Bat Weekend in Yucatan
Mérida, Yucatán, January 2020 from Charles Hood, hoodcw (at) gmail (dot) com I had some frequent flyer miles to spend and a few days off when I could work by email, so I did a
Two bats to ID, New Guinea region
I hope somebody can help to identify these two bats. The microbat was at Nimbokrang, West New Guinea, roosing in a crack of a wooden tower in lowland rainforest. The flying fox was
Book Review: Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol 9: The Bats
Do you remember, way way back in 2009, when the first volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World was published? I was so excited. But I was also skeptical that the entire s
Future Maine & Nova Scotia Trip: Trapping/Location Assistance Wanted
Hello all! Long time user of this wonderful resource, first time poster. My goal like many of you here is to see/photograph as many mammal species as possible in my lifetime. Most
RFI: Mammals especially bats areound Kuala Lumpur
Hello, I will have few days available in Kuala Lumpur, Fraser Hill and Taman Negara in August. My questions are: – Are there bat caves easy to see around Kuala Lumpur? Dark C
Lava Beds National Monument (May 2017 Update)
19-20 May 2017 I was in Crater Lake area for a family vacation (not a mammal trip). Brief mammal notes. Two very brief stops at Tule Lake Wildlife Refuge. Before dark: Montane Vole
RFI: Bat ID from La Lancha tunnel, Andujar, Spain
Hi, We recently visited the Andujar area of Spain and, despite missing the lynx, took a few photos of the bats in the tunnel by the dam at La Lancha. We would appreciate any help i
It’s time for “Helping Tomer Identify Small Mammals based on Terrible Pictures!”
So I didn’t do my homework on small mammals before goign to the CAR… So I kind of learned some of the squirrels and galagos as I went along. Well, the red-legged sun sq
New species
Two new papers of interest: (1) splitting trident-nosed bat into 3 spp., one of them completely new; (2) claiming multiple new spp. among Chinese pikas. I find the first one prett
Vampyrum spectrum
It’s always great when mammalwatchers contribute to science. Here is my short paper (published last Friday) that uses observations from a bunch of amateurs as well as my own