Taxonomy news
This will likely be the last taxonomy update for a while. My teaching load has just been doubled and I’ll be catastrophically busy until at least April. 1. A new genus and sp
Taxonomy news
1. A new paper shows that otter genera Aonyx, Amblonyx, and Lutrogale should be synonymized under Lutra, and also that Congo clawless otter is a valid species. I have PDF. 2. Anoth
Taxonomy news
I haven’t posted these updates for a few months and this one might be incomplete. Sorry, the war in Ukraine has been a major distraction. 1. New shrew Chodsigoa dabieshanensi
Taxonomy news
1. A new paper argues that red mazama deer south of the Amazon should be considered a separate species Mazama rufa rather than M. americana. 2. Myotis keaysi from coastal Ecuador s
Taxonomy news
1. A review of alstoni species group of mouse opossums, with a description of Marmosa adleri (if you’ve seen “Alston’s mouse opossum” in Panama, that was it
Taxonomy news
Just a few today: 1. New tuco-tuco Ctenomys plebiscitum described from northern Patagonia. It apparently occurs in an urban park (42° 52′ 20.61″ S 70° 20′ 08.80″ W). Look
Taxonomy news
1. Another Thomasomys described: T. antoniobracki from N Peru (4.89429S 79.36761W). The link for downloading the PDF. 2. Bullimus carletoni described from S Luzon. 3. Three new spe
Taxonomy news
1. True’s beaked whales from the Southern Hemisphere split as a new species, Mesoplodon eueu. 2. When pygmy marmosets got split, it was unclear which of the two species shoul
Taxonomy news
Everything from the Neotropics today. 1. A cool open-access paper describing a new species Histiotus mochica from the coastal desert of northern Peru. Although currently known from
Taxonomy news
1. A new species Molossus melini described from the pampas of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. I have PDF if anyone’s interested. 2. A new book chapter providing more info on pr