I'm also wondering about this one, given that you haven't been to Australia. Where and which species have you seen captive?
Mammal Orders and Families - how many have you seen?
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Sorry to add to the slew of people asking questions but where and which species for the above? Especially interested for the Mountain beaver, wild Spalacids and wild pikas.
Extremely impressive eyesight, given the fact neither Banded Linsang nor Sunda Colugo occur on the island of Langkawi.....
Another locality which is (significantly, in this case) outside the range of the species you are attempting to claim
It seems as though a large Murid is being detected by scent here!
To be fair, Colugo is listed as present on Langkawi by iNaturalist.
Yeah and there's many trustworthy observers who've all uploaded photos of them there, so I'd say they're definitely present (the colugos).
The rest of the list does seem suspect.. At least they didn't try string a marsupial mole !
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The specimen was seen at while whale-watching at Santa Mónica, California. Obviously more out to sea as these guys are quite shy.
Error on my part because I coppied @Giant Eland list and he has seen the species. Thanks for pointing that out!
@TeaLovingDave I'm confident that I saw both the lisang and the sunda colugos.Extremely impressive eyesight, given the fact neither Banded Linsang nor Sunda Colugo occur on the island of Langkawi.....
Another locality which is (significantly, in this case) outside the range of the species you are attempting to claim
As for the pacarana, I think that Floresta Nacional do Iquiri is part of their range. I'll leave to URL for you to see my point:
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Dinomys branickii range map - Dinomys branickii - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Maybe, I'm wrong but I remember seeing one. But it could have been a capybara, so I'll leave the species in stand by
Please be respectful because it's not nice, so try to not repeat those comment to me or any other member. Thanks!
@TeaLovingDave I'm not well-aware of the forums policies, but I'm sure there's something that says that insulting in any way a member of the site is not allowed. So at least you could have not commented anything or you could have corrected @Tetzoo Quizzer for being mean, but instead you commented the post and didn't even mentioned anything. I can make mistakes, as @Chlidonias has demonstrated, but the pacarana situation is up to debate, and you could still correct me. I don't have any motives to lie and I'm as open as I can be on a online platform, so why would I lie of seeing an animal? Of course I could have seen another animal/didn't paid to much attention and I'm just ranting without any reason, and I don't want to be rude at you @TeaLovingDave, but just that as a moderator I expected more nice posts, and you're on your right to question, but you could ask in a nicer way. Dont want to sound badly and hope that I didn't offend you in any way, and feel free to correct me. Thanks!Xavier has probably seen that, too.
Don't be sorry, I don't mid!
Mountain beaver-Olympic National Park, Washington, U.S.
Tuco-tuco-Neuquén, Argentina.
Chinchilla rats-Santiago, Chile.
Spalacidae-Ipoh (near Gunung Yong Belar), Malaysia.
Pikas-Garibaldi Park, Vancouver, Canada.
Walrus-Port Clarence, Alaska, U.S.
La Plata Dolphin-Bahía Creek, Argentina.
@WalkingAgnatha If you have any questions I'll be happy to respond at them.
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Your mole rat is, I respectfully point out, not a Spalacid (the perils of common names strike again).
Both species are on Langkawi. Colugos are common there.
Linsangs have been recorded there but given how elusive they are, and that there are several much more likely civets that would be around a resort, I am dubious - especially with the later statement that it was linsangs plural:
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Re the claimed Pacarana, if you don't know if it was a Pacarana or a Capybara (!) I'd suggest you shouldn't say you saw one.
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Thanks, changed it to just say spalacids, as I thought that mourouid mole rats were another name they had.
Just a lisang, but multiple colugos.
I'm confiednt that I saw one, but if my point is proven wrong then maybe it was another rodent hence why I suggested capybaras as an option.
Thanks both @Chlidonias and @Tetzoo Quizzer for the correctionas and helpfull guidance and sorry for any inconvenience!
Edit: @Chlidonias could you remove the bold from the pigmy opossum?
Fair enough - I was going by the IUCN range-maps for both species in question, which specifically exclude the island:
It wouldn't be the first time someone has done so on this very forum - but in this case I apologise if I was overly suspicious.
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Was this with Harbor Breeze tours out of Santa Monica? Relatively recent sighting? Very interesting animal.
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No worries, it's the right of everybody to question things, and specially in a public forum, so I do apologise if I sounded a bit rude. I wouldn't have done it better if I was on your place. I just hope no one hates me for all this ranting.
@Great Argus I normally don't do whale-watching with other people when looking for specific species. That day we were looking for a pod of pacific white-sided dolphins, and while whe where looking, a pygmy whale leaped out of the water. At that moment I just thought it was a type of porpoise, but when we folllowed it we saw that it was leaving a trail of "ink". The specimen was seen at 2021, a big whale-watching year for me.
I see. Very interesting and a lucky sighting. You certainly seem to have gotten around to quite a few far flung locations and seen a lot of unusual species despite being relatively young.
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Yes, I consider myself very lucky to have parents that liked traveling, to have a father that has a special interest in animals, and one that he passed down to his two sons and to have a good luck. Now for everyone that has a special interest on my list, please ask questions via PM to not fill up the thread with questions. Thanks!
Somehow I have recollection that one member of the forum either saw a marsupial mole or a golden mole.
Not sure which.
Am I just imagining?
Not sure which.
Am I just imagining?
Giant Eland saw Golden Mole in Cape Town.
That's what the thread is for. It's not just for posting lists no questions asked.