How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge

Connor J Burgin, Jelle S Zijlstra, Madeleine A Becker, Heru Handika, Jesse M Alston, Jane Widness, Schuyler Liphardt, David G Huckaby, Nathan S Upham

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DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf047
Published: 2025-09-14
Container: Journal of Mammalogy
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/jmammal/gyaf047,
  title = {How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge},
  author = {Connor J Burgin and Jelle S Zijlstra and Madeleine A Becker and Heru Handika and Jesse M Alston and Jane Widness and Schuyler Liphardt and David G Huckaby and Nathan S Upham},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Journal of Mammalogy},
  doi = {10.1093/jmammal/gyaf047},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf047}
}

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AU  - David G Huckaby
AU  - Nathan S Upham
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Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., & Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf047

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