Although there is much more to mammalwatching than listing species, it is – for many of us – a fun way to track our effort. Mammal listing is nothing more than a friendly competition. But I believe it can motivate mammalwatchers and also lead to a more interactive and lively community. So if you have a list please share it here. Any questions about what people have seen or where? Just click on their list and ask them.

You can share only your primate and cat lists at the moment. But league tables for other groups of species will appear soon.

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Primatewatching rankings

#

Name

No. of species

List

Latest observations

1

Jon
Hall

299

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Latest additions include Preuss's Guenons and Bioko Red Colobus in Equatorial Guinea in January 2023. Highlights include all the Lion Tamarins and all the Douc Langurs.

2

Martin
Royle

233

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Laoatian Langur latest sighting

3

Alex
Schouten

136

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Highlights: Kipunji, Drill, all 9 species of Sifaka, all 3 species of Douc Langurs, Cat Ba Langur, Southern Muriqui, Pennant's Red Colobus. Latest trip (march 2023: Vietnam

4

Charley
Hesse

131

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Latest trip to S India with Lion-tailed Macaque & Nilgiri Langur

5

Philip
Precey

96

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96 species as of May 2023: most recent additions Gelada, Hamadryas and Bale Monkey in 2020

6

Andreas
Jonsson

80

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Latest addition: March 2023 Gee´s golden langur in Kakoijana forest reserv - India

7

Samuel
Marlin

79

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Highlights are: Mountain gorillas and chimpanzee in Uganda; all the sifakas (6 seen out of 9 species) in Madagascar

8

Tomer

78

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I've actually had lots of highlights - I love my primates. Most recent additions were pale titi and Azara's night monkeys in 2022. Madagascar should put me >100 so I'm very excited.

9

Alex
Meyer

77

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2022: Silvery Javan Gibbon, Javan Slow Loris, West & East Javan Langurs. Previous Years: Kenya Coast Galago, Buffy-headed Marmoset, Golden-mantled Saddleback Tamarin, Black-faced Lion Tamarin, Panamanian Night Monkey, Coastal Black-handed Titi, Napo Saki, Northern Muriqui, Tana River Mangabey, Bale Monkey, Semliki Red Colobus, Eastern Gorilla, Chimpanzee, and Human at birth (only way to truly see wild Humans)

10

Terry
Reis

62

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Most recent new species is Sumatran Orangutan in 2020.

11

Brett
Taylor

56

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It's actually been a while since this list was added to. Vietnam primates are a definite highlight. I really just wanted to be in the top 10 of the primate lists and reside with the other esteemed mammal watchers here while I could. Shameless I know. Cheers.

12

Jonas
Livet

40

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Update 05/2023: 40 primate species seen in the wild, total 211 primate species seen including ones in captive settings

13

Martin
Fichtler

24

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Latest: Barbary Macaque, June 2022, Morocco and Thick-tailed Greater Galago, Aug. 2022, South Africa. Highlight: Drill in Cameroon.

14

William
Lewis

3

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Latest - Mantled Howler Monkey, Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, and Panamanian White-throated Capuchin in Costa Rica, June/July 2022.

15

Bruno
Kovacs Gomez

1

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Only Barbary Macaque, in 2019 in Gibraltar and in 2023 in Morocco.

Catwatching rankings

#

Name

No. of species

List

Latest observations

1

Jon
Hall

32

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Latest was a Bay Cat in Borneo in July 2022, other highlights include Asian Golden Cat in Bhutan, Andean Mountain Cat in Chile and all three Lynxes. April 30 2023

2

Andreas
Jonsson

30

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March 2023: Snow leopard, Fantastic observation of a mating pair in Rumbak valley, Ladakh. Also 3 different Pallas cat in Hanle wetlands - Ladakh. The latest new addition though is Flat-headed cat from Kinabatangan, Borneo July 2022.

3

Martin
Royle

29

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Jaguarundi (latest cat), Snow Leopard, Pallas's Cat, Northern Colocolo and Asiatic Golden Cat all highlights

4

John
Wright

28

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Jaguar, Jaguarundi, Pantanal Cat in Brazil last year. Chinese Mountain and Pallas's Cat in China in 2018. Cats seen on general wildlife trips not specifically for cat species. I don't count domestic cat on my list.

5

25

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Bobcat (Pt. Reyes, US, February 2023); Iberian Lynx (Penalajo Estate, Spain, December 2022); Marbled Cat, Tabin, Borneo, August 2022)

6

Chris
Daniels

23

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Caracal in West Coast NP, April 2023

7

Lennart
Verheuvel

22

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I do not count domestic cats. Highlights include watching a Snow Leopard on eye level at close distance also watching them mate for a day. Sneaking up on a Pallas' Cat. Watching 3 full-grown Puma cubs up close while on foot. Watching a Bornean Clouded Leopard.

8

Samuel
Marlin

20

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February 2023: Bobcats and fantastic observation of Canadian lynxex in Minnesota. Previous highlights were: snow leopard in Hemis, Pumas in Torres del Paine and Black-footed cat in Marrick SA

9

Jon
Swenson

19

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My highlight was unexpectedly catching a mountain lion while trapping American black bears during a research project. Latest obersverations are sand cat and African wildcat.

10

Greg
Easton

16

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Bolivia

11

Cathy
Pasterczyk

16

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Most wanted and seen - Pallas's Cat. Most surprising sighting - Geoffrey's Cat.

12

Terry
Reis

16

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Most recent species was either Pallas's Cat or Chinese Mountain Cat in 2019. Can't remember the order of observation, though probably Pallas's. Are we expected to include feral Domestic Cats in our lists? I've done so, they're not difficult in Australia but do wonder why.

13

Tomer

15

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Latest species was Geoffroy's cat in 2022; highlights have been of course snow leopard in Ladakh and marbled cat on Borneo

14

Alex
Meyer

13

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2023: Cheetah. Previous years include Jaguar, Tiger, Kodkod, Sunda Leopard Cat and Serval (take that Tomer haha!)

15

Tullio
de Boer

10

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Northern Oncilla

16

Leo
Boon

7

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European Wild Cat on the garden list!

17

Jonas
Livet

6

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Update 05/2023: 6 felid species seen in the wild, total 34 felid species seen including ones in captive settings

18

Martin
Fichtler

5

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No recent observations and no highlights