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.

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All Mammals rankings

#

Name

No. of species

List

Latest observations

1

Jon
Hall

2204

Latest , March 2024: 11 lifers in Ivory Coast including Dwarf Anomalure, White-bellied Pangolin and a stunning Liberian Mongoose. Previous highlights include Giant Pangolin, Giant Armadillo, Giant Panda, Pygmy Hippo, Bactrian Camel and Western Long-beaked Echidna.

2

Martin
Royle

1487

Highlights include: Kha-nyou, Lao Langur, Grey-shanked Douc, Javan Rhino, Giant Panda, Giant Armadillo, Aye-aye, Maned Rat, all Douc's, both Red Pandas, Hispanolian Solenodon, Wrinkle-faced Bat, Libyan Striped Weasel, Otter Civet, Chinese Pangolin, Hirola and Black-footed Mongoose - last updated on 13th February 2024

3

Paul
Carter

1160

Sunda Pangolin on Phuket, Thailand

4

Stuart
Chapman

885

2024 highlights: UAE: Arabian thar, Arabian oryx; Previous highlights include: Giant panda after two years living in Wolong Panda Reserve, my first of all eight bear spp; 30 species of cat but recent sightings of Asian Golden Cat and Marbled cat stand out; and Wolves anytime, anywhere.

5

Alex
Meyer

853

Latest observations: Sand Cat, Libyan Striped Weasel, Fennec Fox, Azores Noctule, Grandidier's Mongoose, Indri, Silky Sifaka, Eastern Sucker-footed Bat, Fossa and Aye-aye, . Previous highlights include: Hirola, Kodkod, Ethiopian Wolf, Mountain Nyala, Gelada, Tiger, Jaguar, Blue Whale, North Atlantic Right Whale, Sei Whale, Hector's Dolphin, Meller's Mongoose, Cape Golden Mole, Monito del Monte, Raffles' Banded Langur, Thumbless Bat, Central American Silky Anteater, Banteng, Javan Gibbon, Striped Hyena, Side-striped Jackal, Olinguito, Napo Saki, Maned Sloth, Northern Muriqui, Black-faced Lion Tamarin, Giant Otter, Northern Elephant Seal, Galapagos Fur Seal, Baird's Tapir and Honduran White Bat.

6

Romain
Bocquier

787

African Manatee in Senegal

7

Mark
Tasker

719

All records visible on iGoTerra

8

Charley
Hesse

653

Sun Bear

9

Philip
Precey

636

as of Nov23. most recent: Zaisan Mole-Vole and Siberian Chipmunk in Mongolia. favourites: Maned Wolf, Ethiopian Wolf, Pallas's Cat, Zorilla, Aardwolf, Fennec Fox. Biggest 'bogey mammal': any live mole...

10

Cathy
Pasterczyk

616

Black Agouti, Andean White-eared Opossum and Marañón White-fronted Capuchin

11

Brett
Hartl

600

All-time favorites: wolverine, snorkeling w/blue whales, snow leopard. 2023 trips to Brazil for jaguar, maned wolf, giant anteater plus Borneo for marbled cat, sunda pangolin, otter-civet and more.

12

Marcel
Holyoak

580

Mountain Hare, Cairngorm, Scotland 6/22, Greater One-horned Rhino, Western Hoolock, NE India 4/22. All observations are on on Igoterra.

13

Andreas
Jonsson

522

The last mammal seen until today: Common vampire bat - Ecuador. Other highlights: All my 31 felines. Ethiopian wolf, Spectacled bear, African wild dog, Mountain gorilla, Chimpanzee, Fossa, Maned wolf.

14

Jan
Ebr

503

Using iNaturalist taxonomy, including IDs to genus or with multiple possibilities. Rarest species (least observed on iNat): Woolly Dormouse, Mountain Mole Vole, King Jird, Dark-tailed Tree Rat, Myotis hoveli, Southeast Asian Shrew, Common Rufous-nosed Rat, Emin's Gerbil, Benin Tree Hyrax

15

Nick
Cox

406

Sept 2023 - 30 lifers in Peruvian Amazon, including 10 primates, both otters and both dolphins;

16

Cory
Cravatta

350

Spent my entire 2023 summer in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Highlights include daily Brown Bears in addition to wolves, canada lynx, north american porcupines, northern red backed vole, and ermine.

17

Daan
Drukker

306

Of which 5 only in non-native range (Eastern gray squirrel, Algerian hedgehog, Musk ox, Raccoon, Musk rat) Heard-onlies: Malayan Porcupine and Fire-footed Rope Squirrel

18

Koen
Betjes

264

Ground pangolin, aardvark, aardwolf and striped polecat in Namibia december 2023

19

Petter
Bohman

220

Ear spotted Squirrel, Sepilok, Boreno

20

Ronald
de Mol

190

Most recent: Snow Vole, Alpine Marmot, Alpine Ibex. Highlights: Sun Bear, Sloth Bear, Mainland Serow, Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Amazon River Dolphin.

21

Forest
Jarvis

179

Highlights: Spectral Tarsier (the proper ones on Selayar), Southern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat, Aardwolf, Ethiopian Wolf, Javanese Flying Squirrel

22

Peter
Bayly

170

Latest Observations: Argentine Grey Fox and Guanaco in Chile. Highlight: Black-footed Cat in South Africa.

23

Kyle
Smith

139

Latest additions were Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) and Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Estonia in Oct. 2023

24

Scott
Brockman

115

Highlights: Serval, African Wild Dog, Indri

25

Moses
Swanson-Mwamasika

106

Latest observations include a subspecies of Blue monkey in the eastern highlands and Sharpe's Grysbok. Marsh mongoose in the Savè valley conservancy. Previous highlights include African Wild Dog, Malayan porcupine, Bison, Lar gibbon,Black rhino, Slender mongoose, Black bear, Red wolf, American beaver, Stoat, and Gaur

26

William
Lewis

106

Latest - Red Wolf in North Carolina, American Manatee and Nine-banded Armadillo in Florida

27

Warren
Gilson

95

Latest (Jan 2024) : Rakali aka Australian Water Rat - finally!!!!! (Position of personal nemesis species now vacant)

28

Bhargav
P

37

Latest additions- Asian house shrew

29

Daniel
Sibaja

24

Galictis vittata, Ateles geoffroyi, Leopardus pardalis, Bassariscus sumichrasti and others.

30

Martyn
Horst

Red Fox, Black Bear

Primatewatching rankings

#

Name

No. of species

List

Latest observations

1

Jon
Hall

296

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

Cheryl
Antonucci

250

Some of the latest species include Perrier's Sifaka and Aye Aye from Madagascar and Grizzled Javan Langur. Previous highlights: all the spider monkeys, all the Callithrix marmosets and all the Callicebus titi monkeys

3

Martin
Royle

243

Lao Langur latest sighting

4

Jonathan
Newman

178

Niemitz' and Peleng Tarsier, Kinda Baboon, Philippine Slow Loris, Brown-headed Spider Monkey among the highlights for 2023

5

Alex
Meyer

155

2023: 73 Species of Lemur over 5 weeks in Madagascar 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)

6

Alex
Schouten

155

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

7

Charley
Hesse

131

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

8

Stuart
Chapman

131

Highlights: endangered Asian primates including Lao langur, Cat Ba langur, all three species of Douc langur and Arunachal macaque.

9

Romain
Bocquier

127

Western red Colobus in Gambia

10

Tomer

121

I've actually had lots of highlights - I love my primates. Most recent additions were 41 lemurs on Madagascar including Aye-aye and Indri. I also realized my previous count was wrong (the list was right, but I had 2 repeating numbers), so I'm actually past 120! Boom.

11

Mark
Tasker

118

All records visible on iGoTerra

12

Cathy
Pasterczyk

113

Most recent is Marañón White-fronted Capuchin Cebus yuracus

13

George
Vincent

96

Latest additions (Thailand Dec 23): Dusky Langur, Bengal Slow Loris, Lar and Pileated Gibbons

14

Philip
Precey

96

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

15

Andreas
Jonsson

89

Latest addition: July 2023 - White-bellied spider monkey amongst others in Ecuador

16

Samuel
Marlin

88

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

17

Terry
Reis

72

My recent new species was Spectacled Galago in Uganda. A predictable highlight was Eastern Gorilla. I haven't added either Thomas's or Demidoff's Dwarf Galago to my list as I'm concerned about identification. If anyone has information beyond size and movement I'd be most interested to hear it.

18

Brett
Taylor

56

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.

19

Jonas
Livet

40

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

20

Michael
Johnson

36

More than half the mammals on my list come from my trip to Uganda in Feb 23, during which I saw 21 primate species.

21

Martin
Fichtler

24

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

22

Kyle
Smith

22

Latest additions were Black-and-gold Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya), Black-capped Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri boliviensis), Brown Capuchin (Sapajus apella), and Bolivian Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta sara) in July 2019 in Bolivia

23

Warren
Gilson

14

Sept 2023 : Hilliers and Javan Slow Loris, Raffles' Banded Langur, White-handed and Silvery Gibbons, Sumatran Orangutan

24

Moses
Swanson-Mwamasika

14

The most recent addition to this list is a subspecies of blue monkey in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe. Beautiful monkeys that ended a small trip beautifully.

25

Waskito
Wibowo

13

Javan Slow Loris in Central Java, Indonesia (17 September 2023)

26

Diedert
Koppenol

5

Central American Spider Monkey

27

Jesse
Golden

4

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque (20 Oct 2019)

28

William
Lewis

3

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

29

Bruno
Kovacs Gomez

1

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

Catwatching rankings

#

Name

No. of species

List

Latest observations

1

Phil
Telfer

36

Snow Leopard and Clouded Leopard, Bay Cat at Deramakot. European Lynx in Sweden in the daytime.

2

Jon
Hall

32

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

3

Andreas
Jonsson

31

July 2023: Absolutely fantastic longtime sighting of an Oncilla on Tandyapa road, Ecuador

4

Stuart
Chapman

30

Puma and jaguarundi in Bolivia and Geoffroy's cat in Paraguay are the most recent sightings. Previous highlights include Asian Golden cat and Snow Leopard in India; Sunda Clouded Leopard and Marbled cat in Borneo and Pallas's cat in Mongolia.

5

Janco
van Gelderen

29

Rusty spotted cat India, all four lynxes, jaguarundi, puma, jaguar, snowleopard, sand cat. Count depending on counting Jon, with domestic cat, to be discussed I guess?

6

Martin
Royle

29

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

7

John
Wright

28

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.

8

Romain
Bocquier

26

Fishing cat and Rusty spotted cat in Sri Lanka

9

Jean
Dille

26

Mainland Leopard Cat ( Cat Tien, Vietnam, January 2024). I do not count the domestic cat.

10

Jonathan
Newman

24

Flat-headed Cat

11

Chris
Daniels

23

Caracal in West Coast NP, April 2023

12

Samuel
Marlin

22

August 2023: Fishing cats in Sri Lanka. Previous highlights were snow leopard in Hemis, Pumas in Torres del Paine, Black-footed cat in Marrick SA and Canadian lynx in Minnesota

13

Lennart
Verheuvel

22

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.

14

Jon
Swenson

20

My highlight was unexpectedly catching a mountain lion while trapping American black bears during a research project. Latest obersveration is snow leopard.

15

Cathy
Pasterczyk

17

Eight Jaguars in two days in the Pantanal, Brazil. Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXCuWvJeE-g titled Pixána Catches a Capybara.

16

Greg
Easton

16

Bolivia

17

Terry
Reis

16

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.

18

Steve
Babbs

15

Most recent Fishing Cat.

19

Alex
Meyer

15

2024: Sand Cat 2023: Cheetah. Previous years include Jaguar, Tiger, Kodkod, Sunda Leopard Cat and Serval (take that Tomer haha!)

20

Tomer

15

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

21

Simon
van der Meulen

13

Fishing Cat in Sri Lanka (February 2024)

22

Tullio
de Boer

10

Northern Oncilla

23

Sandra
Heldstab

10

wild ocelots last year and hopefully the first black-footed cat in November

24

Leo
Boon

7

European Wild Cat on the garden list!

25

Jonas
Livet

6

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

26

Martin
Fichtler

5

No recent observations and no highlights

27

Jillis
Roos

5

Sandcat

28

Kyle
Smith

4

I saw lions (Panthera leo), leopards (Panthera pardus), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in South Africa in 2014 (and have also seen various feral domestic cats)

29

Waskito
Wibowo

3

Leopard in Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia (11 March 2023)

30

Diedert
Koppenol

3

Jungle Cat (list excluding 'category C' so no Domestic Cat)

31

Michael
Johnson

3

Latest observation and highlight was the leopard sighting in Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda last February.