A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: An update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989)

dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Michael
dc.contributor.authorGrubb, Peter
dc.contributor.authorGroves, Colin
dc.contributor.authorHutterer, Rainer
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Straeten, Erik
dc.contributor.authorSimmons, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorBergmans, Wim
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:48:37Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:42:03Z
dc.description.abstractWe provide a synthesis of all mammal taxa described from the African mainland, Madagascar and all surrounding islands in the 20 years since 1988, there by supplementing the earlier works of G.M. Allen (1939) and W.F.H. Ansell (1989), and bringing the list of African mammals described over the last 250 years current to December 2008. We list 175 new extant taxa, including five new genera, one new subgenus, 138 new species and 31 new subspecies, including remarks, where relevant, on the current systematic position of each taxon. Names of seven species of primates are emended, according to the requirements of the ICZN. The taxonomic group in which the largest number of new taxa has been described is the Primates, with two new genera, 47 new species and 11 new subspecies, while geographically the biggest increase in new species descriptions has been on the island of Madagascar, accounting for roughly half (67) of all new species described in the past 20 years. Nearly half of all new species listed currently are assessed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (49 of 101 listed species) suggesting further research is urgently needed to help clarify the status of those recently described species.
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/80161
dc.publisherMagnolia Press
dc.sourceZootaxa
dc.subjectKeywords: Mammalia; Primates African mammals; Species description; Taxonomy
dc.titleA synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: An update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989)
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2205
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage36
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.contributor.affiliationHoffmann, Michael, IUCN SSC Species Survival Commission
local.contributor.affiliationGrubb, Peter, no formal affiliation
local.contributor.affiliationGroves, Colin, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationHutterer, Rainer, Zoologisches Forschungsintitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
local.contributor.affiliationVan Der Straeten, Erik, N/A
local.contributor.affiliationSimmons, Nancy, American Museum of Natural History
local.contributor.affiliationBergmans, Wim, Zoölogisch Museum
local.contributor.authoremailu7400233@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidGroves, Colin, u7400233
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160102 - Biological (Physical) Anthropology
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB8472
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-70349459527
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByf5625
local.type.statusPublished Version

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