Principles of taxonomy -- Formal classification of mammalia -- Review of mammalian classification -- Bibliography -- Index to technical names -- Index to vernacular ...

A REMARK made by Prof. Allen Thomson on this subject in a late number of NATURE induces me again to draw attention to some objections I offered to the placental classification in a review of Prof.

A living database reveals why the global count of mammal species keeps changing - and why accurate naming matters for ...

Bats, rodents, hedgehogs, and shrews are mammals among the orders that are predicted to have the most undescribed mammals. (Pictured: a bicolored shrew) Werner Korschinsky via Wikimedia Commons under ...

We often think that our world is an infinite realm comprising great plains, jungles and oceans, teeming with wild animals featured in memorable nature shows like the BBC's Planet Earth. But the first ...