Cuc Phuong NP (Vietnam): mammal records

Paul Carter
Posted 18 Aug 2024. Revised 19 Aug 2024; further revisions/additions likely. All images by PC.
For identification or taxonomy comments please contact me at: paulcarter@pacapix.com

Summary
On an overnight visit (27-28 July 2024) with Nick Cox and Le Khac Quyet we saw 15 species. The highlights were Ha Long Leaf-nosed Bat, Indochinese Shrewlike Mouse, Mekong White-bellied Rat and a Tube-nosed Bat species. My first visit to Cuc Phuong NP (19-20 Nov 2012) included Perny’s Long-nosed Squirrel.

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Streaked Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou ichillus) in the Iquitos area (northeastern Peru)

Paul Carter. 8 July 2023.
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A citable version was posted on Zenodo here on 9 July 2023: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8128848

Summary

On the nights of 20 and 23 June 2023 I photographed Streaked Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou ichillus, Voss and da Silva, 2001) in lowland forest 60 km south of Iquitos (Loreto, northeastern Peru), having found both with a thermal scope whilst in the company of Juan Pacaya (a guide from Tahuayo Lodge). These two records appear to be the first in situ records from northeastern Peru. C. ichillus is a poorly known porcupine confirmed from only nine sites (Ramírez-Chaves et al, 2020). One of the two sites in Peru is the Iquitos area in northeastern Peru where the only known specimen is a juvenile purchased by Pekka Soini in 1971 from a market near Iquitos and its collection point was never known (Voss and da Silva, 2001).

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Dead Humpback Whale off Steenbras River Mouth (False Bay, South Africa)

First published 25 Nov 2022 3 PM; revised 26 Nov 2022 after the whale washed up at The Strand.

At 8.30 AM on 25 Nov 2022 I photographed from shore a dead Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) floating about 2-3 km offshore from Steenbras River Mouth (on Clarence Drive south of Gordon’s Bay). I later heard that it had washed up in front of the Indoor Swimming Pool at The Strand at around 3 PM the same day, so over about 6 hours it seems to have moved 9 to 10 km. On 26 Nov at 7 AM I went to The Strand and photographed it before its removal by city officials.

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Geoffroy’s Rousette Colony at Pura Goa Lawah (Bali, Indonesia), April 2015

Paul Carter. Posted at pacapix.com on 1 Sep 2022

Pura Goa Lawah is home to a large colony of Geoffroy’s Rousette (Rousettus amplexicaudatus) that can be seen at the cave entrance; there were an estimated +1,000 bats roosting in the cave (29 April 2015); presumed to all be the same species.

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Dugong at Uluwatu Beach, Bali (Indonesia)

Uluwatu Beach is a popular surf spot about 1.5 km north of Uluwatu Temple on the Bukit Peninsula (Bali). Whilst surfing here in January 2004 and waiting in the line-up (small surf, only about 3-foot) I saw the back of a Dugong (Dugong dugon) break the surface, about 15 meters away. An hour later when back on the cliff-top I looked down and had clear views of it feeding on the seagrass.

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Gamboa Area (Panama): mammal records

Paul Carter; 26 Mar 2022 (v1); revised 8 July 2023 (v2) – removed Margay record.
This post summarizes my mammal records (30 species) in the Gamboa area, Panama, from six nights in Feb 2022 (6-10th and 18-20th). Species included Ocelot, Panama Mouse Opossum, Geoffroy’s Tamarin, Western Lowland Olingo, Gabb’s Cottontail, Quichua Porcupine, Tomes’s Spiny Rat and 9 bat species (including images of Mesoamerican Mustached Bat).

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Alston’s Woolly Mouse Opossum (Marmosa alstoni) in Boquete, Panama

By Paul Carter (22 Feb 2022). Revised 22 March 2022 to match the open access report lodged on Zenodo as:
CARTER, Paul. (2022). Alston’s Woolly Mouse Opossum, Marmosa alstoni (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), in Boquete, Panama. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6374907

SUMMARY
On 17 Feb 2022 at 9:00 PM I photographed Marmosa alstoni (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in the Boquete area, Panama. Mammal Diversity Database (2022 v1.8) treat M. alstoni as endemic to Costa Rica, following the recent review of the M. alstoni complex by Voss et al. (2021). Following the taxonomy in Voss et al (2021) and their review of previous records in Panama it appears that this record in Boquete is the first photographic record of M. alstoni in Panama; and possibly the first confirmed record in Panama.

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Boquete (Panama): mammal records (2022)

Paul Carter, 21 Feb 2022

This post summarizes key mammal records (six species) from five nights (13-18 Feb 2022) in Boquete, Panama; staying at Los Naranjos Cottage; part of a two-week trip with Chi Phan. The record of Alston’s Woolly Mouse Opossum (Marmosa alstoni), currently listed as endemic to Costa Rica, is seemingly the first confirmed record for Panama. The Los Naranjos cottage is recommended as a place to stay if wanting to see Cacomistle; I don’t know of it being reported at any other accommodation in Boquete. These records are mostly from the two dry nights of our visit.
Contents below: 1) Sites; 2) Mammal List; 3) Images.

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