Tiger Numbers Increase in India

Good news.. or apparently so…

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110328131310.htm

Jon

New Trip Reports – China (Pandas) and Argentina & Chile

I have just added two great reports from Nov 2010

Indri’s trip to the Qinling Mountains is here
http://www.mammalwatching.com/Palearctic/palearctchina.html. THey saw 11 species including Giant Pandas, Golden Takins and Common Goral.

and Stefanie Lahaye and Tim Lieben spent 5 weeks in Argentina and Chile & saw 39 identified species including a Tawny Tuco-Tuco, Mountain Viscacha and a Six-banded Armadillo.

Jon

The Daily Mammal

This is a nice idea: Jennifer Kinyak is based in the US and is aiming to draw a different mammal species every day and so work her way through all 5,000.

A mammal a day keeps sorrows away… and I agree!

http://www.dailymammal.com/

Jon

Fewer Bats Carry Rabies Than Thought

ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2011) — Bats tend to have a bad reputation. They sleep all day, party at night, and are commonly thought to be riddled with rabies. A study by University of Calgary researchers has confirmed that bats are not as disease-ridden as the stigma suggests.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131133323.htm

Jon

Against the Tide: Currents Keep Dolphins Apart; Study Finds Invisible Oceanographic Factors That Keep Populations Separate

ScienceDaily (Mar. 24, 2011) — Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other conservation and research groups have discovered that groups of dolphins in the western Indian Ocean do not mix freely with one another. In fact, dolphin populations are kept separate by currents and other unseen factors.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110324153708.htm

Jon

RFI – Colorado Chipmunks

Does anyone know any good spots for Colorado Chipmunks close to Denver? And will they be out of hibernation by the end of this month?

thanks

Jon

RFI – Mammals of the Hindu Kush

If anyone has been to Chitral Gol National Park or that area of Pakistan I would be interested to hear from them. I should have a weekend there next month. Markhors will be easy to see (in theory) and there is a remote chance of a Snow Leopard. But is there anything else I ought to be looking for?

thanks

Jon

Andean Cats not just in the Andes

Some interesting research on Patagonian felids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110316142626.htm

Jon

Margays in Mexico

Some of you may be interested in this thread from a herp watching forum which covers ‘mammalian bycatch’ ….In particular, someone called Crotalus reckons he sees Margays frequently on the pacifc coast of Mexico. http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=142&sid=5ffc420e595509cc2e435228b6f44d89Has anyone else heard anything similar before?

Thanks to Curtis Hart for sending this to me

jon

RFI: Lower Rio Grande Texas Mammals

last minute RFI, but does anyone have suggestions for good mammal spots in the McAllen area of Texas?  I am heading there on a primarily birding trip this weekend, but would like to perhaps try for Nilgai, Mexican Ground Squirrel, Pocket Gophers, etc

Might also take a trip up near Corpus Christ for the grassquit if it is still around

Any info would be most appreciated