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Welcome to WikiProject Mammals, a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to mammals. If you would like to help, please see below, inquire on the talk page.

Our goals

To improve Wikipedia's coverage of mammals by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles.
To serve as the central point of mammals-related article discussion.
To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles about mammals.

Our scope: WikiProject Mammals focuses on all mammals, whether common or obscure, living or extinct.

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News[edit]

Today's featured articles

07 Apr 2023 – Beaver (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Categories for discussion

29 Mar 2023 – Category:Bear dogs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

02 Apr 2023 – Giant wombat (talk · edit · hist) →Diprotodon was RfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion
25 Mar 2023 – War pigs (talk · edit · hist) →War pig was RfDed by Red-tailed hawk (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

24 Mar 2023 – List of phalangeriformes (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion
05 Mar 2023 – List of macropodiformes (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

22 Feb 2023 – Balearic shrew (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Asoriculus by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion
29 Nov 2022 – Pachycetus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Platyosphys by Plantdrew (t · c); see discussion
27 Nov 2022 – Ethegotherium (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Prohegetotherium by Magnatyrannus (t · c); see discussion
23 Aug 2022 – Sagmatias (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lagenorhynchus by HFoxii (t · c); see discussion

Editing activity[edit]

11 edits	2023 in paleomammalogy
10 edits	Straight-tusked elephant
9 edits	African bush elephant
9 edits	Palaeoloxodon recki
9 edits	Vombatiformes
8 edits	Galápagos sea lion
7 edits	Panthera blytheae
7 edits	Muskrat
6 edits	Singapore whiskered bat
6 edits	Tiger conservation

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 2 April 2023 by HotArticlesBot.

Subprojects and work group[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/Bats Task Force
Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats
Wikipedia:WikiProject Cetaceans (semi-active)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Dogs
Wikipedia:WikiProject Equine
Wikipedia:WikiProject Monotremes and Marsupials (inactive)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Primates (semi-active)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Rodents (semi-active)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/Weasels work group (inactive)

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Guidelines[edit]

The Third edition of Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World (2005) is the basis for the taxonomic framework used by WikiProject Mammals. The MSW3 classification may be overridden by the conclusions of more recent studies which are widely accepted in secondary sources. MSW3 listings can be found online at the Bucknell University here. (Note: there are some differences between the print edition and the online database. For instance, the online database shows three subspecies of dhole^[1] whereas the print edition lists seven.^[2])

The Mammal Diversity Database is a new resource that reflects taxonomic changes since the publication of MSW3. It is accepted practice to override the MSW3 taxonomy if both the Mammal Diversity Database and IUCN agree on the change.[1]

^ "Mammal Species of the World - Browse: alpinus". www.departments.bucknell.edu.
^ Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reader, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.

[1] "Mammal Species of the World - Browse: alpinus". www.departments.bucknell.edu.

[2] Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reader, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.

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