Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

World Mammals Showing Records 1 through 50 of 65 Total Records NEXT Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Jon Hall Australian 950 New mammals for 2009 include Finless Porpoise in Korea, American Badger in Idaho and Northern Flying Squirrel in Washington State, Brown Hyena in South Africa, a Polecat in the UK, Bechstein's, European Free-tailed and 4 other bats in Toulon France (thanks Jean-Michel!), Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel, Tufted Deer and a lot of small mammals in Sichuan in April, a Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat in Japan, Mountain Beaver in Washington, and 17 lifers in Chile with Pumas, Darwin's Fox and Commerson's Dolphins. Favourites from previous years - Wolverine (Finland), Iberian Lynx (Spain), Golden Cat (Bhutan), Long-tailed Pangolin (Ghana), Aardvark and Caracal (South Africa), Jaguars (the Pantanal), Mountain Gorillas (Rwanda), Short-eared Dog (western Amazon), Walruses (Spitzbergen), Polar Bear, Narwhals and Bowhead Whales (Baffin Island), Giant Panda (Qinling Mountains), Clouded Leopard (Borneo), Wild Dog (Zimbabwe). Includes 250+ Australian Mammals (inc Scaly-tailed Possum, Cape York Rock Wallaby and Gilbert's Potoroo). Check out www.mammalwatching.com . 1/11/09 2 Gerald Broddelez Belgian 820 2009 highlights :Caracal, Afr Wild Cat, Aardwolf, Brown Hyena, Striped Polecat etc in South Africa. Started the year with the Holy Grail of the animal kingdom, a Snow Leopard while leading the Naturetrek trip to Ladakh. Other highlights were Ladakh Urial, Blue Sheep and Royle's Pika.Water Shrew in England 2008 highlights include Feathertail Glider, Platypus, Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo, Northern Bettong, Lemoroid & Herbert River Possum down under, Pond Bat, Goldie's & Emperor Marmoset, Cantabrian Brown Bear (fem with 2 cubs seen extremely well ) & Medit. Horshoe Bat in Spain, Siberian Flying Squirrel & Northern Bat in Estonia, Jaguar ,Brazilian Tapir, Pantanal Marmoset ,Brazilian Porcupine on Naturetreks june Jaguar Tour,Golden and Capped Langur, Yellow-throated Marten, Iberian Lynx, West Indian Manatee .Past highlights Ruppels Fox, Sinai Barbastelle, Arabian HorshoeBat in Sinai, Golden-handed Tamarin, Guianan Saki Monkey, Giant Anteater in Guyana, a large group of Mandrill among 25 sp of mammal seen during Gabon trip,Geoffroys Tamarin,Brown-handed Spider Monkey,Jaguarundi,False Vampire Bat (Panama),Miller's Water Shrew,Pygmy Marmoset 3 Hugh Buck British 783 Tunisia Oct 09: Addax, Barbary Sheep, Scimitar-horned Oryx, Common Gundi, Fennec and Rueppel's Foxes, Lesser Egyptian Jerboa, Sundevall's Jird, Lesser Egyptian Gerbil. 4 Jonathan Rossouw / EcoExpeditions South African 732 20 April 09. Highlights include personal interaction (snorkelling with Humpback Whales in Tonga, Manatee in Florida and Spinner Dolphins in Aldabra); predation (Tiger killing Swamp Deer, Leopard-Impala, Lion pride-Cape Buffalo, Cheetah-Thompson's Gazelle, Leopard Seal-Gentoo Penguin); aggression (sparring bull Indian Elephants in musth; charging Tiger); communication (dawn chorus of Siamang, gibbon spp, Indri; songs of Humpbacks; roar of Kalahari Lion on moonlit night; hyenas around a carcass); spectacle (Serengeti in full swing; 500 Geladas overlooking the Simien Escarpment; 500 Mandrills in Lope NP, Gabon; Walrus haulout in Russian Far East; Blue Whales off Peru); rarity (Golden Lion Tamarin; Water Chevrotain; Marbled Cat); primates (from Lowland and Mountain Gorillas to Mouse Lemurs); favourite small and medium (Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew; Tasmanian Devil; Lowland Streaked Tenrec; Golden Long-eared Hedgehog) 5 Richard Webb English 708 As at 1/11/09. Includes 27 cats & 115 primates. 2009 highlights include 2 Jaguarundis in NW Argentina, 2+ Canadian Lynx (4 sightings in 3 days), 40+ Belugas (including females with small calves on their backs), 10+ Grey Wolves, 11 Grizzly & 2 Black Bears in Alaska. Previous highlights include Giant Panda, Snow Leopard, multiple Jaguars & Pumas, Iberian & Eurasian Lynx, Black-footed, Flat-headed, Fishing & Rusty-spotted Cats, Oncilla, Polar, Grizzly/Eurasian Brown, American Black, Sloth & Sun Bears; Dhole, African Wild Dog, Wolf, Bowhead, Narwhal, Walrus, Aardvark, Bennett's & Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroos, Mandrill and both Gorillas. 6 Mark Van Beirs Belgian 647 15 December 08: Brown-headed Spider Monkey and Black-mantled Tamarin in Ecuador. 13 April 2008: Gaur and lots of squirrels in Thailand and Burma. 7 David Shackelford USA 639 Some mammal highlights include: trekking for Mountain Gorilla, Orangutan, Maned and Gray Wolves, Platypus, Spectacled and Grizzly Bears, Giant Armadillo, Pichi, Pallas’ Cat, unforgettable views of Clouded Leopard in Bhutan, Ganges River Dolphin, Chimpanzee, hunting Killer Whale, Bengal Tiger, Mountain Nyala, Jaguar, Diademed Sifaka and Indri in incomparable Madagascar, Indian One-horned Rhinoceros, Striped Hyena, Blue Whale, Amazonian Manatee, Polar Bear, Giant Panda in the wild! 8 Steve Riley UK 613 Latest: One-horned Rhino, Swamp Deer, Yellow-throated Marten etc... N.E. India April '09. Ultimate experiences include sitting with and 'shaking hands' with Mountain Gorillas in Uganda, being 5m. from a Tiger with 2 cubs, watching a Humpback Whale breeching , fabulous moments with both Elephant species, Ethiopian Wolves courtship, Sea Otters shelling mussels and seeing 27 Lemur species in Madagascar. 9 Holly Faithfull English 546 7.1.08 Saw my first Eurasian Badger in Wales at New Year. 10 Nigel Redman British 545 Total as at 30 Sept 2007. Recent highlights incude Polar Bear, Arctic Fox, Walrus and Beluga (all on Spitsbergen), Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Sperm Whales, and Striped Dolphin (Biscay trip) 11 Dion Hobcroft Australia 537 Oct 09: New mammals this year include Black-tailed Melomys, NB Bare-backed Fruit-Bat, Honey Possum, Moonrat, Striped and Large Treeshrew, Island Flying-fox, Short-nosed Fruit-Bat, Sunda Slow Loris, Earspot Squirrel, Low's Squirrel, Four-striped Ground Squirrel, Temminck's and Thomas's Flying Squirrels, Malay Badger, Hairy-nosed and Small-clawed Otter, Flat-headed Cat, Mountain Gazelle, Bezoar Ibex, Persian Jird, Persian Squirrel, Particoloured Bat, Asia Minor Ground Squirrel, Social Vole, Yellow-necked Field Mouse,Western Quoll, Indian Crested Porcupine, Small Indian Field Mouse, Indian Bush Rat, Naked-rumped Tomb Bat, Phayre's Flying Squirrel and Forrest's Rock Squirrel. 2008 recent mammals have been Julia Creek Dunnart, Long-haired Rat, Purple-necked Rock Wallaby, Rusty and Fawn Antechinus, Delicate Mouse, Marbled Cat, Bennett's Tree Kangaroo, Tropical Short-tailed Mouse and Proserpine Rock Wallaby. 12 Petri Hottola Finnish 508 Jan 2009: Great, Tongan and Samoan Fruit Bats, Small Spiny Rat PNG, Fiji, Samoa. Aug 2009: Some N Argentinian specialities. 13 Kenny Ross Scottish 483 Aardvark, aardwolf, cape grysbok (my last South African antelope!), meerkat, riverine rabbit and common and bush vlei rats. 14 phil telfer english 453 fosa, giant jumping rat, 24 lemurs, 3 tenrecs. previous giant panda, snow leopard,wolverine, jaguar, puma,fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat, canada lynx, iberian lynx, tarsier, golden palm civet, blue whale, bowhead. 15 Don Roberson USA (Calif) 437 Most recent (Aug 2008) in sw Australia [Numbat!] and Tasmania [Taz Bettong, Long-nosed Potoroo, Eastern Quoll] and Utah (Mar 2008): Utah Prairie-Dog, Paiute Ground-Squirrel. Past highlights include both Lowland & Mountain Gorillas, Tiger, Aardvark 16 S.G.Davis English 430 To Oct 09 - Highlights this year inc. Iberian Lynx, Jaguarundi, Southern Mountain Viscacha, Tayra, Spanish and Alpine Ibex, Golden-mantled Tamarin & Pygmy Marmoset & Giant Otter. 17 Karen Baker English 416 Recent highlights ( Oct 09 ) Jaguarundi, Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk, Southern Three-banded Armadillo and Culpeo and Argentinean Grey Fox in Northern Argentina. 18 Brian Fletcher British/Australian 407 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. 05 additions Allied Rock Wallaby, Risso's Dolphin, Red Howler Monkey, Saddle-backed Tamarin and Three-toed Sloth. 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 19 Dale Herter USA 372 2007: SE Brazil: giant anteater, maned three-toed sloth, masked titi monkey, tufted-ear marmoset, gray brocket deer. 20 Karl Schmidt German 362 2008: Grey Whale, Fin Whale, Minke Whale, Beluga, Blue Whale; Highlights: Mountain Gorilla, Jaguar, Tiger, Mountain Lion, Polar Bear, Wolf, Platypus, Lumholtz Tree Kangeroo, Koala 21 Roland Johansson Swedish 354 25 lifers in Argentina and Brazil, july-august 2009. Among these: Maned Sloth, Northern Muriqui, Black-tailed Marmoset, 7 species of bats, Jaguar, Tayra, Southern Right Whale. 22 Mike Haldeman USA 341 13 species of cat, Platypus, Gaur, Binturong, Brazilian Tapir, Golden-Mantled and Emperor Tamarins, Grizzly Bear. Most recent: Hopi Chipmunk near Moab, UT 23 Susan Myers Australian 337 Chinese Desert Cat and Chinese Flying Squirrel in Sichuan, May 2006 24 James Eaton / Birdtour Asia British 336 Latest: Marbled Cat, Sunda Pangolin, Mueller's Rat, Nov 09. Past highlights: 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 (Borneo), Malay Tapir & Sunda Loris (Malaysia), Eld's Deer, Pygmy Loris, Gaur (Cambodia), Delacour's & Hatinh Langur, Southern White-cheeked Gibbon (Vietnam), White-headed Langur (China), Grey Loris (Sri Lanka), Asiatic Lion (India). Still going through past trip lists! 25 Curtis Hart USA, Michigan 330 Aardvark, Big Five, 5 Primates and a lot more in South Africa, May '09. Black-footed Ferret, Antelope Jackrabbit, Western Hog-nosed Skunk, and a few others, March '09. Babirusa, Togean Macaque, Black Crested Macaque, Heck's Macaque, Spectral Tarsier, and Bear Cuscus in Northern Sulawesi, Jan '09. Favorites from the past: Giant Anteater, Giant River Otter, Jaguar, Ocelot in Venezuela. Ringtail, American Marten, Bobcat in California. Killer Whale, Beluga, Canada Lynx in Alaska. Baird's Tapir, Tayra, White-lipped Peccary in Central America. Indian Elephant, Pileated Gibbon, Crab-eating Mongoose, and Slow Loris in Thailand. 26 Yvon Princen Belgian 313 Spectral Tarsier, Moor Macaque, Guyaquil Squirrel, several species of Moluccan flying foxes, Mountain Nyala, Ethiopian Wolf, Geoffrey's marmoset, Three toed Sloth in Linhares (Espritu Santu), aardvark, Irrawaddy Dolphin, Indri, cheetah, mountain gorilla, european water vole 27 Edward Pollard UK 309 Cuvier's Beaked-whale, Gervais' Beaked-whale - Bay of Biscay, July 2009 28 Paul Hudson USA 301 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. 29 Cathy Pasterczyk USA 290 Most recent: Red-bellied Lemur and Ring-tailed Mongoose Some favorites: Geoffroy's Cat, Beluga, Brazilian Tapir, Leopard, Tiger, Giant Anteater, Maned Wolf, Daurian Pika As of 5/09 30 Malcolm Turner Australian 288 Latest: several bat species with birdingholland, Beaver in the Danube and seven new spp in Singapore including Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat, Singapore Rat and Colugo, May 2009. Favourites: Picking up a wandering Mole in Germany, eye-ballling Mountain Gorillas in Rhwanda, swimming with Galapagos Fur Seals, waking beside the Franklin River in Tasmania with a Spot-tailed Quoll on my head, Hairy Armadillos snuffling my feet in Patagonia, spotting Thar in Nepal, and Cape Hunting Dogs amongst the migrating herds on the Serengeti. 31 Bryn Martin USA 288 South Africa: 2 Bushbaby species, African Wild Dogs, Serval, Meerkats 32 Keith Millar British 283 Sabah and Singapore (Oct 09): 37 new mammals incl. Bornean Clouded Leopard, (Bornean Pygmy) Elephant, Orang Utan, Borean Gibbon, Proboscis Monkey, Hose's Langur, Leopard Cat, 9 species of squirrel and three treeshrews. 33 Per Ole Syvertsen Norwegian 278 Total as of 10 November 2006; latest additions 22 species in western Canada in June 2006 34 Colin Fenn British 253 12 Species Lemur & 2 Tenrecs Mad 04 35 Bob Holbrook USA 250 2/05 White-nosed Breaded Saki and Red-handed Howlers 36 Rohan Clarke Australian 249 223 of them in Australia (Bilby, Mulgara, Kowari, all quolls, both phascogales, numbat, Scaly-tailed Possum) plus a handful of OS species 37 Paul Mollevanger Dutch 239 Mountain Gorilla (Bwindi), Chimpanzee(kibale)(uganda);greater grison,south american tapir, jaguar(peru);short-eared Elephant-Shrew(south africa); serval, De Brazza monkey(kenya): serveral armadillo spec. (argentina): golden bamboo lemur (madagascar), Gelada baboons(ethiopia) 38 John Pilgrim English 227 Mar 2009 39 Andy Lovering British ( resident in France ) 226 Latest Sp: Grey-headed Flying Fox, NSW, Australia 10/09 40 Georges Olioso French 221 Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo (East Australia), Macaca sylvanus (Morocco) 41 Pieter van der Luit - www.birdingholland.com Dutch 218 Latest additions: Sloth Bear, Golden Palm Civet, Grey Slender Loris, Jungle Cat (Sri Lanka), Woolly Monkey (Ecuador), Leopard Seal (Antarctica), Minke Whale (trip to the North Pole, 90° north), Mountain Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Red River Hog (Uganda), Mexican Porcupine, Mantled Howler (Costa Rica) Hamster (Hungary), Polar Bear, Walrus, Arctic Fox (Spitsbergen), Daubenton's Bat and Serotine Bat during mammal tour in Holland 42 Steve Babbs British 212 The Buck.s polecats, Afican wildcat. 43 Clive Good British 211 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 44 Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours South African 200 March 2009: Common Mole-Rat; Sri Lanka and India: Sloth Bear, Red Slender Loris, Asian Elephant, Water Buffalo, Yellow-throated Marten, Striped Hyaena Aug 2008: Tanzania-Zanzibar Red and Guereza Colobus, Gerenuk, Yellow-winged Bat and Lesser Kudu. Dec 2007: India-Tiger, Indian Fox, Ruddy Mongoose, Goral, Jungle cat 45 Dirk Mezger German 199 Germany July 2009: Grey Long-eared Bat. Dominica April 2009: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin and Sperm Whale. Australia 2007: Echidna, Platypus, Lemuroid Ringtail Possum, Musky Rat-kangaroo and Australian Sea-lion. High lights of previous years 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: Mountain Zebra, Brown Hyena, Cheetah and Southern Right Whale and Black Rhino. 46 Jonathan Meyer USA, living in UK 189 Bornean Orangutan, Black-shanked Duoc Langur, Marbled Polecat, Dugong, Turkestan Red Pika, Tolai Hare, White Rhino, Narbalek, Koala, Green Ringtail Possum, Quokka, Tien Shan Ground Squirrel, Sea Otter, Proboscis Monkey, Pileated Gibbon, Black-mantled Tamarin, Noisy Night-Monkey, Yucatan Black Howler-Monkey, Fin Whale, Orca, Hector's Dolphin, Nyala, Sloggett's Vlei Rat 47 Soeren Hedal Danish 171 Last additions are 14 species from Ecuador in july 2009, with sea lion and fur seal from Galapagos and murine mouse opussum, white-fronted capuchin monkey, dusky titi monkey, black manttled tamarin and kinkajou at La Selva Lodge as highlights (taxonomy according to Wilson & Reeders: Mammal species of the world. 3 ed.). 29/07/09 48 Jenny Norman South African 171 False Killer Whale, 9 Primates in Uganda, Dusky Langur 49 Nathan Moorhatch U.S.A. 167 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 50 Scott Flamand USA 164 Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat, Alpine Ibex, Ord's Kangaroo Rat, Dall Porpoise, Ringtail,Western Pipistrelle & Lynx, Muskox (Nome), Caribou, Beluga & Mt. 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