Identification trouble: American ermine
On the weekend with my spare time I sat and thought about the Mustela genus. Further In my research I saw on the mammal database and wikipedia that there were three species of stoa
Updated mammal taxonomy and new league tables for cetaceans, carnivores and ungulates
I’ve updated the global mammal taxonomy list to incorporate the latest updates to the Mammal Diversity Database. Plus – after popular request – we have added new
New Global Mammal List Update
Happy 2024 – and I hope the new year is starting well for everyone and will only get better. I got back to New York a week ago after a fun Christmas in Australia. Three hours
Status of Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs
I was recently browsing the Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (and I am glad I did not buy it) and was looking at lemurs specifically. It seems that in recent years
Taxonomy news
1. A new genus of rodents with three species described from Choco region. Must be rare: I’ve done a lot of trapping in Mindo where one of these occurs but never got it. 2. Ma
Split of Desert Shrew at the Colorado River
Here’s a split that makes sense. If you familiar with the split of wood rats into “West of the Colorado River” and “East of the Colorado River” units
Pampas Cat Split (5 Species?)
In a March 2020 article in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, the authors provide a wide suite of evidence for splitting the pampas cat complex five ways. Whether you a
Updated Mammalwatching Checklist @ August 2020
The latest version of my global mammal checklist is available here and also on Scythebill too. This update differs a little from previous ones. I focussed on improving the common
New species described
A couple new species descriptions: 1. A new Sorex shrew described from Honduras. The description is based on principal component analysis of just two available specimens; my unders
Taxonomy news
A couple taxonomy papers: 1. A proposed overhaul of squirrel taxonomy, breaking Sciurus squirrels of the New World into a large number of genera and leaving only three Old World sp