User talk:Ucucha/List of mammals

New information on the taxonomy of mammals is continuously being published. I will update it once a month with new information published during that month. If you have any suggestions for those updates, please list them here. Thanks, Ucucha 14:36, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

October 2009

 * Nasuella meridensis - Helgen, K.M.; Kays, R.; Helgen, L.E.; Tsuchiya-Jerep, M.T.N.; Pinto, C.M.; Koepfli, K.-P.; Eizirik, E.; Maldonado, J.E. 2009. Taxonomic boundaries and geographic distributions revealed by an integrative systematic overview of the mountain coatis, Nasuella (Carnivora: Procyonidae). Small Carnivore Conservation 41: 65-74. Burmeister (talk) 15:09, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it's been included now. Ucucha 22:03, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

January 2010

 * Nyctophilus shirleyae and N. corbeni --> sp. nov.; N. sherrini, N. daedalus and N. major --> distinct species (formerly subspecies) -- Reference: H.E. Parnaby. 2009. A taxonomic review of Australian Greater Long-eared Bats previously known as Nyctophilus timoriensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and some associated taxa. Australian Zoologist. 35. (1): 39-81. Abstract Burmeister (talk) 23:39, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Great, will try to find if I can get the full text. Ucucha 07:14, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I will sent to your email a pdf copy. Burmeister (talk) 14:05, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Genus Ovis: 6 species - O. orientalis, O. vignei, O. ammon, O. nivicola, O. dalli and O. canadensis. -- Reference: Rezaei, H.R. et al. 2010. Evolution and taxonomy of the wild species of the genus Ovis (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Bovidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 315–326. Burmeister (talk) 00:53, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks; I know it already, but it was still in press the previous time around. I wonder what they did to Ovis aries, though. Ucucha 07:14, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Calomys cerqueirai sp. nov. -- Reference: Bonvicino, C.R. et al.. 2010. A new species of Calomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Eastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2336: 19–25 open access. Burmeister (talk) 21:37, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Great! They should have cleaned the holotype better, though, with all that fluffy stuff on its mandible. Ucucha 21:43, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

February 2010

 * Eptesicus lobatus sp. nov. --> Zagorodniuk I. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in Eptesicus “serotinus” (Mammalia). Visnyk Lviv University. Series Biology 51. Burmeister (talk) 20:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Good, I'll include it in the February update soon. Ucucha 21:27, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Some notes:
 * "Elephantulus pilirostris" --> Elephantulus pilicaudus
 * "Styloctenium mindorense" --> Styloctenium mindorensis
 * mindorense is actually correct, although the describer used mindorensis. I'm preparing a paper on this and a few other nomenclatural matters. Ucucha 04:16, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Tadarida australis --> is allocated in Mormopterus genus

A doubt: E. zebra and E. hartmannae, distinct species or just one species with two subspecies? Groves and Bell (2004) study support distinct species (morphological analyses), but Moodley and Hartley 2005 not (molecular analyses). Quote from Moodley: "the hypothesis that Cape and Hartmann’s mountain zebra mitochondrial lineages were reciprocally monophyletic was not supported. However, the presence of private alleles at nuclear loci rendered the two subspecies genetically distinct evolutionary significant units." Burmeister (talk) 00:29, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Another suggestions:
 * Hexaprotodon liberiensis --> Choeropsis liberiensis (Reference: Boisserie, J-R. 2005. The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 1-26.)
 * Cebus queirozi --> Cebus flavius (the name flavius have priority over queirozi) (Reference: de Oliveira, M.M.; Langguth, A. 2006. Rediscovery of Marcgrave’s capuchin monkey and designation of a neotype for Simia flavia Schreber, 1774 (Primates, Cebidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional: Nova Série: Zoologia 523: 1–16)
 * Iniidae --> Iniidae + Pontoporiidae + Lipotidae (the one family arrangement is polyphyletic) (References: 1. Hamilton, H.; Caballero, S.; Collins, A.G.; Brownell, R.L. 2001. Evolution of river dolphins. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268: 549-558; 2. Yang, G.; Zhou, K.; Ren, W. ; Ji, G.; Liu, S.; Bastida, R.; Rivero, L. Molecular systematics of river dolphins inferred from complete mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene sequences. Marine Mammal Sciece 18 (1): 20 - 29; 3. Yan, J.; Zhou, K.; Yang, G.; 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of ‘river dolphins’ and the baiji mitochondrial genome. Molecular Phylogenet. Evol. 37: 743–750.; 4. May-Collado & Agnarsson. 2006. Cytochrome b and Bayesian inference of whale phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38: 344–3545. 5. Perrin, Würsig & Thewissen. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals 2. ed. 2008; 6. Jefferson, Webber & Pitman. Marine Mammals of the World: A comprehensive guide to their identification. 1ed. 2008)
 * Minopterus griffithsi sp. nov. (now published) (Reference: S. M. Goodman, C. P. Maminirina, H. M. Bradman, L. Christidis, B. R. Appleton. Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the endemic Malagasy bat Miniopterus gleni (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae), with the description of a new species, M. griffithsi. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 48 (1) (February 2010)) Burmeister (talk) 13:43, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

More two suggestions:
 * Aotus hershkovitzi --> junior synonym of Aotus lemurinus (References: Defler, T. R., Bueno, M. L. and Hernández-Camacho, J. I. 2001. Taxonomic status of Aotus hershkovitzi: Its relationship to Aotus lemurinus lemurinus. Neotropical Primates 9: 37–52.; Defler, T. R. and Bueno, M. L. 2003. Karyological guidelines for Aotus taxonomy. American Journla of Primatology 60(1): 134–135; Defler, T. R. and Bueno, M. L. 2007. Aotus diversity and the species problem. Primate Conservation 22: 55-70.)
 * Nycticebus menagensis --> elevated to species level (References:Chen, J-H., Pan, D., Groves, C., Wang, Y.-X., Narushima, E., Fitch-Snyder, H., Crow, P., Thanh, V., Ryder, O., Zhang, H.-W., Fu, Y. and Zhang, Y. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of Nycticebus inferred from mitochondrial genes. International Journal of Primatology 27(4): 1187-1200; Nekaris, K. A. I. and Jaffe, S. 2007. Unexpected diversity within the Javan slow loris trade: implications for slow loris taxonomy. Contributions to Zoology 76: 187-196; Nekaris, K. A. I. and Munds, R. Using Facial Markings to Unmask Diversity: The Slow Lorises (Primates: Lorisidae: Nycticebus spp.) of Indonesia. In: Gursky-Doyen, S. and Supriatna, J. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects: Indonesian Primates, 2010.) Burmeister (talk) 01:51, 14 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for those suggestions. I'm planning to do a relatively big update this time, and will be reviewing the literature on issues like E. hartmannae, which you mentioned above; that's one of the reasons it's taking so long. Ucucha 01:55, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

The update is done now. I followed most of your suggestions (thanks again for bringing them here!). Do you have a PDF for the Nekaris and Munds piece about Nycticebus? I was unable to find it. Ucucha 04:16, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yes, I have, and sent to your email a pdf copy. Regards Burmeister (talk) 13:07, 20 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Genus Herpestes is paraphyletic. Taxonomic implications: Herpestes ichneumon belongs to Herpestes; H. naso belongs to Xenogale; others species belongs to Urva (Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836); Urva brachyura (Gray, 1836); Urva edwardsii (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818); Urva fusca (Waterhouse, 1838); Urva javanica (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818); Urva semitorquata (Gray, 1846); Urva smithii (Gray, 1837); Urva urva (Hodgson, 1836); Urva vitticolla (Bennett, 1835)). Reference: Patou et al. (2009). Molecular phylogeny of the Herpestidae with a special emphasis in Asian Herpestes. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 53: 69-80. Burmeister (talk) 00:26, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Murina eleryi sp. nov. and Rhinolophus thailandensis sp. nov. --> Acta Chiropterologica volume 11, december 2009. Burmeister (talk) 13:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

April 2010
More two suggestions for update list. Burmeister (talk) 17:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Myotis flavus - recognized as a species from M. formosus - Zootaxa paper
 * Poephagus - recognized as full genus - Zootaxa paper

June 2010

 * Microtus nasarovi - distinct species, formerly conspecific with M. daghestanicus (Kuliev & Bickham. 2010. Karyological Relationships and Biodiversity of the Pine Voles of Azerbaijan: Differentiation of Species from the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains. Occasional Papers 291). Note: IUCN already recognise as distinct species. Burmeister (talk) 01:13, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Notospermophilus should be Notocitellus. &mdash;innotata 00:38, 19 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Kogiidae split from Physeteridae --> Perrin, Würsig & Thewissen. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals 2. ed. 2008; Jefferson, Webber & Pitman. Marine Mammals of the World: A comprehensive guide to their identification. 1ed. 2008; Bianucci & Landini, Fossil History in Miller (ed.) Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Cetacea, 2007; and Bianucci, G. and Landini, W. 2006. Killer sperm whale: a new basal physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Miocene of Italy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148 (1): 103-131. Burmeister (talk) 22:43, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

July 2010
. Burmeister (talk) 20:37, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Peropteryx pallidoptera sp. nov. - Lim et al. American Museum Novitates 3686, 2010.
 * Marmosa macrotarus and Marmosa waterhousei, species distinct from M. murina - Gutiérrez et al., American Museum Novitates 3692, 2010.
 * Thanks for those; I'd forgotten to add them here. Ucucha 12:31, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

August 2010
Reference: Asher et al. (2010). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:69. Burmeister (talk) 20:57, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Move Carpitalpa arendsi to Amblysominae;
 * Elevate Huetia to generic status to include the species leucorhinus (former Calcochloris);

Nomascus nasutus
No mention of Nomascus nasutus? Cheers, Jack (talk) 15:23, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm following MSW3 here, which includes N. nasutus in N. concolor. I'll have to review the literature since then to decide whether to change that. Ucucha 15:27, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm also omitting Nomascus annamensis, I notice. Changed now. Ucucha 15:38, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, I have no idea how you get your head round such a massive list, it's a brilliant resource though! I've just updated the primate article requests with some of the information. Cheers, Jack (talk) 15:58, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Rhinopithecus strykeri is missing too!. Cheers Burmeister (talk) 17:22, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * My bad... I must follow the primates more closely. I'll correct it the next time I update the wiki list. Ucucha 18:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * To expand on this—In many cases, especially in the primates, I'll have to review the literature in more detail to make sure the taxonomy listed here is in accordance with current evidence. The IUCN Red List uses a different taxonomy in several places, for example. Ucucha 18:22, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Mico rondoni (Ferrari et al. Int. J. Primat. 2010) is another missing species and maybe convenient revise Callithrix four-way split: Callithrix, Calibella, Cebuella and Mico (Rylands, A. B., Mittermeier, R. A. and Coimbra-Filho, A. F. 2008. The systematics and distributions of the marmosets (Callithrix, Callibella, Cebuella, and Mico) and callimico (Callimico) (Callitrichidae, Primates). In: S. M. Ford, L. C. Davis and L. Porter (eds), The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation, Springer, New York, USA.). Regards Burmeister (talk) 01:23, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
 * One more reference: Rylands, A.B. and Mittermeier, R.A. (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB. South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Bahavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54.

More about primates: Regards, Burmeister (talk) 21:13, 28 February 2011 (UTC) Some more for Neotropical primates. Burmeister (talk) 20:49, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Trachypithecus/Semnopithecus - move vetulus, pileatus, geei and johnii from Trachypithecus to Semnopithecus (Karanth et al. 2008; Osterholz et al. 2008; Fabre et al. 2009)
 * Galago polyphyletic - Euoticus possible a synonym of Galago; Galagoides and Sciurocheirus possible deserves genera status (Masters & Brothers, 2002; Grubb et al. 2003; Stiner & Turmelle, 2003; Grubb, 2006; Masters et al., 2007; Fabre et al. 2009)
 * Procolobus/Piliocolobus (Grubb et al. 2003; Grubb 2006; Ting, 2008; Cardini et al. 2009; Fabre et al. 2009)
 * Saguinus graellsi --> subspecies of nigricollis (Defler, 2004 (Primates of Colombia, book); Rylands et al. 2011; Matauschek et al. in press)
 * Saguinus pileatus --> subspecies of mystax ("Groves (2001), however, found that while two, mystax and pluto, were quite similar, the form pileatus is quite distinct, and he listed it as a separate species, S. pileatus. The problem with this is that pileatus is sandwiched between the ranges of mystax and pluto, separating them geographically, and indicating that if pileatus is not a subspecies of mystax, then pluto too must be a distinct species" in Rylands & Mittermeier, 2009)
 * Matauschek et al. in press (Am. J. Phys. Anthrop.): Saguinus fuscicollis is polyphyletic (suggest species status for fuscicollis, illigeri, lagonotus, leucogenys, nigrifrons, and weddelli (including melanoleucus as subspecies)
 * Aotidae --> Aotinae (include in Cebidae) (?) - Opazo et al. 2006; Wildman et al. 2009; Osterholz et al. 2009
 * Thanks for those suggestions; I'll work on them soon. Ucucha 14:32, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

I've now implemented most. I've left the galagos alone for now, because while the current generic classification is clearly incorrect, no one seems to be confidently proposing an alternative. Not sure what you mean for Procolobus/Pilicolobus. Ucucha 23:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Procolobus/Pilicolobus, was about Procolobus include Pilicolobus, but you already done this ;) Burmeister (talk) 00:03, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

February 2011
Hi, some suggestions/observations: Regards, Burmeister (talk) 01:52, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thylamys cinderella (synonym of T. venustus) - Giarla et al. BAMNH 346, 2010
 * Sus bucculentus (possible not a full species) - Robins et al. Nature 440, 2006
 * Eutamias sibiricus is assigned in Tamias, and Eutamias is empty, possible an error
 * Lagostrophinae Prideaux & Warburton, 2008 or 2010?
 * Thanks, including for correcting those two errors of mine. I've left Sus bucculentus as it is, because Robins et al. (2006) are leaving the possibility open that it is, after all, a distinct species. Ucucha 23:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * One new species: Rhinolophus schnitzleri - Zoological Science 28 (3): 235-241. Burmeister (talk) 00:06, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, forgot about that one. Thanks again. Ucucha 00:11, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

August 2011

 * Smit et al. J. Zoology : June 2011: "Elephantulus is paraphyletic, and that Petrodromus and Macroscelides should be subsumed in Elephantulus". Regards Burmeister (talk) 21:28, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That's not possible, since both Macroscelides Smith, 1829, and Petrodromus Peters, 1846, have priority over Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann, 1906; and indeed, Smit et al. (2011) don't formally propose it. What I think may ultimately happen is that Elephantulus gets split up into four or so genera—that would yield a more taxonomically informative classification than lumping all members of Macroscelidinae in a single genus.
 * But thanks for the report. Are there any other things I missed? Ucucha (talk) 23:19, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I just read the abstract, then, i don't known much about the result and formally taxonomic implications of it. I just want report the article. Thanks for explanations. Burmeister (talk) 01:09, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

April 2012
is clearly wrong, since sdkf is not a DOI.

May 2012

 * Macroscelides flavicaudatus - Dumbacher et al. Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Round-Eared Sengis or Elephant-Shrews, Genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea). PLoS One. 2012; 7(3): e32410.

Three splits that i see in IUCN:
 * Neophocaenoides asiaeorientalis - Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.C., Wang, B.J. and Wang, L.S. 2010. Distinguishing between two species of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides and N. asiaeorientalis) in areas of sympatry. Mammalia 74 (3): 305–310; and Jefferson, T. A. and J. Y. Wang. 2011. Revision of the taxonomy of finless porpoises (genus Neophocaena): the existence of two species. Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology 4:3-16.
 * Thylamys citellus and pulchellus - Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Flores, D. and La Sancha, N. 2009. Diversity and distribution of the mouse opossums of the Genus Thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in northeastern and central Argentina. Gayana 73(2): 180 73(2): 180-199.

- Burmeister (talk) 17:52, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks; all will be incorporated. Ucucha (talk) 13:08, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

This (and some of the other lists) are getting so big that the number of Cite templates used is so large that Reflist no longer works, and possibly some of the later Cite templates might start to fail too. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 18:11, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

January 2013
A 2012 new species missing:
 * Monodelphis gardneri - Solari, S. et al. 2012: A new species of Monodelphis (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from the montane forests of central Peru. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 125 (3): 295-307. Burmeister (talk) 15:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and sorry for missing it. The bot is now running an update to add this species. Ucucha (talk) 15:52, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

May 2013

 * Natalus macrourus (Gervais, 1856) (Chiroptera: Natalidae) is a senior synonym of Natalus espiritosantensis (Ruschi, 1951) Burmeister (talk) 20:30, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Cryptotis venezuelensis sp. nov. Quiroga-Carmona, 2013 Burmeister (talk) 22:02, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Also: . Thanks! Ucucha (talk) 23:16, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

New listing of marine mammal species and subspecies
Have you seen the | Oct 2014 release from the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) Taxonomy Committee - with references.

As the chair of the Education Committee of the SMM, I also though you might be inserted in participating in the Marine Mammal WikiSprint that the SMM is hosting. Many of the marine mammal articles have outdated taxonomy and are still listed under the Order Cetacea rather than Cetartiodactyla - among many other inconsistencies.

My best, ShaneGero (talk) 10:35, 8 January 2015 (UTC)