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Check out Samuel Marlin’s report and great photos from a long weekend looking for mammals out of a photo hide, with 10 species including Polecats and Beech & Pine Martens.
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In our latest podcast, Charles Foley and I talk to conservationist Bill Robichaud, best known for his work to protect what many would argue is the world’s most enigmatic mammal: the Saola. The species, which was first discovered by scientists in 1992 in the mountains of Vietnam, is one of the most stunning zoological discoveries of the past 100 years. Extremely rare and highly elusive, it has yet to be seen by any biologist in the wild. Bill talks about how the species was discovered, and what measures are being taken to track down the last remaining individuals.
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Meet the Amazing Giant Rats of Oceania
Rats that climb trees, swim in rivers, grow to epic sizes, and evade detection by scientists for decades. Meet seven spectacular rat species from Oceania.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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I hope the Beggs know how lucky they were.
Wow...what a sighting...add it to those data repositories..ie mammal map, iNaturalist.org etc etc...best wild taken photo ive seen of it...though poor thing stressed there...
Wow, not many folks have seen this one, much less photographed it.
Envious - this is a bucket list sighting
Wow! Lucky sighting
Heather Levy
Oh, FFS
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It’s at least 11 years old. Shared by ranger friend. I’m in a panda reserve now.
Was this recently?
Are any panda reserves still open to the public? I thought it was all over when foping closed?
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Great record and sighting!!
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I filmed this today
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A TNC-funded expedition has re-discovered a giant rat species not seen by scientists for more that 30 years.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Lesser (Dwarf) Anomalure (Anomalurus pusillus), Cote D’Ivoire, 2024.
The anomalures are Africa’s answer to the flying squirrels of North America, Asia and Northern Europe, and Australia’s gliders.
These nocturnal squirrel-sized gliding rodents are found through Africa’s rainforests. Anomalures are also called ‘scalytails’ because of the row of hard scales underneath their tail that are clearly visible in this photo. The scales - anomalurian velcro - help the animals grip onto smooth tree trunks and branches.
This is the smallest of the four true anomalures and seems rarely to have been photographed, and I am pretty sure never before photographed looking as cute as this little fluff ball. In fact it was so sweet looking I had trouble believing it was an anomalure: the other scalytails I have seen looked like fairly sinister squirrels in desperate need of an orthodontist.. I suspect this is a young animal that had just emerged from its daytime tree hollow and was not quite ready to face the evening.
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Wow such great footage!
I have only ever seen one, but have several in camera traps
Nice! There aren’t very many pictures as clear as this one out there, even on iNaturalist!
Chris Henwood 🥹
Thanks for the comments Brian. Yes indeed you (and Covill) are correct that the 95% rule is still being used…
Haha I know the Scops Owl in question 🙂 It's actually the first ever Eurasian Scops Owl that we ever…
Yes indeed, these fields are quite low - we checked the locations from inaturalist, and later searched higher up, along…
Thank you!