All MDD Taxonomy Changes since v2
814 taxonomy changes
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| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Afronycteris rautenbachi | de novo | recently described | Kearney, T.C., Vries, M. de and Markotter, W. 2026-03-09. Description of a new species of African pipistrelle-like bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Afronycteris). Zootaxa 5768(1):1-28. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Apnoctomys conicetorum | de novo | recently described | Teta, P., Ojeda, A.A., Tarquino Carbonell, A.P., Alvarado-Larios, J.R., Cuello, P., Cornejo, P., Mignino, J., Ojeda, R.A. and Verzi, D.H. 2026. A new genus and species of octodontid rodent from the hilly Chaco of central Argentina (Rodentia: Octodontidae). Vertebrate Zoology 76:361-380. doi:10.3897/vz.76.e187462 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Chiropodomys wandingensis | de novo | recently described | Qian, Y. S., Mou, X., Liu, S., & Li, S. (2026). A New Pencil‐Tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys wandingensis sp. nov.(Rodentia: Muridae) From Yunnan, China. Ecology and Evolution, 16(7), e73991. 10.1002/ece3.73991 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Coendou sangay | de novo | recently described | Brito, J., Curay, J., León-Caldas, V., Lojan-Cueva, P., Ojala-Barbour, R., Pozo-Zamora, G., Simba, L., Tito, P., Vargas, R., Vega-Yánez, M.A. and Batallas, D. 2026. Discovery of a new species of Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) within the hyper-diverse mammalian community of Sangay National Park in Ecuador. PeerJ 14:e21382. doi:10.7717/peerj.21382 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Colobus congoensis | de novo | recently described | Hart, J.A., Amboko, J.D., Arenson, J.L., Horton, E.R., Coates, K.F., Kapale, J.-P.I., Koko, M.B., Hart, T.B., Gilbert, C.C., Sargis, E.J., and Detwiler, K.M. 2026. Likweli: A remarkable new species of Colobus monkey from the Lomami National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS One 21(7):e0349857. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349857 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Crocidura pediculus | de novo | recently described | Voet, I., Delapre, A., Denys, C., Lalis, A., Cornette, R. and Nicolas, V. 2026-02-17. Integrative taxonomy resolves a new West African Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) species, cryptic to Crocidura grandiceps in color, but distinct in size. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039:297-322. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Glauconycteris baka | de novo | recently described | Gomeh-Djame, A., Bates, P.J.J., Juste, J., Suarez-Rubio, M., Torrent, L., García-Mudarra, J.L., Agodigo Ayangma, E., Yettore, F., Bilong Bilong, C.F. and Bakwo-Fils, E.-M. 2026-06-15. An integrated taxonomic and conservation assessment of Glauconycteris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Cameroon, with the description of two new species from the Northwestern Congolian Lowland Forest. ZooKeys 1282:161-204. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Glauconycteris lobeke | de novo | recently described | Gomeh-Djame, A., Bates, P.J.J., Juste, J., Suarez-Rubio, M., Torrent, L., García-Mudarra, J.L., Agodigo Ayangma, E., Yettore, F., Bilong Bilong, C.F. and Bakwo-Fils, E.-M. 2026-06-15. An integrated taxonomic and conservation assessment of Glauconycteris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Cameroon, with the description of two new species from the Northwestern Congolian Lowland Forest. ZooKeys 1282:161-204. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Incanomys parviauris | de novo | recently described | Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Pacheco, V.R. and Pavan, S.E. 2026. A new species of Incanomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the Yungas of Peru. American Museum Novitates 4049:1-27. HDL 2246/7540 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Monodelphis semilineata | de novo | recently described | Borges, I.C.V., Silva, C.A.O. and Gonçalves, P.R. 2026. A new species of Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) with an updated hypothesis for its diversification in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyag020 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Murina huanglianensis | de novo | recently described | Mou, X., Qian, Y.-s., Ke, C., Bai, L., Li, L. and Li, S. 2026. New Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) species and the first Murina annamitica record in China. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyag035 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Mus dumbara | de novo | recently described | Boyagoda, S.H., Meegaskumbura, M. and Manamendra-Arachchi, K. 2026-05-26. Mus (Pyromys) dumbara, a new endemic species of spiny mouse (Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae) from Sri Lanka. ZooKeys 1280:265-285. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Oreoryzomys jumandi | de novo | recently described | Brito, J., Vargas, R., Tinoco, N., García, R., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Koch, C., Wistuba, R., Nivelo-Vallavicenceio, C., and Pardiñas, U.F. 2026. Mountains of diversity: a systematic revision of the Andean rodent genus Oreoryzomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). PeerJ 14:e20515. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20515 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Peromyscus carminensis | de novo | recently described | López-González, C., García-Mendoza, D.F., Fernández, J.A. and Correa-Ramírez, M.M. 2026-05-29. Systematics and taxonomy of the Peromyscus difficilis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with descriptions of 2 new species. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Peromyscus silvicola | de novo | recently described | López-González, C., García-Mendoza, D.F., Fernández, J.A. and Correa-Ramírez, M.M. 2026-05-29. Systematics and taxonomy of the Peromyscus difficilis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with descriptions of 2 new species. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Peroryctes trigonodon | de novo | recently described | Travouillon, K.J., Bertozzi, T., MacDonald, A.J., Cooper, S.J.B., Flannery, T.F. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. A new species of bandicoot in the genus Peroryctes (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) from Kwiyawagi, West Baliem Valley of Papua Province, Indonesia. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):5-16. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3002 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Planigale petrophila | de novo | recently described | Umbrello, L.S., Westerman, M., Travouillon, K.J., Blacket, M.J., Cameron, S.F., Mulder, E. and Baker, A.M. 2026-06-01. Untangling the long-tailed planigale (Dasyuridae: Planigale ingrami) species complex: four species revealed using integrative taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 207(2):zlag082. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Praomys togoensis | de novo | recently described | Hounmavo, A., Demos, T.C., Lutz, H.L., Delapré, A., Cornette, R., Segniagbeto, G.H., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. and Nicolas, V. 2026. Integrative taxonomy of the Praomys tullbergi complex (Rodentia, Muridae): a new species from West Africa. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyag007 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Rhinopoma funaiolii | de novo | recently described | Benda, P., Reiter, A., Uhrin, M., Vallo, P. and Uvizl, M. 2026-06-22. Revision of the family Rhinopomatidae (Chiroptera): a taxonomic synthesis of the morphological and molecular genetic evidence. Mammalia (in press). |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Spalax lyapunovae | de novo | recently described | Brandler, O.V., Tukhbatullin, A.R., Kapustina, S.Y., Matveevsky, S.N., Tembotova, F.A. and Puzachenko, A.Yu. 2026-04-30. Integrative systematics of large-bodied blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: Spalax) with description of Spalax lyapunovae sp. nov. from the North Caucasus. Vertebrate Zoology 76:247-274. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Typhlomys zhengkuni | de novo | recently described | Zhang, T., Hu, Z., Zou, Q., Gu, L., Zhuang, W., Gu, P., Zhan, J., Mi, X., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2026. A new species of the genus Typhlomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae) from Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(2):659-670. doi:10.3897/zse.102.181212 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Uropsilus cinereonates | de novo | recently described | Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026-06. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Uropsilus leptocranium | de novo | recently described | Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026-06. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Uropsilus maximus | de novo | recently described | Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026-06. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Uropsilus ningshanensis | de novo | recently described | Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026-06. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Uropsilus parvoniger | de novo | recently described | Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026-06. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Uropsilus wulingshanensis | de novo | recently described | Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026-06. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Apnoctomys | de novo genus | recently described genus | Teta, P., Ojeda, A.A., Tarquino Carbonell, A.P., Alvarado-Larios, J.R., Cuello, P., Cornejo, P., Mignino, J., Ojeda, R.A. and Verzi, D.H. 2026. A new genus and species of octodontid rodent from the hilly Chaco of central Argentina (Rodentia: Octodontidae). Vertebrate Zoology 76:361-380. doi:10.3897/vz.76.e187462 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Tous | de novo genus | recently described genus | Flannery, T.F., Koungoulos, L.G., Meijaard, E., Yohanita, A.M., Muharmansyah, A., AlZaqie, I., Aplin, K.P., Korain, F., Mjam, M. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. A new genus of hemibelideine possum (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae) from New Guinea and Australia, including a Lazarus taxon from the Vogelkop Peninsula. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):35-52. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3004 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Tous ayamaruensis | deextinction | species originally named as a subfossil and now known as a living animal and moved to a new genus | Flannery, T.F., Koungoulos, L.G., Meijaard, E., Yohanita, A.M., Muharmansyah, A., AlZaqie, I., Aplin, K.P., Korain, F., Mjam, M. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. A new genus of hemibelideine possum (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae) from New Guinea and Australia, including a Lazarus taxon from the Vogelkop Peninsula. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):35-52. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3004 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Chlamyphoridae | Euphractidae | family split | family split from Chlamyphoridae | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Chlamyphoridae | Tolypeutidae | family split | family split from Chlamyphoridae | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dactylopsila kambuayai | Dactylonax kambuayai | genus change | moved from Dactylopsila to Dactylonax | Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dactylopsila palpator | Dactylonax palpator | genus change | moved from Dactylopsila to Dactylonax | Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Chaetophractus vellerosus | Dasyphractus vellerosus | genus change | moved from Chaetophractus to Dasyphractus | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dorcopsulus macleayi | Dorcopsis macleayi | genus change | moved from Dorcopsulus to Dorcopsis | Eldridge, M.D., Phillips, M.J., Pratt, R.C., Neaves, L.E., Helgen, K.M., and Potter, S. 2026. Phylogenetic analysis of the New Guinean forest wallabies, Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus reveals cryptic divergent lineages impacted by highland and lowland barriers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 217:108542. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dorcopsulus vanheurni | Dorcopsis vanheurni | genus change | moved from Dorcopsulus to Dorcopsis | Eldridge, M.D., Phillips, M.J., Pratt, R.C., Neaves, L.E., Helgen, K.M., and Potter, S. 2026. Phylogenetic analysis of the New Guinean forest wallabies, Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus reveals cryptic divergent lineages impacted by highland and lowland barriers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 217:108542. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Eliurus grandidieri | Voalavo grandidieri | genus change | moved from Eliurus to Voalavo | Ilarde, G.C., Goodman, S.M., Soarimalala, V., and Jansa, S.A. 2026. Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar’s tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 206(1):zlaf191. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Eliurus petteri | Voalavo petteri | genus change | moved from Eliurus to Voalavo | Ilarde, G.C., Goodman, S.M., Soarimalala, V., and Jansa, S.A. 2026. Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar’s tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 206(1):zlaf191. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dorcopsulus | Dorcopsis | genus lump | lumped into Dorcopsis | Eldridge, M.D., Phillips, M.J., Pratt, R.C., Neaves, L.E., Helgen, K.M., and Potter, S. 2026. Phylogenetic analysis of the New Guinean forest wallabies, Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus reveals cryptic divergent lineages impacted by highland and lowland barriers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 217:108542. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dactylopsila | Dactylonax | genus split | split from Dactylopsila | Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Chaetophractus | Dasyphractus | genus split | split from Chaetophractus | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Abrothrix gossei | Abrothrix dolichonyx | lump | lumped into A. dolichonyx | Tammone, M. N., Soto, E. C., Cañón, C., Guzmán, J. A., & Pardiñas, U. F. J. (2026). Resolving the taxonomic status of Abrothrix andina (Rodentia, Cricetidae): evidence from topotypic specimens. Therya, 17(2), 225-234. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya.2026.6243 · Sánchez-Vendizú, P., Parada, A., Teta, P., Quiroga-Carmona, M., Jayat, P., Cairampoma, R., ... & D’Elía, G. (2026). Species boundaries in the subgenus Angelomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Abrothrix): A complex case obscured by mitochondrial-species tree discordance. Vertebrate Zoology, 76, 455-489. DOI 10.3897/vz.76.e190575 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Ctenomys minutus | Ctenomys brasiliensis | lump | lumped into C. brasiliensis | Maestri, R., Gonçalves, G.L., Nicolas, V., Bryjova, A., Fornel, R., Coissac, E., Taberlet, P., Moreira, G.R.P., and Freitas, T.R. 2026. Ancient DNA reveals the identity and geographic origin of the syntype of Ctenomys brasiliensis, the type species of the genus Ctenomys. Journal of Mammalogy 107(1):197-209. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Ctenomys dorbignyi | Ctenomys perrensi | lump | lumped into C. perrensi | Caraballo, D. A., Campo, D. H., Teta, P., & Lanzone, C. (2026). Resolving species boundaries in a recent evolutionary radiation: An integrative approach to the Ctenomys Corrientes group (Mammalia: Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 76, 317-337. DOI 10.3897/vz.76.e173627 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Ctenomys paraguayensis | Ctenomys pilarensis | lump | lumped into C. pilarensis | Smith, P. and Owen, M.T. 2026. The Paraguayan micro-endemics Ctenomys paraguayensis Contreras, 2000 and Ctenomys pilarensis Contreras, 1993 (Mammalia: Ctenomyidae) are morphologically indistinguishable. Mammal Research 71(3):47. doi:10.1007/s13364-026-00866-w |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dasyprocta ruatanica | Dasyprocta punctata | lump | lumped into D. punctata | Turcios-Casco, M. A., Teta, P., Reyes-Amaya, N., López, C. M., Wilson, D. E., & Schiavetti, A. (2026). Quantitative morphology supports the synonymy of Dasyprocta ruatanica O. Thomas, 1901 under D. punctata JE Gray, 1842 (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 33(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09807-5 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Nyctinomops mbopicuare | Nyctinomops laticaudatus | lump | lumped into N. laticaudatus | Moras, L. M., Tavares, V. D. C., De Almeida, T. G., Dos Santos Júnior, J. E., & Gregorin, R. (2026). The Nyctinomops laticaudatus complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae) as revealed by a molecular phylogeny of the genus. Systematics and Biodiversity, 24(2), 2678334. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2026.2678334 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Arvicola italicus | Arvicola destructor | name change | name changed to reflect priority | Zijlstra, J.S. 2026. Species before subspecies: the names of mammal species first named as subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyag049 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Microdipodops oregonus | Microdipodops californicus | name change | name changed to reflect priority | Zijlstra, J.S. 2026. Species before subspecies: the names of mammal species first named as subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyag049 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Peromyscus totontepecus | Peromyscus tehuantepecus | name change | name changed to reflect priority | Zijlstra, J.S. 2026. Species before subspecies: the names of mammal species first named as subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyag049 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Peromyscus zamorae | Peromyscus xenurus | name change | name changed to reflect priority | Zijlstra, J.S. 2026. Species before subspecies: the names of mammal species first named as subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyag049 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Phyllotis stenops | Phyllotis tamborum | name change | name changed to reflect priority | Zijlstra, J.S. 2026. Species before subspecies: the names of mammal species first named as subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyag049 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Abrothrix andina | Abrothrix dolichonyx | split | split from A. andina (which is retained here based on Sánchez-Vendizú et al. 2026 despite Tammone et al. 2026 lumping the species into A. olivacea) | Tammone, M. N., Soto, E. C., Cañón, C., Guzmán, J. A., & Pardiñas, U. F. J. (2026). Resolving the taxonomic status of Abrothrix andina (Rodentia, Cricetidae): evidence from topotypic specimens. Therya, 17(2), 225-234. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya.2026.6243 · Sánchez-Vendizú, P., Parada, A., Teta, P., Quiroga-Carmona, M., Jayat, P., Cairampoma, R., ... & D’Elía, G. (2026). Species boundaries in the subgenus Angelomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Abrothrix): A complex case obscured by mitochondrial-species tree discordance. Vertebrate Zoology, 76, 455-489. DOI 10.3897/vz.76.e190575 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dactylopsila palpator | Dactylonax ernstmayri | split | split from Dactylopsila (now Dactylonax) palpator | Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dorcopsis luctuosa | Dorcopsis phyllis | split | split from D. luctuosa | Eldridge, M.D., Phillips, M.J., Pratt, R.C., Neaves, L.E., Helgen, K.M., and Potter, S. 2026. Phylogenetic analysis of the New Guinean forest wallabies, Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus reveals cryptic divergent lineages impacted by highland and lowland barriers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 217:108542. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Heterocephalus glaber | Heterocephalus phillipsi | split | split from H. glaber | Uhrová, M., Mikula, O., Bryja, J., Frýdlová, P., Zemlemerova, E.D., Elmi, H.S., Štolhoferová, I., Tymlová, V., Maštera, V., Frynta, D., Lavrenchenko, L.A., and Šumbera, R. 2025. More than one species of the naked mole-rat, a new biomedical model. Communications Biology 9(70). |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Mus pahari | Mus gairdneri | split | split from M. pahari | Zou, Q., Gu, L., Zhang, T., Zhou, C., Wang, X., Zhang, T., Guo, K., Liu, S., and Chen, S. 2026. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Mus pahari (Rodentia: Muridae). Mammalian Biology:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-026-00567-6 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Mus pahari | Mus jacksoniae | split | split from M. pahari | Zou, Q., Gu, L., Zhang, T., Zhou, C., Wang, X., Zhang, T., Guo, K., Liu, S., and Chen, S. 2026. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Mus pahari (Rodentia: Muridae). Mammalian Biology:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-026-00567-6 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Oreoryzomys balneator | Oreoryzomys hesperus | split | split from O. balneator | Brito, J., Vargas, R., Tinoco, N., García, R., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Koch, C., Wistuba, R., Nivelo-Vallavicenceio, C., and Pardiñas, U.F. 2026. Mountains of diversity: a systematic revision of the Andean rodent genus Oreoryzomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). PeerJ 14:e20515. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20515 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Oryctolagus cuniculus | Oryctolagus algirus | split | split from O. cuniculus | Villafuerte, R., Alves, P. C., Carneiro, M., Castro, F., Esteves, P. J., Fa, J. E., ... & Delibes-Mateos, M. (2026). When taxonomy lags behind evolution: Conservation implications of cryptic diversity in the Iberian rabbit. Biological Conservation, 321, 112001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.112001 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Otomys angoniensis | Otomys rowleyi | split | split from O. angoniensis | Mulualem, G., Taylor, P. J., Peterhans, J. K., Demos, T. C., & Bryja, J. (2026). Phylogenomics of the African laminate-toothed rats (Rodentia, Muridae, Otomys) in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot: three colonisation waves followed by allopatric diversification on sky islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108668 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Phylloderma stenops | Phylloderma septentrionale | split | split from P. stenops; spelling changed from 'septentrionales' to 'septentrionale' to reflect generic gender | Camacho, M. A., Burneo, S. F., Cadar, D., Horváth, B., Tóth, G. E., & Murienne, J. (2026). Geographic structuring and species limits in Phylloderma stenops (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): Revalidation of P. septentrionalis in Central America. Vertebrate Zoology, 76, 339-359. DOI 10.3897/vz.76.e166549 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Planigale ingrami | Planigale subtilissima | split | split from P. ingrami | Umbrello, L.S., Westerman, M., Travouillon, K.J., Blacket, M.J., Cameron, S.F., Mulder, E. and Baker, A.M. 2026-06-01. Untangling the long-tailed planigale (Dasyuridae: Planigale ingrami) species complex: four species revealed using integrative taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 207(2):zlag082. |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Dactylopsilinae | subfamily change | new subfamily | Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Gymnobelideinae | subfamily change | new subfamily | Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Petaurinae | subfamily change | new subfamily | Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Handleyia | subgenus change | new subgenus | Garbino, G.S.T., Velazco, P.M. and Tavares, V. da C. 2026. Phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of frugivorous bats in the subtribe Vampyressina (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae), with descriptions of new subgenera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 479:1-73. HDL 2246/7537 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Incanycteris | subgenus change | new subgenus | Garbino, G.S.T., Velazco, P.M. and Tavares, V. da C. 2026. Phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of frugivorous bats in the subtribe Vampyressina (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae), with descriptions of new subgenera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 479:1-73. HDL 2246/7537 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Metavampyressa | subgenus change | new subgenus | Garbino, G.S.T., Velazco, P.M. and Tavares, V. da C. 2026. Phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of frugivorous bats in the subtribe Vampyressina (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae), with descriptions of new subgenera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 479:1-73. HDL 2246/7537 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Oreonycteris | subgenus change | new subgenus | Garbino, G.S.T., Velazco, P.M. and Tavares, V. da C. 2026. Phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of frugivorous bats in the subtribe Vampyressina (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae), with descriptions of new subgenera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 479:1-73. HDL 2246/7537 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Platyrrhinus | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus | Garbino, G.S.T., Velazco, P.M. and Tavares, V. da C. 2026. Phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of frugivorous bats in the subtribe Vampyressina (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae), with descriptions of new subgenera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 479:1-73. HDL 2246/7537 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Vampyressa | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus | Garbino, G.S.T., Velazco, P.M. and Tavares, V. da C. 2026. Phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of frugivorous bats in the subtribe Vampyressina (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae), with descriptions of new subgenera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 479:1-73. HDL 2246/7537 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Vampyriscus | subgenus change | newly recognized subgenus | Garbino, G.S.T., Velazco, P.M. and Tavares, V. da C. 2026. Phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of frugivorous bats in the subtribe Vampyressina (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae), with descriptions of new subgenera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 479:1-73. HDL 2246/7537 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Eucingulata | suborder change | new suborder added to accommodate relationships of fossil taxa | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | Dasypodoidea | Chlamyphoroidea | superfamily change | new superfamily | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Dasypodini | tribe change | new tribe added to accommodate relationships of fossil taxa | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Priodontini | tribe change | new tribe | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.5 | July 28, 2026 | NA | Tolypeutini | tribe change | new tribe | Casali, D. M., Castro, M. C., Ciancio, M. R., Gaudin, T. J., Bramblett, J. L., Boscaini, A., ... & Langer, M. C. (2026). Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70048 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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). |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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). |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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). |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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). |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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 |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.4 | January 2, 2026 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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). |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | Mazama chunyi | Subulo chunyi | genus change | moved from Mazama to Subulo | Melletti, M. and Focardi, S. (eds.). Deer of the World. Springer, Cham. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | Muntiacus malabaricus | Muntiacus vaginalis | lump | lumped into M. vaginalis tentatively | Melletti, M. and Focardi, S. (eds.). Deer of the World. Springer, Cham. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.3 | September 1, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Feloidea | Aeluroidea | infraorder change | infraorder added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Viverroidea | Aeluroidea | infraorder change | infraorder added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Canoidea | Cynoidea | infraorder change | infraorder renamed | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Cetacea | Mysticeti | infraorder change | reranked from parvorder to infraorder | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Ancodonta | NA | infraorder change | now ranked as a suborder | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Cetacea | Odontoceti | infraorder change | reranked from parvorder to infraorder | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Caviomorpha | parvorder change | parvorder added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | incertae sedis | parvorder change | Hystricidae left incertae sedis following addition of Phiomorpha and Caviomorpha | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Mustelida | parvorder change | superfamily Musteloidea reranked as parvorder Mustelida | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Mysticeti | NA | parvorder change | reranked from parvorder to infraorder | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Odontoceti | NA | parvorder change | reranked from parvorder to infraorder | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Phiomorpha | parvorder change | parvorder added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Pinnipedia | parvorder change | superfamily Phocoidea reranked as parvorder Pinnipedia | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Ursida | parvorder change | superfamily Ursoidea reranked as parvorder Ursida | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Yinotheria | Prototheria | subclass change | subclass Yinotheria renamed to the more familiar name Prototheria | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Antilocaprinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Aplodontiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Berardiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Castorinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Ctenodactylinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Dinomyinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Rousettinae | Epomophorinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed because Epomophorinae Gray, 1866, has priority over Rousettinae Andersen, 1912 | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Equinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Giraffinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Hippopotaminae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Hyperoodontinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | incertae sedis | subfamily change | Tasmacetus left as incertae sedis within Ziphiidae | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Mungotinae | Mungosinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed in accordance with the stem of the generic name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Myadinae | Mydainae | subfamily change | spelling of subfamily name corrected | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Ochotoninae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Okapiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Pseudochiropsinae | Pseudochiropinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed in accordance with the stem of the generic name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Rhinocerotinae | subfamily change | subfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Saimiriinae | Saimirinae | subfamily change | subfamily name changed in accordance with the stem of the generic name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Ziphiinae | subfamily change | subfamily added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Amblonyx | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Anoa | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Aonyx | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Apodemus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Asinus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Axis | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Bdeogale | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Bibos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Bison | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Bos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Bubalus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Cervus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Charronia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Chilonycteris | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Dolichohippus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Equus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Euarctos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Galeriscus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Geomys | subgenus change | subgenus added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Hemionus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Heteromys | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Hippotigris | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Hyelaphus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | incertae sedis (within Apodemus) | subgenus change | two species left unallocated to subgenus | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Myotis | incertae sedis (within Myotis) | subgenus change | Myotis insularum moved out of the subgenus | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | incertae sedis (within Pteronotus) | subgenus change | two species left unallocated to subgenus | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Jaguarius | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Leo | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Leopardus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Liomys | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Lutra | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Lutrogale | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Lynchailurus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Madoqua | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Margay | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Martes | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Mictomys | subgenus change | subgenus added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Mustela | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Pitymys | Mynomes | subgenus change | subgenus renamed to older name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Aethoglis | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Asioscalops | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Claviglis | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Eulagos | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Funambulus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Gerbilliscus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Gerbillurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Graphiurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | incertae sedis (within Lepus) | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Indolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Lepus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Macrotolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Microallactaga | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Paralactaga | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Paratatera | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Poecilolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Prasadsciurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Proeulagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Progerbillurus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Sabanalagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Scarturus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Sinolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Talpa | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Tarimolagus | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Taterona | NA | subgenus change | subgenus dropped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Muriculus | Nannomys | subgenus change | subgenus lumped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Novibos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Oncifelis | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Oreailurus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Parameriones | Pallasiomys | subgenus change | subgenus lumped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Panolia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Panthera | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Phyllodia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Pocockictis | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Poephagus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Przewalskium | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Pteronotus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Quagga | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Aporodon | Reithrodontomys | subgenus change | subgeneric allocation of Reithrodontomys chrysopsis corrected | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Rhynchotragus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Rucervus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Schaeferia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Selenarctos | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Sika | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Sylvaemus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Synaptomys | subgenus change | subgenus added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Sciurus | Tenes | subgenus change | subgenus split | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Theropithecus | subgenus change | subgenus added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Tigris | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Uncia | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | incertae sedis | Uromys | subgenus change | Uromys siebersi placed in subgenus Uromys | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Ursus | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Xylomys | subgenus change | subgenus added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Whippomorpha | Ancodonta | suborder change | reranked to give more prominence to the clade Cetacea | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Whippomorpha | Cetacea | suborder change | reranked to give more prominence to the clade Cetacea | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Balaenoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Balaenopteroidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Castoroidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Cetotherioidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Erinaceoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Feloidea | superfamily change | infraorder Feloidea reranked as superfamily | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Geomyoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | incertae sedis | superfamily change | Antilocapridae left as incertae sedis within Pecora because of conflicting placements in different phylogenies | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Cheirogaleoidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamilies within Lemuriformes dropped because Lemuroidea is likely not monophyletic | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Lemuroidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamilies within Lemuriformes dropped because Lemuroidea is likely not monophyletic | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Musteloidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamily Musteloidea reranked as parvorder Mustelida | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Phocoidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamily Phocoidea reranked as parvorder Pinnipedia | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Ursoidea | NA | superfamily change | superfamily Ursoidea reranked as parvorder Ursida | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Perameloidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Rhinocerotoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Soricoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Suoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Talpoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Tapiroidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Viverroidea | superfamily change | infraorder Viverroidea reranked as superfamily | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Vombatoidea | superfamily change | superfamily added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Delanymyini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Equini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Erinaceini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Taterini | Gerbillurini | tribe change | tribe name changed because Gerbillurini Pavlinov, 1982, has priority and Taterini Chevret & Dobigny, 2005, is unavailable | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Gorillini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Hominini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Hapalomyini | incertae sedis | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Micromyini | incertae sedis | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Millardini | incertae sedis | tribe change | Pithecheir and Pithecheirops moved to Murinae incertae sedis | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Vandeleurini | incertae sedis | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Setonichini | Macropodini | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Mystromyini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Perimyotini | NA | tribe change | dropped unavailable tribe name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Eptesicini | Nycticeiini | tribe change | tribe lumped | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Petromyscini | tribe change | tribe added | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | Plagiodontini | Plagiodontiini | tribe change | tribe name changed in accordance with the stem of the generic name | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | NA | Pongini | tribe change | tribe added to accommodate fossil taxa | — |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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. |
| v2.2 | June 13, 2025 | 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 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Anthops ornatus | Anthops ornatus | common name | common name changed to Solomons Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Asellia arabica | Asellia arabica | common name | common name changed to Arabian Trident Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Asellia italosomalica | Asellia italosomalica | common name | common name changed to Somalian Trident Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Asellia patrizii | Asellia patrizii | common name | common name changed to Patrizi's Trident Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Asellia tridens | Asellia tridens | common name | common name changed to Geoffroy's Trident Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Beatragus hunteri | Beatragus hunteri | common name | common name changed to Hirola | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Brachyphylla cavernarum | Brachyphylla cavernarum | common name | common name changed to Eastern Antillean Fruit-eating Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Brachyphylla nana | Brachyphylla nana | common name | common name changed to Western Antillian Fruit-eating Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Callosciurus caniceps | Callosciurus caniceps | common name | common name changed to Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Coelops frithii | Coelops frithii | common name | common name changed to East Asian Tailless Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Coelops hirsutus | Coelops hirsutus | common name | common name changed to Philippine Tailless Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Coelops robinsoni | Coelops robinsoni | common name | common name changed to Malayan Tailless Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Dasypus beniensis | Dasypus beniensis | common name | common name changed to Eastern Greater Long-nosed Armadillo | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Dasypus kappleri | Dasypus kappleri | common name | common name changed to Guianan Greater Long-nosed Armadillo | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Dasypus mazzai | Dasypus mazzai | common name | common name changed to Yungas Long-nosed Armadillo | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Dasypus pastasae | Dasypus pastasae | common name | common name changed to Western Greater Long-nosed Armadillo | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Dasypus sabanicola | Dasypus sabanicola | common name | common name changed to Llanos Long-nosed Armadillo | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Dasypus septemcinctus | Dasypus septemcinctus | common name | common name changed to Seven-banded Long-nosed Armadillo | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Doryrhina camerunensis | Doryrhina camerunensis | common name | common name changed to Greater Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Doryrhina cyclops | Doryrhina cyclops | common name | common name changed to Cyclops Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Eozapus setchuanus | Eozapus setchuanus | common name | common name changed to Sichuan Jumping Mouse | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hippocamelus antisensis | Hippocamelus antisensis | common name | common name changed to Northern Huemul | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hippocamelus bisulcus | Hippocamelus bisulcus | common name | common name changed to Southern Huemul | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros abae | Hipposideros abae | common name | common name changed to Aba Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros alongensis | Hipposideros alongensis | common name | common name changed to Ha Long Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros antricola | Hipposideros antricola | common name | common name changed to Philippine Dusky Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros armiger | Hipposideros armiger | common name | common name changed to Great Himalayan Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros ater | Hipposideros ater | common name | common name changed to Common Dusky Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros beatus | Hipposideros beatus | common name | common name changed to Benito Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros bicolor | Hipposideros bicolor | common name | common name changed to Bicolored Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros boeadii | Hipposideros boeadii | common name | common name changed to Boeadi's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros breviceps | Hipposideros breviceps | common name | common name changed to Short-headed Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros caffer | Hipposideros caffer | common name | common name changed to Sundevall's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros calcaratus | Hipposideros calcaratus | common name | common name changed to Spurred Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros cervinus | Hipposideros cervinus | common name | common name changed to Fawn-colored Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros cineraceus | Hipposideros cineraceus | common name | common name changed to Least Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros coronatus | Hipposideros coronatus | common name | common name changed to Large Mindanao Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros corynophyllus | Hipposideros corynophyllus | common name | common name changed to Telefomin Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros coxi | Hipposideros coxi | common name | common name changed to Cox's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros crumeniferus | Hipposideros crumeniferus | common name | common name changed to Timor Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros curtus | Hipposideros curtus | common name | common name changed to Short-tailed Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros demissus | Hipposideros demissus | common name | common name changed to Makira Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros diadema | Hipposideros diadema | common name | common name changed to Diadem Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros dinops | Hipposideros dinops | common name | common name changed to Fierce Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros doriae | Hipposideros doriae | common name | common name changed to Bornean Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros durgadasi | Hipposideros durgadasi | common name | common name changed to Durga Das's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros dyacorum | Hipposideros dyacorum | common name | common name changed to Dayak Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros edwardshilli | Hipposideros edwardshilli | common name | common name changed to Hill's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros einnaythu | Hipposideros einnaythu | common name | common name changed to House-dwelling Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros fuliginosus | Hipposideros fuliginosus | common name | common name changed to Sooty Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros fulvus | Hipposideros fulvus | common name | common name changed to Fulvus Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros galeritus | Hipposideros galeritus | common name | common name changed to Cantor's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros gentilis | Hipposideros gentilis | common name | common name changed to Andersen's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros grandis | Hipposideros grandis | common name | common name changed to Grand Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros griffini | Hipposideros griffini | common name | common name changed to Griffin's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros halophyllus | Hipposideros halophyllus | common name | common name changed to Thailand Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros hypophyllus | Hipposideros hypophyllus | common name | common name changed to Kolar Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros inexpectatus | Hipposideros inexpectatus | common name | common name changed to Crested Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros inornatus | Hipposideros inornatus | common name | common name changed to Arnhem Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros jonesi | Hipposideros jonesi | common name | common name changed to Jones's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros khaokhouayensis | Hipposideros khaokhouayensis | common name | common name changed to Phou Khao Khouay Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros kingstonae | Hipposideros kingstonae | common name | common name changed to Kingston's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros kunzi | Hipposideros kunzi | common name | common name changed to Kunz's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros lamottei | Hipposideros lamottei | common name | common name changed to Lamotte's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros lankadiva | Hipposideros lankadiva | common name | common name changed to Indian Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros larvatus | Hipposideros larvatus | common name | common name changed to Horsfield's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros lekaguli | Hipposideros lekaguli | common name | common name changed to Large Asian Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros lylei | Hipposideros lylei | common name | common name changed to Shield-faced Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros macrobullatus | Hipposideros macrobullatus | common name | common name changed to Big-eared Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros madurae | Hipposideros madurae | common name | common name changed to Maduran Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros maggietaylorae | Hipposideros maggietaylorae | common name | common name changed to Maggie Taylor's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros marisae | Hipposideros marisae | common name | common name changed to Aellen's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros megalotis | Hipposideros megalotis | common name | common name changed to Large-eared Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros muscinus | Hipposideros muscinus | common name | common name changed to Fly River Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros nequam | Hipposideros nequam | common name | common name changed to Malayan Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros nicobarulae | Hipposideros nicobarulae | common name | common name changed to Nicobar Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros obscurus | Hipposideros obscurus | common name | common name changed to Philippine Forest Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros orbiculus | Hipposideros orbiculus | common name | common name changed to Orbiculus Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros papua | Hipposideros papua | common name | common name changed to Biak Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros pelingensis | Hipposideros pelingensis | common name | common name changed to Peleng Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros pendleburyi | Hipposideros pendleburyi | common name | common name changed to Pendlebury's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros pomona | Hipposideros pomona | common name | common name changed to Pomona Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros poutensis | Hipposideros poutensis | common name | common name changed to Allen's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros pygmaeus | Hipposideros pygmaeus | common name | common name changed to Philippine Pygmy Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros ridleyi | Hipposideros ridleyi | common name | common name changed to Ridley's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros rotalis | Hipposideros rotalis | common name | common name changed to Laotian Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros ruber | Hipposideros ruber | common name | common name changed to Noack's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros scutinares | Hipposideros scutinares | common name | common name changed to Shield-nosed Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros semoni | Hipposideros semoni | common name | common name changed to Semon's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros sorenseni | Hipposideros sorenseni | common name | common name changed to Sorensen's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros speoris | Hipposideros speoris | common name | common name changed to Schneider's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros stenotis | Hipposideros stenotis | common name | common name changed to Northern Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros sumbae | Hipposideros sumbae | common name | common name changed to Sumban Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros swinhoii | Hipposideros swinhoii | common name | common name changed to Swinhoe's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros tephrus | Hipposideros tephrus | common name | common name changed to Maghreb Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros turpis | Hipposideros turpis | common name | common name changed to Lesser Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros wollastoni | Hipposideros wollastoni | common name | common name changed to Wollaston's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Leopoldamys siporanus | Leopoldamys siporanus | common name | common name changed to Mentawai Long-tailed Giant Rat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Lyroderma lyra | Lyroderma lyra | common name | common name changed to Indian Greater False-vampire | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Macronycteris commersonii | Macronycteris commersonii | common name | common name changed to Commerson's Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Macronycteris cryptovalorona | Macronycteris cryptovalorona | common name | common name changed to Madagascar Cryptic Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Macronycteris gigas | Macronycteris gigas | common name | common name changed to Giant Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Macronycteris thomensis | Macronycteris thomensis | common name | common name changed to Sao Tome Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Macronycteris vittata | Macronycteris vittata | common name | common name changed to Striped Round-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Monophyllus plethodon | Monophyllus plethodon | common name | common name changed to Eastern Antillean Single-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Monophyllus redmani | Monophyllus redmani | common name | common name changed to Western Antillean Single-leaf Bat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Oxymycterus paramensis | Oxymycterus paramensis | common name | common name changed to Northern Páramo Hocicudo | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Phataginus tetradactylus | Phataginus tetradactylus | common name | common name changed to Black-bellied Pangolin | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Phataginus tricuspis | Phataginus tricuspis | common name | common name changed to White-bellied Pangolin | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Philantomba walteri | Philantomba walteri | common name | common name changed to Walter's Duiker | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Rattus lugens | Rattus lugens | common name | common name changed to Mentawai Rat | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Scaptonyx fusicauda | Scaptonyx fusicauda | common name | common name changed to Northern Long-tailed Mole | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Sminthopsis virginiae | Sminthopsis virginiae | common name | common name changed to Eastern Red-cheeked Dunnart | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomasomys ischyrus | Thomasomys ischyrus | common name | common name changed to Long-tailed Oldfield Mouse | NA |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Coendou vossi | de novo | recently described | Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Mazepa, G. O., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Suárez-Castro, A. F., Colmenares-Pinzón, J. E., Pulido-Santacruz, P., & Noguera-Urbano, E. A. (2025). A review of the Quichua Porcupine Coendou quichua complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) with the description of a new species from Colombia. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae140. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Crocidura binco | de novo | recently described | Hutterer, R., Jocque, M., Mertens, J., Mpongo, D.M. and Mbende, M. 2024-08-29. Three small species of shrews (Soricidae) from the Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, representing two new taxa and a new record. Mammalia (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Crocidura darvishi | de novo | recently described | Mahmoudi, A., Shad, H. H., & Kryštufek, B. (2025). White-toothed shrew (genus Crocidura) diversity in Iran: Molecular evidence and taxonomic implications. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 314, 149-158. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Crocidura medogensis | de novo | recently described | Shunde, C. H. E. N., Siyu, Y. A. N. G., Jiao, Q. I. N. G., Ronghui, F. A. N., Keyi, T. A. N. G., Rui, L. I. A. O., ... & Shaoying, L. I. U. (2024). Two new species of genus Crocidura (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) from Xizang, China. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 44(5), 529. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Crocidura salonga | de novo | recently described | Hutterer, R., Jocque, M., Mertens, J., Mpongo, D.M. and Mbende, M. 2024-08-29. Three small species of shrews (Soricidae) from the Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, representing two new taxa and a new record. Mammalia (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Crocidura zhadaensis | de novo | recently described | Shunde, C. H. E. N., Siyu, Y. A. N. G., Jiao, Q. I. N. G., Ronghui, F. A. N., Keyi, T. A. N. G., Rui, L. I. A. O., ... & Shaoying, L. I. U. (2024). Two new species of genus Crocidura (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) from Xizang, China. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 44(5), 529. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Ctenomys chechehet | de novo | recently described | Mapelli, F.J., Esquenazi, S.M., Teta, P., Austrich, A., Kittlein, M.J., Pereyra, D., Tammone, M.N. and Mora, M.S. 2024-12. Stuck between rivers: a new species of Ctenomys from northern Argentine Patagonia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 31(38):1-15. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Ctenomys terraplen | de novo | recently described | Brook, F., González, B., Tomasco, I.H., Verzi, D.H. and Martin, G.M. 2024-10-17. Within the forest: a new species of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from northwestern Patagonia. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Dendromus pseudomystacalis | de novo | recently described | Mulualem, G., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Mikula, O., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y. and Bryja, J. 2024-10-17. Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Dendromus rogersi | de novo | recently described | Mulualem, G., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Mikula, O., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y. and Bryja, J. 2024-10-17. Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Eozapus wanglangensis | de novo | recently described | Yang, S., Xie, F., Zhou, C., Zhang, Z., Wang, X., Liu, S., & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Eozapus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Zapodidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(2), 597-608. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Hipposideros srilankaensis | de novo | recently described | Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Srinivasulu, A., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Amarasinghe, C.J., Siriwardana, S., Kaur, H., Mannakkara, A., Soisook, P., Kamalakannan, M., Yapa, W.B. and Srinivasulu, C. 2025-02-25. Taxonomic revision of the South Asian allies of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846. Zootaxa 5590(4):507-530. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Murina yuanyang | de novo | recently described | Mou, X., Qian, Y., Li, M., Li, B., Luo, X. and Li, S. 2024-08-15. A new species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Yunnan, China. Animals 14(2371):1-15. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Murina yushuensis | de novo | recently described | Wang, X., Han, X., Csorba, G., Wu, Y., Chen, H., Zhao, X., ... & Lu, Z. (2024). A new species of Tube-nosed Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murina) from Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae104. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Myotis guarani | de novo | recently described | Novaes, R. L. M., Cláudio, V. C., Bertocchi, N. A., de Oliveira, K., Semedo, T. B., Saldanha, J., ... & Moratelli, R. (2025). Unveiling the shelf life: a new cryptic species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from South America revealed by an integrative taxonomy approach. Journal of Mammalogy, gyaf016. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Neodon lhozhagensis | de novo | recently described | Wang, S.-Y., Li, Y.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-Y., Wang, H.-.J., He, S.-W., Onditi, K. O., Khanal, L., Li, X.-Y., Chen, Z.-Z., & Jiang, X.-L. (2024). A new species of mountain vole (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Neodon) from South Xizang, China. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation, 1(4), 282-289. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Neohylomys vietnamensis | de novo | recently described | Bannikova, A.A., Lebedev, V.S., Gorchkhanov, D., Fei, L., Dung, D.T., Hai, B.T., Kruskop, S.V., Rozhnov, V.V. and Abramov, A.V. 2024-11-27. A new species of Neohylomys (Eulipotyphla: Galericidae) from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5541(3):294-306. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Notiosorex carrawayae | de novo | recently described | Camargo, I., Polly, P.David, Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. and Stuhler, J.D. 2024-09-27. Paleophylogeography of Notiosorex desert shrews with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy 105(5):1067-1082. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Rhagomys jequitiba | de novo | recently described | Bonvicino, C.R., Pires, C., Lanes, R. de O. and Faria, M.B. 2024-09-13. The rare rodent genus Rhagomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae): biogeographical patterns and description of a new species. Mammal Research (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Rhinolophus kirghisorum | de novo | recently described | Benda, P., Ševčík, M., Horáček, I., Uvizl, M., Reiter, A., & Uhrin, M. (2024). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 17. New records of bats and their ectoparasites from Tajikistan with a review of these faunas of the country including a description of a new species of horseshoe bat. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem , 88 , 1-213. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Rhinolophus webalai | de novo | recently described | Patterson, B.D., Demos, T.C., Torrent, L., Grunwald, A.L., Montauban, C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., McDonough, M.M., Dick, C.W., Bartonjo, M., Schoeman, M.Corrie, Ruedas, L.A. and Juste, J. 2024-09-13. Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Scaptonyx wangi | de novo | recently described | Song, W.-y., Chen, Z.-z., Li, Q., Hu, W.-h., Zhou, H.-W., Xie, M.-R., Li, X.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-03-15. Taxonomic revision of the Long-tailed Mole (Talpidae: Scaptonyx) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Thomasomys igor | de novo | recently described | Brito, J., García, R., Castellanos, F.X., Gavilanes, G., Curay, J., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Reyes-Barriga, D., Guayasamin, J.M., Salazar-Bravo, J. and Pinto, C.M. 2024-11-05. Two new species of Thomasomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the western Andes of Ecuador and an updated phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus. Vertebrate Zoology 74:709-734. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Thomasomys otavalo | de novo | recently described | Brito, J., García, R., Castellanos, F.X., Gavilanes, G., Curay, J., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Reyes-Barriga, D., Guayasamin, J.M., Salazar-Bravo, J. and Pinto, C.M. 2024-11-05. Two new species of Thomasomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the western Andes of Ecuador and an updated phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus. Vertebrate Zoology 74:709-734. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Typhlomys taxuansis | de novo | recently described | Balakirev, A., Phuong, B. and Rozhnov, V.V. 2024-10-29. Typhlomys taxuansis (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae): new species of the genus from northern Vietnam with notes on conservation status and distribution. Biodiversity Data Journal 12(e133363):1-21. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Uropsilus funiushanensis | de novo | recently described | Jiang, H., Yang, Y., Zhou, Y., Tian, J., & Lu, J. (2025). Molecular Phylogeny of Uropsilus (Talpidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) With a New Species Described From Henan Province, China. Ecology and Evolution, 15(2), e70928. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Nycticeinops crassulus | Afropipistrellus crassulus | genus change | moved from Nycticeinops to Afropipistrellus | Demos, T. C., Webala, P. W., Monadjem, A., & Patterson, B. D. (2024). Nuclear introns support the subtribe Laephotina and recently proposed genera of African Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica, 26(2), 143-152. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Nycticeinops eisentrauti | Afropipistrellus eisentrauti | genus change | moved from Nycticeinops to Afropipistrellus | Demos, T. C., Webala, P. W., Monadjem, A., & Patterson, B. D. (2024). Nuclear introns support the subtribe Laephotina and recently proposed genera of African Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica, 26(2), 143-152. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Nycticeinops grandidieri | Afropipistrellus grandidieri | genus change | moved from Nycticeinops to Afropipistrellus | Demos, T. C., Webala, P. W., Monadjem, A., & Patterson, B. D. (2024). Nuclear introns support the subtribe Laephotina and recently proposed genera of African Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica, 26(2), 143-152. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Nycticeinops happoldorum | Afropipistrellus happoldorum | genus change | moved from Nycticeinops to Afropipistrellus | Demos, T. C., Webala, P. W., Monadjem, A., & Patterson, B. D. (2024). Nuclear introns support the subtribe Laephotina and recently proposed genera of African Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica, 26(2), 143-152. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Nycticeinops macrocephalus | Afropipistrellus macrocephalus | genus change | moved from Nycticeinops to Afropipistrellus | Demos, T. C., Webala, P. W., Monadjem, A., & Patterson, B. D. (2024). Nuclear introns support the subtribe Laephotina and recently proposed genera of African Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica, 26(2), 143-152. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Handleyomys alfaroi | Casiomys alfaroi | genus change | moved from Handleyomys to Casiomys | Voss, R.S. 2024. A new genus for the "Alfaroi Group" of Oryzomys sensu lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 4030:1-9. doi:10.1206/4030.1 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Handleyomys chapmani | Casiomys chapmani | genus change | moved from Handleyomys to Casiomys | Voss, R.S. 2024. A new genus for the "Alfaroi Group" of Oryzomys sensu lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 4030:1-9. doi:10.1206/4030.1 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Handleyomys guerrerensis | Casiomys guerrerensis | genus change | moved from Handleyomys to Casiomys | Voss, R.S. 2024. A new genus for the "Alfaroi Group" of Oryzomys sensu lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 4030:1-9. doi:10.1206/4030.1 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Handleyomys melanotis | Casiomys melanotis | genus change | moved from Handleyomys to Casiomys | Voss, R.S. 2024. A new genus for the "Alfaroi Group" of Oryzomys sensu lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 4030:1-9. doi:10.1206/4030.1 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Handleyomys rhabdops | Casiomys rhabdops | genus change | moved from Handleyomys to Casiomys | Voss, R.S. 2024. A new genus for the "Alfaroi Group" of Oryzomys sensu lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 4030:1-9. doi:10.1206/4030.1 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Handleyomys rostratus | Casiomys rostratus | genus change | moved from Handleyomys to Casiomys | Voss, R.S. 2024. A new genus for the "Alfaroi Group" of Oryzomys sensu lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 4030:1-9. doi:10.1206/4030.1 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Handleyomys saturatior | Casiomys saturatior | genus change | moved from Handleyomys to Casiomys | Voss, R.S. 2024. A new genus for the "Alfaroi Group" of Oryzomys sensu lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 4030:1-9. doi:10.1206/4030.1 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys atrovarius | Megascapheus atrovarius | genus change | moved from Thomomys to Megascapheus | Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys bottae | Megascapheus bottae | genus change | moved from Thomomys to Megascapheus | Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys bulbivorus | Megascapheus bulbivorus | genus change | moved from Thomomys to Megascapheus | Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys nayarensis | Megascapheus nayarensis | genus change | moved from Thomomys to Megascapheus | Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys sheldoni | Megascapheus sheldoni | genus change | moved from Thomomys to Megascapheus | Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys townsendii | Megascapheus townsendii | genus change | moved from Thomomys to Megascapheus | Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys umbrinus | Megascapheus umbrinus | genus change | moved from Thomomys to Megascapheus | Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Tadarida aegyptiaca | Nyctinomus aegyptiacus | genus change | moved from Tadarida to Nyctinomus | Benda, P., Faizolâhi, K., Andreas, M., Obuch, J., Reiter, A., Ševčík, M., ... & Ashrafi, S. (2012). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 10. Bat fauna of Iran. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 76(1-4), 163-582. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Abrocoma famatina | Abrocoma cinerea | lump | lumped into A. cinerea | González-Pinilla, F. J., Latorre, C., & Palma, R. E. (2024). Molecular systematics of chinchilla rats and taxonomic assessment of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex. Journal of Mammalogy, 105(6), 1446-1457. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Abrocoma uspallata | Abrocoma schistacea | lump | lumped into A. schistacea | González-Pinilla, F. J., Latorre, C., & Palma, R. E. (2024). Molecular systematics of chinchilla rats and taxonomic assessment of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex. Journal of Mammalogy, 105(6), 1446-1457. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Daptomys mussoi | Daptomys peruviensis | lump | lumped into D. peruviensis | Brito, J., Vega-Yánez, M. A., Guaya-Ramos, J. P., Polo, M., Koch, C., Tinoco, N., & Pardiñas, U. F. (2025). Soft anatomy and morphological variation in Daptomys peruviensis (Rodentia, Cricetidae), a rare ichthyomyine from the northwestern Amazonian forests. PeerJ, 13, e18997. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Episoriculus umbrinus | Episoriculus caudatus | lump | lumped into E. caudatus | Liu, Y., Wang, X., Wan, T., Liao, R., Chen, S., Liu, S., & Yue, B. (2025). Integrative phylogenetic analysis of the genus Episoriculus (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). PloS one, 20(1), e0299624. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hypsugo stubbei | Hypsugo savii | lump | lumped into H. savii | Gojznikar, J., & Mayer, F. (2024). Mitochondrial DNA reveals the impact of Pleistocene glaciations on a widespread palearctic bat species. Mammalian Biology, 1-12. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Lagostomus crassus | Lagostomus maximus | lump | lumped into L. maximus | Hadler, P., Galliari, C. A., & Pardiñas, U. F. (2024). Chancy History of a Supposedly Vanished South American Rodent, Lagostomus crassus, with Remarks on Recent Extinctions in Caviomorphs. In Plains Vizcachas: Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent (pp. 81-97). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Lagostomus crassus | Lagostomus maximus | dextinction | dextinction by lumping the extinct form L. crassus into L. maximus | Hadler, P., Galliari, C. A., & Pardiñas, U. F. (2024). Chancy History of a Supposedly Vanished South American Rodent, Lagostomus crassus, with Remarks on Recent Extinctions in Caviomorphs. In Plains Vizcachas: Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent (pp. 81-97). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Microcebus marohita | Microcebus jollyae | lump | lumped into M. jollyae | Van Elst, T., Sgarlata, G. M., Schüßler, D., Tiley, G. P., Poelstra, J. W., Scheumann, M., ... & Salmona, J. (2024). Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-16. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Microcebus ganzhorni | Microcebus murinus | lump | lumped into M. murinus | Van Elst, T., Sgarlata, G. M., Schüßler, D., Tiley, G. P., Poelstra, J. W., Scheumann, M., ... & Salmona, J. (2024). Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-16. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Microcebus manitatra | Microcebus murinus | lump | lumped into M. murinus | Van Elst, T., Sgarlata, G. M., Schüßler, D., Tiley, G. P., Poelstra, J. W., Scheumann, M., ... & Salmona, J. (2024). Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-16. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Microcebus bongolavensis | Microcebus ravelobensis | lump | lumped into M. ravelobensis | Van Elst, T., Sgarlata, G. M., Schüßler, D., Tiley, G. P., Poelstra, J. W., Scheumann, M., ... & Salmona, J. (2024). Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-16. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Microcebus boraha | Microcebus simmonsi | lump | lumped into M. simmonsi | Van Elst, T., Sgarlata, G. M., Schüßler, D., Tiley, G. P., Poelstra, J. W., Scheumann, M., ... & Salmona, J. (2024). Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-16. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Mops shortridgei | Mops chapini | lump | lumped into Mops chapini tentatively pending further revision | Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., & Schoeman, M. C. (2020). Bats of southern and central Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Wits University Press. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Petaurista mishmiensis | Petaurista nobilis | lump | lumped into P. nobilis (suggested to be a subspecies) | Quan, L. I., Xueyou, L. I., Xiangle, Z. E. N. G., Haotian, B. A. I., Jackson, S., Zhechang, H. U., ... & Xuelong, J. I. A. N. G. (2024). Petaurista nobilis and Priapomys leonardi found in Xizang Autonomous Region of China. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 44(5), 574. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Sorex fontinalis | Sorex cinereus | lump | lumped into S. cinereus | Diersing, V. E. (2024). The Tuckahoe Masked Shrew, Sorex cinereus nigriculus Green, 1932, Warrants Recognition as a Distinct Subspecies. Northeastern Naturalist, 31(3), 339-354. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Murina fanjingshanensis | NA | removed | removed for now because the name is unavailable | He, F., Xiao, N. and Zhou, J. 2015. A new species of Murina from China (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Cave Research 2(2):1-7. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Chinchilla lanigera | Chinchilla laniger | spelling change | specific epithet spelling changed to match original description | Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna, 367 pp. URL: https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/9635 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hypsugo alaschanicus | Hypsugo alashanicus | spelling change | specific epithet spelling changed to match original description | Bobrinski, N.A. 1926. Пледварительное сообщение о летучих мышах (Chiroptepa) из Центральной Азии. Доклады Академии наук СССР (A)1926:95-98. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Lophiomys imhausi | Lophiomys imhausii | spelling change | specific epithet spelling changed to match original description | Milne-Edwards, A. 1867-02-06. La note suivante sur un nouveau Rongeur, le Lophiomys Imhausii, a été communiquée par M. Alph. Milne-Edwards. L'Institut 35(1727):46-47. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Parascaptor leucurus | Parascaptor leucura | spelling change | specific epithet spelling changed to match original description | Blyth, E. 1850. Description of a new species of mole (Talpa leucura, Blyth). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 19:215-217. URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128924 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Saguinus weddelli | Saguinus weddellii | spelling change | specific epithet spelling changed to match original description | Deville, É. 1849. Description de quelques Mammifères et Oiseaux nouveaux de l'Amérique méridionale. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)1:55-58. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Urva brachyura | Urva brachyurus | spelling change | specific epithet spelling changed to match original description | Gray, J.E. 1837. A series of Mammalia selected from the collection of the Society was exhibited. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836(46):87-88. URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570814 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Abrothrix andina | Abrothrix gossei | split | split from A. andina | Tammone, M. N., Cuellar Soto, E., Voglino, D., & Pardiñas, U. F. (2025). New genetic data unveil taxonomic complexity in the high-Andean sigmodontine Abrothrix andina (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Mammal Research, 70(1), 159-165. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Callosciurus caniceps | Callosciurus concolor | split | split from C. caniceps | Hinckley, A., Maldonado, J.E., Tamura, N., Leonard, J.A. and Hawkins, M.T.R. 2024. Lost in synonymy: Integrative species delimitation reveals two unrecognized species of Southern Asian tree squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae: Callosciurinae). Vertebrate Zoology 74:683-707. doi:10.3897/vz.74.e133467 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Capromys pilorides | Capromys geayi | split | split from C. pilorides | Henriksen, R.A., Woods, R., Barnes, I., Kennerley, R.J., Borroto-Páez, R., Brace, S. and Turvey, S.T. 2024. Genomics of historical museum collections clarifies species diversity in Cuban hutias (Capromys). Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae090 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Coendou quichua | Coendou rothschildi | split | split from C. quichua | Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Mazepa, G. O., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Suárez-Castro, A. F., Colmenares-Pinzón, J. E., Pulido-Santacruz, P., & Noguera-Urbano, E. A. (2025). A review of the Quichua Porcupine Coendou quichua complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) with the description of a new species from Colombia. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae140. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Crocidura gueldenstaedtii | Crocidura cypria | split | split from C. gueldenstaedtii | Gritsyshin, V.A., Lisenkova, A.A., Speranskaya, A.S., Artyushin, I.V., Sheftel, B.I., Лебедев, В.С. and Bannikova, A.A. 2023. Multilocus analysis of phylogenetic relationships in the Crocidura suaveolens sensu lato species complex: A comparison with mitochondrial data. Doklady Biological Sciences 509(1):128-134. doi:10.1134/S0012496623700308 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Crocidura gueldenstaedtii | Crocidura fimbriata | split | split from C. gueldenstaedtii; split under the name mimula, but fimbriata (Wagler, 1832) has nomenclatural priority | Turni, H., Hutterer, R. and Asher, R.J. 2007. Type specimens of "insectivoran" mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Zootaxa 1470(1):1-33. · Gritsyshin, V.A., Lisenkova, A.A., Speranskaya, A.S., Artyushin, I.V., Sheftel, B.I., Лебедев, В.С. and Bannikova, A.A. 2023. Multilocus analysis of phylogenetic relationships in the Crocidura suaveolens sensu lato species complex: A comparison with mitochondrial data. Doklady Biological Sciences 509(1):128-134. doi:10.1134/S0012496623700308 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Crocidura gueldenstaedtii | Crocidura iculisma | split | split from C. gueldenstaedtii | Gritsyshin, V.A., Lisenkova, A.A., Speranskaya, A.S., Artyushin, I.V., Sheftel, B.I., Лебедев, В.С. and Bannikova, A.A. 2023. Multilocus analysis of phylogenetic relationships in the Crocidura suaveolens sensu lato species complex: A comparison with mitochondrial data. Doklady Biological Sciences 509(1):128-134. doi:10.1134/S0012496623700308 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Crocidura leucodon | Crocidura persica | split | split from Crocidura leucodon | Mahmoudi, A., Shad, H. H., & Kryštufek, B. (2025). White-toothed shrew (genus Crocidura) diversity in Iran: Molecular evidence and taxonomic implications. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 314, 149-158. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Dendromus insignis | Dendromus abyssinicus | split | split from D. insignis | Mulualem, G., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Mikula, O., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y. and Bryja, J. 2024. Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (in press). doi:10.1007/s13127-024-00659-6 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Eozapus setchuanus | Eozapus vicinus | split | split from E. setchuanus | Yang, S., Xie, F., Zhou, C., Zhang, Z., Wang, X., Liu, S., & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Eozapus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Zapodidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(2), 597-608. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Geomys pinetis | Geomys mobilensis | split | split from G. pinetis | Duncan, S. I., McCleery, R. A., Carneiro, C. M., Pynne, J. T., Parsons, E. I., Conner, L. M., ... & Austin, J. D. (2024). Genetic support for discrete conservation units of the fossorial rodent Geomys pinetis. Conservation Genetics, 25(5), 1087-1101. · Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Hipposideros galeritus | Hipposideros brachyotus | split | split from H. galeritus | Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Srinivasulu, A., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Amarasinghe, C.J., Siriwardana, S., Kaur, H., Mannakkara, A., Soisook, P., Kamalakannan, M., Yapa, W.B. and Srinivasulu, C. 2025-02-25. Taxonomic revision of the South Asian allies of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846. Zootaxa 5590(4):507-530. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Lagidium viscacia | Lagidium moreni | split | split from L. viscacia | Teta, P., & Lucero, S. O. (2017). Notes on the taxonomy of mountain viscachas of the genus Lagidium Meyen 1833 (Rodentia: Chinchillidae). Therya, 8(1), 27-33. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Lagidium viscacia | Lagidium peruanum | split | split from L. viscacia | Teta, P., & Lucero, S. O. (2017). Notes on the taxonomy of mountain viscachas of the genus Lagidium Meyen 1833 (Rodentia: Chinchillidae). Therya, 8(1), 27-33. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Lyroderma lyra | Lyroderma sinense | split | split from L. lyra | Feng, L., Győrössy, D., Portela Miguez, R., Kokkini, P., Görföl, T., Khan, S.A., Saikia, U., Talmale, S.S., Yu, W.-h., Liu, S.-y., Jiang, T.-l. and Csorba, G. 2024. A reassessment of the taxonomic status and distribution of the subspecies of Lyroderma lyra (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae). Contributions to Zoology (in press). doi:10.1163/18759866-bja10073 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Manis pentadactyla | Manis aurita | split | split from M. pentadactyla; recently described under the new name indoburmica, but the older name aurita Hodgson, 1836 has nomenclatural priority over indoburmica and is used here | Wangmo, L. K., Ghosh, A., Dolker, S., Joshi, B. D., Sharma, L. K., & Thakur, M. (2025). Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica): a novel phylogenetic species of pangolin evolved in Asia. Mammalian Biology, 1-8. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys bottae | Megascapheus baileyi | split | split from Thomomys (now Megascapheus) bottae | Bradley, R. D., Pham, A. T., Rich, K. A., Roberts, E. K., Soniat, T. J., Poehlein, C. M., Mills, M. N., Ballard, M., Pitts, R. M., Lindsey, L. L., Halsey, M. K., Ray, D. A., Stevens, R. D., Schmidly, D. J., & Wright, E. A. (2023). Genetic identification of pocket gophers (genera Cratogeomys, Geomys, and Thomomys) in Texas and surrounding areas. Museum of Texas Tech University, Special Publications, 78, 1-120. · Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys bottae | Megascapheus connectens | split | split from Thomomys (now Megascapheus) bottae | Bradley, R. D., Pham, A. T., Rich, K. A., Roberts, E. K., Soniat, T. J., Poehlein, C. M., Mills, M. N., Ballard, M., Pitts, R. M., Lindsey, L. L., Halsey, M. K., Ray, D. A., Stevens, R. D., Schmidly, D. J., & Wright, E. A. (2023). Genetic identification of pocket gophers (genera Cratogeomys, Geomys, and Thomomys) in Texas and surrounding areas. Museum of Texas Tech University, Special Publications, 78, 1-120. · Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys bottae | Megascapheus fulvus | split | split from Thomomys (now Megascapheus) bottae | Bradley, R. D., Pham, A. T., Rich, K. A., Roberts, E. K., Soniat, T. J., Poehlein, C. M., Mills, M. N., Ballard, M., Pitts, R. M., Lindsey, L. L., Halsey, M. K., Ray, D. A., Stevens, R. D., Schmidly, D. J., & Wright, E. A. (2023). Genetic identification of pocket gophers (genera Cratogeomys, Geomys, and Thomomys) in Texas and surrounding areas. Museum of Texas Tech University, Special Publications, 78, 1-120. · Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys bottae | Megascapheus laticeps | split | split from Thomomys (now Megascapheus) bottae | Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys bottae | Megascapheus nigricans | split | split from Thomomys (now Megascapheus) bottae | Trujano-Alvarez, A. L., & Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2013). Phylogenetic structure among pocket gopher populations, genus Thomomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae), on the Baja California Peninsula. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 168(4), 873-891. · Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Thomomys bottae | Megascapheus ruidosae | split | split from Thomomys (now Megascapheus) bottae | Bradley, R. D., Pham, A. T., Rich, K. A., Roberts, E. K., Soniat, T. J., Poehlein, C. M., Mills, M. N., Ballard, M., Pitts, R. M., Lindsey, L. L., Halsey, M. K., Ray, D. A., Stevens, R. D., Schmidly, D. J., & Wright, E. A. (2023). Genetic identification of pocket gophers (genera Cratogeomys, Geomys, and Thomomys) in Texas and surrounding areas. Museum of Texas Tech University, Special Publications, 78, 1-120. · Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Meriones meridianus | Meriones dahli | split | split from M. penicilliger | Zemlemerovac, E. D., & Matrosovad, V. A. (2024). Genetic variation and taxonomic status of Dahl’s jird (Meriones dahli, rodentia, muridae). ЗООЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ, 103(3), 107-115. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Oxymycterus paramensis | Oxymycterus akodontius | split | split from O. paramensis | Jayat, J. P., Torres, R., D’Elía, G., de Oliveira, J. A., Ortiz, P. E., & Teta, P. (2024). An integrative approach to the taxonomy of Oxymycterus paramensis (Rodentia, Cricetidae) and related nominal forms. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae130. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Rhinolophus landeri | Rhinolophus axillaris | split | split from R. landeri | Patterson, B.D., Demos, T.C., Torrent, L., Grunwald, A.L., Montauban, C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., McDonough, M.M., Dick, C.W., Bartonjo, M., Schoeman, M.Corrie, Ruedas, L.A. and Juste, J. 2024-09-13. Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Rhinolophus landeri | Rhinolophus dobsoni | split | split from R. landeri | Patterson, B.D., Demos, T.C., Torrent, L., Grunwald, A.L., Montauban, C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., McDonough, M.M., Dick, C.W., Bartonjo, M., Schoeman, M.Corrie, Ruedas, L.A. and Juste, J. 2024. Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae085 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Scaptonyx fusicauda | Scaptonyx affinis | split | split from S. fusicauda | Song, W.-y., Chen, Z.-z., Li, Q., Hu, W.-h., Zhou, H.-W., Xie, M.-R., Li, X.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-03-15. Taxonomic revision of the Long-tailed Mole (Talpidae: Scaptonyx) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains. Journal of Mammalogy (in press). |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Sminthopsis virginiae | Sminthopsis nitela | split | split from S. virginiae | Umbrello, L.S., Newton, H., Baker, A.M., Travouillon, K.J. and Westerman, M. 2024. Vicariant speciation resulting from biogeographic barriers in the Australian tropics: The case of the red-cheeked dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae). Ecology and Evolution 14(8):e70215. doi:10.1002/ece3.70215 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Tamiops mcclellandii | Tamiops barbei | split | split from T. mcclellandii | Hinckley, A., Maldonado, J.E., Tamura, N., Leonard, J.A. and Hawkins, M.T.R. 2024. Lost in synonymy: Integrative species delimitation reveals two unrecognized species of Southern Asian tree squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae: Callosciurinae). Vertebrate Zoology 74:683-707. doi:10.3897/vz.74.e133467 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Tscherskia triton | Tscherskia ningshaanensis | split | split from T. triton | Jiang, H.-j., Wang, X.-m., Yang, Y., Pan, X., Liu, S.-y. and Lu, J. 2024. Tscherskia ningshaanensis: A neglected species based on phylogenetic and taxonomic analysis of Tscherskia and Cansumys (Cricetidae, Rodentia). Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(4):1231-1241. doi:10.3897/zse.100.128567 |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | Urocitellus mollis | Urocitellus idahoensis | split | split from U. mollis | McLean, B. S., Rickart, E. A., Cook, J. A., Guralnick, R. P., Burgin, C. J., & Lohr, K. (2024). Integrative species delimitation reveals an Idaho-endemic ground squirrel, Urocitellus idahoensis (Merriam 1913). Journal of Mammalogy, gyae135. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Micromyini | tribe change | Micromys moved from Rattini to Micromyini | Liu, S., Zhao, S., Wang, J., Fu, C., Wang, X., Liu, S., & Chen, S. (2025). New insights into the mitogenomic phylogeny and evolutionary history of Murinae (Rodentia, Muridae) with the description of a new tribe. ZooKeys, 1233, 55. |
| v2.1 | April 6, 2025 | NA | Vernayini | tribe change | recently described tribe to include Vernaya | Liu, S., Zhao, S., Wang, J., Fu, C., Wang, X., Liu, S., & Chen, S. (2025). New insights into the mitogenomic phylogeny and evolutionary history of Murinae (Rodentia, Muridae) with the description of a new tribe. ZooKeys, 1233, 55. |