Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals

WikiProject Mammals
Founded 28 February 2004
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Welcome to WikiProject Mammals, a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to mammals. If you identify as a mammal and would like to help, please see below and 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.

What can you do?

• Add your name to the list of Participants and get started!
• Look at the navigation box on the right and see what needs doing in the "Tasks" List.
• Join the Assessment Department and help review article standards and quality.
• Add this userbox to your user page {{User WikiProject Mammals}}
• Join other Projects like WikiProject Animals

News

Did you know

• 20 Oct 2024 – Fishing cat (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Wolverine X-eye (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 30 Oct 2024 – List of pholidotans (talk · edit · hist) (initially List of manids) was FL nominated by Wolverine X-eye (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Oct 2024 – List of vespertilionines (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 08 Sep 2024 – Duerotherium (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 08 Sep 2024 – Robiatherium (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 08 Sep 2024 – Ephelcomenus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 08 Sep 2024 – Catodontherium (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 14 Aug 2024 – Palaeotherium (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Goat (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Ganesha811 (t · c) was promoted by Stivushka (t · c), see discussion

Peer reviews

• 12 Sep 2024 – Elm Farm Ollie (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Sevey13 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jun 2024 – Brown bear (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Wolverine XI (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 31 Oct 2024 – List of pholidotans (talk · edit · hist) (initially List of manids) is proposed for merging to Manidae by Elmidae (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Oct 2024 – Black pika (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Forrest's pika by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Sep 2024 – Long-nosed peccary (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mylohyus by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Apr 2024 – Simosthenurus occidentalis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Simosthenurus by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 18 Mar 2024 – Gazelle (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Maykii (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Oct 2023 – Conservation of American bison (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Jengod (t · c); see discussion

Editing activity

97 edits	List of pholidotans
29 edits	Goat
29 edits	European rabbit
15 edits	2024 in paleomammalogy
12 edits	Fin whale
11 edits	Risso's dolphin
10 edits	Moo Deng
8 edits	Mammutidae
8 edits	Hyrax
7 edits	Manidae

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 1 November 2024 by HotArticlesBot.

Subprojects and work group

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

Departments

• Assessment
• Collaboration
• Most Popular pages

Guidelines

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 whereas the print edition lists seven.)

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]