state of the knowledge base: mammals deeann m. reeder department of biology, boston university
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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** - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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State of the Knowledge Base:
Mammals
DeeAnn M. ReederDepartment of Biology, Boston University
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Number of species:
• 4629 extant and recently extinct*
• 97.5% (4512 species) 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.
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Global Distribution:
Nearctic
Oriental
Palearctic
EthiopianNeotropical
Australian
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Endemic Species
Global Distribution:
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Monotremata
Marsupials
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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sMonotremata (3) & Marsupials (272)
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Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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sInsectivora (428)
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Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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sChiroptera (925)
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Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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sPrimates (233)
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Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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sCarnivora (271)
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Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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sPerissodactyla (18) & Artiodactyla (220)
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Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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sRodentia (2015)
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367 374 368
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Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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sLagomorpha (80)
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Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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State of the database:
• dBase IV
• http://nmnhwww.si.edu/msw/
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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
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http://nmnhwww.si.edu/msw/
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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
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Sample distribution listings:
• Order• Family• Subfamily• Genus• Species
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Worldwide; Nearctic, Palearctic and Indomalayan Region, Africa, Madagascar
Order Insectivora:
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Madagascar and Tropical Africa
Family Tenrecidae:
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Madagascar
Subfamily Tenrecinae:
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(Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec)
S. Madagascar
Echinops telfairi:
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(Ambon Flying Fox)
Perhaps Amboina Isl. (Moluccas Isls, Indonesia)
• known only from the type • Gray, 1844. Mammalia, in Voy.
"Sulphur", Zool., 1:30.
Pteropus argentatus:
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(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.
Procyon lotor:
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(Eastern Cottontail)
N, C, and W Venezuela (include-ing adjacent islands) and adjacentColombia 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).
Sylvilagus floridanus:
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Mammal Species – 3rd edition?
• Changes at higher taxonomic level (McKenna & Bell, 1997)
• 26 29 Orders
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New Species Count?
• 5000+
• Primates: 233 363 (22 new)
• Chiroptera: 925 996
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More information
• Common names
• Synonym authorities
• Subspecies
• Better database?