Gallery: Wild Close-Ups of Rare Mammals From Huge Camera-Trap Study

  • mountaingorilla
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    mountain-gorilla

    A massive camera trap survey of tropical mammals around the world has returned a magical series of glimpses into animal life. The survey was conducted by Conservation International and partners and partners in South America, Africa and Asia. They installed 420 [camera traps](http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Build_a_Camera_Trap) in key protected areas, amassing some 52,000 photographs between 2008 and 2010. For scientists, the survey's findings, published in the September *[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B](http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1578/2703)*, represent an automated methodological approach to conducting large-scale ecological surveys. For everyone else, they're a chance to see animals in a new and intimate way. Unlike the sort of photographs seen in wildlife magazines, which are so technically perfect and highly produced as to seem posed, camera trap photos feel like behind-the-scenes snapshots. They're immediate and, in a sense, candid. They're the everyday reality of nature. On the following pages are a selection of photographs from the set, with links to high-resolution versions. __Above:__ Mountain gorilla ---------------- Endangered. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426484461_8tKg3sX-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Wildlife Conservation Society*
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    chimpanzee

    Chimpanzee ---------- Endangered. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426484473_dD92BDt-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Wildlife Conservation Society*
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    jaguar1

    Jaguar ------ Near threatened. Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426468491_fpCSGpg-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Conservation International Suriname*
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    elephant

    African elephant ---------------- Threatened. Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426471931_4hcjSTR-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)*/Trento Museum of Science
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    giant-anteater

    Giant anteater -------------- Vulnerable. Manaus, Brazil. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426477751_XGRgLrS-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia*
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    africanbuffalo

    African buffalo --------------- Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426470644_WSz9txT-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Trento Museum of Science*
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    peccaries

    White-lipped peccary -------------------- Near threatened. Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426461610_GdG3HHr-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Conservation International Suriname*
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    jaguar-2

    Jaguar ------ Near threatened. Volcan Barva, Costa Rica. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426501216_LHbdLcM-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/ Organization for Tropical Studies*
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    cougars

    Cougar ------ Volcan Barva, Costa Rica. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426461632_j8F5mtJ-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Organization for Tropical Studies*
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    poacher

    Poacher ------- Nam Kading, Lao People's Democratic Republic. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426484494_Fv8D7pL-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Wildlife Conservation Society*
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    muntjak

    Indian muntjak -------------- Nam Kading, Lao People's Democratic Republic. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426484512_zsGbGLd-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Wildlife Conservation Society*
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    southernpigtailmacaque

    Southern pig-tailed macaque --------------------------- Vulnerable. Bukit Barisan Selatan, Indonesia. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426484454_Bdq2kHw-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Wildlife Conservation Society*
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    southernpigtailmacaques

    Southern pig-tailed macaque --------------------------- Bukit Barisan Selatan, Indonesia. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426484439_vCrMZH7-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Wildlife Conservation Society*
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    whitenosedcoatis

    White-nosed coati ----------------- Volcan Barva, Costa Rica. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426501246_nrxJZf8-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Organization for Tropical Studies*
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    bairds-tapir

    Baird's tapir ------------- Endangered. Volcan Barva, Costa Rica. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426501205_rVVvN4q-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)*
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    south-america-tapir

    South America tapir ------------------- Vulnerable. Manaus, Brazil. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426477764_DnFf6zR-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia*
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    ocelot2

    Ocelot ------ Manaus, Brazil. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426477749_CH8GFGp-O-LB)\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia*
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    ocelot

    Ocelot ------ Volcan Barva, Costa Rica. \[[High resolution](http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/16284125_Z4sdC#1426501201_nN3Kcw9-O-LB )\] *Image: [Conservation International](http://www.conservation.org)/[Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network](www.teamnetwork.org)/Organization for Tropical Studies*
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