Taxonomy news
1. A proposal to split spotted skunks into 7 species (from current 4). The data might as well be interpreted to lump them into 3 or even 2 species, but looks like I’ve seen a
Taxonomy news
Just three this time. (1) A new shrew-mole Uropsilus dabieshanensis described from Anhui, China. It’s the first shrew-mole in eastern China, found in an isolated mountain ran
Taxonomy news
1. A new paper proposes novel classification of cottontails in SW USA and N Mexico. I’m attaching the distribution map from the paper. Eastern cottontails from AZ, NM and N M
Taxonomy news
1. Two new species of woolly giant flying squirrels, Eupetaurus tibetensis and E. nivamons, described from eastern Himalayan region. Here is a video of E. nivamons. 2. A proposal t
Taxonomy news
1. Thomasomys pardignasi described from the montane forests of the Cordilleras del Cóndor and Kutukú in Ecuador. 2. Gould’s long-eared bats from Western Australia split as
Taxonomy news
1. Crocidura narcondamica described from its namesake island in the Andamans. The island is remote but it has an endemic hornbill so there might be birding tours visiting it; it is
Taxonomy news
1. A big review of Vespertilionids of East Africa (I don’t have the full text yet). 2. A review of Marmosa opossums of western Amazon (open access). 3. A review of Brucepatte
More taxonomy news
Three more new species from the Neotropics (open access in the latest issue of J. Mamm.): 1. Oecomys matogrosensis split from O. catherinae. The new species occurs in Mato Grosso d
Taxonomy news
1. A really cool new jerboa was described a few years ago from China. It hasn’t made it into any checklists yet, and there’s no data on its life appearance, behavior et
Taxonomy news (updated)
The most interesting news bit is the new paper by Colella et al., proposing to split ermine (a. k. a. stoat, short-tailed weasel) into 3-4 species, one of them endemic to Haida Gwa