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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jurek" data-source="post: 3415770" data-attributes="member: 3357">Hi,Have time to comment.WP in Cramp and Club300 omits a piece of coastal Egypt known for its Afrotropical fauna, and per above citations, this is the only area where Aardwolf occurs (as well as a number of African birds not traditionally put on WP list). African Wild Dog in Algeria - I think there is no category to recently extinct species. In bird list, there is I think a cat C5 for recently extinct introduced species like Lady Armherst's Pheasant in GB.In case of recently extinct and introduced mammals, I personally follow country opinion and some common sense. I would hesitate to create a different list only for twitching purposes. But it is my personal opinion, of course.Homo sapiens x neandenthalensis x denisovensis hybrids - nice to see that pointless oversplitting is not only found in birds.Add olive baboon - present in Tibesti until 1970s (Cat B), possibly still present.<a href="http://www.isita-org.com/jass/Contents/2009%20vol87/PDF/On-Line_bassa/JASs2009_03_Masseti.pdf" target="_blank">www.isita-org.com/jass/Contents/2009 vol87/PDF/On-Line_bassa/JASs2009_03_Masseti.pdf</a>On a side note, I wonder if any birdwatchers reached borders of WP in central Sahara in recent decades, and recorded anything there? For example, Pygmy Sunbird, a resident which perhaps no living birder saw inside WP?</blockquote>