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16 February 2023
Anomalurefield guidefield guidesIDidentificationScaly-tailed SquirrelsSciuridaeSoundssquirrels

Track list for the Provisional Field Guide for the Squirrels of Western Africa

Download here the track list from the provisional field guide to the Squirrels and Anomalures of Western Africa. I advise to download the sounds before your trip in order to have t

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31 October 2022
North American
Californiacommon dolphinsidentificationpelagic

ID of common dolphins

Hey all. In the 1990s Common Dolphin was split into long-beaked and short-beaked forms and counted as two different species. Currently they are lumped. According to Bernardo Alps (

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3 August 2022
Uncategorised
identificationsight records

Which sight records are reportable?

Recently I spent a few days on Java and saw a bunch of mammals, including two sightings of what I IDed as being very rare and little-know species (more on this below). Before submi

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9 March 2021
Africa
identificationKenyarodents

Help with IDing some rodent species from Kenya

Hey everyone! After 2 weeks in Uganda with Tomer Ben-Yehuda, I went to Kenya with Sandra Heldstab. We saw some great species over our 9 days there, but before publishing the trip r

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17 January 2021
Oriental
identificationIndiamongoose

Indian Mongoose and Mouse identification help please

Hi All I confess that birds have been my main interest, but recent trips have become more mammal-orientated (including India in March 2020, with 17 species identified – I&#82

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19 November 2019
Australasia
batschiropteraidentificationpipistrellepteropus

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

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20 December 2017
Oriental
identificationRodentThailand

Rat ID, southern Thailand (slightly gruesome pics)

Hi all I’m after thoughts on this splatted rat from near Khao Lak. Based on size and other features I identified it as Greater Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota indica) in the field (

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24 March 2017
Africa
DzangagenetidentificationmammalSangha

A Genet Question from Dzanga Bai

Hi everyone! I have a question to anyone who might be an “expert” in genets, and specifically to Vladimir Dinets, who actually saw what was most likely the same individ

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28 October 2016
Africa
IDidentificationSouth Africaspecies

It’s your favorite game: Name That Species

See? You liked the title.. and who doesn’t like to help a fellow mammal watcher identify species So here are a few species I saw in South Africa that I would like to ID befor

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23 April 2014
North American
identificationMustela

Weasel Identification Help

I saw this little guy in 2006, before I was really deeply into wildlife watching. I saw it at the Calgary Zoo, in Alberta, Canada. It was running through the portion of the zoo loc

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  1. wildlife_watcher on Suggestions: Upcoming Eastern US Trip25 June 2025

    I'm not sure when you're coming but can I make a suggestion that you might have as much fun north…

  2. wildlife_watcher on alligator River NWR: Road closures?25 June 2025

    Thanks I'll ne happt with some bear sightings so Ill still go. It's a bit dishearting thought that the nwr…

  3. Ian Thompson on Papua New Guinea 202524 June 2025

    Fantastic trip, Carlos! Wow!

  4. Jon Hall on Some notes on mammalwatching in Bhutan24 June 2025

    Thanks for this Mike! It makes me want to return. There is a lot of potential here as you say…

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Wood Buffalo National Park suggestions??
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Reminder: The 2027 Antarctica Mammalwatching Cruise
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Trip Report – North & South Luangwa National Park Safari – Royle Safaris – Oct / Nov 2024
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