17. Striped Skunk
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17. Striped Skunk
The below vertebrate additions are from a short break in northern Spain, including two ferry crossings of the Bay of Biscay, plus two days wildlifing in the Picos de Europa and a day zooing at Cabarceno. Also a bonus stop off on the way for some East Midlands Merops as discussed above!
This was a near-repeat of a trip I made in 2015 and highly enjoyable (and the weather was better, meaning more herps and insects!).
Invertebrates still being collated but will follow, including a whole new class for my list and a significant helping of new butterflies...
Birds:
176. European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster
177. Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis
178. Black Kite - Milvus migrans
179. Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
180. Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
181. European Griffon Vulture - Gyps fulvus
182. Alpine Chough - Pyrrhocorax graculus
183. Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta
184. Alpine Accentor - Prunella collaris
185. White-winged Snowfinch - Montifringilla nivalis
186. Eurasian Crag Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris
187. Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
188. European Serin - Serinus serinus
189. Short-toed Treecreeper - Certhia brachydactyla
190. Great Skua - Stercorarius skua
191. Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus
Mammals:
23. Striped Dolphin - Stenella coeruleoalba
24. Short-beaked Common Dolphin - Delphinus delphis
25. Cantabrian Chamois - Rupicapra (pyrenaica) parva
Total mammals seen were six, also including Red Squirrel, Fallow Deer and Harbour Porpoise. Particularly pleased to see the chamois again!
Reptiles:
2. Common Wall Lizard - Podarcis muralis
3. Ocellated Lizard - Timon lepidus
Amphibians:
6. Common Midwife Toad - Alytes obstetricans
7. Alpine Newt - Ichthyosaura alpestris
Fishes:
7. Thick-lipped Mullet - Chelon labrosus
8. Corkwing Wrasse - Symphodus melops
Invertebrates to follow in the next few days...
This was a near-repeat of a trip I made in 2015 and highly enjoyable (and the weather was better, meaning more herps and insects!).
Invertebrates still being collated but will follow, including a whole new class for my list and a significant helping of new butterflies...
Birds:
176. European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster
177. Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis
178. Black Kite - Milvus migrans
179. Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
180. Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
181. European Griffon Vulture - Gyps fulvus
182. Alpine Chough - Pyrrhocorax graculus
183. Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta
184. Alpine Accentor - Prunella collaris
185. White-winged Snowfinch - Montifringilla nivalis
186. Eurasian Crag Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris
187. Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
188. European Serin - Serinus serinus
189. Short-toed Treecreeper - Certhia brachydactyla
190. Great Skua - Stercorarius skua
191. Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus
Mammals:
23. Striped Dolphin - Stenella coeruleoalba
24. Short-beaked Common Dolphin - Delphinus delphis
25. Cantabrian Chamois - Rupicapra (pyrenaica) parva
Total mammals seen were six, also including Red Squirrel, Fallow Deer and Harbour Porpoise. Particularly pleased to see the chamois again!
Reptiles:
2. Common Wall Lizard - Podarcis muralis
3. Ocellated Lizard - Timon lepidus
Amphibians:
6. Common Midwife Toad - Alytes obstetricans
7. Alpine Newt - Ichthyosaura alpestris
Fishes:
7. Thick-lipped Mullet - Chelon labrosus
8. Corkwing Wrasse - Symphodus melops
Invertebrates to follow in the next few days...
The Brittany Ferries Portsmouth-Santander service usually leaves early-mid evening and takes exactly 24hr, so you get pretty much a full day on the bay on the way out. Returning the bay is mostly overnight but we had a couple of hours of (dolphin-filled!) light in the southern bay on the way back, then you get the potentially interesting waters around Cap Finisterre in the morning and then an afternoon in the pretty boring English Channel after that. Pretty good overall - last time we had pilot whales and a Northern Bottlenose Whale on top of the dolphins - no whales this time but a side order of a few porpoises.
I've been in the UK for the last few days and today I got an inevitable mammal addition from suburban London:
46) Red Fox
Wow, I haven't updated in a long time!
MAMMALS:
10 Coyote - Canis latrans
11 Hispid Cotton Rat - Sigmodon hispidus
BIRDS:
181 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
182 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus
183 Purple Martin - Progne subis
184 Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
185 Magnolia Warbler - Setophaga magnolia
186 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Setophaga pensylvanica
187 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
188 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
189 Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus
190 Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
191 Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna bicolor
192 Fork-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus savana
193 Chuck-will's-widow - Antrostomus carolinensis
194 Bachman's Sparrow - Peucaea aestivalis
195 Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
196 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
197 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
198 Dickcissel - Spiza americana
199 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
200 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
201 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
REPTILES:
12 Gopher Tortoise - Gopherus polyphemus
13 Western Rat Snake - Pantherophis obseletus obseletus
14 Bullsnake - Pituophis catenifer sayi
15 Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Caretta caretta
AMPHIBIANS:
3 Pig Frog - Rana grylio
4 Oak Toad - Anaxyurus quercicus
5 Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad - Gastrophryne carolinensis
6 Green Treefrog - Hyla cinerea
7 Boreal Chorus Frog - Pseudacris maculata
8 Gray Treefrog - Dryophytes versicolor (complex)
9 American Bullfrog - Rana catesbeina
I've just gone through the thread and compiled a list of all the mammals seen this year.
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
Pretty-faced Wallaby Macropus parryi
Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica
Quokka Setonix brachyurus
Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes
Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii
Long-nosed Bandicoot Parameles nasuta
Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus
Hoffman's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni
Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis
Central American Squirrel Monkey Saimiri oerstedii
White-throated Capuchin Monkey Cebus capucinus
Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata
Black-handed Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi
Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus
Kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji
Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina
Southern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina
Crab-eating Macaque Macaca fascicularis
Stump-tailed Macaque Macaca arctoides
Chamba Sacred Langur Semnopithecus ajax
Southern Plains Grey Langur Semnopithecus dussumieri
Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus
Hatinh Langur Trachypithecus hatinhensis
Delacour's Langur Trachypithecus delacouri
Sunda Silvered Langur Trachypithecus cristatus
Indochinese Silvered Langur Trachypithecus germaini
Annamese Silvered Langur Trachypithecus margarita
Banded Leaf Monkey Presbytis femoralis
White-thighed Langur Presbytis siamensis
Hose's Grey Langur Presbytis hosei
Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus
Red-shanked Douc Pygathrix naemeus
Black-shanked Douc Pygathrix nigripes
White-handed (Lar) Gibbon Hylobates lar
Pileated Gibbon Hylobates pileatus
North Bornean Gibbon Hylobates muelleri (funereus)
Southern Buff-cheeked Gibbon Nomascus gabriellae
Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
Grey-headed Flying Fox Pteropus poliocephalus
Christmas Island (Black-eared) Flying Fox Pteropus melanotus
Lyle's Flying Fox Pteropus lylei
Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis
Naked-rumped Tomb Bat Taphozous nudiventris
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Nathusius' Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Common Noctule Nyctalus noctula
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
Lesser Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus
African Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons
Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus
Common Tree Shrew Tupaia glis
Northern Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri
Northern Slender-tailed Tree Shrew Dendrogale murina
Common Shrew Sorex araneus
Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus
Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens
Western European Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Northern White-breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus
European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
Mountain Hare Lepus timidus
Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
African Savannah Hare Lepus microtis
Black-naped Hare Lepus nigricollis
Woolly Hare Lepus oiostolus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
Large-eared Pika Ochotona macrotis
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Western Grey Squirrel Sciurus griseus
Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides
American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Poas Squirrel Syntheosciurus brochus
California Ground Squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi
Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
Himalayan (Western) Striped Squirrel Tamiops macclellandi
Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii
Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus
Least Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis
Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii
Variable Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysoni
Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
Red-bellied (Pallas') Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
Grey-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
Inornate Squirrel Callosciurus inornatus
Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus
Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
Berdmore's (Indochinese) Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei
Three-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus insignis
Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel Dremomys rufigenis
Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi
Ochre Bush Squirrel Paraxerus ochraceus
Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus
Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus erythropus
Groundhog Marmota monax
Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor
Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis
Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans
Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii
House Mouse Mus musculus / domesticus
Algerian Mouse Mus spretus
Gairdner's Shrew-mouse Mus pahari
Striped Field Mouse Apodemus agrarius
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis
Barbary Striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys barbarus
Cairo Spiny Mouse Acomys cahirinus
Guinea Multimammate Mouse Mastomys erythroleucus
Black Rat Rattus rattus
Asian House Rat Rattus tanezumi
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Neumanns Grass Rat Arvicanthis neumanni
Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
Australian Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster
Common Vole Microtus arvalis
Field Vole Microtus agrestis
Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum
Northern Red-backed Vole Myodes rutilus
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus
European Water Vole Arvicola amphibius (= A. terrestris)
North American Brown Lemming Lemmus trimucronatus
Asian Garden Dormouse Eliomys melanurus
Botta’s Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
Coypu Myocastor coypus
European Beaver Castor fiber
American Beaver Castor canadensis
North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
Malayan Crested Porcupine Hystrix brachyura
Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica
African Bush Elephant Loxodonta africana
Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
Yellow-spotted Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei
Indian Wild Ass (Khur) Equus hemionus khur
Grant's Zebra Equus quagga
Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus
Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Giraffe Giraffa (camelopardalis) tippelskirchi
Eland Taurotragus oryx
Lichtensteins Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus (lichtensteinii)
Topi Damaliscus lunatus (D. jimela)
Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis
Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus
Defassa Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus (defassa)
Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca
Southern Reedbuck Redunca arundinum
Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
Impala Aepyceros melampus
Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas
Grant's Gazelle Nanger granti
Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia
Thomas's Dikdik Madoqua (kirkii) thomasi
European Red Deer Cervus elaphus
Sambar Cervus unicolor
Rusa Cervus (Rusa) timorensis
Chital (Spotted Deer) Axis axis
European Fallow Deer Dama dama
Caribou Rangifer tarandus
Eurasian Elk Alces alces
American Moose Alces alces (A. americanus)
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus
Common Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
Fea's Muntjac Muntiacus feae
Reeves' Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Lesser Mouse Deer Tragulus kanchil
Alpine ibex Capra ibex
Musk Ox Ovibos moschatus
Bharal (Blue Sheep) Pseudois nayaur
Alpine chamois Rupricapra rupicapra
Cantabrian Chamois Rupicapra (pyrenaica) parva
Gaur Bos frontalis
African Buffalo Syncerus caffer
European Wild Pig Sus scrofa (scrofa)
***Central Asian Wild Pig Sus scrofa (davidi)
***Indian Wild Pig Sus scrofa (cristatus)
***Southeast Asian Wild Pig Sus scrofa (vittatus)
***Feral Pig Sus scrofa
Bornean Bearded Pig Sus barbatus
Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu
West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus
African Lion Panthera leo
Leopard Panthera pardus
Bobcat Lynx rufus
Jungle Cat Felis chaus
Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
Tibetan Wolf Canis lupus chanco
Coyote Canis latrans
Golden Jackal Canis aureus
Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas
African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis
Brown Bear Ursus arctos
Polar Bear Ursus maritimus
American Black Bear Ursus americanus
Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta
Least Weasel Mustela nivalis
Stoat Mustela erminea
American mink Neovison vison
Pine Marten Martes martes
Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
North American River Otter Lontra canadensis
Sea Otter Enhydra lutris
European Badger Meles meles
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica
Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha
Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga
Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes javanicus
Crab-eating Mongoose Herpestes urva
Indian Grey Mongoose Herpestes edwardsii
Egyptian Mongoose Herpestes ichneumon
Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo
Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula
Common Raccoon Procyon lotor
Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus
White-nosed Coati Nasua narica
Common (Harbour) Seal Phoca vitulina
Spotted Seal Phoca largha
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus
California Sealion Zalophus californianus
New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri
Grey Whale Eschrichtius robustus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Indopacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
Indopacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis
Gangetic Dolphin Platanista gangetica
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
Pretty-faced Wallaby Macropus parryi
Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica
Quokka Setonix brachyurus
Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes
Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii
Long-nosed Bandicoot Parameles nasuta
Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus
Hoffman's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni
Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis
Central American Squirrel Monkey Saimiri oerstedii
White-throated Capuchin Monkey Cebus capucinus
Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata
Black-handed Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi
Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus
Kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji
Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina
Southern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina
Crab-eating Macaque Macaca fascicularis
Stump-tailed Macaque Macaca arctoides
Chamba Sacred Langur Semnopithecus ajax
Southern Plains Grey Langur Semnopithecus dussumieri
Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus
Hatinh Langur Trachypithecus hatinhensis
Delacour's Langur Trachypithecus delacouri
Sunda Silvered Langur Trachypithecus cristatus
Indochinese Silvered Langur Trachypithecus germaini
Annamese Silvered Langur Trachypithecus margarita
Banded Leaf Monkey Presbytis femoralis
White-thighed Langur Presbytis siamensis
Hose's Grey Langur Presbytis hosei
Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus
Red-shanked Douc Pygathrix naemeus
Black-shanked Douc Pygathrix nigripes
White-handed (Lar) Gibbon Hylobates lar
Pileated Gibbon Hylobates pileatus
North Bornean Gibbon Hylobates muelleri (funereus)
Southern Buff-cheeked Gibbon Nomascus gabriellae
Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
Grey-headed Flying Fox Pteropus poliocephalus
Christmas Island (Black-eared) Flying Fox Pteropus melanotus
Lyle's Flying Fox Pteropus lylei
Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis
Naked-rumped Tomb Bat Taphozous nudiventris
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Nathusius' Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Common Noctule Nyctalus noctula
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
Lesser Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus
African Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons
Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus
Common Tree Shrew Tupaia glis
Northern Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri
Northern Slender-tailed Tree Shrew Dendrogale murina
Common Shrew Sorex araneus
Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus
Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens
Western European Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Northern White-breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus
European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
Mountain Hare Lepus timidus
Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
African Savannah Hare Lepus microtis
Black-naped Hare Lepus nigricollis
Woolly Hare Lepus oiostolus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
Large-eared Pika Ochotona macrotis
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Western Grey Squirrel Sciurus griseus
Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides
American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Poas Squirrel Syntheosciurus brochus
California Ground Squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi
Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
Himalayan (Western) Striped Squirrel Tamiops macclellandi
Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii
Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus
Least Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis
Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii
Variable Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysoni
Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
Red-bellied (Pallas') Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
Grey-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
Inornate Squirrel Callosciurus inornatus
Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus
Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
Berdmore's (Indochinese) Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei
Three-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus insignis
Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel Dremomys rufigenis
Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi
Ochre Bush Squirrel Paraxerus ochraceus
Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus
Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus erythropus
Groundhog Marmota monax
Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor
Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis
Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans
Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii
House Mouse Mus musculus / domesticus
Algerian Mouse Mus spretus
Gairdner's Shrew-mouse Mus pahari
Striped Field Mouse Apodemus agrarius
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis
Barbary Striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys barbarus
Cairo Spiny Mouse Acomys cahirinus
Guinea Multimammate Mouse Mastomys erythroleucus
Black Rat Rattus rattus
Asian House Rat Rattus tanezumi
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Neumanns Grass Rat Arvicanthis neumanni
Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
Australian Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster
Common Vole Microtus arvalis
Field Vole Microtus agrestis
Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum
Northern Red-backed Vole Myodes rutilus
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus
European Water Vole Arvicola amphibius (= A. terrestris)
North American Brown Lemming Lemmus trimucronatus
Asian Garden Dormouse Eliomys melanurus
Botta’s Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
Coypu Myocastor coypus
European Beaver Castor fiber
American Beaver Castor canadensis
North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
Malayan Crested Porcupine Hystrix brachyura
Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica
African Bush Elephant Loxodonta africana
Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
Yellow-spotted Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei
Indian Wild Ass (Khur) Equus hemionus khur
Grant's Zebra Equus quagga
Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus
Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Giraffe Giraffa (camelopardalis) tippelskirchi
Eland Taurotragus oryx
Lichtensteins Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus (lichtensteinii)
Topi Damaliscus lunatus (D. jimela)
Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis
Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus
Defassa Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus (defassa)
Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca
Southern Reedbuck Redunca arundinum
Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
Impala Aepyceros melampus
Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas
Grant's Gazelle Nanger granti
Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia
Thomas's Dikdik Madoqua (kirkii) thomasi
European Red Deer Cervus elaphus
Sambar Cervus unicolor
Rusa Cervus (Rusa) timorensis
Chital (Spotted Deer) Axis axis
European Fallow Deer Dama dama
Caribou Rangifer tarandus
Eurasian Elk Alces alces
American Moose Alces alces (A. americanus)
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus
Common Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
Fea's Muntjac Muntiacus feae
Reeves' Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Lesser Mouse Deer Tragulus kanchil
Alpine ibex Capra ibex
Musk Ox Ovibos moschatus
Bharal (Blue Sheep) Pseudois nayaur
Alpine chamois Rupricapra rupicapra
Cantabrian Chamois Rupicapra (pyrenaica) parva
Gaur Bos frontalis
African Buffalo Syncerus caffer
European Wild Pig Sus scrofa (scrofa)
***Central Asian Wild Pig Sus scrofa (davidi)
***Indian Wild Pig Sus scrofa (cristatus)
***Southeast Asian Wild Pig Sus scrofa (vittatus)
***Feral Pig Sus scrofa
Bornean Bearded Pig Sus barbatus
Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu
West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus
African Lion Panthera leo
Leopard Panthera pardus
Bobcat Lynx rufus
Jungle Cat Felis chaus
Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
Tibetan Wolf Canis lupus chanco
Coyote Canis latrans
Golden Jackal Canis aureus
Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas
African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis
Brown Bear Ursus arctos
Polar Bear Ursus maritimus
American Black Bear Ursus americanus
Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta
Least Weasel Mustela nivalis
Stoat Mustela erminea
American mink Neovison vison
Pine Marten Martes martes
Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
North American River Otter Lontra canadensis
Sea Otter Enhydra lutris
European Badger Meles meles
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica
Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha
Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga
Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes javanicus
Crab-eating Mongoose Herpestes urva
Indian Grey Mongoose Herpestes edwardsii
Egyptian Mongoose Herpestes ichneumon
Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo
Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula
Common Raccoon Procyon lotor
Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus
White-nosed Coati Nasua narica
Common (Harbour) Seal Phoca vitulina
Spotted Seal Phoca largha
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus
California Sealion Zalophus californianus
New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri
Grey Whale Eschrichtius robustus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Indopacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
Indopacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis
Gangetic Dolphin Platanista gangetica
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
What a wonderful list!
A three-day trip to paris got me a few new species:
BIRDS:
137) Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
138) Ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri
139) Ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus
MAMMALS:
15) Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus
16) Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
17) Common mole, Talpa europaea
A three-day trip to paris got me a few new species:
BIRDS:
137) Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
138) Ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri
139) Ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus
MAMMALS:
15) Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus
16) Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
17) Common mole, Talpa europaea
18. Mule deer
Invertebrates from the Spanish trip now (mostly) processed. Still working on a few IDs so likely to be the odd latecomer but the main list is as below. Lifers included a few 'technicals' where I suspect I've seen them but prior to starting a formal list.
Up to number 69 were from stops the drive down to Portsmouth, mostly from Bernwell Wood in Oxfordshire, number 70 was found on the ferry and then the rest are from Spain except for the very last one which was in the Solent as the ferry came in.
Those few days almost doubled my 2017 invertebrate list!
UK:
59. Gatekeeper - Puronia tithonus
60. White Admiral - Limenitis camilla
61. Marbled White - Melanargia galathea
62. Silver-washed Fritillary - Argynnis paphia
63. Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris
64. Six-spot Burnet Moth - Zygaena filipendulae
65. Purple Hairstreak - Neozephyrus quercus
66. Essex Skipper - Thymelicus lineola
67. Spotted Longhorn Beetle - Rutpela maculata
68. Pellucid Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens
69. Beautiful Demoiselle - Calopteryx virgo
Ferry(!):
70. Black Arches Moth - Lymantria monacha
Spain:
71. Great Stag Beetle - Lucanus cervus
72. Large Wall - Lasiommata maera
73. Lefèbvre's Ringlet - Erebia lefebvrei
74. Chalkhill Blue - Lysandra coridon
75. Apollo - Parnassius apollo
76. Clouded Yellow - Colias croceus
77. Large Grizzled Skipper - Pyrgus alveus
78. Purple-shot Copper - Lycaena alciphron
79. Pearly Heath - Coenonympha arcania
80. Lulworth Skipper - Thymelicus acteon
81. Wood White - Leptidea sinapis
82. Small Grass Emerald Moth - Chlorissa viridata
83. Dark Green Fritillary - Argynnis aglaja
84. Common Cuttlefish - Sepia officinalis
85. Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Macroglossum stellatarum
86. Scarce Swallowtail - Iphiclides podalirius
87. Brown Argus - Aricia aegestis
88. Ilex Hairstreak - Satyrium ilicis
89. Blue-winged Grasshopper - Oedipoda caerulescens
90. Fiery Clearwing Moth - Pyropteron chrysidiformis
91. Silver-studded Blue - Plebejus argus
92. Scarce Copper - Lycaena virgaureae
93. False Ilex Hairstreak - Satyrium esculi
94. Heath Fritillary - Mellicta athalia
95. Queen of Spain Fritillary - Issoria lathonia
96. Esper's Marbled White - Melanargia russiae
97. Chapman's Ringlet - Erebia palarica
98. Woodland Grayling - Hipparchia fagi
99. High Brown Fritillary - Argynnis adippe
100. Dusky Meadow Brown - Hyponephele lycaon
101. Large Green Grasshopper - Chorthippus jucundus
102. Berger's Clouded Yellow - Colias alfacariensis
103. Marbled Rock Crab - Pachygrapsus marmoratus
104. Long-tailed Blue - Lampides boeticus
105. Adonis Blue - Lysandra bellargus
106. Cleopatra - Gonepteryx cleopatra
107. Sooty Copper - Lycaena tityrus
Ferry:
108. Compass Jellyfish - Chrysaora hysoscella
All those lovely insects completely upstaged by my first ever wild cephalopod (thankfully identifiable from other local species by sheer size at comfortably over a foot long!).
Up to number 69 were from stops the drive down to Portsmouth, mostly from Bernwell Wood in Oxfordshire, number 70 was found on the ferry and then the rest are from Spain except for the very last one which was in the Solent as the ferry came in.
Those few days almost doubled my 2017 invertebrate list!
UK:
59. Gatekeeper - Puronia tithonus
60. White Admiral - Limenitis camilla
61. Marbled White - Melanargia galathea
62. Silver-washed Fritillary - Argynnis paphia
63. Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris
64. Six-spot Burnet Moth - Zygaena filipendulae
65. Purple Hairstreak - Neozephyrus quercus
66. Essex Skipper - Thymelicus lineola
67. Spotted Longhorn Beetle - Rutpela maculata
68. Pellucid Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens
69. Beautiful Demoiselle - Calopteryx virgo
Ferry(!):
70. Black Arches Moth - Lymantria monacha
Spain:
71. Great Stag Beetle - Lucanus cervus
72. Large Wall - Lasiommata maera
73. Lefèbvre's Ringlet - Erebia lefebvrei
74. Chalkhill Blue - Lysandra coridon
75. Apollo - Parnassius apollo
76. Clouded Yellow - Colias croceus
77. Large Grizzled Skipper - Pyrgus alveus
78. Purple-shot Copper - Lycaena alciphron
79. Pearly Heath - Coenonympha arcania
80. Lulworth Skipper - Thymelicus acteon
81. Wood White - Leptidea sinapis
82. Small Grass Emerald Moth - Chlorissa viridata
83. Dark Green Fritillary - Argynnis aglaja
84. Common Cuttlefish - Sepia officinalis
85. Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Macroglossum stellatarum
86. Scarce Swallowtail - Iphiclides podalirius
87. Brown Argus - Aricia aegestis
88. Ilex Hairstreak - Satyrium ilicis
89. Blue-winged Grasshopper - Oedipoda caerulescens
90. Fiery Clearwing Moth - Pyropteron chrysidiformis
91. Silver-studded Blue - Plebejus argus
92. Scarce Copper - Lycaena virgaureae
93. False Ilex Hairstreak - Satyrium esculi
94. Heath Fritillary - Mellicta athalia
95. Queen of Spain Fritillary - Issoria lathonia
96. Esper's Marbled White - Melanargia russiae
97. Chapman's Ringlet - Erebia palarica
98. Woodland Grayling - Hipparchia fagi
99. High Brown Fritillary - Argynnis adippe
100. Dusky Meadow Brown - Hyponephele lycaon
101. Large Green Grasshopper - Chorthippus jucundus
102. Berger's Clouded Yellow - Colias alfacariensis
103. Marbled Rock Crab - Pachygrapsus marmoratus
104. Long-tailed Blue - Lampides boeticus
105. Adonis Blue - Lysandra bellargus
106. Cleopatra - Gonepteryx cleopatra
107. Sooty Copper - Lycaena tityrus
Ferry:
108. Compass Jellyfish - Chrysaora hysoscella
All those lovely insects completely upstaged by my first ever wild cephalopod (thankfully identifiable from other local species by sheer size at comfortably over a foot long!).
Kakapo
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Feel free to ask me, I'm, more or less, expert in Spanish insects (and I find very strange a list of nearly all butterflies, only one beetle and none insect of other orders)
Thanks! I'll sort some photos out of the mysteries and post them in the gallery. If you're familiar with longhorn beetles in particular that'd be handy!
The butterfly-bias is due to travelling with my dad, who is very much a lepidopterist at heart (he saw a few extras that I missed, though he missed a few of the vertebrates in the process!). There are a couple of Orthoptera already on the list, though (89 and 101), and what's left to ID is mostly non-lepidopterous.
was the cuttlefish just flopping around in a field of wildflowers? It was a surprise right in the middle there!
No, but now I'm slightly sad that it wasn't..!
It was in the harbour of the coastal town we stayed in and was spotted when we went for breakfast on the second day - very much not a species I was looking for on this trip! Surprise ones are always the best.
Some more UK additions, though from the Devonshire countryside this time:
449) Eurasian Oystercatcher
47) West European Hedgehog
19. Pronghorn
9/7/2017
188. yellow faced honeyeater
189. yellow throated scrubwren
10/7/2017
190. cattle egret
14/7/2017
191. gang gang cockatoo
15/7/22017
192. OLIVE WHISTLER*
16/7/2017
193. speckled warbler
194. PAINTED BUTTON QUAIL*
195. dusky woodswallow
196. mulga parrot
197. TURQUOISE PARROT*
17/7/2017
198. white fronted chat
199. crested bellbird
188. yellow faced honeyeater
189. yellow throated scrubwren
10/7/2017
190. cattle egret
14/7/2017
191. gang gang cockatoo
15/7/22017
192. OLIVE WHISTLER*
16/7/2017
193. speckled warbler
194. PAINTED BUTTON QUAIL*
195. dusky woodswallow
196. mulga parrot
197. TURQUOISE PARROT*
17/7/2017
198. white fronted chat
199. crested bellbird
A couple of dives and a night dive recently gave me some more lifers.
Fish
272. Ladder Wrasse
273. Yellow-tailed Sergeant
274. Mackerel Tuna
275. Indian Black Triggerfish
276. Sixband Rockcod
277. Yellow-speckled Damsel
278. Marbled Stingray
279. Yellow-margined Moray
280. Irridescent Cardinalfish
281. Samoan Cardinalfish
282. Darkfin Damsel
283. Largemouth Triplefin
284. Slender Lizardfish
285. Bridled Cardinalfish
Invertebrates
22. Thorny Oyster
23. Bigfin Reef Squid
24. Giant Mantis Shrimp
25. Nudibranch - Halgerda stricklandi
26. Nudibranch - Bornella hermanni
27. Red Swimming Crab
28. Yellow-eyed Crab
29. Cocos Land Crab
30. Christmas Island Paper Wasp
31. Yellow Crazy Ant
32. Christmas Tree Worm
33. Bennett's Feather Star
34. Climena Crow (buttterfly)
35. Ivory Cone (Conus eburneus)
36. Marbled Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia marmorata)
37. Beaded Sea Cucumber (Synapta maculata)
38. Marbled Shrimp
Hix
Fish
272. Ladder Wrasse
273. Yellow-tailed Sergeant
274. Mackerel Tuna
275. Indian Black Triggerfish
276. Sixband Rockcod
277. Yellow-speckled Damsel
278. Marbled Stingray
279. Yellow-margined Moray
280. Irridescent Cardinalfish
281. Samoan Cardinalfish
282. Darkfin Damsel
283. Largemouth Triplefin
284. Slender Lizardfish
285. Bridled Cardinalfish
Invertebrates
22. Thorny Oyster
23. Bigfin Reef Squid
24. Giant Mantis Shrimp
25. Nudibranch - Halgerda stricklandi
26. Nudibranch - Bornella hermanni
27. Red Swimming Crab
28. Yellow-eyed Crab
29. Cocos Land Crab
30. Christmas Island Paper Wasp
31. Yellow Crazy Ant
32. Christmas Tree Worm
33. Bennett's Feather Star
34. Climena Crow (buttterfly)
35. Ivory Cone (Conus eburneus)
36. Marbled Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia marmorata)
37. Beaded Sea Cucumber (Synapta maculata)
38. Marbled Shrimp
Hix
I've had another Bobcat sighting This time running in the road directly in front of me in broad daylight carrying a rabbit
~Thylo
This time running in the road directly in front of me in broad daylight carrying a rabbit ~Thylo
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