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Mammal Diversity Database

Name: Mammal Diversity Database
Creator: Mammal Diversity Database
Keywords: Mammalia, Species, Diversity, Checklist, Rodentia, Chiroptera, Artiodactyla, Richness, Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, FOS: Biological sciences

Mammal Diversity Database;

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Published: 24 Sep 2020

Publisher: Zenodo

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Abstract

Accurate taxonomy is central to the study of biological diversity, as it provides the needed evolutionary framework for taxon sampling and interpreting results. While the number of recognized species in the class Mammalia has increased through time, tabulation of those increases has relied on the sporadic release of revisionary compendia like the Mammal Species of the World (MSW) series. Here, we present the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD), a digital, publically accessible, and updateable list of all mammalian species, now available online: <a href="https://mammaldiversity.org">https://mammaldiversity.org</a>. The MDD will continue t...

doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4139818 , 10.5281/zenodo.4139788 , 10.5281/zenodo.4139723 ,

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free text keywords: Mammalia, Species, Diversity, Checklist, Rodentia, Chiroptera, Artiodactyla, Richness, Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, FOS: Biological sciences

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