MDD v2.4 Taxonomy Changes
Taxonomy changes from v2.3 to v2.4, released January 2, 2026.
73 taxonomy changes
Back to release notes| Old name | New name | Category | Comments | Reference |
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| NA | Alticola yarlungius | de novo | recently described with the spelling 'yarlungia', but the name should be spelt 'yarlungius' given that the name is an adjective | Tang, M.K., Qiu, H., Peng, B.Q., Liao, R., Murphy, R.W., Wang, X.M., Pan, X., Wang, X. and Liu, S.Y. 2025. A new species of Alticola (Mammalia, Rodentia, Arvicolinae) from southern Tibet, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4):2387-2403. doi:10.3897/zse.101.170704 |
| NA | Bettongia haoucharae | de novo | recently described extinct species | Newman-Martin, J., Travouillon, K.J., Warburton, N., Barham, M. and Blyth, A.J. 2025-09-05. A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. Zootaxa 5690(1):1-69. |
| NA | Daptomys nunashae | de novo | recently described | Pacheco, V.R., Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Fajardo, Ú., Cossíos, D. and Cadenillas, R. 2025. Hidden diversity in Daptomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): a new species from lower montane forests of central Peru. Zootaxa 5696(4):451-481. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.1 |
| NA | Diplomesodon sonnerati | de novo | originally described based on a drawing of a specimen similar to Diplomesodon pulchellus but in South Asia outside the range of D. pulchellus, but was considered a synonym of D. pulchellus or a nomen dubium until a recently deceased animal was photographed; the name is tentatively recognized as a species here pending further studies | Cheke, A.S. 2011. Sonnerat's shrew – evidence for a new and possibly extinct species in an early 19th century manuscript (Mammalia: Soricidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 108(2):95-97. a#8028 · Cheke, A.S., & Hume, J.P. 2018. The Réunion Fody and Sonnerat's Shrew and the Validity of Scientifically Naming Animals Described Without Physical Types. Zootaxa 4382(3):592-600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.10 · Nizamudheen, M., Arockianathan, S., Shahir, M.S., Anbazhagan, A., & Rajaboopathi, B.K. 2025. Rediscovery of an ‘extinct’endemic mammal Sonnerat’s Shrew (Diplomesodon sonnerati Cheke, 2012) in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 21(2):171-174. doi:10.22067/ijab.2025.90911.1089 |
| NA | Dryomys anatolicus | de novo | recently described | Çetintaş, O., Sözen, M., Irmak, S., Kalkan, K. K., Çolak, F., & Matur, F. (2025). Phylogeography of an Anatolian endemic and Alpine specialist woolly dormouse Dryomys laniger with a description of a new species. Communications Faculty of Sciences University of Ankara Series C Biology, 34(1), 1-35. |
| NA | Eospalax minshanensis | de novo | recently described | Liu, Y.-x., Zhang, T., He, Y., Wang, X.-m., Pan, X., Xu, R., Liao, R., Peng, B.-q., Zhou, C.-q. and Liu, S.-y. 2025. Re-interpreting the origin and diversification of the rodent genus Eospalax (Spalacidae, Rodentia) with description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(3):zlaf136. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf136 |
| NA | Euroscaptor darwini | de novo | recently described | Nguyen, S. T., Bui, H. T., Dau, V. Q., Le, P. D., & Vu, Y. H. (2025). Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam. ZooKeys, 1255, 239. |
| NA | Murina alvarezi | de novo | recently described | Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-09-08. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1):1-44. |
| NA | Murina baletei | de novo | recently described | Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-09-08. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1):1-44. |
| NA | Murina hilonghilong | de novo | recently described | Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-09-08. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1):1-44. |
| NA | Murina luzonensis | de novo | recently described | Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-09-08. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1):1-44. |
| NA | Murina mindorensis | de novo | recently described | Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-09-08. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1):1-44. |
| NA | Murina philippinensis | de novo | recently described | Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-09-08. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1):1-44. |
| NA | Mustela mopbie | de novo | recently described | Wei, Q. J., Cao, L., He, X. C., Abramov, A., Wang, J., Fu, J., ... & Ge, D. Y. (2025). Phylogenomics of the Genus Mustela with description of a new species from China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, in press. |
| NA | Myotis kalkaoe | de novo | recently described | Tiunov, M.P., Liu, S., Feng, J., Soisook, P. and Jiang, T.-l. 2025. A new species of Myotis from China with notes on the siligorensis species group (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). ZooKeys 1258:333-356. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1258.145290 |
| NA | Nannospalax colaki | de novo | recently described based on populations previously attributed to N. ehrenbergi | Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y., & Civelek, İ. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37. |
| NA | Nannospalax garzanensis | de novo | recently described based on populations previously attributed to N. ehrenbergi | Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y., & Civelek, İ. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37. |
| NA | Nannospalax karyominor | de novo | recently described based on populations previously attributed to N. ehrenbergi | Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y., & Civelek, İ. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37. |
| NA | Oreoryzomys huancabambensis | de novo | recently described | Llancachahua-Tarqui, D., Ruelas, D., Escobar, E. and Pacheco, V.R. 2025. Introduction to the systematics of Oreoryzomys balneator (Rodentia; Cricetidae) with the description of a new species from Peruvian montane forests. Revista Peruana de Biología 32(4):e31354. doi:10.15381/rpb.v32i4.31354 |
| NA | Petaurista nujiangensis | de novo | recently described | Li, Q., Jackson, S. M., Li, X., Song, W., Chen, Z., Zhu, Z., ... & Jiang, X. (2025). Discovery of a new species of giant flying squirrel (Petaurista) from northwest Yunnan, China, sheds light on the origin and diversification of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(1), zlaf106. |
| NA | Soriculus dexingensis | de novo | recently described | Zhang, T., Yang, S.-y., Jiang, H.-j., Gu, L., Zou, Q., Fu, C.-k., Guo, K.-j., Zhang, T., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2025. A new species of the genus Soriculus (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from Medog, Tibet, China, based on morphological and molecular data. ZooKeys 1262:175-189. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1262.164459 |
| NA | Thrichomys dandreai | de novo | recently described | Lazar, A., Weksler, M., & Bonvicino, C. R. (2025). The hidden diversity in Thrichomys Trouessart, 1880 (Rodentia: Echimyidae): identity of T. pachyurus (Wagner 1845), and the description of a new species from Central Brazil. Mammalian Biology, 1-18. |
| Mazama rufina | Andinocervus rufinus | genus change | moved from Mazama to Andinocervus | Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Morales-Martínez, D.M., Cardona-Giraldo, A., Castellanos, O., Ospina, O., Ossa-López, P.A., Rivera-Páez, F.A. and Noguera-Urbano, E.A. 2025-10-17. Systematics of the dwarf red brocket, Mazama rufina (Pucheran, 1851) (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5711(2):223-240. |
| Thainycteris aureocollaris | Arielulus aureocollaris | genus change | moved from Thainycteris to Arielulus | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Kruskop, S. V., & Son, N. T. (2025). Black-Gilded Pipistrelles (Arielulus s. str., Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) in Eastern Indochina. Mammal Study, 51(1). |
| Thainycteris torquata | Arielulus torquatus | genus change | moved from Thainycteris to Arielulus | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Kruskop, S. V., & Son, N. T. (2025). Black-Gilded Pipistrelles (Arielulus s. str., Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) in Eastern Indochina. Mammal Study, 51(1). |
| Solenodon arredondoi | Atopogale arredondoi | genus change | moved from Solenodon to Atopogale | Viñola-López, L. W., Almonte-Milán, J. N., Luthra, A., & Bloch, J. I. (2024). New Quaternary mammals support regional endemism in western Hispaniola. Journal of mammalian evolution, 31(2), 25. |
| Parotomys brantsii | Otomys brantsii | genus change | moved from Parotomys to Otomys | Montgelard, C., Muller, T., Arnal, V., Maree, S., Taylor, P. J., Sands, A. F., ... & Matthee, C. A. (2023). Diversification and evolutionary history of the African laminated-toothed rats (Rodentia, Otomyini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 183, 107779. |
| Parotomys littledalei | Otomys littledalei | genus change | moved from Parotomys to Otomys | Montgelard, C., Muller, T., Arnal, V., Maree, S., Taylor, P. J., Sands, A. F., ... & Matthee, C. A. (2023). Diversification and evolutionary history of the African laminated-toothed rats (Rodentia, Otomyini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 183, 107779. |
| Thainycteris | Arielulus | genus lump | lumped into Arielulus | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Kruskop, S. V., & Son, N. T. (2025). Black-Gilded Pipistrelles (Arielulus s. str., Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) in Eastern Indochina. Mammal Study, 51(1). |
| Parotomys | Otomys | genus lump | lumped into Otomys | Montgelard, C., Muller, T., Arnal, V., Maree, S., Taylor, P. J., Sands, A. F., ... & Matthee, C. A. (2023). Diversification and evolutionary history of the African laminated-toothed rats (Rodentia, Otomyini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 183, 107779. |
| Aotus jorgehernandezi | Aotus brumbacki | lump | lumped into A. brumbacki | Montilla, S.O., García-Restrepo, S., Dubois, A., Link, A., & Ramírez-Chaves, H.E. 2025. Aotus jorgehernandezi Defler & Bueno, 2007, a synonym of Aotus brumbacki Hershkovitz, 1983 (Mammalia, Primates). Bionomina 43(3):54-77. doi:10.11646/bionomina.43.3.3 |
| Chaetodipus lineatus | Chaetodipus nelsoni | lump | lumped into C. nelsoni | Light, J. E., Siciliano-Martina, L., Morley, L., Castellanos, A. A., LaMonica, L., & Hafner, D. J. (2025). Taxonomic status of Chaetodipus lineatus and phylogeography of the Chaetodipus nelsoni species group. Journal of Mammalogy, 106(5), 1187-1198. |
| Dusicyon avus | Dusicyon australis | lump | lumped into D. australis | Turvey, S. T., & Mychajliw, A. M. (2025). When taxonomy cries wolf: ancient DNA research must embrace species frameworks to define biodiversity loss through time. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 146(1), blaf091. |
| Petaurista magnificus | Petaurista albiventer | lump | lumped into P. albiventer | Li, Q., Jackson, S. M., Li, X., Song, W., Chen, Z., Zhu, Z., ... & Jiang, X. (2025). Discovery of a new species of giant flying squirrel (Petaurista) from northwest Yunnan, China, sheds light on the origin and diversification of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(1), zlaf106. |
| Petaurista sybilla | Petaurista marica | lump | lumped into P. marica | Li, Q., Jackson, S. M., Li, X., Song, W., Chen, Z., Zhu, Z., ... & Jiang, X. (2025). Discovery of a new species of giant flying squirrel (Petaurista) from northwest Yunnan, China, sheds light on the origin and diversification of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(1), zlaf106. |
| Petaurista yunanensis | Petaurista nobilis | lump | lumped into P. nobilis | Li, Q., Jackson, S. M., Li, X., Song, W., Chen, Z., Zhu, Z., ... & Jiang, X. (2025). Discovery of a new species of giant flying squirrel (Petaurista) from northwest Yunnan, China, sheds light on the origin and diversification of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(1), zlaf106. |
| Petaurista mechukaensis | Petaurista nobilis | lump | lumped into P. nobilis | Li, Q., Jackson, S. M., Li, X., Song, W., Chen, Z., Zhu, Z., ... & Jiang, X. (2025). Discovery of a new species of giant flying squirrel (Petaurista) from northwest Yunnan, China, sheds light on the origin and diversification of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(1), zlaf106. |
| Plecturocebus stephennashi | Plecturocebus caligatus | lump | lumped into P. caligatus | Vermeer, J., Tello-Alvarado, J., Luna-Amancio, J., & Rylands, A. B. (2025). An Update on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of the Northwestern Titi Monkeys, Genus Plecturocebus (Callicebinae). Primate Conservation, (39), 1-38. |
| Plecturocebus aureipalatii | Plecturocebus toppini | lump | lumped into P. toppini | Vermeer, J., Tello-Alvarado, J., Luna-Amancio, J., & Rylands, A. B. (2025). An Update on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of the Northwestern Titi Monkeys, Genus Plecturocebus (Callicebinae). Primate Conservation, (39), 1-38. |
| Plecturocebus discolor | Plecturocebus leucometopus | name change | name changed from P. discolor to P. leucometopus, as the name discolor is now considered a synonym of P. cupreus | Vermeer, J., Tello-Alvarado, J., Luna-Amancio, J., & Rylands, A. B. (2025). An Update on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of the Northwestern Titi Monkeys, Genus Plecturocebus (Callicebinae). Primate Conservation, (39), 1-38. |
| NA | Andinocervus | new genus | recently described genus for Mazama rufina | Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Morales-Martínez, D.M., Cardona-Giraldo, A., Castellanos, O., Ospina, O., Ossa-López, P.A., Rivera-Páez, F.A. and Noguera-Urbano, E.A. 2025-10-17. Systematics of the dwarf red brocket, Mazama rufina (Pucheran, 1851) (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5711(2):223-240. |
| Tonatia saurophila | NA | removed | removed because the species is extinct and there is currently no evidence that the species survived into recent enough times for inclusion on the MDD | NA |
| Arielulus circumdatus | Arielulus drungicus | split | split from A. circumdatus | Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Kruskop, S. V., & Son, N. T. (2025). Black-Gilded Pipistrelles (Arielulus s. str., Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) in Eastern Indochina. Mammal Study, 51(1). |
| Arvicanthis niloticus | Arvicanthis mearnsi | split | split from A. niloticus | Bryja, J., Colangelo, P., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R., Bryjová, A., ... and Castiglia, R. 2019. Diversity and evolution of African grass rats (Muridae: Arvicanthis)—from radiation in East Africa to repeated colonization of northwestern and southeastern savannas. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4):970-988. |
| Arvicanthis niloticus | Arvicanthis raffertyi | split | split from A. niloticus | Bryja, J., Colangelo, P., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R., Bryjová, A., ... and Castiglia, R. 2019. Diversity and evolution of African grass rats (Muridae: Arvicanthis)—from radiation in East Africa to repeated colonization of northwestern and southeastern savannas. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4):970-988. |
| Arvicanthis abyssinicus | Arvicanthis saturatus | split | split from A. abyssinicus | Bryja, J., Colangelo, P., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R., Bryjová, A., ... and Castiglia, R. 2019. Diversity and evolution of African grass rats (Muridae: Arvicanthis)—from radiation in East Africa to repeated colonization of northwestern and southeastern savannas. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4):970-988. |
| Arvicanthis neumanni | Arvicanthis somalicus | split | split from A. neumanni | Bryja, J., Colangelo, P., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R., Bryjová, A., ... and Castiglia, R. 2019. Diversity and evolution of African grass rats (Muridae: Arvicanthis)—from radiation in East Africa to repeated colonization of northwestern and southeastern savannas. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4):970-988. |
| Bettongia penicillata | Bettongia ogilbyi | split | split from B. penicillata, including all living populations previously attributed to B. penicillata, leaving B. penicillata as extinct | Newman-Martin, J., Travouillon, K.J., Warburton, N., Barham, M. and Blyth, A.J. 2025-09-05. A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. Zootaxa 5690(1):1-69. |
| Ctenomys haigi | Ctenomys lentulus | split | split from C. haigi | Tammone, M.N., Lacey, E.A., Tripaldi, A., & Pardiñas, U.F. 2025. Museomics and new topotypes resolve the taxonomy and nomenclature of a widespread Patagonian Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy:gyaf073. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf073 |
| Daptomys peruviensis | Daptomys musseri | split | split from D. peruviensis | Pacheco, V.R., Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Fajardo, Ú., Cossíos, D. and Cadenillas, R. 2025. Hidden diversity in Daptomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): a new species from lower montane forests of central Peru. Zootaxa 5696(4):451-481. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.1 |
| Daptomys peruviensis | Daptomys mussoi | split | split from D. peruviensis (was recently lumped into D. peruviensis, but this is now reversed) | Pacheco, V.R., Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Fajardo, Ú., Cossíos, D. and Cadenillas, R. 2025. Hidden diversity in Daptomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): a new species from lower montane forests of central Peru. Zootaxa 5696(4):451-481. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.1 |
| Holochilus brasiliensis | Holochilus vulpinus | split | split from H. brasiliensis | D'Elía, G., Hanson, J.D., Mauldin, M.R., Teta, P. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2015. Molecular systematics of South American marsh rats of the genus Holochilus (Muroidea, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 96(5):1081-1094. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyv115 · Gonçalves, P.R., Teta, P. and Bonvicino, C.R. 2015. Genus Holochilus Brandt, 1835. Pp. 325–335 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1290 pp. a#25324 · Prado, J.R., Knowles, L.L. and Percequillo, A.R. 2021. A new species of South America marsh rat (Holochilus, Cricetidae) from northeastern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 102(6):1564-1582. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab104 · Prado, J.R.D., Knowles, L.L. and Percequillo, A.R. 2021. New species boundaries and the diversification history of marsh rat taxa clarify historical connections among ecologically and geographically distinct wetlands of South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155:106992. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106992 · Torres, J., Martínez, J.J., Candela, A.M. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2025. A craniomandibular appraisal of size and shape variation in the genus Holochilus (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) by means of geometric morphometrics. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaf076 |
| Passalites nemorivagus | Mazama tschudii | split | split from Passalites nemorivagus | Pinto Sandoval, E. D., Hernández-Guevara, J. E., Bernegossi, A M., Faria Peres, P. H., Caparroz, R., and Barbanti Duarte, J. M. (2025). Mazama tschudii (Wagner, 1855), forgotten by science, re-emerges as a new genetic lineage of Neotropical deer with a proposed neotype (Artiodactyla, Cervidae). ZooKeys, 1265, 25-47. |
| Microdipodops megacephalus | Microdipodops albiventer | split | split from M. megacephalus | Hafner, J.C., Upham, N.S., Gowen-Huang, F., and Light, J.E. 2025. Cryptic species and taxonomic revision of kangaroo mice, the rodent genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalogy 106(6):1342-1371. |
| Microdipodops megacephalus | Microdipodops oregonus | split | split from M. megacephalus; the name californicus may be the name actually applicable to this species because both oregonus and californicus were described in the same paper, but californicus was described as a species and oregonus as a subspecies, giving priority to californicus over oregonus based on Article 24.1 of the ICZN Code; oregonus is tentatively retained as the name for this species | Hafner, J.C., Upham, N.S., Gowen-Huang, F., and Light, J.E. 2025. Cryptic species and taxonomic revision of kangaroo mice, the rodent genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalogy 106(6):1342-1371. |
| Microdipodops megacephalus | Microdipodops polionotus | split | split from M. megacephalus | Hafner, J.C., Upham, N.S., Gowen-Huang, F., and Light, J.E. 2025. Cryptic species and taxonomic revision of kangaroo mice, the rodent genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalogy 106(6):1342-1371. |
| Microdipodops pallidus | Microdipodops ruficollaris | split | split from M. pallidus | Hafner, J.C., Upham, N.S., Gowen-Huang, F., and Light, J.E. 2025. Cryptic species and taxonomic revision of kangaroo mice, the rodent genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalogy 106(6):1342-1371. |
| Mus setulosus | Mus proconodon | split | split from M. setulosus | Bryja, J., Mikula, O., Šumbera, R., Meheretu, Y., Aghová, T., Lavrenchenko, L.A., ... and Verheyen, E. 2014. Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(256):1-20. |
| Myotis alticraniatus | Myotis badius | split | split from M. alticraniatus | Tiunov, M.P., Liu, S., Feng, J., Soisook, P. and Jiang, T.-l. 2025. A new species of Myotis from China with notes on the siligorensis species group (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). ZooKeys 1258:333-356. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1258.145290 |
| Nannospalax ehrenbergi | Nannospalax ceyhanus | split | split from N. ehrenbergi | Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y., & Civelek, İ. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37. |
| Nannospalax ehrenbergi | Nannospalax intermedius | split | split from N. ehrenbergi | Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y., & Civelek, İ. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37. |
| Ratufa bicolor | Ratufa gigantea | split | split from R. bicolor | Hinckley, A., Pinilla‐Buitrago, G. E., Maldonado, J. E., Flores, M. F. C., Esselstyn, J. A., Inayah, N., & Hawkins, M. T. (2025). Pliocene Forest Fragmentation Shaped Speciation in Tropical Asia's Giant Squirrels (Ratufa). Molecular Ecology, e70179. |
| Thylamys pusillus | Thylamys bruchi | split | split from T. pusillus | Martin, G.M. 2025. A chronology of the genus Thylamys (Didelphidae, Thylamyini), with emphasis on the forms occurring in Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (n.s.)27(2):243-270. doi:10.22179/REVMACN.27.894 |
| Thylamys pusillus | Thylamys citellus | split | split from T. pusillus | Martin, G.M. 2025. A chronology of the genus Thylamys (Didelphidae, Thylamyini), with emphasis on the forms occurring in Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (n.s.)27(2):243-270. doi:10.22179/REVMACN.27.894 |
| Thylamys pusillus | Thylamys pulchellus | split | split from T. pusillus | Martin, G.M. 2025. A chronology of the genus Thylamys (Didelphidae, Thylamyini), with emphasis on the forms occurring in Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (n.s.)27(2):243-270. doi:10.22179/REVMACN.27.894 |
| NA | Cricetodipus | subgenus change | new subgenus within Perognathus | Alhajeri, B. H., Alaqeely, R., & Alhaddad, H. (2025). Geometric morphometrics of silky pocket mice (Perognathus: Perognathinae: Rodentia) crania reveals new insights into their variation, evolution, and taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 203(1), zlae029. |
| NA | Mesospalax | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus within Nannospalax | Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y., & Civelek, İ. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37. |
| NA | Microdipodops | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus within Microdipodops | Hafner, J.C., Upham, N.S., Gowen-Huang, F., and Light, J.E. 2025. Cryptic species and taxonomic revision of kangaroo mice, the rodent genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalogy 106(6):1342-1371. |
| NA | Nannospalax | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus within Nannospalax | Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y., & Civelek, İ. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37. |
| NA | Perognathus | subgenus change | new subgenus within Perognathus | Alhajeri, B. H., Alaqeely, R., & Alhaddad, H. (2025). Geometric morphometrics of silky pocket mice (Perognathus: Perognathinae: Rodentia) crania reveals new insights into their variation, evolution, and taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 203(1), zlae029. |
| NA | Psammophilomys | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus within Microdipodops | Hafner, J.C., Upham, N.S., Gowen-Huang, F., and Light, J.E. 2025. Cryptic species and taxonomic revision of kangaroo mice, the rodent genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalogy 106(6):1342-1371. |
| NA | Chinchillulini | tribal change | recently described to include Chinchillula | Bangs, M. R., Percequillo, A. R., Pacheco, V., & Steppan, S. J. (2025). Phylogenomics of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): Cloud forests and Pliocene extinction explain the timing and spread of an iconic South American radiation. PloS one, 20(11), e0317165. |
| NA | Delomyini | tribal change | recently described to include Delomys | Bangs, M. R., Percequillo, A. R., Pacheco, V., & Steppan, S. J. (2025). Phylogenomics of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): Cloud forests and Pliocene extinction explain the timing and spread of an iconic South American radiation. PloS one, 20(11), e0317165. |