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
State of the Knowledge Base:
Mammals
DeeAnn M. ReederDepartment of Biology, Boston University
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.
Global Distribution:
Nearctic
Oriental
Palearctic
EthiopianNeotropical
Australian
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20
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30
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
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Total Species
Endemic Species
Global Distribution:
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20
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60
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100
Monotremata
Marsupials
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
t o
f al
l sp
ecie
sMonotremata (3) & Marsupials (272)
6
68
1
23
3
196
0
10
20
30
40
50
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
t o
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sInsectivora (428)
5525
125
179
78
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
t o
f al
l sp
ecie
sChiroptera (925)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
134
248
134
193
278
132
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
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sPrimates (233)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
4
85
22
88
54
1
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
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sCarnivora (271)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
5147
74 7781
1
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
t o
f al
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ecie
sPerissodactyla (18) & Artiodactyla (220)
0
10
20
30
40
50Perissodactyla
Artiodactyla
1
34
7
6
1320
68
90
64
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
t o
f al
l sp
ecie
sRodentia (2015)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
350
568
367 374 368
139
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
t o
f al
l sp
ecie
sLagomorpha (80)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
25
3
42
10
17
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Nearctic Neotropical Palearctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
Per
cen
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s2% Extinction
2
36
5 63
24
State of the database:
• dBase IV
• http://nmnhwww.si.edu/msw/
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
http://nmnhwww.si.edu/msw/
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
Sample distribution listings:
• Order• Family• Subfamily• Genus• Species
Worldwide; Nearctic, Palearctic and Indomalayan Region, Africa, Madagascar
Order Insectivora:
Madagascar and Tropical Africa
Family Tenrecidae:
Madagascar
Subfamily Tenrecinae:
(Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec)
S. Madagascar
Echinops telfairi:
(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:
(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:
(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:
Mammal Species – 3rd edition?
• Changes at higher taxonomic level (McKenna & Bell, 1997)
• 26 29 Orders
New Species Count?
• 5000+
• Primates: 233 363 (22 new)
• Chiroptera: 925 996
More information
• Common names
• Synonym authorities
• Subspecies
• Better database?