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State of the Knowledge Base: Mammals DeeAnn M. Reeder Department of Biology, Boston University

State of the Knowledge Base: Mammals DeeAnn M. Reeder Department of Biology, Boston University. Number of species: 4629 extant and recently extinct* 97.5% ( 4512 species ) are terrestrial**

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State of the Knowledge Base: Mammals DeeAnn M. Reeder Department of Biology, Boston University

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  1. State of the Knowledge Base: Mammals DeeAnn M. Reeder Department of Biology, Boston University

  2. Number of species: • 4629 extant and recently extinct* • 97.5% (4512species) are terrestrial** • * Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.). 1993 Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 2nd Edition. • ** F. Russell Cole, DeeAnn M. Reeder, Don E. Wilson. 1994. A Synopsis of Distribution Patterns and the Conservation of Mammal Species. Journal of Mammalogy, 75:266-276.

  3. Global Distribution: Palearctic Nearctic Oriental Ethiopian Neotropical Australian

  4. Global Distribution: 30 Total Species Endemic Species 25 20 Percent of all species 15 10 5 0 Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian

  5. Monotremata (3) & Marsupials (272) 3 100 Monotremata 196 80 Marsupials 60 Percent of all species 1 40 68 23 20 6 0 Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian

  6. Percent of all species Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian Insectivora (428) 50 179 40 125 30 78 20 55 25 10 0

  7. Percent of all species Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian Chiroptera (925) 35 278 30 248 25 193 20 134 132 134 15 10 5 0

  8. Percent of all species Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian Primates (233) 88 40 85 35 30 54 25 20 15 22 10 5 4 1 0

  9. Percent of all species Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian Carnivora (271) 35 81 74 77 30 25 51 20 47 15 10 5 1 0

  10. Percent of all species Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian Perissodactyla (18) & Artiodactyla (220) Perissodactyla 50 Artiodactyla 90 7 40 6 68 64 30 4 3 20 20 10 1 13 0

  11. Percent of all species Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian Rodentia (2015) 568 30 25 374 368 367 350 20 15 139 10 5 0

  12. Percent of all species Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian Lagomorpha (80) 60 42 50 40 25 30 17 20 10 10 3 0

  13. Percent of all species Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Nearctic Neotropical Australian 2% Extinction 6 24 5 4 36 3 2 6 5 1 3 2 0

  14. State of the database: • dBase IV • http://nmnhwww.si.edu/msw/

  15. Using the data: nmnhwww.si.edu/msw/ • Hierarchically nested text of MSW • Synonyms database • Common names database • Bibliographic database • Maps for North American species • Selected photos • USNM Mammal collection at NMNH

  16. http://nmnhwww.si.edu/msw/

  17. Myotis lucifugus Author........ : (Le Conte, 1831). Citation...... : In McMurtie, Anim. Kingdom, 1(App.):431. Common Name... : Little Brown Bat Distribution.. :Alaska (USA) to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to Distrito Federal (Mexico). Type Locality. :USA, Georgia, Liberty Co., near Riceboro. Comments...... : Subgenus Leuconoe. Includes occultus; see Findley and Jones (1967ref). Hybridizes with …. Search USNM Collections for Myotis lucifugus

  18. Sample distribution listings: • Order • Family • Subfamily • Genus • Species

  19. Order Insectivora: Worldwide; Nearctic, Palearctic and Indomalayan Region, Africa, Madagascar

  20. Family Tenrecidae: Madagascar and Tropical Africa

  21. Subfamily Tenrecinae: Madagascar

  22. Echinops telfairi: (Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec) S. Madagascar

  23. Pteropus argentatus: • (Ambon Flying Fox) • Perhaps Amboina Isl. (Moluccas Isls, Indonesia) • known only from the type • Gray, 1844. Mammalia, in Voy. "Sulphur", Zool., 1:30.

  24. Procyon lotor: (Northern Raccoon) S Canada throughout USA (except parts of the Rocky Mtns), Mexico, and Central America to C Panama. Introductions into France, Germany and republics of the former USSR.

  25. Sylvilagus floridanus: (Eastern Cottontail) N, C, and W Venezuela (include- ing adjacent islands) and adjacent Colombia through Central Amer- ica (disjunct in part); to NW Mexico, Arizona, north and east to North Dakota, Minnesota, N Michigan, New York and Massachusetts, Atlantic Coast south and Florida Gulf Coast (USA) west to Mexico; also S Saskatchewan, S Ontario and SC Quebec (C Canada).

  26. Mammal Species – 3rd edition? • Changes at higher taxonomic level • (McKenna & Bell, 1997) • 26  29 Orders

  27. New Species Count? • 5000+ • Primates: 233  363 (22 new) • Chiroptera: 925  996

  28. More information • Common names • Synonym authorities • Subspecies • Better database?

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