Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2014

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Bradley, Robert D.; Ammerman, Loren K.; Baker, Robert J.; Bradley, Lisa C.; Cook, Joseph A.; Dowler, Robert C.; Jones, Clyde; Schmidly, David J.; Stangl, Frederick B., Jr.; Van Den Bussche, Ronald A.; Bernd Würsig

Source:

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Volume 327, p.1-27 (2014)

Call Number:

A14BRA01IDUS

URL:

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/publications/opapers/ops/OP327.pdf

Keywords:

mammals, SWAP

Abstract:

The Checklist of North American Mammals North of Mexico, 2003 has been revised to include recent taxonomic changes and additions, as well as to include new distribution records and introductions for this region. In this revision, 495 species, 180 genera, 48 families, and 12 orders are recognized, resulting in a net gain of 21 species, 14 genera, and 2 families since 2003. Relative to the 1973 version, the change in number of species resulted from 54 taxonomic changes, 12 distribution changes, addition of 27 introduced species, and one extinction. The greatest change since the initial checklist in 1973 has been in the number of genera (+28.4%), followed by species (+22.8%).

Notes:

ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology

SWAP (2/19/2016) citation [corrected]:
Bradley RD, Ammerman LK, Baker RJ, Bradley LC, Cook JA, Dowler RC, Jones C, Schmidly DJ, Stangl FB Jr., Van Den Bussche RA, et al. 2014. Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2014. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University. 327:1–27