Name: Mammal Species & Taxonomic Changes
Creator: Kaggle
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

About this Dataset

Mammal Species & Taxonomic Changes

Taxonomic Changes & Type Specimen Metadata

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About this dataset

The Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) v1.10 is the most comprehensive and up-to-date update on taxonomic changes and type specimen metadata of mammal diversity. With 6,615 species, this dataset covers seven orders of different mammal species from Primates to Cetacea, including 33 flagged for further review and 103 recently extinct mammals. Intuitively searchable by order, sciName, Full Name, Online Website/Database if Available or Taxonomy Notes Citation among 117 taxonomic changes made since the last MDD version 8 months ago. Accurately retrieve type specimen metadata including hosting museum collections with holotypeVoucherURIs as well as other useful columns like Subclass, Genus or Biogeographic Realm. Explore City and Country field to easily uncover where the type specimens were collected in each study site. For conservation purpose , you will locate IUCN Status of each mammal species - extinct or domestic - that allows you to monitor wild wildlife species threatened by human activities and habitat destruction worldwide such as deforestation or illegal poaching. Get inspired by this digital natural history collection today!

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How to use the dataset

How to Use This Dataset

This dataset provides comprehensive taxonomic and type specimen metadata for 6,615 mammal species, including 33 flagged for further review, 103 recently extinct, 19 domestic extant, and 6,363 wild extant. In order to facilitate its use by the public, this guide will discuss how to quickly access important information in the dataset.

Accessing Taxonomic Metadata

The taxonomic metadata can be found in three main files: Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) v1.10_6615species.csv; META_v1.10.csv; and Diff_v1.9-v1.10.csv (under ‘Data Sources’). The first file has columns ranging from Order all the way up to Nominal Name containing useful information about a given species such as scientific name (sciName), main common Name (mainCommonName), other Common Names(otherCommonNames), superorder/subclass/superfamily etc., taxonomyNotesCitation etc., which can be easily accessed with these column names or specific name searches based on a given mammal's Latin or common names or any other features like shape size etc through ‘find’ function of your favorite text editor like Notepad++ or Sublime Text etc.. The second file contains additional detailed data at genus level with columns ranging from higher level category like Magnorder down to lower levels of classification under Tiers column along with Citation links connected directly via internet link or generate it yourself by going into corresponding PDFs provided by them.. Finally third file contains all 117 changes made since MDD version 1 along with Category comment such as Lump Merge Splits Establish Change Nomenclature Synonymize and thus helping you identify what kind of changes have been made between old versions & new ones also at same time track down certain taxonomic decisions may have made for certain species & more !!

Accessing Type Specimen Metadata

In order to access type specimen metadata (holotypeVoucherURIs link links directly available upon clicking each URI link under same specified column.) one must go into TypeSpecimenMetadata_v1

Research Ideas

Constructing an interactive map to explore current mammal distributions and the biogeographic realms for each species.

Develop an algorithm to automatically flag taxonomic changes in the MDD v1.10 based on new scientific discoveries or newly described species, in order to streamline future updates of the dataset.

Making a browser application with options for further detailed entries beyond what is already present, such as a habitat type field and/or autocomplete search capabilities based on phylosort data, so that users can easily find specific types of mammals according to their preferences and more easily access additional information about each species (e.g., IUCN status)

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
Data Source

License

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) - Public Domain Dedication
No Copyright - You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. See Other Information.

Columns

File: TypeSpecimenMetadata_v1.10.csv

Column name	Description
ABBREVIATION	Abbreviated name of the species. (String)
FULL NAME	Full scientific name of the species. (String)
City and Country	City and country where the type specimen is located. (String)
Synonyms/Notes	Any additional information about the species. (String)
ONLINE WEBSITE/DATABASE IF AVAILABLE	Link to any online website or database related to the species. (URL)

File: META_v1.10.csv

Column name	Description
ABBREVIATION	Abbreviation of the species name. (String)

File: MDD_v1.10_6615species.csv

Column name	Description
sciName	Scientific name of the species. (String)
phylosort	Taxonomic classification of the species. (String)
mainCommonName	Main common name of the species. (String)
otherCommonNames	Other common names of the species. (String)
subclass	Subclass of the species. (String)
infraclass	Infraclass of the species. (String)
magnorder	Magnorder of the species. (String)
superorder	Superorder of the species. (String)
suborder	Suborder of the species. (String)
infraorder	Infraorder of the species. (String)
parvorder	Parvorder of the species. (String)
superfamily	Superfamily of the species. (String)
subfamily	Subfamily of the species. (String)
tribe	Tribe of the species. (String)
genus	Genus of the species. (String)
subgenus	Subgenus of the species. (String)
specificEpithet	Specific epithet of the species. (String)
authoritySpeciesAuthor	Authority species author of the species. (String)
authoritySpeciesYear	Year of the species' original description. (Integer)
authorityParentheses	Parentheses used in the species' original description. (String)
originalNameCombination	Original name combination of the species. (String)
authoritySpeciesCitation	Citation of the species' original description. (String)
authoritySpeciesLink	Link to the species' original description. (String)
holotypeVoucher	Holotype voucher of the species. (String)
holotypeVoucherURIs	URI of the holotype voucher of the species. (String)
typeLocality	Type locality of the species. (String)
typeLocalityLatitude	Latitude of the type locality of the species. (Float)
typeLocalityLongitude	Longitude of
extinct	Whether the species is extinct or not. (Boolean)
domestic	Whether the species is domestic or not. (Boolean)
flagged	Whether the species is flagged for further review. (Boolean)
CMW_sciName	Scientific name of the species according to the Catalogue of Life. (String)
diffSinceCMW	Taxonomic changes made since the Catalogue of Life. (String)
MSW3_matchtype	Match type of the species according to the Mammal Species of the World. (String)
MSW3_sciName	Scientific name of the species according to the Mammal Species of the World. (String)
diffSinceMSW3	Taxonomic changes made since the Mammal Species of the World. (String)

File: Diff_v1.9-v1.10.csv

Column name	Description
MDDv1.9_Name	The name of the species in the previous version of the MDD. (String)
MDDv1.10_Name	The name of the species in the current version of the MDD. (String)
Comment	A brief description of the taxonomic change. (String)
Category	The type of taxonomic change (e.g. new species recognition, synonymization, etc.). (String)
Reference	The reference for the taxonomic change. (String)

Acknowledgements

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Tables

Diff V1–9 V1–10

@kaggle.thedevastator_mdd_v1_10_6615_mammal_species_taxonomic_changes.diff_v1_9_v1_10

18.58 kB
117 rows
5 columns

CREATE TABLE diff_v1_9_v1_10 (
  "mddv1_9_name" VARCHAR,
  "mddv1_10_name" VARCHAR,
  "comment" VARCHAR,
  "category" VARCHAR,
  "reference" VARCHAR
);

Mdd V1–10–6615species

@kaggle.thedevastator_mdd_v1_10_6615_mammal_species_taxonomic_changes.mdd_v1_10_6615species

2.12 MB
6,615 rows
49 columns

CREATE TABLE mdd_v1_10_6615species (
  "sciname" VARCHAR,
  "id" BIGINT,
  "phylosort" BIGINT,
  "maincommonname" VARCHAR,
  "othercommonnames" VARCHAR,
  "subclass" VARCHAR,
  "infraclass" VARCHAR,
  "magnorder" VARCHAR,
  "superorder" VARCHAR,
  "order" VARCHAR,
  "suborder" VARCHAR,
  "infraorder" VARCHAR,
  "parvorder" VARCHAR,
  "superfamily" VARCHAR,
  "family" VARCHAR,
  "subfamily" VARCHAR,
  "tribe" VARCHAR,
  "genus" VARCHAR,
  "subgenus" VARCHAR,
  "specificepithet" VARCHAR,
  "authorityspeciesauthor" VARCHAR,
  "authorityspeciesyear" BIGINT,
  "authorityparentheses" BIGINT,
  "originalnamecombination" VARCHAR,
  "authorityspeciescitation" VARCHAR,
  "authorityspecieslink" VARCHAR,
  "holotypevoucher" VARCHAR,
  "holotypevoucheruris" VARCHAR,
  "typelocality" VARCHAR,
  "typelocalitylatitude" VARCHAR,
  "typelocalitylongitude" VARCHAR,
  "nominalnames" VARCHAR,
  "taxonomynotes" VARCHAR,
  "taxonomynotescitation" VARCHAR,
  "distributionnotes" VARCHAR,
  "distributionnotescitation" VARCHAR,
  "subregiondistribution" VARCHAR,
  "countrydistribution" VARCHAR,
  "continentdistribution" VARCHAR,
  "biogeographicrealm" VARCHAR,
  "iucnstatus" VARCHAR,
  "extinct" BIGINT,
  "domestic" BIGINT,
  "flagged" BIGINT,
  "cmw_sciname" VARCHAR,
  "diffsincecmw" BIGINT,
  "msw3_matchtype" VARCHAR,
  "msw3_sciname" VARCHAR,
  "diffsincemsw3" BIGINT
);

Meta V1–10

@kaggle.thedevastator_mdd_v1_10_6615_mammal_species_taxonomic_changes.meta_v1_10

14.44 kB
53 rows
3 columns

CREATE TABLE meta_v1_10 (
  "n" VARCHAR,
  "unnamed_1" VARCHAR  -- Unnamed: 1,
  "unnamed_2" VARCHAR  -- Unnamed: 2
);

Typespecimenmetadata V1–10

@kaggle.thedevastator_mdd_v1_10_6615_mammal_species_taxonomic_changes.typespecimenmetadata_v1_10

17.44 kB
138 rows
5 columns

CREATE TABLE typespecimenmetadata_v1_10 (
  "abbreviation" VARCHAR,
  "full_name" VARCHAR,
  "city_and_country" VARCHAR,
  "synonyms_notes" VARCHAR,
  "online_website_database_if_available" VARCHAR
);