, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Two subspecies of this widespread Holarctic species are reported to occur in Japan. This is V. v. schrencki (a.k.a. Ezo [...]
Archived: Europe and the Palearctic
Sika (Cervus nippon nippon)
23 May 2019
21 February 2019. Betsukai–Cape Notsuke Lighthouse, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan This species retains spots into adulthood, an evolutionary process known as neoteny. However the spots are extremely faint in the Japanese population [...]
Archived: Europe and the Palearctic
Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procynoides viverrinus)
11 May 2019
18 February 2019. Izumi–Izumi Crane Observation Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan This individual was unaccountably fearless suggesting that it may not have been entirely healthy. Although Raccoon Dogs superficially resemble Raccoons, they [...]
Archived: Europe and the Palearctic
Japanese Squirrel (Sciurus lis)
2 May 2019
16 February 2019. Karuizawa–Shiotsubo Hot Spring Hotel, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. These small, long-eared, large-eyed tree squirrels are endemic to the Japanese Islands. They are specialists in natural mixed-species forests and pinewoods [...]
Archived: Europe and the Palearctic
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)
16 April 2019
14 February 2019. Yamanouchi–Jigokudani (Hot Springs / Snow Monkey Park), Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Sometimes called “Snow Monkeys,” these are the northernmost wild population of non-human primates in the world. Their thick fur [...]
Archived: Europe and the Palearctic
RFI Chipmunk near Yellowstone National Park
22 June 2015
Attached are two images of a chipmunk sp. taken 15 June 2015 at the Rock Creek Scenic Overlook near Red Lodge Montana, on our way to the NE entrance of Yellowstone. I [...]
Archived: General Mammal Watching
RFI: Patagonian Fox ID
14 May 2015
There has been some question about the ID of a fox I photographed near Punta Arenas, Chile. Is it a Culpeo or a Patagonian Gray Fox. Photo at… http://fog. [...]
Archived: General Mammal Watching
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