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WikiProject Mammals
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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

Today's featured article requests

• 21 Jun 2024 – Giraffe (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by LittleJerry (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

• 20 Apr 2024 – Rhynchocyon (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Azcolvin429 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 03 Apr 2024 – List of unicorns (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Grorp (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 18 Apr 2024; see discussion (11 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

• 21 Apr 2024 – Category:Paintings depicting deer (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 17 Apr 2024 – Hornless unicorn (talk · edit · hist) →Horse was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 07 Apr 2024 – List of talpids (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 05 Apr 2024 – Fishing cat (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); start discussion
• 18 Mar 2024 – Asian elephant (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); start discussion
• 16 Mar 2024 – Giant panda (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Mar 2024 – Xiphodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 18 Feb 2024 – Enhydriodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 15 Apr 2024 – Tiger (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by LittleJerry (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Apr 2024 – Narwhal (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Wolverine XI (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Mar 2024 – Domestic rabbit (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Reconrabbit (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

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 24 April 2024 by HotArticlesBot.

• 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)

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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]