Putumayo: A Primate Paradise at Amazon’s Birds Natural Reserve, Colombia
Location and Access: Amazon’s Birds Natural Reserve is located at ´Vereda Agua Negra km 7 corredor turístico Puerto Asís – Santana Putumayo´. The reserve can be easily
Panama, or how I discovered the Neotropics
My first trip to the Neotropics, Panama was chosen for personal reasons but proved to be an exceptional experience over 16 days. 29 mammals seen, including water opossums, Northern
Book review: Illustrated Checklist to Neotropical Primates from Lynx and re:wild
I just received a copy, hot off the presses, of the latest in the Lynx Illustrated Checklist series. Their new book in Neotropical Primates is, like their Madagascar checklist, spo
Costa Rica/Nicaragua/Panama: Suggestions for VERY low budget mammal watching?
Hi all! Unfortunately I only make US$15,000 a year (small online business) and can’t come close to affording most of the tours or even accommodations people talk about on her
Taxonomy news
1. Two new spp. of Neacomys described, one from coastal Venezuela and the other from EC Brazil. 2. A major revision of Dendromus, with multiple splits and undescribed lineages. I h
New World deer phylogeny down
Everything you thought you knew about New World deer was wrong, according to a new paper. It’s mtDNA-based, but some conclusions are unlikely to be changed by future nDNA stu