Happy new year everyone There has been talk every now and then about the lack of traffic on this listserver, whether it is worth continuing with it etc... I am...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the mammals-aus group: Boys and girls Mammals-Aus is about as active as a hibernating Mountain...
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Dear all My group is thinking of including rat pictures in a leaflet and/or website. Can you help please. This is partly to head off all those requests from...
Featured in the news tonight here in South Australia was footage of a brave Koala crossing Port Road in Adelaide. Just one of the busiest thoroughfares in...
We have got back last week from a wonderful couple of weeks camping in Tassie. The mammal watching was fantastic. Bearing in mind Lawrie's request for some...
Kathy and John (home)
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Apr 12, 2008 12:27 am
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The following mammals-aus poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Boys and girls Mammals-Aus is about as active as a hibernating...
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The list lives! Folks - thanks for your interest - it seems Mammals-Aus still serves a useful function of some kind, so I'm happy to let it waddle onwards ...
Two scats taken from Oatlands and Campbell Town last month have been positively identified as fox droppings by the University of Canberra. ... ...
Andrew Taylor
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Apr 19, 2008 1:24 am
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Dear mammaler's Just after any up to date into on any mammals to be found around Darwin, Kakadu and Litchfield?? Am heading up the rest week for a week before...
Hi MA-ers 4 glorious weeks in Bali with very little dedicated birding/naturalisting produced the species list below. Most time spent in and around Ubud in the...
Hi all, Just returned from a five day round trip from Tweed Heads (far North Coast of NSW) to the Lightning ridge district (NW NSW). During the trip saw the...
G'day all, I am going to New Caledonia in late Sept, mostly birding, but would like to possibly try for other wildlife while there. I was wondering if anyone...
Greetings, I have started a blog based on the natural history encounters I have here on the Atherton Tablelands. It is not just about birds or mammals. So far...
Hi All, After an extended absence I've rejoined Mammals-aus. Firstly, a short report on the mammals seen on a recent trip to the islands of northern Torres...
Last week I had a quick 36 hour visit to Tasmania to show American friends some birds and mammals. The original plan had been to head for Lake St Clair to...
Hello All, Several years ago when there I was in the North West Thailand, up near the Burma border, I encountered some Elephants that showed considerable ...
Chris Coleborn
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Aug 25, 2008 9:24 pm
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Further to my posting on the Elephants of NW Thailand, the following website may be of interest. ...
Chris Coleborn
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Aug 25, 2008 9:40 pm
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Hi Chris This is all very interesting. I have a Thai friend who is an excellent naturalist and knows a lot of people there. I will pass on your message to him...
Recent trapping of a Desert Mouse (Pseudomys destor) in Sturt NP in western NSW is interestingly similar to Painted Finch in that both have recently "extended"...
Andrew Taylor
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Oct 6, 2008 10:35 pm
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Dear all There is a research project proposal to ARC going around on microbats in Melbourne. It needs funding from 'industry partners' and this can include...
Hi All, A somewhat belated report concerning the cetaceans seen on the annual Ashmore Reef trip that sailed from Broome Western Australia on 20 October and...
"SCIENTISTS say a white possum native to Queensland's Daintree forest has become the first mammal to become extinct due to man-made global warming. ... Prior...
Andrew Taylor
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Dec 2, 2008 10:55 pm
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If anyone is heading for Tasmania and wants to see Tasmanian Devils, I strongly recommend an overnight stay at Mountain Valley near Loongana -...
Hello All, Interesting article & first time video on the Hispaniolan Solenodon - a rare mammal of the Caribbean can be found at: ...
Coleborn
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Jan 9, 2009 10:55 pm
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G'day Chris et al, Thanks for the posting. Reminds me of one time when I was showing a group of tourists some platypus and remarked how it was the only...
Hello All, The UK Telegraph on line carried an photo of an albino Bottlenose Dolphin that is an amazing pink colour. The article can be read and photo viewed...
Coleborn
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Mar 2, 2009 7:57 pm
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Hi all A few pics of a young male Black Wallaroo at Nourlangie Rock taken about midday today. It was surprisingly approachable, they usually slink off over the...
"Forensic testing of fox scats found in Tasmania has revealed DNA from five different foxes. The University of Western Australia has analysed 30 scats, but...
Andrew Taylor
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Mar 15, 2009 8:39 pm
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Last week-end we spent a few days at the light house cottages at Green Cape in Ben Boyd National Park. Green Cape is a magnificently scenic spot halfway...
Kathy and John (home)
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I just uploaded a report from Dion Hobcraft who spent 3 weeks in Queensland last winter. He was concentrating on mammals for once, and saw 70 species! The...