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Week of 18 Oct 2026

Net changes from 11 Oct 2026 → 18 Oct 2026, with observations uploaded 11 Oct 2026 – 17 Oct 2026 first seen at Research Grade.

Published capture (inat-20261018)

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Observations added

+3,736

First seen at Research Grade

Net change

+4,363

Total: 661,224

Species net change

+32

Total: 15,067

Growth since baseline

+9,185

Baseline: 30 Sept 2026

National catalogue distribution (9)

9 of 9 countries gained observations this week

Country	Added	Net change	Photo observations	Species
KEKenya	+1,630	+1,940	269,368	7,742+20
TZTanzania	+1,178	+1,335	220,759	7,923+11
UGUganda	+292	+362	88,735	4,080+12
RWRwanda	+273	+291	21,025	2,073+13
ETEthiopia	+247	+287	40,359	2,790+3
CDDemocratic Republic of the Congo	+76	+96	16,295	3,730+20
SOSomalia	+15	+17	1,391	593+5
BIBurundi	+14	+14	1,589	575+1
SSSouth Sudan	+11	+15	1,698	585-1

Added counts observations first seen at Research Grade this week. Net change compares Sunday totals and can be negative. A dash means there was nothing to compare with.

Weekly contributors (20)

Observers behind this week's additions

Contributor	Countries	Observations added
Hugo Cleenewerck135 species	TZ	+294
Niall Perrins169 species	KE	+235
Siamak Derafshi81 species	KE	+206
Breathe Sail Dive - Jason Spitz and Monica Schandel79 species	KE	+196
Bart Wursten94 species	RW	+170

The observers with the most additions this week. Additions are a subset of the week's net change, which also counts older uploads identified since.

1–5 of 20 observers

Species added this week (20)

Taxa among observations first seen at Research Grade

Species	Added	Observers
Panthera leoLion · KE TZ UG	92	32
Loxodonta africanaAfrican Savanna Elephant · CD KE RW TZ UG	67	33
Equus quaggaPlains Zebra · CD KE RW TZ	63	30
Hippopotamus amphibiusCommon Hippopotamus · KE RW TZ UG	57	24
Giraffa tippelskirchiMaasai Giraffe · KE RW TZ	50	28

The most-added species this week. A country first is marked where the species was also verified as new to that country this week.

1–5 of 20 species

Capture provenance

Publication dates and scope

Capture: inat-20261018
Captured: 18 Oct 2026
Uploads covered: 11 Oct 2026 – 17 Oct 2026
Compared with: 11 Oct 2026

Research Grade observations with photos, from iNaturalist.org. Counts describe documentation, not wildlife abundance, and an iNaturalist taxon rename never adds an observation twice. Captures are immutable, so a figure can always be traced back to its week.