MDD v2.2 Taxonomy Changes
Taxonomy changes from v2.1 to v2.2, released June 13, 2025.
382 taxonomy changes
Back to release notes| Old name | New name | Category | Comments | Reference |
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| NA | Apomys crinitus | de novo | recently described | Heaney, L. R., Balete, D. S., Duya, M. R. M., Duya, M. V., Kyriazis, C. C., Rickart, E. A., Steppan, S. J., & Rowsey, D. M. (2025). Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa, 5647(1), 1-26. |
| NA | Apomys minor | de novo | recently described | Heaney, L. R., Balete, D. S., Duya, M. R. M., Duya, M. V., Kyriazis, C. C., Rickart, E. A., Steppan, S. J., & Rowsey, D. M. (2025). Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa, 5647(1), 1-26. |
| NA | Apomys veluzi | de novo | recently described | Heaney, L. R., Balete, D. S., Duya, M. R. M., Duya, M. V., Kyriazis, C. C., Rickart, E. A., Steppan, S. J., & Rowsey, D. M. (2025). Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa, 5647(1), 1-26. |
| NA | Cryptotis albujai | de novo | recently described | Cárdenas, P. M., Pacheco, V., Ruelas, D., & Ron, S. (2025). A new species of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) and introduction to the systematics of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Cryptotis species. Mammalia, (0), in press. |
| NA | Murina beibengensis | de novo | recently described | Luo, T., Mao, M.-L., Lan, C.-T., Zhao, Z.-F., Wang, Z.-L., Yu, J., Wang, J.-J., Yan, C.-R., Xiao, N., & Zhou, J. (2025). Four new tube-nosed bat species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, based on morphological and molecular data. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1023-1055. |
| NA | Murina chayuensis | de novo | recently described | Luo, P., Mao, M., Yan, C., He, Q., Yang, Q., Deng, H., ... & Zhou, J. (2025). A new species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from the Southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 983-997. |
| NA | Murina medogensis | de novo | recently described | Luo, T., Mao, M.-L., Lan, C.-T., Zhao, Z.-F., Wang, Z.-L., Yu, J., Wang, J.-J., Yan, C.-R., Xiao, N., & Zhou, J. (2025). Four new tube-nosed bat species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, based on morphological and molecular data. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1023-1055. |
| NA | Murina milinensis | de novo | recently described | Luo, T., Mao, M.-L., Lan, C.-T., Zhao, Z.-F., Wang, Z.-L., Yu, J., Wang, J.-J., Yan, C.-R., Xiao, N., & Zhou, J. (2025). Four new tube-nosed bat species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, based on morphological and molecular data. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1023-1055. |
| NA | Murina yadongensis | de novo | recently described | Luo, T., Mao, M.-L., Lan, C.-T., Zhao, Z.-F., Wang, Z.-L., Yu, J., Wang, J.-J., Yan, C.-R., Xiao, N., & Zhou, J. (2025). Four new tube-nosed bat species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, based on morphological and molecular data. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1023-1055. |
| NA | Myotis himalaicus | de novo | recently described | Saikia, U., Chakravarty, R., Csorba, G., Laskar, M. A., & Ruedi, M. (2025). Taxonomic reassessment of bats from the Western Himalayas, India and description of a new species of the Myotis frater complex (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa, 5644(1), 1-78. |
| NA | Neodon konggordous | de novo | recently described | Wang, X., Pan, X., Liu, Y., Murphy, R. W., Peng, B., Duan, C., ... & Liu, S. (2025). Three new species of Neodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Sichuan and Xizang, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 999-1012. |
| NA | Neodon kulakangria | de novo | recently described | Wang, X., Pan, X., Liu, Y., Murphy, R. W., Peng, B., Duan, C., ... & Liu, S. (2025). Three new species of Neodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Sichuan and Xizang, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 999-1012. |
| NA | Neodon minor | de novo | recently described | Wang, X., Pan, X., Liu, Y., Murphy, R. W., Peng, B., Duan, C., ... & Liu, S. (2025). Three new species of Neodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Sichuan and Xizang, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 999-1012. |
| Pipistrellus abramus | Alionoctula abramus | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus adamsi | Alionoctula adamsi | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus angulatus | Alionoctula angulata | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus ceylonicus | Alionoctula ceylonica | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus collinus | Alionoctula collina | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus coromandra | Alionoctula coromandra | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus dhofarensis | Alionoctula dhofarensis | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus endoi | Alionoctula endoi | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus javanicus | Alionoctula javanica | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus minahassae | Alionoctula minahassae | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus murrayi | Alionoctula murrayi | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus papuanus | Alionoctula papuana | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus paterculus | Alionoctula paterculus | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus stenopterus | Alionoctula stenoptera | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus sturdeei | Alionoctula sturdeei | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus tenuis | Alionoctula tenuis | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus wattsi | Alionoctula wattsi | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Pipistrellus westralis | Alionoctula westralis | genus change | moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Phodopus campbelli | Cricetiscus campbelli | genus change | moved from Phodopus to Cricetiscus | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| Phodopus sungorus | Cricetiscus sungorus | genus change | moved from Phodopus to Cricetiscus | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| Feloidea | Aeluroidea | infraorder change | infraorder added | — |
| Viverroidea | Aeluroidea | infraorder change | infraorder added | — |
| Canoidea | Cynoidea | infraorder change | infraorder renamed | — |
| Cetacea | Mysticeti | infraorder change | reranked from parvorder to infraorder | — |
| Ancodonta | NA | infraorder change | now ranked as a suborder | — |
| Cetacea | Odontoceti | infraorder change | reranked from parvorder to infraorder | — |
| NA | Phascolarctomorphia | infraorder change | infraorder added to accommodate fossil taxa | Beck, R.M.D., Voss, R.S. and Jansa, S.A. 2022. Craniodental morphology and phylogeny of marsupials. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 457:1-352. URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61777114 doi:10.1206/0003-0090.457.1.1 |
| NA | Vombatomorphia | infraorder change | infraorder added to accommodate fossil taxa | Beck, R.M.D., Voss, R.S. and Jansa, S.A. 2022. Craniodental morphology and phylogeny of marsupials. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 457:1-352. URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61777114 doi:10.1206/0003-0090.457.1.1 |
| Cryptotis evaristoi | Cryptotis peruviensis | lump | lumped into C. peruviensis | Cárdenas, P. M., Pacheco, V., Ruelas, D., & Ron, S. (2025). A new species of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) and introduction to the systematics of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Cryptotis species. Mammalia, (0), in press. |
| Myotis dinellii | Myotis levis | lump | lumped into M. levis | Argoitia, M. A., Cassini, G. H., Mapelli, F., & Teta, P. (2025). Integrative taxonomy and geographic variation of Myotis dinellii and M. levis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) Argentinean populations. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 316, 158-169. |
| Pithecia inusta | Pithecia hirsuta | lump | lumped into P. hirsuta (based on type locality of inusta, the populations previously included in inusta now represent an undescribed species or are included under P. monachus) | Serrano-Villavicencio, J. E., Hurtado, C. M., Vendramel, R. L., & Nascimento, F. O. D. (2019). Reconsidering the taxonomy of the Pithecia irrorata species group (Primates: Pitheciidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 100(1), 130-141. |
| Tscherskia ningshaanensis | Tscherskia collina | name change | name changed from ningshaanensis to collina as collina is currently the oldest available name for the species | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| Urocricetus alticola | Urocricetus lama | name change | name changed from alticola to lama as lama is currently the oldest available name for the species | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| NA | Caviomorpha | parvorder change | parvorder added | — |
| NA | Elephantida | parvorder change | parvorder added to accommodate fossil taxa | Gheerbrant, E. and Tassy, P. 2009. L'origine et l'évolution des éléphants. Comptes Rendus Palevol 8(2-3):281-294. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.08.003 |
| NA | incertae sedis | parvorder change | Hystricidae left incertae sedis following addition of Phiomorpha and Caviomorpha | — |
| NA | Mustelida | parvorder change | superfamily Musteloidea reranked as parvorder Mustelida | — |
| Mysticeti | NA | parvorder change | reranked from parvorder to infraorder | — |
| Odontoceti | NA | parvorder change | reranked from parvorder to infraorder | — |
| NA | Phiomorpha | parvorder change | parvorder added | — |
| NA | Pinnipedia | parvorder change | superfamily Phocoidea reranked as parvorder Pinnipedia | — |
| NA | Ursida | parvorder change | superfamily Ursoidea reranked as parvorder Ursida | — |
| Pipistrellus javanicus | Alionoctula babu | split | split from Pipistrellus javanicus (now Alionoctula javanica) and moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula | Saikia, U., Chakravarty, R., Csorba, G., Laskar, M. A., & Ruedi, M. (2025). Taxonomic reassessment of bats from the Western Himalayas, India and description of a new species of the Myotis frater complex (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa, 5644(1), 1-78. · Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| Cryptotis parvus | Cryptotis floridanus | split | split from C. parvus | Galfano, T. M., Herrera, T. M., Bulger, J. B., Stuart, J. N., Frey, J. K., & Hope, A. G. (2025). Phylogenomic Analysis of Wide‐Ranging Least Shrews Refines Conservation Priorities and Supports a Paradigm for Evolution of Biota Spanning Eastern North America and Mesoamerica. Ecology and Evolution, 15(5), e71263. |
| Meles leucurus | Meles amurensis | split | split from M. leucurus | Puzachenko, A. Y., Yudin, V. G., & Abramov, A. V. (2025). Cranial variation and taxonomic status of Far-Eastern badgers, with remarks on Pleistocene paleogeography of Meles (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 75, 147-164. |
| Murina huttoni | Murina rubella | split | split from M. huttoni | Luo, T., Mao, M.-L., Lan, C.-T., Zhao, Z.-F., Wang, Z.-L., Yu, J., Wang, J.-J., Yan, C.-R., Xiao, N., & Zhou, J. (2025). Four new tube-nosed bat species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, based on morphological and molecular data. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1023-1055. |
| Yinotheria | Prototheria | subclass change | subclass Yinotheria renamed to the more familiar name Prototheria | — |
| NA | Ailurinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Wallace, S.C. and Lyon, L.M. 2022. Systematic revision of the Ailurinae (Mammalia: Carnivora: Ailuridae): with a new species from North America. 31-52 in Glatston, A.R. (eds.). Red Panda. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-823753-3.00011-9 |
| NA | Anomalurinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Marivaux, L., Adnet, S., Benammi, M., Tabuce, R. and Benammi, M. 2017. Anomaluroid rodents from the earliest Oligocene of Dakhla, Morocco, reveal the long-lived and morphologically conservative pattern of the Anomaluridae and Nonanomaluridae during the Tertiary in Africa. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(7):539-569. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1206977 |
| NA | Antilocaprinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Aplodontiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Babyrousinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Gongora, J., Cuddahee, R.E., Nascimento, F.F. do, Palgrave, C.J., Lowden, S., Ho, S.Y.W., Simond, D., Damayanti, C.S., White, D.J., Tay, W.T., Randi, E., Klingel, H., Rodrigues-Zarate, C.J., Allen, K., Moran, C. and Larson, G. 2011. Rethinking the evolution of extant sub-Saharan African suids (Suidae, Artiodactyla). Zoologica Scripta 40(4):327-335. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00480.x |
| NA | Berardiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| Potoroinae | Bettongiinae | subfamily change | tribe Bettongini raised to subfamily level and spelling corrected | Westerman, M., Loke, S., Tan, M.H. and Kear, B.P. 2022. Mitogenome of the extinct Desert 'rat-kangaroo' times the adaptation to aridity in macropodoids. Scientific Reports 12(5829):1-10. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09568-0 |
| NA | Caninae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Tedford, R.H., Wang, X.-m. and Taylor, B.E. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218. doi:10.1206/574.1 HDL 2246/5999 |
| NA | Castorinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Chinchillinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Rasia, L.L., Barbeito, C.G. and Acuña, F. 2024. Plains Vizcachas. Springer, Cham, 386 pp. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-49487-1 ISBN 978-3-031-49487-1 |
| NA | Ctenodactylinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Dasypodinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Defler, T. 2019. History of Terrestrial Mammals in South America. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98449-0 ISBN 978-3-319-98448-3 |
| NA | Dinomyinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Elephantinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Shoshani, J. and Tassy, P. 2005. Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior. Quaternary International 126-128:5-20. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.011 |
| Rousettinae | Epomophorinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed because Epomophorinae Gray, 1866, has priority over Rousettinae Andersen, 1912 | — |
| NA | Equinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Galaginae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Harrison, T. 2010. Later Tertiary Lorisiformes (Strepsirrhini, Primates). Pp. 333–349 in Werdelin, L. and Sanders, W.J. (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1008 pp. |
| NA | Giraffinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| NA | Hippopotaminae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Hyperoodontinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| NA | Idiurinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Marivaux, L., Adnet, S., Benammi, M., Tabuce, R. and Benammi, M. 2017. Anomaluroid rodents from the earliest Oligocene of Dakhla, Morocco, reveal the long-lived and morphologically conservative pattern of the Anomaluridae and Nonanomaluridae during the Tertiary in Africa. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(7):539-569. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1206977 |
| NA | incertae sedis | subfamily change | Tasmacetus left as incertae sedis within Ziphiidae | — |
| NA | Kogiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Muizon, C. de. 1988. Les vertébrés fossiles de la formation Pisco (Pérou). Troisième partie : Les Odontocètes (Cetacea, Mammalia) du Miocène. Institut Français d'Études Andines, Memoire 78:1-244. |
| NA | Lagostominae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Rasia, L.L., Barbeito, C.G. and Acuña, F. 2024. Plains Vizcachas. Springer, Cham, 386 pp. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-49487-1 ISBN 978-3-031-49487-1 |
| NA | Maninae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Gaudin, T.J., Emry, R.J. and Wible, J.R. 2009. The phylogeny of living and extinct pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and associated taxa: A morphology based analysis. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 16(4):235-305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9 |
| NA | Monachinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1789 |
| Mungotinae | Mungosinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed in accordance with the stem of the generic name | — |
| Myadinae | Mydainae | subfamily change | spelling of subfamily name corrected | — |
| Dactylopsilinae | NA | subfamily change | subfamilies of Petauridae dropped since evidence for reciprocal monophyly is weak | Wu, T., Chen, Y. and Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N. 2021. The complete mitochondrial genome of Gymnobelideus leadbeateri (Mammalia: Petauridae). Mitochondrial DNA (B)6(2):589-590. doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1875919 |
| Petaurinae | NA | subfamily change | subfamilies of Petauridae dropped since evidence for reciprocal monophyly is weak | Wu, T., Chen, Y. and Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N. 2021. The complete mitochondrial genome of Gymnobelideus leadbeateri (Mammalia: Petauridae). Mitochondrial DNA (B)6(2):589-590. doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1875919 |
| Callosciurinae | Nannosciurinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed because Nannosciurinae Forsyth Major, 1893, has priority over Callosciurinae Pocock, 1923 | Musser, G.G., Durden, L.A., Holden, M.E. and Light, J.E. 2010. Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339:1-260. doi:10.1206/695.1 HDL 2246/6067 |
| NA | Neobalaeninae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Marx, F.G. and Fordyce, R.E. 2016. A link no longer missing: New evidence for the cetotheriid affinities of Caperea. PLoS ONE 11(10):e0164059. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164059 |
| NA | Ochotoninae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Odobeninae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Magallanes, I., Parham, J.F., Santos, G.-P. and Vélez-Juarbe, J. 2018. A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids. PeerJ 6:e5708. doi:10.7717/peerj.5708 |
| NA | Okapiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| Dendromurinae | Petromyscinae | subfamily change | Delanymys, Petromyscus, and Mystromys moved into a single subfamily | Steppan, S.J. and Schenk, J.J. 2017. Muroid rodent phylogenetics: 900-species tree reveals increasing diversification rates. PLoS ONE 12(8):e0183070. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0183070 |
| Mystromyinae | Petromyscinae | subfamily change | Delanymys, Petromyscus, and Mystromys moved into a single subfamily | Steppan, S.J. and Schenk, J.J. 2017. Muroid rodent phylogenetics: 900-species tree reveals increasing diversification rates. PLoS ONE 12(8):e0183070. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0183070 |
| NA | Phocinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1783 |
| Pseudochiropsinae | Pseudochiropinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed in accordance with the stem of the generic name | — |
| NA | Rhinocerotinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| Saimiriinae | Saimirinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed in accordance with the stem of the generic name | — |
| NA | Smutsiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Gaudin, T.J., Emry, R.J. and Wible, J.R. 2009. The phylogeny of living and extinct pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and associated taxa: A morphology based analysis. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 16(4):235-305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9 |
| NA | Suinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | Gongora, J., Cuddahee, R.E., Nascimento, F.F. do, Palgrave, C.J., Lowden, S., Ho, S.Y.W., Simond, D., Damayanti, C.S., White, D.J., Tay, W.T., Randi, E., Klingel, H., Rodrigues-Zarate, C.J., Allen, K., Moran, C. and Larson, G. 2011. Rethinking the evolution of extant sub-Saharan African suids (Suidae, Artiodactyla). Zoologica Scripta 40(4):327-335. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00480.x |
| Scalopinae | Talpinae | subfamily change | subfamily Scalopinae merged into Talpinae | Kryštufek, B. and Motokawa, M. 2018. Family Talpidae (moles, desmans, star-nosed moles and shrew moles). Pp. 552–619 in Wilson, D.E. and Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 8. Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos. Lynx, Barcelona, 709 pp. |
| NA | Tayassuinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Parisi Dutra, R., Casali, D. de M., Missagia, R.V., Gasparini, G.M., Perini, F.A. and Cozzuol, M.A. 2017. Phylogenetic systematics of peccaries (Tayassuidae: Artiodactyla) and a classification of South American tayassuids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24(3):345-358. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9347-8 |
| NA | Trichechinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Domning, D.P. 2009. Sirenian evolution. Pp. 1016–1019 in Perrin, W.F., Worsig, B. and Thewissen, J.G.M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd ed. Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00236-4 |
| NA | Ziphiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| NA | Amblonyx | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Anoa | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Anoura | subgenus change | subgenus added | Bagley, J. C., & Muchhala, N. (2022). Genome-wide ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history among Neotropical leaf-nosed bats in the genus Anoura (Phyllostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 167, 107356. |
| NA | Aonyx | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Apodemus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Asinus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Axis | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Bdeogale | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Bibos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Bison | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Bos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Bradypus | subgenus change | subgenus added | Miranda, F.R., Garbino, G.S.T., Machado, F.A., Perini, F.A., Santos, F.R. and Casali, D. de M. 2023. Taxonomic revision of maned sloths, subgenus Bradypus (Scaeopus), Pilosa, Bradypodidae, with revalidation of Bradypus crinitus Gray, 1850. Journal of Mammalogy 104(1):86-103. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac059 |
| NA | Bubalus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Cervus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Charronia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Chilonycteris | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Colobotis | subgenus change | subgenus added | Simonov, E., Lopatina, N.V., Titov, S.V., Ivanova, A.D., Brandler, O.V., Surin, V.L., Matrosova, V.A., Dvilis, A.E., Oreshkova, N.V., Kapustina, S.Yu., Голенищев, Ф.Н. and Ermakov, O.A. 2024. Traditional multilocus phylogeny fails to fully resolve Palearctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus) relationships but reveals a new species endemic to West Siberia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 195:108057. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108057 |
| NA | Dolichohippus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Equus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Euarctos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Galeriscus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Geomys | subgenus change | subgenus added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Hemionus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Heteromys | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Hippotigris | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Hyelaphus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | incertae sedis (within Apodemus) | subgenus change | two species left unallocated to subgenus | — |
| Chrysopteron | incertae sedis (within Myotis) | subgenus change | Myotis dieteri moved out of the subgenus | Csorba, G., Chou, C.-H., Ruedi, M., Görföl, T., Motokawa, M., Wiantoro, S., Thong, V.D., Son, N.T., Lin, L.-K. and Furey, N.M. 2014. The reds and the yellows: a review of Asian Chrysopteron Jentink, 1910 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Myotis). Journal of Mammalogy 95(4):663-678. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-200 |
| Myotis | incertae sedis (within Myotis) | subgenus change | Myotis insularum moved out of the subgenus | — |
| NA | incertae sedis (within Pteronotus) | subgenus change | two species left unallocated to subgenus | — |
| NA | incertae sedis (within Spermophilus) | subgenus change | four species left unallocated to subgenus | Simonov, E., Lopatina, N.V., Titov, S.V., Ivanova, A.D., Brandler, O.V., Surin, V.L., Matrosova, V.A., Dvilis, A.E., Oreshkova, N.V., Kapustina, S.Yu., Голенищев, Ф.Н. and Ermakov, O.A. 2024. Traditional multilocus phylogeny fails to fully resolve Palearctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus) relationships but reveals a new species endemic to West Siberia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 195:108057. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108057 |
| NA | Jaguarius | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Leo | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Leopardus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| Schizonycteris | Leuconycteris | subgenus change | subgeneric allocation of Micronycteris schmidtorum corrected | Siles, L. and Baker, R.J. 2020. Revision of the pale-bellied Micronycteris Gray, 1866 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58(4):1411-1431. doi:10.1111/jzs.12388 |
| NA | Liomys | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Lonchoglossa | subgenus change | subgenus added | Bagley, J. C., & Muchhala, N. (2022). Genome-wide ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history among Neotropical leaf-nosed bats in the genus Anoura (Phyllostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 167, 107356. |
| NA | Lutra | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Lutrogale | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Lynchailurus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Madoqua | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Margay | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Martes | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Microperoryctes | subgenus change | subgenus added | Helgen, K. M., & Flannery, T. F. (2004). A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea. Journal of Zoology, 264(2), 117-124. |
| NA | Mictomys | subgenus change | subgenus added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Mustela | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| Pitymys | Mynomes | subgenus change | subgenus renamed to older name | — |
| Aethoglis | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Asioscalops | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Claviglis | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Depanycteris | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Lim, B.K. 2007. Divergence times and origin of neotropical sheath-tailed bats (tribe Diclidurini) in South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45:777-791. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.003 |
| Diclidurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Lim, B.K. 2007. Divergence times and origin of neotropical sheath-tailed bats (tribe Diclidurini) in South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45:777-791. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.003 |
| Eulagos | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Funambulus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Gerbilliscus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Gerbillurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Graphiurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Hesperoptenus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Volleth, M., Khan, F.A.A., Sotero-Caio, C.G., Garner, H.J., Baker, R.J., Müller, S. and Heller, K.-G. 2024. Karyotype description of Hesperoptenus tomesi and relationships within the genus Hesperoptenus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) as revealed by cytogenetic and mtDNA data. Acta Chiropterologica 26(1):1-14. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2024.26.1.001 |
| incertae sedis (within Lepus) | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Indolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Lepus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Liponycteris | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Uvizl, M., Šmíd, J., Aghová, T., Varadínová, Z. K., & Benda, P. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the sheath-tailed bats from the Middle East (Emballonuridae: Taphozous and Coleura). Acta Chiropterologica, 21(1), 23-34. |
| Macrotolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Microallactaga | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Milithronycteris | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Volleth, M., Khan, F.A.A., Sotero-Caio, C.G., Garner, H.J., Baker, R.J., Müller, S. and Heller, K.-G. 2024. Karyotype description of Hesperoptenus tomesi and relationships within the genus Hesperoptenus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) as revealed by cytogenetic and mtDNA data. Acta Chiropterologica 26(1):1-14. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2024.26.1.001 |
| Neotoma | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Bradley, R.D., Edwards, C.W., Lindsey, L.L., Bateman, J.R., Cajimat, M.N.B., Milazzo, M.L., Fulhorst, C.F., Matocq, M.D. and Mauldin, M.R. 2022. Reevaluation of the phylogenetic relationships among Neotomini rodents (Hodomys, Neotoma, and Xenomys) and comments on the woodrat classification. Journal of Mammalogy 103(5):1221-1236. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac031 |
| Paralactaga | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Paratatera | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Peronymus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Lim, B.K., Engstrom, M.D., Reid, F.A., Simmons, N.B., Voss, R.S. and Fleck, D.W. 2010. A new species of Peropteryx (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) from western Amazonia with comments on phylogenetic relationships within the genus. American Museum Novitates 3686:1-20. URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/279931 doi:10.1206/691.1 HDL 2246/6070 |
| Peropteryx | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Lim, B.K., Engstrom, M.D., Reid, F.A., Simmons, N.B., Voss, R.S. and Fleck, D.W. 2010. A new species of Peropteryx (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) from western Amazonia with comments on phylogenetic relationships within the genus. American Museum Novitates 3686:1-20. URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/279931 doi:10.1206/691.1 HDL 2246/6070 |
| Poecilolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Prasadsciurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Proeulagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Progerbillurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Sabanalagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Scarturus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Sigmodon | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Henson, D.D. and Bradley, R.D. 2009. Molecular systematics of the genus Sigmodon: results from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87(3):211-220. doi:10.1139/Z09-005 |
| Sigmomys | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Henson, D.D. and Bradley, R.D. 2009. Molecular systematics of the genus Sigmodon: results from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87(3):211-220. doi:10.1139/Z09-005 |
| Sinolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Talpa | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Taphozous | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Uvizl, M., Šmíd, J., Aghová, T., Varadínová, Z. K., & Benda, P. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the sheath-tailed bats from the Middle East (Emballonuridae: Taphozous and Coleura). Acta Chiropterologica, 21(1), 23-34. |
| Tarimolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Taterona | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| Teanopus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Bradley, R.D., Edwards, C.W., Lindsey, L.L., Bateman, J.R., Cajimat, M.N.B., Milazzo, M.L., Fulhorst, C.F., Matocq, M.D. and Mauldin, M.R. 2022. Reevaluation of the phylogenetic relationships among Neotomini rodents (Hodomys, Neotoma, and Xenomys) and comments on the woodrat classification. Journal of Mammalogy 103(5):1221-1236. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac031 |
| Teonoma | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | Bradley, R.D., Edwards, C.W., Lindsey, L.L., Bateman, J.R., Cajimat, M.N.B., Milazzo, M.L., Fulhorst, C.F., Matocq, M.D. and Mauldin, M.R. 2022. Reevaluation of the phylogenetic relationships among Neotomini rodents (Hodomys, Neotoma, and Xenomys) and comments on the woodrat classification. Journal of Mammalogy 103(5):1221-1236. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac031 |
| Muriculus | Nannomys | subgenus change | subgenus lumped | — |
| NA | Nannugo | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus for Pipistrellus nathusii | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| NA | Neodon | subgenus change | subgenus added | Kryštufek, B. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, Maribor. doi:10.18690/um.fnm.2.2022 ISBN 978-961-286-611-2 |
| NA | Novibos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Oncifelis | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Oreailurus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Ornatomops | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus for Mops tomensis and Mops gallagheri | Torrent, L., Garin, I., Aihartza, J., Méndez‐Rodríguez, A., Nguema Alene, E. A., & Juste, J. (2025). Genetic and Morphological Evidence From a Group of Rare African Free‐Tailed Bats Reveals a New Subgenus Within Mops. Ecology and Evolution, 15(5), e71288. |
| NA | Ornoryctes | subgenus change | subgenus added | Helgen, K. M., & Flannery, T. F. (2004). A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea. Journal of Zoology, 264(2), 117-124. |
| Parameriones | Pallasiomys | subgenus change | subgenus lumped | — |
| NA | Panolia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Panthera | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Phaiomys | subgenus change | subgenus added | Kryštufek, B. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, Maribor. doi:10.18690/um.fnm.2.2022 ISBN 978-961-286-611-2 |
| NA | Phyllodia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Pipistrellus | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus for all Pipistrellus except P. nathusii (now in Nannugo), P. aero, P. inexspectatus, and P. permixtus (those three treated as incertae sedis) | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317. |
| NA | Pocockictis | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Poephagus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Przewalskium | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Pteronotus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Quagga | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| Aporodon | Reithrodontomys | subgenus change | subgeneric allocation of Reithrodontomys chrysopsis corrected | — |
| NA | Rhynchotragus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Rucervus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Scaeopus | subgenus change | subgenus added | Miranda, F.R., Garbino, G.S.T., Machado, F.A., Perini, F.A., Santos, F.R. and Casali, D. de M. 2023. Taxonomic revision of maned sloths, subgenus Bradypus (Scaeopus), Pilosa, Bradypodidae, with revalidation of Bradypus crinitus Gray, 1850. Journal of Mammalogy 104(1):86-103. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac059 |
| NA | Schaeferia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Selenarctos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Sika | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Spermophilus | subgenus change | subgenus added | Simonov, E., Lopatina, N.V., Titov, S.V., Ivanova, A.D., Brandler, O.V., Surin, V.L., Matrosova, V.A., Dvilis, A.E., Oreshkova, N.V., Kapustina, S.Yu., Голенищев, Ф.Н. and Ermakov, O.A. 2024. Traditional multilocus phylogeny fails to fully resolve Palearctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus) relationships but reveals a new species endemic to West Siberia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 195:108057. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108057 |
| NA | Sylvaemus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Synaptomys | subgenus change | subgenus added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| Sciurus | Tenes | subgenus change | subgenus split | — |
| NA | Theropithecus | subgenus change | subgenus added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Tigris | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Uncia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| incertae sedis | Uromys | subgenus change | Uromys siebersi placed in subgenus Uromys | — |
| NA | Ursus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| NA | Xylomys | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| Whippomorpha | Ancodonta | suborder change | reranked to give more prominence to the clade Cetacea | — |
| Whippomorpha | Cetacea | suborder change | reranked to give more prominence to the clade Cetacea | — |
| NA | Elephantiformes | suborder change | suborder added to accommodate fossil taxa | Gheerbrant, E. and Tassy, P. 2009. L'origine et l'évolution des éléphants. Comptes Rendus Palevol 8(2-3):281-294. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.08.003 |
| NA | Eupholidota | suborder change | suborder added to accommodate fossil taxa | Gaudin, T.J., Emry, R.J. and Wible, J.R. 2009. The phylogeny of living and extinct pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and associated taxa: A morphology based analysis. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 16(4):235-305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9 |
| Macropodiformes | Phalangerida | suborder change | suborders Macropodiformes and Phalangeriformes merged into Phalangerida | Phillips, M.J., Celik, M.A. and Beck, R.M.D. 2023. The evolutionary relationships of Diprotodontia and improving the accuracy of phylogenetic inference from morphological data. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 47(4):686-698. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2184492 |
| Phalangeriformes | Phalangerida | suborder change | suborders Macropodiformes and Phalangeriformes merged into Phalangerida | Phillips, M.J., Celik, M.A. and Beck, R.M.D. 2023. The evolutionary relationships of Diprotodontia and improving the accuracy of phylogenetic inference from morphological data. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 47(4):686-698. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2184492 |
| Vespertilioniformes | Yangochiroptera | suborder change | suborder renamed to align with priority and with majority usage in the literature | Springer, M.S., Teeling, E.C., Madsen, O., Stanhope, M.J. and Jong, W.W. de. 2001. Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(11):6241-6246. doi:10.1073/pnas.111551998 |
| Pteropodiformes | Yinpterochiroptera | suborder change | suborder renamed to align with priority and with majority usage in the literature | Springer, M.S., Teeling, E.C., Madsen, O., Stanhope, M.J. and Jong, W.W. de. 2001. Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(11):6241-6246. doi:10.1073/pnas.111551998 |
| NA | Abrotrichina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Teta, P., Cañón, C., Patterson, B.D. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2017. Phylogeny of the tribe Abrotrichini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): integrating morphological and molecular evidence into a new classification. Cladistics 33(2):153-182. doi:10.1111/cla.12164 |
| NA | Ammospermophilina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Vohralík, V. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic rodents (Rodentia). Part 2. Sciuridae: Urocitellus, Marmota and Sciurotamias. Lynx (Praha) 44:27-138. |
| NA | Anotomyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Salazar-Bravo, J., Tinoco, N., Zeballos, H., Brito, J., Arenas-Viveros, D., Marín-C., D., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Percequillo, A.R., Lee, T.E., Jr., Solari, S., Colmenares-Pinzon, J., Nivelo, C., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Merino, W., Medina, C.E., Murillo-García, O. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2023. Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches. PeerJ 11:e14319. doi:10.7717/peerj.14319 |
| NA | Anourina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.003 |
| NA | Antilopina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Bärmann, E.V., Rössner, G.E. and Wörheide, G. 2013. A revised phylogeny of Antilopini (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) using combined mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67(2):484-493. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.015 |
| NA | Artibeina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.006 |
| NA | Arvicolina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, Maribor. doi:10.18690/um.fnm.2.2022 ISBN 978-961-286-611-2 |
| NA | Bovina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Hassanin, A. 2014. Systematic and evolution of Bovini. Pp. 7–20 in Melletti, M. and Burton, J. (eds.). 2014. Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139568098.003 ISBN 9781139568098 |
| NA | Brachyphyllina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.001 |
| NA | Bubalina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Hassanin, A. 2014. Systematic and evolution of Bovini. Pp. 7–20 in Melletti, M. and Burton, J. (eds.). 2014. Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139568098.003 ISBN 9781139568098 |
| NA | Canina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Tedford, R.H., Wang, X.-m. and Taylor, B.E. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218. doi:10.1206/574.1 HDL 2246/5999 |
| NA | Cansumyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| NA | Caprina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Hassanin, A., Ropiquet, A., Couloux, A. and Cruaud, C. 2009. Evolution of the mitochondrial genome in mammals living at high altitude: New insights from a study of the tribe Caprini (Bovidae, Antilopinae). Journal of Molecular Evolution 68(4):293-310. doi:10.1007/s00239-009-9208-7 |
| NA | Choeronycterina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.004 |
| NA | Clethrionomyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, Maribor. doi:10.18690/um.fnm.2.2022 ISBN 978-961-286-611-3 |
| NA | Cricetina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| NA | Ectophyllina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.008 |
| NA | Enchisthenina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.009 |
| NA | Eothenomyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, Maribor. doi:10.18690/um.fnm.2.2022 ISBN 978-961-286-611-4 |
| NA | Galushamyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Martin, R.A. and Zakrzewski, R.J. 2019. On the ancestry of woodrats. Journal of Mammalogy 100(5):1564-1582. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz105 |
| NA | Glaucomyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Thorington, R.W., Jr. and Hoffmann, R.S. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754–818 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2142 pp. URL: http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 |
| NA | Histriophocina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1788 |
| NA | Hyosciurina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Musser, G.G., Durden, L.A., Holden, M.E. and Light, J.E. 2010. Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339:1-260. doi:10.1206/695.1 HDL 2246/6067 |
| NA | Hyperacrina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, Maribor. doi:10.18690/um.fnm.2.2022 ISBN 978-961-286-611-7 |
| NA | Ichthyomyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Salazar-Bravo, J., Tinoco, N., Zeballos, H., Brito, J., Arenas-Viveros, D., Marín-C., D., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Percequillo, A.R., Lee, T.E., Jr., Solari, S., Colmenares-Pinzon, J., Nivelo, C., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Merino, W., Medina, C.E., Murillo-García, O. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2023. Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches. PeerJ 11:e14319. doi:10.7717/peerj.14319 |
| NA | Marmotina | subtribe change | subtribe added; named Arctomyina in the literature but Marmotina has priority | Kryštufek, B. and Vohralík, V. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic rodents (Rodentia). Part 2. Sciuridae: Urocitellus, Marmota and Sciurotamias. Lynx (Praha) 44:27-138. |
| NA | Microtina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, Maribor. doi:10.18690/um.fnm.2.2022 ISBN 978-961-286-611-6 |
| NA | Nannosciurina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Musser, G.G., Durden, L.A., Holden, M.E. and Light, J.E. 2010. Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339:1-260. doi:10.1206/695.1 HDL 2246/6067 |
| NA | Neotomina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Martin, R.A. and Zakrzewski, R.J. 2019. On the ancestry of woodrats. Journal of Mammalogy 100(5):1564-1582. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz105 |
| NA | Notiomyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Teta, P., Cañón, C., Patterson, B.D. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2017. Phylogeny of the tribe Abrotrichini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): integrating morphological and molecular evidence into a new classification. Cladistics 33(2):153-182. doi:10.1111/cla.12164 |
| NA | Otospermophilina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Vohralík, V. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic rodents (Rodentia). Part 2. Sciuridae: Urocitellus, Marmota and Sciurotamias. Lynx (Praha) 44:27-138. |
| NA | Ourebiina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Bärmann, E.V., Rössner, G.E. and Wörheide, G. 2013. A revised phylogeny of Antilopini (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) using combined mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67(2):484-493. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.015 |
| NA | Ovibovina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Hassanin, A., Ropiquet, A., Couloux, A. and Cruaud, C. 2009. Evolution of the mitochondrial genome in mammals living at high altitude: New insights from a study of the tribe Caprini (Bovidae, Antilopinae). Journal of Molecular Evolution 68(4):293-310. doi:10.1007/s00239-009-9208-7 |
| NA | Pantholopina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Hassanin, A., Ropiquet, A., Couloux, A. and Cruaud, C. 2009. Evolution of the mitochondrial genome in mammals living at high altitude: New insights from a study of the tribe Caprini (Bovidae, Antilopinae). Journal of Molecular Evolution 68(4):293-310. doi:10.1007/s00239-009-9208-7 |
| NA | Parascalopina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Schwermann, A.H., He, K., Peters, B.J., Plogschties, T. and Sansalone, G. 2019. Systematics and macroevolution of extant and fossil scalopine moles (Mammalia, Talpidae). Palaeontology 62(4):661-676. doi:10.1111/pala.12422 |
| NA | Phocina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1787 |
| NA | Phodopina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| NA | Phyllonycterina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.002 |
| NA | Procaprina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Bärmann, E.V., Rössner, G.E. and Wörheide, G. 2013. A revised phylogeny of Antilopini (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) using combined mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67(2):484-493. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.015 |
| NA | Pseudorygina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Hassanin, A. 2014. Systematic and evolution of Bovini. Pp. 7–20 in Melletti, M. and Burton, J. (eds.). 2014. Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139568098.003 ISBN 9781139568098 |
| NA | Pteromyina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Thorington, R.W., Jr. and Hoffmann, R.S. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754–818 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2142 pp. URL: http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 |
| NA | Raphicerina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Bärmann, E.V., Rössner, G.E. and Wörheide, G. 2013. A revised phylogeny of Antilopini (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) using combined mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67(2):484-493. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.015 |
| NA | Scalopina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Schwermann, A.H., He, K., Peters, B.J., Plogschties, T. and Sansalone, G. 2019. Systematics and macroevolution of extant and fossil scalopine moles (Mammalia, Talpidae). Palaeontology 62(4):661-676. doi:10.1111/pala.12422 |
| NA | Scaptonychina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Motokawa, M. 2018. Family Talpidae (moles, desmans, star-nosed moles and shrew moles). Pp. 552–619 in Wilson, D.E. and Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 8. Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos. Lynx, Barcelona, 709 pp. |
| NA | Speothoina | subtribe change | subtribe added; called Cerdocyonina in the literature but Speothoina has priority | Tedford, R.H., Wang, X.-m. and Taylor, B.E. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218. doi:10.1206/574.1 HDL 2246/5999 |
| NA | Spermophilina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Vohralík, V. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic rodents (Rodentia). Part 2. Sciuridae: Urocitellus, Marmota and Sciurotamias. Lynx (Praha) 44:27-138. |
| NA | Spermophilopsina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B., Mahmoudi, A., Тесаков, А.С., Matějů, J. and Hutterer, R. 2016. A review of bristly ground squirrels Xerini and a generic revision in the African genus Xerus. Mammalia 80(5):521-540. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2015-0073 |
| NA | Stenodermatina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.005 |
| NA | Urocricetina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| NA | Urotrichina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B. and Motokawa, M. 2018. Family Talpidae (moles, desmans, star-nosed moles and shrew moles). Pp. 552–619 in Wilson, D.E. and Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 8. Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos. Lynx, Barcelona, 709 pp. |
| NA | Vampyressina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Baker, R.J., Solari, S., Cirranello, A.L. and Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher level classification of phyllostomid bats with a summary of DNA synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1):1-38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.007 |
| NA | Xerina | subtribe change | subtribe added | Kryštufek, B., Mahmoudi, A., Тесаков, А.С., Matějů, J. and Hutterer, R. 2016. A review of bristly ground squirrels Xerini and a generic revision in the African genus Xerus. Mammalia 80(5):521-540. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2015-0073 |
| NA | Anomaluroidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Winkler, A.J., Denys, C. and Avery, D.M. 2010. Fossil rodents of Africa. Pp. 263–304 in Werdelin, L. and Sanders, W.J. (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1008 pp. |
| NA | Balaenoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Balaenopteroidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Bovoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Sánchez, I.M., Cantalapiedra, J.L., DeMiguel, D., Azanza, B., Strani, F. and Morales, J. 2024. The postcranial skeleton of Amphimoschus Bourgeois, 1873 (Cetartiodactyla, Ruminantia, Pecora) sheds light on its phylogeny and the evolution of the clade Cervoidea. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2386020. doi:10.1080/14772019.2024.2386020 |
| NA | Burramyoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Jackson, S. and Groves, C.P. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, 529 pp. ISBN 9781486300129 |
| NA | Caenolestoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Beck, R.M.D., Voss, R.S. and Jansa, S.A. 2022. Craniodental morphology and phylogeny of marsupials. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 457:1-352. URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61777114 doi:10.1206/0003-0090.457.1.1 |
| NA | Castoroidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | — |
| NA | Cervoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Sánchez, I.M., Cantalapiedra, J.L., DeMiguel, D., Azanza, B., Strani, F. and Morales, J. 2024. The postcranial skeleton of Amphimoschus Bourgeois, 1873 (Cetartiodactyla, Ruminantia, Pecora) sheds light on its phylogeny and the evolution of the clade Cervoidea. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2386020. doi:10.1080/14772019.2024.2386020 |
| NA | Cetotherioidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Dasypodoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Shockey, B.J. 2017. New early diverging cingulate (Xenarthra: Peltephilidae) from the Late Oligocene of Bolivia and considerations regarding the origin of crown Xenarthra. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(2):371-396. |
| NA | Erinaceoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Feloidea | superfamily change | infraorder Feloidea reranked as superfamily | — |
| NA | Geomyoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | — |
| NA | Giraffoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Sánchez, I.M., Cantalapiedra, J.L., DeMiguel, D., Azanza, B., Strani, F. and Morales, J. 2024. The postcranial skeleton of Amphimoschus Bourgeois, 1873 (Cetartiodactyla, Ruminantia, Pecora) sheds light on its phylogeny and the evolution of the clade Cervoidea. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2386020. doi:10.1080/14772019.2024.2386020 |
| NA | incertae sedis | superfamily change | Antilocapridae left as incertae sedis within Pecora because of conflicting placements in different phylogenies | — |
| NA | Manoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | Gaudin, T.J., Emry, R.J. and Wible, J.R. 2009. The phylogeny of living and extinct pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and associated taxa: A morphology based analysis. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 16(4):235-305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9 |
| NA | Megatherioidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Tejada, J.V., Antoine, P.-O., Münch, P., Billet, G., Hautier, L., Delsuc, F. and Condamine, F.L. 2024. Bayesian total-evidence dating revisits sloth phylogeny and biogeography: A cautionary tale on morphological clock analyses. Systematic Biology 73(1):125-139. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syad069 |
| NA | Mylodontoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Tejada, J.V., Antoine, P.-O., Münch, P., Billet, G., Hautier, L., Delsuc, F. and Condamine, F.L. 2024. Bayesian total-evidence dating revisits sloth phylogeny and biogeography: A cautionary tale on morphological clock analyses. Systematic Biology 73(1):125-139. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syad069 |
| Cheirogaleoidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamilies within Lemuriformes dropped because Lemuroidea is likely not monophyletic | — |
| Lemuroidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamilies within Lemuriformes dropped because Lemuroidea is likely not monophyletic | — |
| Musteloidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamily Musteloidea reranked as parvorder Mustelida | — |
| Phocoidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamily Phocoidea reranked as parvorder Pinnipedia | — |
| Ursoidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamily Ursoidea reranked as parvorder Ursida | — |
| NA | Pedetoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Winkler, A.J., Denys, C. and Avery, D.M. 2010. Fossil rodents of Africa. Pp. 263–304 in Werdelin, L. and Sanders, W.J. (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1008 pp. |
| NA | Perameloidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Phalangeroidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | Jackson, S. and Groves, C.P. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, 529 pp. ISBN 9781486300129 |
| NA | Rhinocerotoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Soricoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Suoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Talpoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Tapiroidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Viverroidea | superfamily change | infraorder Viverroidea reranked as superfamily | — |
| NA | Vombatoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| Ameridelphia | NA | superorder change | superorder Ameridelphia dropped because it is likely not monophyletic | Eldridge, M.D.B., Beck, R.M.D., Croft, D.A., Travouillon, K.J. and Fox, B.J. 2019. An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria). Journal of Mammalogy 100(3):802-837. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz018 |
| NA | Ailurini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | Wallace, S.C. and Lyon, L.M. 2022. Systematic revision of the Ailurinae (Mammalia: Carnivora: Ailuridae): with a new species from North America. 31-52 in Glatston, A.R. (eds.). Red Panda. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-823753-3.00011-9 |
| NA | Ailuropodini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | Jiangzuo, Q.-g., Flynn, J.J., Wang, S.-q., Hou, S.-k. and Deng, T. 2023. New fossil giant panda relatives (Ailuropodinae, Ursidae): A basal lineage of gigantic Mio-Pliocene cursorial carnivores. American Museum Novitates 3996:1-71. doi:10.1206/3996.1 |
| Microtini | Arvicolini | tribe change | tribe Microtini lumped into Arvicolini | Kryštufek, B. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, Maribor. doi:10.18690/um.fnm.2.2022 ISBN 978-961-286-611-5 |
| NA | Canini | tribe change | tribe added | Tedford, R.H., Wang, X.-m. and Taylor, B.E. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218. doi:10.1206/574.1 HDL 2246/5999 |
| NA | Cricetini | tribe change | tribe added | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| NA | Cricetomyini | tribe change | tribe added | Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2142 pp. URL: http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 |
| NA | Cystophorini | tribe change | tribe added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1784 |
| NA | Delanymyini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| NA | Dipodini | tribe change | tribe added | Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology-based hypotheses. Zoologica Scripta 42(3):231-249. doi:10.1111/zsc.12002 |
| NA | Echinosoricini | tribe change | tribe added | Bannikova, A.A., Lebedev, V.S., Abramov, A.V. and Rozhnov, V.V. 2014. Contrasting evolutionary history of hedgehogs and gymnures (Mammalia: Erinaceomorpha) as inferred from a multigene study. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(3):499-519. doi:10.1111/bij.12299 |
| NA | Elephantini | tribe change | tribe added | Shoshani, J. and Tassy, P. 2005. Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior. Quaternary International 126-128:5-20. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.011 |
| NA | Equini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Erignathini | tribe change | tribe added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1785 |
| NA | Erinaceini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| Callosciurini | Exilisciurini | tribe change | tribe added | Musser, G.G., Durden, L.A., Holden, M.E. and Light, J.E. 2010. Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339:1-260. doi:10.1206/695.1 HDL 2246/6067 |
| Taterini | Gerbillurini | tribe change | tribe name changed because Gerbillurini Pavlinov, 1982, has priority and Taterini Chevret & Dobigny, 2005, is unavailable | — |
| NA | Gorillini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| NA | Hominini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| NA | Hylomyini | tribe change | tribe added | Bannikova, A.A., Lebedev, V.S., Abramov, A.V. and Rozhnov, V.V. 2014. Contrasting evolutionary history of hedgehogs and gymnures (Mammalia: Erinaceomorpha) as inferred from a multigene study. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(3):499-519. doi:10.1111/bij.12299 |
| NA | Ictonychini | tribe change | tribe added | Sato, J.J., Wolsan, M., Prevosti, F.J., D'Elía, G., Begg, C., Begg, K., Hosoda, T., Campbell, K.L. and Suzuki, H. 2012. Evolutionary and biogeographic history of weasel-like carnivorans (Musteloidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63:745-757. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.025 |
| Hapalomyini | incertae sedis | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| Micromyini | incertae sedis | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| Millardini | incertae sedis | tribe change | Pithecheir and Pithecheirops moved to Murinae incertae sedis | — |
| NA | incertae sedis | tribe change | Urocyon left as incertae sedis within Caninae | Zrzavý, J., Duda, P., Robovský, J., Okřinová, I. and Pavelková Řičánková, V. 2018. Phylogeny of the Caninae (Carnivora): Combining morphology, behaviour, genes and fossils. Zoologica Scripta 47(4):373-389. doi:10.1111/zsc.12293 |
| Vandeleurini | incertae sedis | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| NA | Lobodontini | tribe change | tribe added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1790 |
| NA | Loxodontini | tribe change | tribe added | Shoshani, J. and Tassy, P. 2005. Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior. Quaternary International 126-128:5-20. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.011 |
| NA | Lyncodontini | tribe change | tribe added | Sato, J.J., Wolsan, M., Prevosti, F.J., D'Elía, G., Begg, C., Begg, K., Hosoda, T., Campbell, K.L. and Suzuki, H. 2012. Evolutionary and biogeographic history of weasel-like carnivorans (Musteloidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63:745-757. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.025 |
| Setonichini | Macropodini | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| NA | Mesocricetini | tribe change | tribe added | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| Millardini | Millardiini | tribe change | spelling of tribe name corrected | Denys, C., Lecompte, É., Dubois, A. and Taylor, P.J. 2017. Diagnoses and contents of new African and Eurasian Murinae (Rodentia, Muridae) tribes. Dumerilia 7:82-90. |
| NA | Miroungini | tribe change | tribe added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1791 |
| NA | Monachini | tribe change | tribe added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1792 |
| NA | Myospalacini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | Liu, L.-p., Zheng, S.-h., Cui, N. and Wang, L.-h. 2013. Myospalacines (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from the Miocene-Pliocene red clay section near Dongwan Village, Qin'an, Gansu, China and the classification of Myospalacinae. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(3):211-241. |
| NA | Mystromyini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| Bettongini | NA | tribe change | tribe Bettongini raised to subfamily level | Westerman, M., Loke, S., Tan, M.H. and Kear, B.P. 2022. Mitogenome of the extinct Desert 'rat-kangaroo' times the adaptation to aridity in macropodoids. Scientific Reports 12(5829):1-10. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09568-0 |
| Perimyotini | NA | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| Potoroini | NA | tribe change | redundant as the other tribe of Potoroinae was raised to subfamily rank | Westerman, M., Loke, S., Tan, M.H. and Kear, B.P. 2022. Mitogenome of the extinct Desert 'rat-kangaroo' times the adaptation to aridity in macropodoids. Scientific Reports 12(5829):1-10. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09568-0 |
| Callosciurini | Nannosciurini | tribe change | tribe name changed because Nannosciurini Forsyth Major, 1893, has priority over Callosciurini Pocock, 1923 | Musser, G.G., Durden, L.A., Holden, M.E. and Light, J.E. 2010. Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339:1-260. doi:10.1206/695.1 HDL 2246/6067 |
| Neotragini | Nesotragini | tribe change | tribe added | Bärmann, E.V. and Schikora, T. 2014. The polyphyly of Neotragus – Results from genetic and morphometric analyses. Mammalian Biology 79(4):283-286. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2014.01.001 · Wang, S.-q., Sun, J.-m., Li, C.-x., Li, S.-j., Fu, J., Jiangzuo, Q.-g., Xing, L.-d. and Yang, R. 2023. Discovery of a fossil dwarf antelope outside of Africa and its implications for the late Miocene ecosystem in the northeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Gondwana Research 113:102-115. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2022.10.012 |
| Eptesicini | Nycticeiini | tribe change | tribe lumped | — |
| NA | Nyctomyini | tribe change | tribe added | Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2142 pp. URL: http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 |
| NA | Odobenini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | Magallanes, I., Parham, J.F., Santos, G.-P. and Vélez-Juarbe, J. 2018. A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids. PeerJ 6:e5708. doi:10.7717/peerj.5708 |
| NA | Otohylomyini | tribe change | tribe added | Bannikova, A.A., Lebedev, V.S., Abramov, A.V. and Rozhnov, V.V. 2014. Contrasting evolutionary history of hedgehogs and gymnures (Mammalia: Erinaceomorpha) as inferred from a multigene study. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(3):499-519. doi:10.1111/bij.12299 |
| NA | Paradipodini | tribe change | tribe added | Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology-based hypotheses. Zoologica Scripta 42(3):231-249. doi:10.1111/zsc.12002 |
| NA | Paradoxurini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | Morales, J. and Pickford, M. 2011. A new paradoxurine carnivore from the Late Miocene Siwaliks of India and a review of the bunodont viverrids of Africa. Geobios 44(2-3):271-277. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.02.001 |
| NA | Petromyscini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| NA | Phacochoerini | tribe change | tribe added | Gongora, J., Cuddahee, R.E., Nascimento, F.F. do, Palgrave, C.J., Lowden, S., Ho, S.Y.W., Simond, D., Damayanti, C.S., White, D.J., Tay, W.T., Randi, E., Klingel, H., Rodrigues-Zarate, C.J., Allen, K., Moran, C. and Larson, G. 2011. Rethinking the evolution of extant sub-Saharan African suids (Suidae, Artiodactyla). Zoologica Scripta 40(4):327-335. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00480.x |
| NA | Phocini | tribe change | tribe added | Fulton, T.L. and Strobeck, C. 2010. Multiple markers and multiple individuals refine true seal phylogeny and bring molecules and morphology back in line. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1684):1065-1070. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1786 |
| Plagiodontini | Plagiodontiini | tribe change | tribe name changed in accordance with the stem of the generic name | — |
| NA | Pongini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| NA | Potamochoerini | tribe change | tribe added | Gongora, J., Cuddahee, R.E., Nascimento, F.F. do, Palgrave, C.J., Lowden, S., Ho, S.Y.W., Simond, D., Damayanti, C.S., White, D.J., Tay, W.T., Randi, E., Klingel, H., Rodrigues-Zarate, C.J., Allen, K., Moran, C. and Larson, G. 2011. Rethinking the evolution of extant sub-Saharan African suids (Suidae, Artiodactyla). Zoologica Scripta 40(4):327-335. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00480.x |
| NA | Saccostomini | tribe change | tribe added | Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2142 pp. URL: http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 |
| NA | Suini | tribe change | tribe added | Gongora, J., Cuddahee, R.E., Nascimento, F.F. do, Palgrave, C.J., Lowden, S., Ho, S.Y.W., Simond, D., Damayanti, C.S., White, D.J., Tay, W.T., Randi, E., Klingel, H., Rodrigues-Zarate, C.J., Allen, K., Moran, C. and Larson, G. 2011. Rethinking the evolution of extant sub-Saharan African suids (Suidae, Artiodactyla). Zoologica Scripta 40(4):327-335. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00480.x |
| NA | Tayassuini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | Parisi Dutra, R., Casali, D. de M., Missagia, R.V., Gasparini, G.M., Perini, F.A. and Cozzuol, M.A. 2017. Phylogenetic systematics of peccaries (Tayassuidae: Artiodactyla) and a classification of South American tayassuids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24(3):345-358. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9347-8 |
| NA | Tylomyini | tribe change | tribe added | Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2142 pp. URL: http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 |
| NA | Urocricetini | tribe change | tribe added | Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2025). True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor. |
| Neurotrichini | Urotrichini | tribe change | tribes Neurotrichini and Scaptonychini merged into Urotrichini | Kryštufek, B. and Motokawa, M. 2018. Family Talpidae (moles, desmans, star-nosed moles and shrew moles). Pp. 552–619 in Wilson, D.E. and Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 8. Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos. Lynx, Barcelona, 709 pp. |
| Scaptonychini | Urotrichini | tribe change | tribes Neurotrichini and Scaptonychini merged into Urotrichini | Kryštufek, B. and Motokawa, M. 2018. Family Talpidae (moles, desmans, star-nosed moles and shrew moles). Pp. 552–619 in Wilson, D.E. and Mittermeier, R.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 8. Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos. Lynx, Barcelona, 709 pp. |
| NA | Vulpini | tribe change | tribe added | Tedford, R.H., Wang, X.-m. and Taylor, B.E. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218. doi:10.1206/574.1 HDL 2246/5999 |