Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2014

Title Variants

Alternative: Checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2014

Related Titles

Related/Analytical: Checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2003
Series: Occasional papers / Museum of Texas Tech University, number 327

By

Ammerman, Loren K. , author
Baker, Robert J. , author
Bradley, Lisa C , author
Bradley, Robert D. , author
Cook, Joseph A. , author
Dowler, Robert C. , author
Jones, Clyde, 1935- , author
Schmidly, David J., 1943- , author
Stangl, Frederick B., Jr. , author
Van Den Bussche, Ronald A. , author
Würsig, Bernd G. , author
Texas Tech University. Museum,
Texas Tech University. Natural Science Research Laboratory.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Lubbock, TX, Museum of Texas Tech University, [2014]

Notes

Caption title.

"Texas Tech University, Natural Science Research Laboratory."

"2 October 2014."

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%).

Subjects

Classification , Mammals , Nomenclature , North America

Call Number

AS36 .T4955 no. 327

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 910515043
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q109807392