A few mammals oberved while birding in Manusela NP here on Seram
Seram flying-fox: One roost with some 20-30 individuals found at high altitude, single individuals was found feeding in a fruit trees at dusk and small groups (likely this species) was seen flying over the treee canopy
Temmincks flying-fox: Our guide showed us an old river creek which this species was known to visit, there was apparently a small roosting colony locatéd further upstream, altough during those two hours we spent there we only got glimps of 3-4 individuals, well worth it though, the birdlife was far richer around this small creek.
Moluccan Bare-backed Fruit-bat: We saw at least 5 individuals of this species during our last day in Manusela, four were seen flying overhead and a single individual was found roosting under a small outcrop, we saw similar bats at several more occasions but those could also have been Green Bare-backed fruit-bat
Pallas tube-nosed bat: I only managed to id a single individual of this bat, it was seen about as soon as we entered the park, was seen flying over a over grown field.
Small black mouse-eared bat: A single small bat which swiftly flew past us while walking on a patch with over hanging and dense canopy, according to our guide this species makes a very distinctive sound while flying.
Malay civet: We saw foot prints at several occasions and a mongoose looking creature was spotted with a spotlight in some dense undergrowth at ca 1200m, the species is introduced on nearby Buru, and this would be the first record for Seram, altough according to our local guide this animal is widespread in the lowlands.
Melomys: A adult specimen was seen creeping on a tree during our first day, not very shy and we saw it well, at least three species occurs on Seram and all known species is very poorly known, it was either an undescribed species or Dusky melomys (the only species known to be widespread on Seram) that we saw.
