Bad at Goodbyes

Joshua Dumas
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    Sociable Lapwing

    13/05/2026 | 38 mins.
    Sociable Lapwing :: Vanellus gregarius
    Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 077

    On today’s show we learn about the Sociable Lapwing, a critically endangered migratory avian, a bird, native to breeding grounds in Kazakhstan and wintering sites in Sudan, India, Pakistan, and in small pockets across the Middle East. Its scientific name is Vanellus gregarius and it was first described in 1771.
    (00:05) Intro
    (02:05) Species Information
    (26:56) Citations
    (28:55) Music
    (36:53) Pledge

    Research for today’s show was compiled from:
    Berdahl, Andrew M., Albert B. Kao, Andrea Flack, Peter A. H. Westley, Edward A. Codling, Iain D. Couzin, Anthony I. Dell, and Dora Biro. 2018. "Collective Animal Navigation and Migratory Culture: From Theoretical Models to Empirical Evidence." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373 (1746): 20170009. – https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0009
    Bhagwat, T., Urazaliyev, R., Nill, L. et al. Habitat suitability for Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) increases across its global range, but populations continue to decline. Journal of Ornithology. – https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-025-02357-2
    BirdLife International. 2019. Vanellus gregarius (amended version of 2018 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T22694053A155545788. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22694053A155545788.en
    Biricik, M. (2009). Unexpectedly large number of Sociable Lapwings, Vanellus gregarius, on autumn migration in Turkey and some remarks on the stopover site. Ornithological Society of the Middle East. n.d. Sandgrouse. Vol. 31. 15-17. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44744626
    Donald, P.F., Kamp, J., Green, R.E. et al. Migration strategy, site fidelity and population size of the globally threatened Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius. Journal of Ornithology 162, 349–367 (2021). – https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01844-y
    Eichhorn, G. & Heinicke, T. Notable observations of the Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius from Tengiz-Korgalzhyn area- central Kazakstan. Wader Study Group Bulletin. 93: 73-76. – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304571137_Notable_observations_of_the_Sociable_Plover_Vanellus_gregarius_from_the_Tengiz_-_Korgalzhyn_area_central_Kazakstan
    Fijen, Thijs. (2013). Xeno-Canto. Sound Recording. XC145086. – www.xeno-canto.org/145086
    Gallo Orsi, Umberto, and Canan Orhun, comps. 2008. "Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)." In Review of the Implementation and the Effectiveness of 15 Single Species Action Plans for Migratory Waterbird Species, 55–56. AEWA Technical Series No. 30. Bonn, Germany: UNEP/AEWA Secretariat. – https://www.unep-aewa.org/sites/default/files/publication/ts30_ssap_review_final_0_0.pdf
    iNaturalist – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=50.636602954&nelng=70.232115181&quality_grade=research&subview=map&swlat=50.336026198&swlng=69.740476998&view=species
    Kamp, J., Sheldon, R.D., Koshkin, M.A., Donald, P.F. And Biedermann, R. (2009), Post-Soviet steppe management causes pronounced synanthropy in the globally threatened Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius. Ibis, 151: 452-463. – https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00938.x
    Keijl, Guido, Simon Delany, Jeff Kirby, and Tim Dodman. 2009. "Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius." In An Atlas of Wader Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia, edited by Simon Delany, Derek Scott, Tim Dodman, and David Stroud, 171–174. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wetlands International – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276264669_Sociable_Lapwing_Vanellus_gregarius
    Lambert, Frank (2025). Xeno-Canto. Sound Recording. XC1030408. – www.xeno-canto.org/1030408
    Moldován, I. & Sándor, A. (2010). "Observation of a large flock of sociable Lapwings Vanellus gregarius in southeast Egypt". Ornithological Society of the Middle East. n.d. Sandgrouse. Vol. 32. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44754785
    Sheldon, R.D., Kamp, J., Koshkin, M.A. et al. Breeding ecology of the globally threatened Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius and the demographic drivers of recent declines. Journal of Ornithology 154, 501–516 (2013). – https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-012-0921-4
    Sheldon, R.D., Koshkin, M.A., Kamp, J., Dereliev, S., Donald, P.F., & Jbour, S. (Compilers). 2012. International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius). CMS Technical Series No. 28, AEWA Technical Series No. 47. Bonn, Germany – https://www.unep-aewa.org/publication/international-single-species-action-plan-conservation-sociable-lapwing-ts-no-47
    Watson, M., Wilson, J.M., Koshkin, M., Sherbakov, B., Karpov, F., Gavrilov, A., Schielzeth, H., Brombacher, M., Collar, N.J. And Cresswell, W. (2006), Nest survival and productivity of the critically endangered Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius. Ibis, 148: 489-502. – https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00555.x
    Wiersma, P., G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. – https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.soclap1.0
    Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociable_lapwing

    Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

    A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m a musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.
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    Floating Quillwort

    07/05/2026 | 29 mins.
    Floating Quillwort :: Isoetes wormaldii
    Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 076

    On today’s show we learn about the Floating Quillwort, a critically endangered freshwater semi-aquatic plant native to South Africa, specifically to the Eastern Cape province, found roughly 25 miles from the coast. Its scientific name is Isoetes wormaldii and it was first described in 1906.
    (00:05) Intro
    (02:05) Species Information
    (19:13) Citations
    (20:57) Music
    (27:10) Pledge

    Research for today’s show was compiled from:
    Azzella, M. M., Vecchia, A. D., Abeli, T., Alahuhta, J., Amoroso, V. B., Ballesteros, E., Bertrin, V., Brunton, D., Bobrov, A. A., Caldeira, C., Ceschin, S., Chemeris, E. V., Čtvrtlíková, M., de Winton, M., Gacia, E., Grishutkin, O. G., Hofstra, D., Ivanova, D., Ivanova, M. O., … Bolpagni, R. (2024). Global assessment of aquatic Isoëtes species ecology. Freshwater Biology, 69, 1420–1437. – https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14316
    Freund, F. D. (2022). The Genus Isoëtes L., evolution, diversification and population structure in a free-sporing heterosporous lycophyte. UC Berkeley. ProQuest ID: Freund_berkeley_0028E_21171. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5nx0dn2. – https://escholarship.org/uc/item/937695n1
    iNaturalist – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=-33.33523469222247&lng=26.571899142994628&quality_grade=research&radius=1.6281024631201406
    Larsén, E., Wikström, N., Khodabandeh, A. et al. Phylogeny of Merlin’s grass (Isoetaceae): revealing an “Amborella syndrome” and the importance of geographic distribution for understanding current and historical diversity. BMC Ecology and Evolution v 22, 32 (2022). – https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01988-w
    Larsén, E., Khodabandeh, A. & Rydin, C. (2025). Spore morphology and evolution in Isoëtes (Isoëtales). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, boaf078 – https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaf078
    Mucina, Ladislav, Michael C. Rutherford, Johannes L. Nel, Jan H. J. Vlok, Doug I. W. Euston-Brown, Leslie W. Powrie, Anthony P. Dold, and Robert A. Ward. 2006. "Azonal Vegetation." In The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, edited by Ladislav Mucina and Michael C. Rutherford, 614–648. Strelitzia 19. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute. – https://www.sanbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2006_Strelitzia19.pdf
    Sim, T. R. 1915. The Ferns of South Africa, Containing Descriptions and Figures of the Ferns and Fern Allies of South Africa. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51313623
    Victor, J. E., and A. P. Dold. 2003. "Threatened Plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa." South African Journal of Science 99 (9/10): 437–446. – https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC97693
    Victor, J. E., & Dold, A. P. (2007). "Isoetes wormaldii Sim". National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. South African National Biodiversity Institute. – http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2184-15
    Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2010. Isoetes wormaldii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T185429A8409995. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T185429A8409995.en
    Wickell, D., Kuo, LY., Yang, HP. et al. Underwater CAM photosynthesis elucidated by Isoetes genome. Nature Communications v.12, 6348 (2021). – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26644-7
    Wood D, Besnard G, Beerling DJ, Osborne CP, Christin PA (2020) Phylogenomics indicates the “living fossil” Isoetes diversified in the Cenozoic. PLOS ONE 15(6): e0227525. – https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227525
    Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetes

    Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

    A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m a musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.
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    Galápagos Damselfish

    29/04/2026 | 33 mins.
    Galápagos Damselfish :: Azurina eupalama
    Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 075

    On today’s show we learn about the Galápagos Damselfish, a critically endangered, possibly extinct marine fish native to the ocean waters of the Galápagos Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, a province of Ecuador, roughly 600 miles west of the South American Ecuadorian coast. Its scientific name is Azurina eupalama and it was first described in 1903.
    (00:05) Intro
    (02:05) Species Information
    (23:33) Citations
    (25:41) Music
    (31:44) Pledge

    For more information about conservation on the Galápagos Islands, please see the Galápagos Conservancy at https://www.galapagos.org.
    Research for today’s show was compiled from:
    Aguilar-Medrano, R., Frédérich, B., De Luna, E., Balart, E. F. "Patterns of morphological evolution of the cephalic region in damselfishes (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) of the Eastern Pacific". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 102, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 593–613. – https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01586.x
    Butler, Rhett Ayers. "Is the Galápagos damselfish extinct?" Mongabay, April 7, 2026. – https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/is-the-galapagos-damselfish-extinct/
    Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the Galápagos Islands. 2011. Eds. I. Larrea and G. Di Carlo. WWF and Conservation International, USA – https://www.cbd.int/doc/lifeweb/Ecuador/images/ClimateChangeReport.pdf
    Cominsky, E. 2020. "Azurina eupalama" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 20, 2026. – https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Azurina_eupalama/
    Grove, J.S., Bensted-Smith, W., Brandt, M., Domínguez, O., Espinoza, E., Keith, I., Rivera, F.E., Suárez, J., Tapia, I. & Tirado-Sánchez, N. 2023. "Azurina eupalama". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T184017A217449660. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T184017A217449660.en
    Grove, J. S., & Victor, B. C. (2025). "Has climate change driven the Galapagos Damselfish, Azurina eupalama, to extinction?" Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 42, 7–14.. – https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14846312
    Grove, Jack. (1985). "Influence of the 1982/1983 El Niño event on the icthyofauna of the Galapagos islands". Tropical Ocean-Atmospheric Newsletter Vol.28 pp. 18-19. – https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tropical_Ocean_atmosphere_Newsletter/xR4eAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA24-PA18&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22ichthyofauna%20on%20the%20Gal%C3%A1pagos%22
    Heller, Edmund and Snodgrass, Robert Evans. (1903). "Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898-1899. XV. New fishes." Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 189-229. Washington, D.C: The Academy. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17224271
    iNaturalist – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=1.6818345&nelng=-89.2412769&swlat=-1.4112351&swlng=-92.0089666
    Kelly, J., Pan, Y., Menzer, A., Dong, H. 2023 "Hydrodynamics of body–body interactions in dense synchronous elongated fish schools". Physics of Fluids v. 35 (4): 041906. – https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0142950
    McCosker, John E., and Richard H. Rosenblatt. 2010. "The Fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: An Update." Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 61, Supplement II, no. 11: 167–95. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63419300
    Parmentier, Eric, David Lecchini, and David A. Mann. 2016. "Sound Production in Damselfishes." In Biology of Damselfishes, edited by Bruno Frédérich and Eric Parmentier, 204–228. Boca Raton: CRC Press. – https://www.hawaii.edu/behavior/490E/Parmentier%20et%20al.%202010.%20Sound%20production%20in%20damselfishes.pdf
    Rastoin-Laplane, E., Salinas-de-León, P., Goetze, J.S., Saunders, B.J., McKinley, S.J., Norris, C., Gosby, C., Mattingly, A., Garcia, R., Harvey, E.S. "Fluctuations of Galapagos mid-water and benthic reef fish populations during the 2015–16 ENSO". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 294 (2023). – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108523
    Simons, Eric. "The Fish We Never Knew: A Brief History of an Extinct Fish and What to Think About It." Bay Nature, April 16, 2014 (updated August 19, 2021). – https://baynature.org/2014/04/16/science-nature/wildlife/fish-never-knew/
    Wainwright, D. K., Karan, E. A., Collar, D. C. "Evolutionary patterns of scale morphology in damselfishes (Pomacentridae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 135, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 138–158. – https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab140
    Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_damsel

    Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.
    A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m a musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.
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    Windswept Helmet Orchid

    22/04/2026 | 28 mins.
    Windswept Helmet Orchid :: Corybas dienemus
    Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 074
    On today’s show we learn about the Windswept Helmet Orchid, a critically endangered flowering plant native to Australia, in the state of Tasmania, specifically Macquarie Island in the far southwest Pacific. Its scientific name is Corybas dienemus and it was first described in 1993.
    (00:05) Intro
    (02:05) Species Information
    (19:12) Citations
    (20:56) Music
    (26:34) Pledge

    For more information about Windswept Helmet Orchid conservation, please see the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service at https://parks.tas.gov.au.
    Research for today’s show was compiled from:
    Bergstrom, D.M., Bricher, P.K., Raymond, B., Terauds, A., Doley, D., McGeoch, M.A., Whinam, J., Glen, M., Yuan, Z., Kiefer, K., Shaw, J.D., Bramely-Alves, J., Rudman, T., Mohammed, C., Lucieer, A., Visoiu, M., Jansen van Vuuren, B. and Ball, M.C. (2015), "Rapid collapse of a sub-Antarctic alpine ecosystem: the role of climate and pathogens." Journal of Applied Ecology, v.52: 774-783. – https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12436
    Clements, Mark & Jones, David. (2007). "A new species of Nematoceras and characterisation of N. dienemum (Orchidaceae), both from subantarctic Macquarie Island." Telopea. v. 11. – https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea20075739
    Cockel, C. 2013. Nematoceras dienemum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T44392794A44533262. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T44392794A44533262.en
    de Lange, P.J. (2025). "Corybas dienemus Fact Sheet." New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. – https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/corybas-dienemus/
    Skotnicki, M. L., G. R. Copson, J. Doube, L. Gadd, J. M. Selkirk-Bell, and P. M. Selkirk. 2009. "Biology and population studies of two endemic Nematoceras (orchid) species on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island." Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 143 (2): 61-71. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/64591663
    Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. (2007). Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Project: Operational Plan for the Eradication of Rabbits and Rodents from Macquarie Island. Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment. - https://www.dcceew.gov.au/parks-heritage/heritage/publications/eradication-rabbits-and-rodents-subantarctic-macquarie-island
    Threatened Species Section. "Listing Statement for Corybas dienemus (windswept helmet-orchid)". Hobart: Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania, 2017 – https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/Corybas%20dienemus%20listing%20statement.pdf
    Threatened Species Section (2017). "Threatened Tasmanian Orchids Flora Recovery Plan". Hobart: Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment, Tasmania – https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/Accepted-Orchid-RP.pdf
    Visoiu, Micah. 2019. Flora Values Assessment and Monitoring Report - Macquarie Island Nature Reserve and World Heritage Area - March 2019. Nature Conservation Report 19/01. Hobart: Natural and Cultural Heritage Division, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. – https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/Macquarie%20Island%20Vegetation%20Assessment%202019.pdf
    Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corybas_dienemus

    Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.
    A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m a musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.
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    Bahamian Hutia

    14/04/2026 | 35 mins.
    Bahamian Hutia :: Geocapromys ingrahami
    Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 073

    On today’s show we learn about the Bahamian Hutia, a critically endangered mammal, a rodent, native to the Bahamas archipelago in the Caribbean region, in the Atlantic Ocean. Its scientific name is Geocapromys ingrahami and it was first described in 1891.
    (00:05) Intro
    (02:05) Species Information
    (26:25) Citations
    (28:32) Music
    (33:34) Pledge

    For more information about Bahamian Hutia conservation, please see the Bahamas National Trust at https://bnt.bs/

    Research for today’s show was compiled from:
    Allen, J.A. 1891-08-31. Description of a new species of Capromys from the Plana Keys, Bahamas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3(23):329-336. – https://hdl.handle.net/2246/839
    Campbell, D. G., Lowell, K. S., Lightbourn, M. E. 1991. The effect of introduced Hutias (Geocapromys ingrahami) on the woody vegetation of Little Wax Cay, Bahamas. Conservation Biology 5: 536-541 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1991.tb00361.x
    Cartwright, F.B., Davis, A., Kennerley, R. & Turvey, S.T. 2024. Geocapromys ingrahami. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T9002A224590046. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T9002A224590046.en
    Clough, Garrett C. 1973. “A Most Peaceable Rodent.” Natural History 82 (6): 66–74. – http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6480
    Clough, Garrett C. “The Bahaman Hutia: A Rodent Refound.” Oryx 10, no. 2 (1969): 106–8. – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300007936
    Clough, Garrett C. 1976. “Current Status of Two Endangered Caribbean Rodents.” Biological Conservation 10, no. 1 (July): 43–47. – https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(76)90023-9
    Jordan, Kevin Clark. 1989. "An Ecology of the Bahamian Hutia : Geocapromys Ingrahami". Doctoral Dissertation; University of Florida. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207298
    Knowles, Lindy, and Casuarina McKinney-Lambert. 2013. Southeastern Bahamas Coral Reef & Island Survey: Rapid Ecological Assessment Report. Nassau: Bahamas National Trust & BREEF. – https://www.agrra.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SE-Bahamas-Coral-Reef-and-Island-Survey-Final-REA-Report-9-24-13.pdf
    Kennerley, Ros. 2024. “Safeguarding the Future of Critically Endangered Bahaman Hutia Within the Bahaman Archipelago Through Evidenced Based Management.” Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. December 23, 2024. - https://www.speciesconservation.org/small-grant/bahamian-hutia/36130
    LeFebvre MJ, deFrance SD, Kamenov GD, Keegan WF, Krigbaum J (2019) The zooarchaeology and isotopic ecology of the Bahamian hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami): Evidence for pre-Columbian anthropogenic management. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0220284. – https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220284
    LeFebvre, Michelle, Geoffrey Duchemin, Susan deFrance, William Keegan, and Kristen Walczesky. 2018. “Bahamian Hutia (Geocapromys Ingrahami) in the Lucayan Realm: Pre-Columbian Exploitation and Translocation.” Environmental Archaeology 24, no. 2 (August): 171–87. – https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2018.1503809
    Oswald, J.A., Allen, J.M., LeFebvre, M.J. et al. Ancient DNA and high-resolution chronometry reveal a long-term human role in the historical diversity and biogeography of the Bahamian hutia. Scientific Reports v 10, 1373 (2020). – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58224-y
    Rebach, Judith A. Osborn, "Comparison of the Gas Exchange and Water Balance of the Nutria, Myocastorcoypus, and the Hutia, Geocapromys Ingrahami" (1971). Open Access Dissertations. Paper 2617. University of Rhode Island. – https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/oa_diss/2617
    Turvey, Samuel T., Rosalind J. Kennerley, Jose M. Nuñez-Miño, and Richard P. Young. 2017. “The Last Survivors: Current Status and Conservation of the Non-Volant Land Mammals of the Insular Caribbean.” Journal of Mammalogy 98, no. 4 (August): 918–36. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw154
    Wilson, Don E., Thomas E. Lacher Jr., and Russell A. Mittermeier. 2016. “Geocapromys Ingrahami.” In Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I, 552–604. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. – https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6624107

    Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.
    A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m a musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.
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On Bad At Goodbyes, we offer a calm, clear-eyed, creative look at plants and animals from the IUCN Critically Endangered Red List. Research-based, we share species details, behaviors, habitat, and conservation information. And then at the end of each show we perform an ambient soundscape, to hold space for contemplation, delight, awe and perhaps grief. Without dedicated conservation action, some of these species will not survive the 21st century. And so, though listening and learning, perhaps we might acknowledge that journey with a moment of our attention, in recognition of our kinship. Thanks for listening.
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