World Mammals

Mountina Gorilla, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Serval, Caracal, Jaguar, Ocelot, Tiger,Narwhal, Beluga, Indian Flying Fox, Vampire Bat

Updated October 2021. Northern Australia - got Koala at last! Highlights from trips to date Ethiopian Wolf, Polar Bear, Baird's Tapir, 25 Lemur species, Chimpanzee, Mountain Gorilla.

4 new species in W and N Cape, South Africa, 10/2019 inc Cape Grysbok and Southern Right Whale

Platypus, Tasmanian Devil, Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo, Northern Quoll, Bear Cuscus, Manatee, Sperm Whale, Sable Antelope, African Wild Dog, Leopard, Cheetah, Indian Rhino, Grizzly Bear, Spectral Tarsier, Pygmy Marmoset, Chimpanzee and Mountain Gorilla, Irrawady River Dolphin, Jan 06 Fosa, Common Teneric, Indri and a variety of other lemurs in Madagascar Oct/Nov; 06 Golden Cat, Western Lowland Gorilla, Mandrill, Red-capped Mangaby, Crowned Guenon, Red River Hog, Sitatunga, Yellow-backed Duiker Gabon Aug/07; Mantled Howler Monkey, Geoffrey's Tamarin, Crab-eating Raccoon, Central American Woolly Possum, Costa Rica/Panama Oct/Nov 07, Hector's and Dusky Dolphins, Hooker's Sea Lion and N.Z. Fur Seal, Feb. 08; Malaysian Tapir 2009: Narrow-striped and Red-bellied Marsupial Shrews, Moss-forest Rat and Spinner Dolphins, West Papua 2010; Giant Anteater, Weeper Capuchin Monkey and Brazilian Porcupine, Venezuela 2011.Polar Bear, Arctic Fox, Walrus, Blue and Beluga Whales, Spitzbergen June 2015, Brydes and Blainefields Beaked Whales, Madeira, Buffy-Headed and White-Headed Marmosets and Brown Howler Monkeys S.E. Brazil Nov. 2015 Leopard Cat, Javan Langur, and Timor Deer, Lesser Sundas 2016

mainland Australia Quokka, Short-eared Rock-Wallaby on recent OZ Tour

Highlights include: Bowhead Whale (Belgium), Jaguar, Puma, Giant Anteater, Maned Wolf, Bornean Orangutan, Bennet's and Lumhotz's Tree Kangaroo, Broad-footed Feathertail Glider, Ghost Bat, Leadbeater's Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Platypus, Killer Whale, Hector's Dolphin, New Zealand Sea-lion, Numbat, American Pine Marten, Black, Brown and Sloth Bear, North American Porcupine, Black Rhinoceros, White-faced and Guianan Bearded Saki, Giant Otter, Mountain Bear Cuscus, Tiger, Leopard, Dusky Striped Squirrel, Cuvier's Beaked Whalem Pygmy Killer Whale, Fin Whale, Siamang, Mediterranean Monk Seal, European Bison, Wolf.Excl. the following species (tracks only): Baird's Tapir, Cozumel and Common Raccoon, Northern Freetail Bat and excl. feral species (eg Dingo).

Most recent Highlights: Indian rhino, Fishing cat, Spotted linsang, brush tailed phascogale, southern hairy nosed wombat

Just starting to collate all my list over many years of Travel... Highlight include Giant Panda, Bongo, 77 species of primate. My target to finish collating my list in the next months and to start a small mammal research program at our lodge in Central Africa to add bats rodents and small insectivores to my list.

2021: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat. 2020: Hawaiian Monk Seal, Wolf. 2018: Ethiopian Wolf, Mountain Nyala, Gerenuk, Gelada, Walia

Fin Whale, Artic Squirrel, etc. Nicaragua, Brasil, USA (AK, CA, FL, AZ, NM, MI, WY, UT, TX)

Most recent as of March 2011: Aardvark, Aardwolf, Ethiopian Wolf. Some favorites: Indian Rhinosaurus, Jungle Cat, Smooth-coated Otter, Geoffroy's Cat, Beluga, Brazilian Tapir, Leopard, Tiger, Giant Anteater, Maned Wolf, Daurian Pika.

Updated June 2018

Latest: Grey-shanked Douc, Jan 12. Past highlights: Giant and Red Panda, Takin and Black Snub-nosed Monkey (China), Indonesian Mountain Weasel (2nd ever field sighting), Bornean Clouded Leopard, Binturong, Golden Cat (Sumatra), Javan Gibbon (Java), White-fronted & Hose's Langur, Mueller's Gibbon, Marbled Cat (Borneo), Malay Tapir & Sunda Loris (Malaysia), Eld's Deer, Pygmy Loris, Gaur (Cambodia), Delacour's & Hatinh Langur, Annamese Gibbon (Vietnam), White-headed Langur (China), Grey Loris (Sri Lanka), Asiatic Lion (India). Still going through past trip lists!

2015 India: Tiger, tree-shrew, jungle cat, cowsingha and more; Madagascar with as highlights Fosa and Silky Sifaka; Platypus, Long-nosed Potoroo (Tasmania); Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby(SA); Giant Anteater, Northern Muriqui (southeast Brasil); Eu. polecat (own garden); Mountain Gorilla (Bwindi), Chimpanzee(Kibale)(Uganda); Greater Grison, South American Tapir, Jaguar (Peru); Short-eared Elephant-Shrew (South Africa); Serval, De Brazza Monkey (Kenya); several armadillo spec. (Argentina); Golden Bamboo Lemur (Madagascar); Gelada Baboons (Ethiopia)

13 species of cat, Platypus, Gaur, Binturong, Brazilian Tapir, Golden-Mantled and Emperor Tamarins, Grizzly Bear. Most recent: Hopi Chipmunk near Moab, UT

Field Mouse

2021: leopard cat, sun bear; August 2020: pine marten, Eurasian beaver, minke whale; Jan 2020: siamang; white-thighed langur; spotted giant flying squirrel; Oct 2019: Kitti's hog nosed bat; Sunda clouded leopard, otter civet, North Borneo gibbon, Sabah grey langur

Chinese Desert Cat and Chinese Flying Squirrel in Sichuan, May 2006

Recent highlights: Blue Whale, Leopard, Grey Slender Loris, Sri Lanka; Arabian Tahr, UAE

11 from Panama (Opossum, 2 sloths, 3 squirrels, Agouti, Capybara and 3 monkeys)

recent highlights include ground pangolin, black-footed cat and aardvark.

Cuvier's Beaked-whale, Gervais' Beaked-whale - Bay of Biscay, July 2009

Przewalski's and Tibetan Gazelle and Tibetan Antelope and 5 Pikas from the Tibetan Plateau in 2014. 23 new from Mongolia in 2012 including Long-eared Hedgehog and 7,000 Mongolian Gazelles in Tolson Hulstai Nature Reserve. Core list from Canada with sightings in Malaysia, Namibia/Botswana, Central America and Bolivia (including Golden Palace Monkey) - Highlights include Polar Bear, Northern Right Whale, Jaguar, Aardwolf and Giant Anteater

Favorites: Giant Anteater at Manu; 50+ grizzlies at Brooks Falls; Mountain Gorillas at Bwindi; Orangutans in Borneo; swimming with Manatees (Florida) and Sea Lions (Galapagos); faceoff between two prides (30+) lions at Chobe; tapir swimming up to canoe in Pantanal.

Jaguar, Giant River Otter, European Brown Bear 2015: Fat sand Rat,Barbary Ground Squirrel

Updated 2010-05-10

Brown-headed Spider Monkey (Canande Ecuador),Pileated, White Handed and Bornean Gibbons, Hose's Langur, Binturong, Western Tarsier

South Africa: 2 Bushbaby species, African Wild Dogs, Serval, Meerkats

Latest Sp: Greater White-lined Bat, Costa Rica 2/2020

12/15 Chile, Coruro; 5/11 EC Bushy-tailed Opossum, Tayra; 11/10 Australia Echidna; Lots of NA Scuirids in 2010, and some large mammals; Delacour's Langur in Vietnam, Southern Flying Squirrel at a local patch.

As of 3/10/2010, see photos, notes, lists, and maps at

10 species of New World monkeys including Night Monkey; Mountain Viscacha, Tayra, Greater Fishing Bat, Blue Whale and Fin Whale on the same day, Killer Whale; 1/8-18/10: Duck-billed Platypus, four Macropod species, two Brushtail Possum species, Grey-headed & Black Flying Foxes, Queensland, Australia; 3/2014: Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth and Long-nosed Bats in Costa Rica; Alaska 2014: Grizzly Bear, Barren Ground Caribou, Moose, Collared Pika; 9/3/14: American Mink in Bridgeport, CA; 1/14/15: Giant Kangaroo-Rat, San Benito Co. CA; 7/15: Three new bats in Puerto Rico, including Antillean ghost-faced bat! 2/2018: South Africa, full of iconic mammals!

Latest: Hoary Bat (NY)(upd. 5/25/20)

Taiwan Macaque, Bighorn sheep & Pronghorn (Canada), Black-bellied Pangolin (Ivory Coast), Manatee (USA), Spotted Cuscus and Tasmanian Devil (Aus), Philippine Pygmy Squirel and Colugo (Phil), White-thighed Langur/Surili and Siamang (Malaysia), Buff-cheeked Gibbon, Delacour and Douc Langur (Vietnam), Orang Utan, Probiscus Monkey, Bornean Gibbon (Borneo), Platypus, Quokka, Woylie and Black Wallaroo(Australia), Kirks Dik-Dik (Namibia), Dhole and Slow Loris (Thailand), Harbour Porpoise (Netherlands), Black and White Rhinoceros plus Springhare (South Africa), Hooker's Sea Lion and Bryde's whale New Zealand.

2/05 White-nosed Breaded Saki and Red-handed Howlers

223 of them in Australia (Bilby, Mulgara, Kowari, all quolls, both phascogales, numbat, Scaly-tailed Possum) plus a handful of OS species

18 Lemur species and Lowland Streaked Tenrec.

Mongoose (Portugal)

Latest: more than 20 cetaceans during the Atlantic Odyssey 2018, best one being Gervais’ Beaked Whale

July 2011 Canada: 10 species including Orca, Black Bear and Nuttall’s Cottontail. Highlights of previous years: Java: Ebony & Javan Leaf Monkey, Australia: Echidna, Platypus, Lemuroid Ringtail Possum, Musky Rat-kangaroo and Australian Sea-lion, Malaysia: Orang-utan, Slow Lori, Western tarsier, Banded civet and Colugo, Madagascar: Bertha’s Mouse Lemur, Red-bellied Lemur, Giant Jumping Rat, Narrow-striped Mongoose and Fossa, Ivory Coast: White-crowed Mangabee, Southern Africa: Brown Hyena, Cheetah and Black Rhino.

Peale's dolphin bow-riding of Cape Horn on 1/1/07, previous christmas highlights, Blue, Humpback, Killer, S.Bottlenosed Whales, and Weddell, Crabeater, S.Elephant, Leopard Seals

Mostly North America, with others from Kenya, South Africa, Great Britain, and most recently Japan

False Killer Whale, 9 Primates in Uganda, Dusky Langur, Nine-banded Armadillo

Black-footed Ferret, Swift Fox, Cotton Mouse, European Rabbit, Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat, Alpine Ibex, Ord's Kangaroo Rat, Dall Porpoise, Ringtail,Western Pipistrelle & Lynx, Muskox (Nome), Caribou, Beluga & Mt. Goat

Highlights: Aardvark, aardwolf, caracal, cheetah, lion, leopard, black and white rhino, hippo, sperm and humpback whale. Favourite ever: Aardvark and African Wild Dog. Latest: beaver. 2013 additions: just three!- Comoran Fruit Bat, American Mink and Beaver

Platypus, Short-Beaked Echidna, Green Ringtail Possum, Red-Legged Pademelon, Musky Rat Kangaroo, Long-Nosed Bandicoot, Ringtail, Grayish Mouse-Opossum, Serval, Sable Antelope, White Rhino, Mantled Howler, Proboscis Bat, Leopard, Giraffe, Spotted Hyena, Hawaiian Monk Seal, Dall's Sheep, Canadian Lynx

Oct 2010: Greater Bulldog Bat at Laguna de Apoyo, NI.

July, 08-American Badger, Fox Squirrel, Rock Squirrel

Gaur, Tiger (India 2005), Honey Badger (Oman 2008)