MDD v2.3 Taxonomy Changes
Taxonomy changes from v2.2 to v2.3, released September 1, 2025.
65 taxonomy changes
Back to release notes| Old name | New name | Category | Comments | Reference |
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| NA | Incanomys mayopuma | de novo | recently described | Zeballos, H., Pari, A., Medina, C.E., Pino, K., Arias, S., Arce, A.L. and Gonzales, F.N. 2025-06-09. Description of a new genus and species of semi-aquatic rodent (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae, Ichthyomyini) from the southern Peruvian Andes. Diversity 17(406):1-24. |
| NA | Crunomys tompotika | de novo | recently described | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| NA | Pipistrellus etula | de novo | recently described | Torrent, L., Juste, J., Garin, I., Aihartza, J., Dalton, D.L., Mamba, M., Tanshi, I., Powell, L.L., Padidar, S., Garcia Mudarra, J.L., Richards, L. and Monadjem, A. 2025-06-02. Taxonomic revision of African pipistrelle-like bats with a new species from the West Congolean rainforest. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (in press). |
| NA | Nagasorex albidens | de novo | recently described | Hutterer, R., Swanson, M.T., Esselstyn, J.A. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-06-18. The shrew of Nagaland: A remarkable new genus and species from Northeast India, with a discussion of the phylogeny and classification of the Soricidae (Mammalia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 474:1-69. |
| NA | Marmosa chachapoya | de novo | recently described | Pavan, S.E., Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y. and Voss, R.S. 2025-06-19. A new species of Marmosa (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo, Peru. American Museum Novitates 4037:1-18. |
| NA | Oecomys hiceae | de novo | recently described | Voss, R.S., Giarla, T.C., Lim, B.K. and Engstrom, M.D. 2025-06-19. A multigene phylogeny for Oecomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with descriptions of new and revalidated taxa and a partial species-group classification. American Museum Novitates 4038:1-40. |
| NA | Sorex nivicola | de novo | recently described | Bannikova, A.A., Jenkins, P.D., Lebedev, V.S., Pavlova, S.V., Yakushov, V.D., Raspopova, A.A., Zhu, Y.-k., Fang, Y., Sun, Y.-h. and Sheftel, B.I. 2025-06-18. The morphological, chromosomal and molecular illumination of the dramatic diversity of the stripe-backed shrews, Sorex cylindricauda species complex (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75:227-243. |
| NA | Antechinomys auritus | de novo | recently described | Dodd, C. S., Catullo, R. A., Travouillon, K. J., Baker, A. M., Westerman, M., & Umbrello, L. S. (2025). Cryptic Kultarr: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Unrecognized Species of Carnivorous Marsupial (Dasyuridae: Antechinomys) in Arid Australia. Ecology and Evolution, 15(7), e71618. |
| NA | Rattus radityaniae | de novo | recently described | Dwijayanti, E., Maryanto, I., Achmadi, A. S., Wiantoro, S., & Dharmayanthi, A. B. (2025). Description of a New Species of Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) from East Borneo, Indonesia. Ecologica Montenegrina, 88, 49-62. |
| NA | Myotis huariorum | de novo | recently described based on populations previously attributed to M. oxyotus | Díaz, D. R., Medina, C. E., Arias, S., López, E., & Carrión Bonilla, C. A. (2025). A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the coastal desert of southern Peru. Journal of Mammalogy, gyaf028. |
| NA | Sicista meiguites | de novo | recently described | Deng, Y., Liu, Q., Wang, X., Li, B. V., Wang, J., Liu, S., ... & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Sicista concolor group (Mammalia, Rodentia, Sicistidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1197-1211. |
| NA | Breviforamen shannanense | de novo | recently described genus and species; the specific epithet was originally spelt 'shannanensis', however, given that the epithet is an adjective and the genus is neuter, the name should be spelt 'shannanense', which is done here | Zhu, Z.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Lissovsky, A., Wang, M.-Y., Pei, X.-X., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Pu, C.-z., Wang, H.-j., Liu, Z., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-07-01. Discovery of an ancient Himalayan birch mouse lineage illuminates the evolution of the family Sicistidae (Rodentia: Dipodoidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zoological Research 46(4):921-938. |
| NA | Sicista brevicauda | de novo | recently described | Zhu, Z.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Lissovsky, A., Wang, M.-Y., Pei, X.-X., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Pu, C.-z., Wang, H.-j., Liu, Z., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-07-01. Discovery of an ancient Himalayan birch mouse lineage illuminates the evolution of the family Sicistidae (Rodentia: Dipodoidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zoological Research 46(4):921-938. |
| NA | Ochotona galunglaensis | de novo | recently described | Pan, X., Wang, X.-m., Murphy, R.W., Peng, B.-q., Zhang, Z.-y., Liao, R., Chen, S.-d. and Liu, S.-y. 2025-08. Two New Species of Ochotona (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) From Xizang, China. Ecology and Evolution 15(8):e71898. |
| NA | Ochotona legbona | de novo | recently described | Pan, X., Wang, X.-m., Murphy, R.W., Peng, B.-q., Zhang, Z.-y., Liao, R., Chen, S.-d. and Liu, S.-y. 2025-08. Two New Species of Ochotona (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) From Xizang, China. Ecology and Evolution 15(8):e71898. |
| NA | Crocidura stanleyi | de novo | recently described | Craig, E.W., Bryjová, A., Bryja, J., Meheretu, Y., Lavrenchenko, L.A. and Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. 2025-08-20. Integrative taxonomic revision of endemic dwarf shrews from the Ethiopian Highlands. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 74(25060):1-18. |
| NA | Galea tixiensis | extinct addition | extinct species recently found to have gone extinct since 1500 | Fernández, F. J., García-Morato, S., Gómez, G., Fernández-Jalvo, Y., & Prado, J. L. (2025). Rediscovery of an extinct species of caviine rodent of the Late Pleistocene after the Last Glacial Maximum in the Pampasic Domain (Argentina). Mammalia, (0). |
| NA | Incanomys | genus change | recently described genus | Zeballos, H., Pari, A., Medina, C.E., Pino, K., Arias, S., Arce, A.L. and Gonzales, F.N. 2025-06-09. Description of a new genus and species of semi-aquatic rodent (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae, Ichthyomyini) from the southern Peruvian Andes. Diversity 17(406):1-24. |
| Maxomys alticola | Crunomys alticola | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys baeodon | Crunomys baeodon | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys bartelsii | Crunomys bartelsii | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys dollmani | Crunomys dollmani | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys hellwaldii | Crunomys hellwaldii | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys hylomyoides | Crunomys hylomyoides | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys inas | Crunomys inas | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys inflatus | Crunomys inflatus | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys moi | Crunomys moi | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys musschenbroekii | Crunomys musschenbroekii | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys ochraceiventer | Crunomys ochraceiventer | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys pagensis | Crunomys pagensis | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys panglima | Crunomys panglima | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys rajah | Crunomys rajah | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys surifer | Crunomys surifer | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys tajuddinii | Crunomys tajuddinii | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys wattsi | Crunomys wattsi | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Maxomys whiteheadi | Crunomys whiteheadi | genus change | moved from Maxomys to Crunomys | Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| Hypsugo musciculus | Afropipistrellus musciculus | genus change | moved from Hypsugo to Afropipistrellus | Torrent, L., Juste, J., Garin, I., Aihartza, J., Dalton, D.L., Mamba, M., Tanshi, I., Powell, L.L., Padidar, S., Garcia Mudarra, J.L., Richards, L. and Monadjem, A. 2025-06-02. Taxonomic revision of African pipistrelle-like bats with a new species from the West Congolean rainforest. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (in press). |
| NA | Nagasorex | genus change | recently described genus | Hutterer, R., Swanson, M.T., Esselstyn, J.A. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-06-18. The shrew of Nagaland: A remarkable new genus and species from Northeast India, with a discussion of the phylogeny and classification of the Soricidae (Mammalia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 474:1-69. |
| Mazama chunyi | Subulo chunyi | genus change | moved from Mazama to Subulo | Melletti, M. and Focardi, S. (eds.). Deer of the World. Springer, Cham. |
| NA | Breviforamen | genus change | recently described genus | Zhu, Z.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Lissovsky, A., Wang, M.-Y., Pei, X.-X., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Pu, C.-z., Wang, H.-j., Liu, Z., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-07-01. Discovery of an ancient Himalayan birch mouse lineage illuminates the evolution of the family Sicistidae (Rodentia: Dipodoidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zoological Research 46(4):921-938. |
| Sagmatias obliquidens | Aethalodelphis obliquidens | genus change | moved from Sagmatias to Aethalodelphis | Galatius, A., Kinze, C.C., Olsen, M.T., Tougaard, J., Gotzek, D. and McGowen, M.R. 2025. Phylogenomic, morphological and acoustic data support a revised taxonomy of the lissodelphinine dolphin subfamily. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 205:108299. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108299 |
| Sagmatias obscurus | Aethalodelphis obscurus | genus change | moved from Sagmatias to Aethalodelphis | Galatius, A., Kinze, C.C., Olsen, M.T., Tougaard, J., Gotzek, D. and McGowen, M.R. 2025. Phylogenomic, morphological and acoustic data support a revised taxonomy of the lissodelphinine dolphin subfamily. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 205:108299. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108299 |
| Sagmatias australis | Cephalorhynchus australis | genus change | moved from Sagmatias to Cephalorhynchus | Galatius, A., Kinze, C.C., Olsen, M.T., Tougaard, J., Gotzek, D. and McGowen, M.R. 2025. Phylogenomic, morphological and acoustic data support a revised taxonomy of the lissodelphinine dolphin subfamily. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 205:108299. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108299 |
| Sagmatias cruciger | Cephalorhynchus cruciger | genus change | moved from Sagmatias to Cephalorhynchus | Galatius, A., Kinze, C.C., Olsen, M.T., Tougaard, J., Gotzek, D. and McGowen, M.R. 2025. Phylogenomic, morphological and acoustic data support a revised taxonomy of the lissodelphinine dolphin subfamily. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 205:108299. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108299 |
| Ctenomys bonettoi | Ctenomys bergi | lump | lumped into C. bergi; additionally, the unavailable name yolandae, which is often treated as a distinct species, was also synonymized under C. bergi | Jankowicz, C., Teta, P., Fernández, M. J. G., & Mapelli, F. J. (2025). Less than expected: species diversity of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) in north-central Argentina. Zoologischer Anzeiger. |
| Muntiacus malabaricus | Muntiacus vaginalis | lump | lumped into M. vaginalis tentatively | Melletti, M. and Focardi, S. (eds.). Deer of the World. Springer, Cham. |
| Rhinopoma macinnesi | Rhinopoma cystops | lump | lumped into R. cystops | Uvizl, M., Vallo, P., & Benda, P. (2025). Molecular Phylogeny of Mouse‐Tailed Bats (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae): Evolutionary Insights Into a Desert‐Dwelling Family. Zoologica Scripta. |
| Leopardus narinensis | Leopardus pardinoides | lump | lumped into L. pardinoides | Marín-Puerta, S., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Santacruz, P. P., & Ramírez-Chaves, H. E. (2025). Leopardus narinensis Ruiz-García, Pinedo-Castro & Shostell, 2023 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) is a junior synonym of Leopardus pardinoides (Gray, 1867): the need for good practices in nomenclatural and taxonomic proposals. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1297-1307. |
| Acomys nesiotis | Acomys cahirinus | lump | lumped into A. cahirinus | Renaud, S., Hardouin, E. A., Chevret, P., Papayiannis, K., Lymberakis, P., Matur, F., ... & Mitsainas, G. P. (2020). Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(3), 599-614. |
| Acomys cilicicus | Acomys cahirinus | lump | lumped into A. cahirinus | Renaud, S., Hardouin, E. A., Chevret, P., Papayiannis, K., Lymberakis, P., Matur, F., ... & Mitsainas, G. P. (2020). Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(3), 599-614. |
| Acomys minous | Acomys cahirinus | lump | lumped into A. cahirinus | Renaud, S., Hardouin, E. A., Chevret, P., Papayiannis, K., Lymberakis, P., Matur, F., ... & Mitsainas, G. P. (2020). Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(3), 599-614. |
| Oecomys bicolor | Oecomys trabeatus | split | split from O. bicolor | Voss, R.S., Giarla, T.C., Lim, B.K. and Engstrom, M.D. 2025-06-19. A multigene phylogeny for Oecomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with descriptions of new and revalidated taxa and a partial species-group classification. American Museum Novitates 4038:1-40. |
| Muntiacus muntjak | Muntiacus montanus | split | split from M. muntjak | Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Melletti, M. and Focardi, S. (eds.). Deer of the World. Springer, Cham. |
| Mazama temama | Mazama reperticia | split | split from M. temama | Escobedo-Morales, L. A., Castañeda-Rico, S., Mandujano, S., León-Paniagua, L., Martínez-Meyer, E., & Maldonado, J. E. (2025). Mitochondrial genome and ultraconserved elements reveal a species complex within the Central American brocket deer Mazama temama (Artiodactyla: Cervidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108400. |
| Mazama americana | Mazama zetta | split | split from M. americana, but includes populations previously attributed to M. temama | Escobedo-Morales, L. A., Castañeda-Rico, S., Mandujano, S., León-Paniagua, L., Martínez-Meyer, E., & Maldonado, J. E. (2025). Mitochondrial genome and ultraconserved elements reveal a species complex within the Central American brocket deer Mazama temama (Artiodactyla: Cervidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108400. |
| Pusa hispida | Pusa saimensis | split | split from P. hispida | Löytynoja, A., Pohjoismäki, J., Valtonen, M., Laakkonen, J., Morita, W., Kunnasranta, M., Väinölä, R., Olsen, M.T., Auvinen, P. and Jernvall, J. 2025-06-24. Deep origins, distinct adaptations, and species-level status indicated for a glacial relict seal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(25):e2503368122. |
| Antechinomys laniger | Antechinomys spenceri | split | split from A. laniger | Dodd, C. S., Catullo, R. A., Travouillon, K. J., Baker, A. M., Westerman, M., & Umbrello, L. S. (2025). Cryptic Kultarr: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Unrecognized Species of Carnivorous Marsupial (Dasyuridae: Antechinomys) in Arid Australia. Ecology and Evolution, 15(7), e71618. |
| Didelphis albiventris | Didelphis poecilotus | split | split from D. albiventris under the spelling 'poecilotis', but the epithet was originally spelt 'poecilotus' and is a noun in apposition, so the original spelling is used here | Chemisquy MA, González-Ittig R, Martin GM (2025) Taxonomic novelties in Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840 and revalidation of Didelphis poecilotis A. Wagner, 1842 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae). Mastozoología Neotropical 32(2): e01124. |
| Rattus pyctoris | Rattus turkestanicus | split | split from R. pyctoris | Lissovsky, A. A., Liu, N., Obolenskaya, E. V., Ivanova, E. A., & Ge, D. Y. (2025). The New Old Rat (Rattus, Mammalia) From Turkestan: Revisiting From a Genomics Perspective. Zoologica Scripta. |
| Sicista concolor | Sicista weigoldi | split | split from S. concolor | Deng, Y., Liu, Q., Wang, X., Li, B. V., Wang, J., Liu, S., ... & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Sicista concolor group (Mammalia, Rodentia, Sicistidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1197-1211. |
| Sicista concolor | Sicista leathemi | split | split from S. concolor | Deng, Y., Liu, Q., Wang, X., Li, B. V., Wang, J., Liu, S., ... & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Sicista concolor group (Mammalia, Rodentia, Sicistidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1197-1211. |
| Pteropus seychellensis | Pteropus comorensis | split | split from P. seychellensis | Almeida, F. C., Helgen, K. M., Simmons, N. B., & Giannini, N. P. (2025). Evolution and ecology of body size in the world’s largest bats. Proceedings B, 292(2051), 20250743. |
| NA | Dicerorhini | tribe change | tribe added | Moodley, Y. and Robovský, J. 2025. Phylogeny and Systematics of the Extant Rhinoceros. 3-29 in Melletti, M., Talukdar, B. and Balfour, D. (eds.). Rhinos of the World. Springer, Cham, 423 pp. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-67169-2_1 |
| NA | Dicerotini | tribe change | tribe added | Moodley, Y. and Robovský, J. 2025. Phylogeny and Systematics of the Extant Rhinoceros. 3-29 in Melletti, M., Talukdar, B. and Balfour, D. (eds.). Rhinos of the World. Springer, Cham, 423 pp. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-67169-2_1 |
| NA | Rhinocerotini | tribe change | tribe added | Moodley, Y. and Robovský, J. 2025. Phylogeny and Systematics of the Extant Rhinoceros. 3-29 in Melletti, M., Talukdar, B. and Balfour, D. (eds.). Rhinos of the World. Springer, Cham, 423 pp. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-67169-2_1 |