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Thanks to the work of scientists and experts passionate, new mammal species are discovered every year. Since 2000, there are 643 species and subspecies new. These discoveries are the result of thorough exploration of the geographical areas, but also of scientific advances in genetics.
Unfortunately, many species are endangered because their discovery of the immediate destruction of habitat (such as the Amazon forest).
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34 species and subspecies new in 2012
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PHOTO COMMON NAME
LATIN NAME		 AUTHOR DISTRIBUTION
Aroa Small-eared shrew
Cryptotis aroensis		  Quiroga-Carmona & Molinari, 2012  Northwestern Venezuel, Sierra de Aroa
Tail-less Mole
Euroscaptor subanura		  Kawada, Nguyen & Son, 2012  Northern Viet Nam, Tam Dao mountains
Buff-footed Antechinus
Antechinus mysticus		  Baker, Mutton & Van Dyck, 2012  Australia, eastern Queensland
Arlindo's Opossum
Monodelphis arlindoi		  Pavan, Rossi & Schneider, 2012  Brazil, Para State from Oriximina
Gardner's Short-tailed Opossum
Monodelphis gardneri		  Solari, Pacheco, Vivar & Emmons, 2012  Central Peru, montane forest
Santa Rosa Opossum
Monodelphis sanctaerosae		  Voss, Pine & Solari, 2012  Eastern Bolivia, Santa Rosa de la Roca, Santa Cruz Dpt
Suhaniah's Fruit Bat
Thoopterus suhaniahae		  Maryanto, Yani, Prijono & Wiantoro, 2012  Central Sulawesi, Lore Lindu National Park, Watumeta, Talaud Island and Wowoni (Indonesia)
White-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat
Coleura kibomalandy		  Goodman, Puechmaille, Friedli-Weyeneth, Gerlach, Ruedi, Schoeman, Stanley & Teeling, 2012  Northern and Western Madagascar, Parc National of Ankarana and Parc National of Namoroka
Dryades Bat
Dryadonycteris capixaba		  Nogueira, Lima, Peracchi & Simmons, 2012  Southeastern Brazil, Santa Catarina State, Espirito Santo, Atlantic Forrest Floral Province
Kalko's Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma kalkoae		  Velazco & Gardner, 2012  Panama, from Soberania National Park, Colon Province
Cohen's Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus cohenae		  Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss & Cotterill, 2012  South Africa, Mpumalanga Province
Mount Mabu Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus mabuensis		  Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss & Cotterill, 2012  Mountainous region of northern Mozambique
Mozambican Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus mossambicus		  Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss & Cotterill, 2012  Savanna region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Smithers's Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus smithersi		  Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss & Cotterill, 2012  South Africa and Mozambique, savanna woodlands of the Limpopo and Zambezi valleys
Griffin's Leaf-nosed Bat
Hipposideros griffini		  Thong, Puechmaille, Denzinger, Dietz, Csorba, Bates, Teeling & Schnitzler, 2012  Viet Nam, national park of Chu Mom Ray
Robert's Serotine
Eptesicus robertsi		  Goodman, Taylor, Ratrimomanarivo & Hoofer, 2012  Eastern Madagascar
Annam Tube-nosed Bat
Murina annamitica		  Francis & Eger, 2012  Laos
Fiona's Tube-nosed Bat
Murina fionae		  Francis & Eger, 2012  Laos
Jaintia Tube-nosed Bat
Murina jaintiana		  Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012  NE India, from Jaintia Hills in eastern Meghalaya State and Chin Hills in NE Myanmar
Rainy forest Tube-nosed Bat
Murina pluvialis		  Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012  NE India, from Khasia Hills in dense evergreen forest, Meghalaya State and border Bangladesh
Bickham's Yellow bat
Rhogeessa bickhami		  Baird, Marchán-Rivadeneira, Pérez & Baker, 2012  Mexico, from Huixtla, Chiapas to Guanacaste in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras
Menchu Yellow bat
Rhogeessa menchuae		  Baird, Marchán-Rivadeneira, Pérez & Baker, 2012  Honduras from Lancetilla, Atlantida Dpt and Guatemala, possibly also southern Belize and northern Nicaragua
Lesula, Lomami Monkey
Cercopithecus lomamiensis		  Hart, Detwiler, Gilbert, Burrell, Fuller, Emetshu, Hart, Vosper, Sargis & Tosi, 2012  Democratic Republic of Congo in Lomami Basin of the Congo River
Gerp's Mouse lemur
Microcebus gerpi		  Radespiel et al., 2012  NE Madagascar, Sahafina Forest, Tamatave Prov
Mustang Musk Deer
Moschus #1		  Paras Singh and Priya Joshi, 2012 ?  Nepal, Mustang District found at Tukuchhe, Marpha, Muktinath, Kobang, and Kagbeni
Ibicuí Tuco-tuco
Ctenomys ibicuiensis		  de Freitas, Fernandes, Fornel & Roratto, 2012  Southern Brazil, western Rio Grande do Sul from Manoel Viana and Maçambará municipalities
Linzhi Mountain Vole
Neodon linzhiensis		  Liu, Sun, Liu, Wang, Guo & Murphy, 2012  SW China, Tibet, Linzhi District
Lachaise’s African Climbing Mouse
Dendromus lachaisei		  Denys & Aniskine, 2012  Guinea, Mt Nimba

Archboldomys maximus		  Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Sosa & Jansa, 2012  Philippines, Luzon Island (Luzon group)
Christina's long-tailed tree-rat, Christine's Margareta Rat
Margaretamys christinae		  Mortelliti, Castiglia, Amori, Maryanto & Musser, 2012  Sulawesi Tenggara, Mekongga mountain (Indonesia)
Tajuddin's spiny Rat
Maxomys tajuddinii		  Achmadi, Maryanto & Maharadatunkamsi, 2012  Borneo, Melak District, Kutai, East Kalimantan (Indonesia)
Worm-eating few-toothed mouse or rat
Paucidentomys vermidax		  Esselstyn, Achmadi & Rowe, 2012  Central Sulawesi, south-western mountains in rain forest (Indonesia)
Leonardo Co's Shrew-mouse
Soricomys leonardocoi		  Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Sosa & Jansa, 2012  N Philippines, Luzon Island, Mingan Mountains, Aurora Province
Montane Shrew-mouse
Soricomys montanus		  Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Sosa & Jansa, 2012  N Philippines, Luzon Island, southern Central Cordillera from Mt. Pulag, Benguet Province, and Mt. Amuyao, Mountain

Order of Distribution species and subspecies discovered since 2000
Click on the Order chose to display the lists of species and subspecies

MONOTREMATA 0 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/DIPROTODONTIA 8 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/PAUCITUBERCULATA 0 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/DASYUROMORPHIA 4 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/DIDELPHIMORPHIA 14 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/MICROBIOTHERIA 0 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/NOTORYCTEMORPHIA 0 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/PERAMELEMORPHIA 2 new species and subspecies
CARNIVORA 20 new species and subspecies
PINNIPEDIA 0 new species and subspecies
MACROSCELIDEA 3 new species and subspecies
SCANDENTIA 0 new species and subspecies
AFROSORICIDA 6 new species and subspecies
INSECTIVORA 50 new species and subspecies
ARTIODACTYLA 15 new species and subspecies
PROBOSCIDEA 1 new species and subspecies
PERISSODACTYLA 1 new species and subspecies
TUBULIDENTATA 0 new species and subspecies
HYRACOIDEA 0 new species and subspecies
XENARTHRA 8 new species and subspecies
PHOLIDOTA 0 new species and subspecies
RODENTIA 224 new species and subspecies
LAGOMORPHA 3 new species and subspecies
CETACEA 7 new species and subspecies
SIRENIA 1 new species and subspecies
CHIROPTERA 175 new species and subspecies
DERMOPTERA 0 new species and subspecies
PRIMATES 101 new species and subspecies

Submitted by ChB on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 20:18.